The Neighbor's Dog

[Mom of 4]

So it's nap time...I'm sitting down to my own lunch when I spy the neighbor's dog running by on my front lawn....again.

This dog gets out all the time and is constantly being brought back by one person or another. I can't get the dog now since I can't leave the kids alone but grrrrr....this dog is a terror! I've seen him knock down old ladies and young kids alike. He'll chase people down and bowl into them then jump and paw and nip in excitement. He also almost killed my cat when my cat slipped outside one (and only one) time...he is super aggressive towards other animals.

Anyway...I don't want to be the bad neighbor by complaining (again) but I really don't want him attacking (even out of playfulness) or even scaring any of my daycare families while they try to load up their kids...it hasn't happened yet but with summer around the corner, these neighbors intentionally let their dog run loose because they claim the kids like to play with him...

You got it twisted. The neighbor that is letting their dog run loose without a care in the world to those around them, knowing that he has the propensity to knock down others (knowing you run a daycare) and is aggressive even toward other animals, Is the bad neighbor.

I had horrible neighbors like this and they did not have any business having a dog! After the 4th time their dog got out, the other neighbor said that he would not be returning the dog to that home and he would call the pound. And I don't blame him! He did joke about selling the dog (pure pitbull so worth money) but I said "Yeah, probably get you in court". Personally, if this was a concern over and over (once or even twice, I can forgive, after that, forgiveness is over; accountability must happen), I would not return the dog and I'd call animal control before he really hurts someone. It's not the dog, it's the owner, but at the same time, if he/she cannot handle their dog, then it's time someone takes it away from them. The problem that we have in society is we all think we have the "right" to do everything but not the responsibility that comes connected with those rights.

[Kabob]

Yeah...I just grew up where I hardly ever saw let alone heard my neighbors so this is new to me. Dh had to run out and rescue an older lady from this dog and then had to put the dog away in the neighbor's yard himself because nobody appeared to be home...poor lady got pretty beat up by that over excited dog....

I plan to check to see if that dog is out before pick up time and make calls accordingly. I did ask nicely and everyone in the neighborhood is sick of this dog so a trip to the pound wouldn't upset anyone but the owners. Just frustrating that I even have to worry about this...this supposedly friendly dog is always outside because he has tried to kill their cats too...so I don't know what else they can do except rehome him if they can't contain him in their yard...

[kitykids3]

Ur not the bad neighbor by complaining, they are for letting it run loose. Here where I live it's against the law.

When I first bought my house a few years ago the neighbor at the time had a dog that she would just let out to do it's business all the time. Was making messes in their yard (stunk!) and on the grass between the sidewalk and the road and then a couple times it came to leave a mess in my yard. After the second time of that and after a couple of my clients walked in the mess on the public property I called animal control. I was sick of asking her not to let the dog loose.
Of course would figure I have a new neighbor there and they have a dog and now two puppies and they are the same way of not leashing them and they have no fence. They're trying to train them, but anything can happen.

[Unregistered]

I would relocate the dog to a shelter a couple of counties away.