Thread: Here's a scenario.

Originally Posted by JMS

If you shoot your neighbor then you go to jail.
if you call the authorities you have basically shot the dog by proxie!
A) talk directly to the owner!

B) Make friends with the owner and slowly and stealthily introduce good dog handling principles! maybe by showing him how you handle your dog without actually telling the owner that thats what your doing!

C) my favorite! steal the dog and give it to a family in Texas. (Your sisters maybe!?)

That's freakin funny ---- I've actually thought of that one --- she definitely has the room but his life expectancy might be less out there (huge turnover of pets).

I also have an animal rights NAZI of a sister (not really but she has about 12 cats and dogs, fosters a few, and can be over-reaching in her enthusiasm) --- If I tell her she might get some of her pals and parachute in under the cover of dark, wack the owners, and rescue the dog ---- I just don't like seeing the pooch suffer.

Justin

If the dog has shelter and water, even a shitty dog house and a slimy algae covered half full bucket there isn't a thing animal control can do even if they care enough about animals to, if it lacks any of those things animal control can remove it. You can report barking to the police and given enough time that can escalate to removal of the animal.

Personally I would rather report the children for trespassing on your property than the dog for barking. Unless you witness them or their kids engaging in actual physical cruelty there isn't much else you can do for the dog.

I have heard of a few dogs that people have "found by the side of the road" in situations similar to the one you describe

I'm not advocating anything mind you that would be wrong

Originally Posted by Wildtim

If the dog has shelter and water, even a shitty dog house and a slimy algae covered half full bucket there isn't a thing animal control can do even if they care enough about animals to, if it lacks any of those things animal control can remove it. You can report barking to the police and given enough time that can escalate to removal of the animal.

Personally I would rather report the children for trespassing on your property than the dog for barking. Unless you witness them or their kids engaging in actual physical cruelty there isn't much else you can do for the dog.

I have heard of a few dogs that people have "found by the side of the road" in situations similar to the one you describe

I'm not advocating anything mind you that would be wrong

I've thought of this one too -- in all honestly I don't think he would be missed by the owner (it's a rental house with a constant flux of people in and out of it -- no body really knows who lives there or who owns the dog).

And he's a good dog too -- just wants to play --- he's broke his chain a few times and I've played with him. He seems to be a pitbull mix --- but he's a natural retriever (fetcher) ----


Justin

Originally Posted by stogieiv

Yep I'm in the shoot the neighbor and feed the dog group.
Well maybe not a group but there are at least two of us.
I've found dogs are usually nicer than most people anyway.

Ted

My variation would be shoot the neighbor and feed him to the dog.


If the dog is constantly chained, you may be able to make a case for calling Animal Control/ASPCA.

The more people I meet, the more I like my dogs.......

Originally Posted by WireBeard

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The more people I meet, the more I like my dogs.......

Amen, brother Beard, Amen (present company excepted, of course).

James.