Clodagh
Playing chess with pigeons
No. My husband has never mastered this concept.
. He’s great with dogs generally, they love him, but he’s never learned that when something doesn’t work doing it again… still doesn’t!
Irresponsible Owners
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. He’s great with dogs generally, they love him, but he’s never learned that when something doesn’t work doing it again… still doesn’t!Miss_Millie
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I'm at my wits end with a new dog down the road from me. Can anyone advise please?
I don't exactly have neighbours as we are very rural, but down the road from us got a new dog not long ago. The dog is ALWAYS getting out, daily, or should I say never contained. There have been several instances now where it has come onto our land where I have small furries and my horses. The dog is lucky it hasn't been kicked in the head yet and I'm seriously worried it is going to kill one of my pets while we're out or cause one of the horses to have a field injury.
We have always been on friendly terms with these people which makes it awkward, but I'm infuriated to the nth degree that despite knowing their dog is running amok, they've done nothing to dog-proof their garden or train better behaviour. I've tried to be sympathetic because the dog is a rescue, but if one of my animals gets hurt or worse, I'm going to lose my mind. It's one thing dealing with out of control dogs in public, another altogether when that animal is coming onto your private property and terrorising your pets.
Has anyone ever had to tactfully tell their neighbours that they're irresponsible owners who need to get their s**t together and either do something or take the dog back? They know that the dog is running off every day, they have said as much to my face, the dog has almost been run over several times and chased stock, but despite all of this they seem to be taking no proactive steps to contain the dog and seem to have the attitude that everything will somehow sort itself out?
I feel like all I can do is dog-proof my own land as much as possible, but it feels like they won't take action until something bad actually happens, like the dog causes a serious accident or kills someone else's pet
I don't exactly have neighbours as we are very rural, but down the road from us got a new dog not long ago. The dog is ALWAYS getting out, daily, or should I say never contained. There have been several instances now where it has come onto our land where I have small furries and my horses. The dog is lucky it hasn't been kicked in the head yet and I'm seriously worried it is going to kill one of my pets while we're out or cause one of the horses to have a field injury.
We have always been on friendly terms with these people which makes it awkward, but I'm infuriated to the nth degree that despite knowing their dog is running amok, they've done nothing to dog-proof their garden or train better behaviour. I've tried to be sympathetic because the dog is a rescue, but if one of my animals gets hurt or worse, I'm going to lose my mind. It's one thing dealing with out of control dogs in public, another altogether when that animal is coming onto your private property and terrorising your pets.
Has anyone ever had to tactfully tell their neighbours that they're irresponsible owners who need to get their s**t together and either do something or take the dog back? They know that the dog is running off every day, they have said as much to my face, the dog has almost been run over several times and chased stock, but despite all of this they seem to be taking no proactive steps to contain the dog and seem to have the attitude that everything will somehow sort itself out?
I feel like all I can do is dog-proof my own land as much as possible, but it feels like they won't take action until something bad actually happens, like the dog causes a serious accident or kills someone else's pet
Clodagh
Playing chess with pigeons
Can you catch it? Take it to the pound.
The Fuzzy Furry
Living in 🦄 🦄 land
This, or at least keep calling local dog warden, if none then the council animal welfare officer.
Or, find out the rescue they got it from and have a polite word?
CorvusCorax
'Do you come here often?'
I'd take it to the pound too and blame it on a worried passer-by. Paying to get their dog back might sharpen their focus.
Miss_Millie
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I wish I could do either of those things, but we are near neighbours enough that I don't want to be on bad terms with them, it would be so uncomfortable as we are a small community. I think I need to grow a pair and tell them the next time I see them that they need to get the dog under control and that I'm not happy in the least about their blasé attitude towards the wandering off. I also would never be able to forgive myself if something happened to one of my animals and I hadn't done anything though. I'm peed off because none of this should be my problem. I've haven't hacked out since they got the dog either as I'm worried about being ambushed by it...
druid
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Just drop if off at the pound, you found it on the road. They have no need to know you dropped it off and the rescue might get after them and give them a wake up rattle if they get a call saying one of their rehomes is at the pound due to straying
The Fuzzy Furry
Living in 🦄 🦄 land
They have a duty to keep their dog under control and prevent it from straying.
I'd have a chat with them, ask them to securely fence the dog so when it is outside unattended it is securely kept within their property.
Ask them about what insurance cover they have in place for damages, ensure they know that your livestock are at risk and also that the police don't look kindly on dog related issues - from allowing to stray on the public highway to attacking livestock.
Jenko109
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Pets4homes - 8 month old GSD puppy
'Aggressive unsocialised currently on prozac. Attacking my kids. 8 month male free if you think you can help him I've no choice but to euthanise him. '
www.pets4homes.co.uk
Posted him for sale for 1k a while back too.
'Aggressive unsocialised currently on prozac. Attacking my kids. 8 month male free if you think you can help him I've no choice but to euthanise him. '
German Shepherd for sale in Whitby | Pets4Homes
Aggressive unsocialised currently on prozac. Attacking my kids. 8 month male free if you think you can help him I've no choice but to euthanise him.
www.pets4homes.co.uk
Posted him for sale for 1k a while back too.
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Christ.
MurphysMinder
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Poor bloody pup !
CorvusCorax
'Do you come here often?'
Looks like it was bought off Pets4Homes as well. And DWKC isn't a recognised registry (and it looks like there's Malinois in there rather than the two 'parents' in the picture). And people wonder why buying from advertising sites is discouraged....
druid
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DWKC are just a way for puppy farmers to have paper for their never ending pups. Looks very Mali as CC said too - no wonder it's a nightmare at 8 months
blackcob
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He looks remarkably like mine did at that age and she was often mistaken for a mali (still is...) It's a moot point in his case though with that unverifiable 'pedigree'.
CorvusCorax
'Do you come here often?'
Granted, but if the mother is the female in the picture then I will eat my hat, with brown sauce.
Caol Ila
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Took horse on a slightly off-roady trail, and a dog (from the 'on-road' trail) pops out of the trees and runs around us. I do my two-headed monster schtick, waving my dressage whip and screaming "don't you dare f*(8cking come near me, don't you f*808cking dare, or I will f*09cking turn you into sausages!!!!!!!" schtick at the dog, and it runs off. Best defense is offense and all that. And the horse is used to me. I hear the muffled sounds of someone calling the dog through the trees, and I hurry horse up the hill. But dog reappears a couple minutes later, still trying to work out if we are prey, and I resume shouting, "F*(ck right off! You motherf*0cjer!" Dog backs off and I hear more muffled shouting in the woods.
If I could not see the owner, she could not see me, so she might not have known there was a horse. But with the dog running out of sight through the woods, there could have been anyone. No doubt, she heard my best Malcolm Tucker impression and was probably quite scared of the psycho in the trees. Good.
The funniest part is that there are now signs in that part of the park, telling dog owners to keep dogs on leads. Are they f9-90-ck.
If I could not see the owner, she could not see me, so she might not have known there was a horse. But with the dog running out of sight through the woods, there could have been anyone. No doubt, she heard my best Malcolm Tucker impression and was probably quite scared of the psycho in the trees. Good.
The funniest part is that there are now signs in that part of the park, telling dog owners to keep dogs on leads. Are they f9-90-ck.
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Keith_Beef
Novice equestrian, accomplished equichetrian
Angry emoji would really be useful, here.
But your "I will f*09cking turn you into sausages" made me chuckle; it reminded me of a record with stories of Larry the Lamb that I had when I was small. "Oh, Mr Mayor, Fritz has fallen into the sausage machine and now he's been made into saaaaauuuuusages".
ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
Heathen. Tomato sauce is the only sauce that goes with hats, everyone knows that.
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blackcob
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What’s the betting that the pup isn’t actually aggressive, but is an entirely normal adolescent GSD(ish) of working(ish) breeding in an unsuitable environment.
CorvusCorax
'Do you come here often?'
100%
And not the sort of dog for a household that puts a jumper on a puppy for the purpose of cutesy pics.
ester
Not slacking multitasking
You mean you don’t have floofy pics in his Xmas jumper 
CorvusCorax
'Do you come here often?'
You mean you don’t have floofy pics in his Xmas jumper
Not when he was a puppy, if you tried to restrain him in any way, he screamed until you put him down again/stopped (See: fairly normal for a workingish GSDish of that age).
Time for Tea
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I think I would go and have a chat and tell them a fat fib, such as I had seen one of my horses chasing the dog and nearly stamping on it and you were worried the horse would kill their dog, you think they need to fence their back yard to keep it safe.
Parrotperson
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I have one like this.No. My husband has never mastered this concept.
It must be a man thing.
Errin Paddywack
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Definitely.I have one like this.
It must be a man thing.
Asha
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My poor little choc lab has just been attacked. Im feeling really bad, fell like ive let him down. We where walking past a neighbours house, who has 2 GSD, just chatting away and one of dogs breaks through the fencing and goes straight for Stirling. Stirling is on a lead, i couldnt let go, as we where on a lane, so didnt want the dog chasing him into traffic. So poor stirling was running around me / being flung around me while the GSD is biting him. Im kicking at the dog, manage to kick if off at one point, but it comes back and goes for him again. He was screaming, never heard him cry like that. The woman tries to catch her dog but couldnt so im still kicking him, at his body, his head, anything to get him off. She eventually jumps on him and gets him off. I shouldnt have stopped to talk to her. Ive seen these dogs bark and fence run for years, but never imagined theyd run through a fence.
Ive felt all over and cant find any blood, but im still going to get him to the vets for a check up
Ive felt all over and cant find any blood, but im still going to get him to the vets for a check up
Amymay Again
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You poor bloody thing. How absolutely awful and terrifying. Please update us after the vets visit. And make sure you report the incident to the police and your insurance company should you need to claim. This is absolutely not your fault xxx
Clodagh
Playing chess with pigeons
Poor Stirling. That must have been terrifying.
Hopefully she has already offered to pay the vets bill and will get her fence made suitable.
Hopefully she has already offered to pay the vets bill and will get her fence made suitable.
TheresaW
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My sisters little dog got attacked a month or so ago. Sister had taken her sons to school, was walking home. A dog ran out of a driveway and just pounced. We had only lost our Mum a couple of weeks before.
The worst thing about it, sister was hysterical trying to pull the other dog off, and people were just watching.!
The owner of the dog did take my sister and Peggy to the vet, and paid the bill. Thankfully Peggy is fine.
I'm Dun
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Yup, when it happened to me the bloody owner just stood there while I beat the hell out of it.