How to Handle Neighbors Dogs

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Pup7 said:
The pit bull is to now what the Dobie was to the 1970s and the GSD to the 1960s.
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This. The demon dog of the week is a moving target: Dobermans, Rottweilers, Bull Terriers, German Shepherds… it’s a lot of nonsense. The problem isn’t a specific breed, it’s owners who get a breed they aren’t prepared to raise properly.
blackforest said:
Dobies and rotties have gotten more docile these days.
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No they haven’t. They are the same as always: lovable sweethearts if raised properly, not so much if not.
 
I would never feed anyone else’s animal. I don’t like pets and it’s not my responsibility 😐
 
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Why would they refuse the chance to solve a problem?
You may explore options together .
The mediation is yours. Mediators are neutral,impartial or " multipartial" and help communication move forward.
You may peacefully come to an agreement as far as what will be done,who,how,when and you will have kept your neighbour relationship going.
Give it a chance.
A community Mediation/ Dispute Resolution Center charges very little ,mediators volunteer for the common good of the community.
If your neighbour refuses, you will have taken one step further for a peaceful conflict resolution.
It is an invitation to talk and try and solve the problem together.
 
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Exactly. You must ask the owners. It might be a good opening for explaining rollers are going up and the problem of the dogs barking at your kids in the backyard is an issue.

But to people suggesting feeding the dogs.

That will NOT stop an animal whose prey drive has kicked in.

And it could encourage a loose dog to go straight to the child who has been feeding it over the fence.

Do you guys understand prey drive in a dog?
 
Duly noted. Lost in this is the presumption of some level of conversation with the owner but a lack of effective effort from them.

Also, implied is even with permission, very small amounts to avoid weight gain, etc.
 
MonteRCMS said:
Pit bulls are not subject to the Ten Commandments … they are not people.
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True, they’re not people. However, someone owns the dog and you’d be destroying their property. It would be better to exhaust all other options before dispatching the animal. Once you kill it, you’re facing a legal case :man_shrugging:t2:
 
Mate, then be a man and shoot the dog humanely. Rather then being a cowardly person who would rather watch a dog suffer.

we put livestock down all the time. Humanely, with bullets.

It’s a disgusting cruel torturous notion that will get a person convicted and locked up for animal abuse.

And rightly so.
 
My kids have German shepherds. The neighbours were complaining about barking and the male gsd aggressively at the fence. Then they caught the neighbours grandkids sitting on the fence teasing the dogs.

The other neighbours were busy turning their very expensive rental into an illegal cannabis grow house.
 
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The 4yo knows not to go near the fence when the dogs are out. My 2yo sometimes has to be brought it. The dogs are usually not left out for an extended period of time. I don’t think being on a tether for less than a half hour is going to hurt them. Or their owners can stay out there with them. What’s cruel is when the dog bites someone and has to be euthanized because the owner is prissy about tethers and unwilling to supervise their escape artist dog.
 
Yeah, I was concerned about that. I was once attacked by a hyperactive beagle because it decided it wanted my chicken salad dollar roll. The owner swore it was my fault because something I did must have “provoked” the dog. Supposedly the dog had never done that before. The hyper little thing was always jumping all over and barking at anyone that came in the place and once even pulled my friend’s pants down, but it’d never gone after someone for a CHICKEN SALAD sandwich, so it was my fault. I also had a good friend that had to have her dog put down after it bit her baby over a piece of banana the baby was holding. She had no choice because no shelter would take it after it had bitten a child. Fortunately, the baby was not permanently marked from the bite. Maybe dogs aren’t bribed with treats.
 
Understand prey drive.

It’s how we get dogs to work for us. Your sheep dog type is herding the flock to you to kill. Hopefully he has enough training not to kill them himself. Your operational dog is taught to go one step further, chase, catch, bring the prey down ( usually a crook). Then the handler does the killing in the dog’s eyes.

These pits are exhibiting prey drive behaviour by barking on your fence line when your kids are out. If they are tethered it won’t stop this behaviour. If they break the tether, and are in a heightened state , their prey drive will reach whatever conclusions are available to it.

Runs are better.

Pits are a terrier. Tonnes of prey drive. They were bred to be used in Blood sports including bull and bear baiting.

Terriers , any type, by their genetic nature , are tenacious death or glory type dogs.
 
Unless I missed something in this long thread, you’ve shot down pretty much every suggestion that has appeared within 275 posts. We tried.

Just make a decision on what to do, even if that means doing nothing, and own it.
 
Cruciferi said:
True, they’re not people. However, someone owns the dog and you’d be destroying their property. It would be better to exhaust all other options before dispatching the animal. Once you kill it, you’re facing a legal case :man_shrugging:t2:
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His property attacked me in my driveway.

The owner does not care.

He is a police officer.

I did not kill the dog.

The owner moved … seemed to have several residences.

I sold my house and moved away.
 
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Or it may be other way round if the dog happens to cross the fence and harm somebody.
Better solve it before it escalades …
 
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What’s your problem? You do realize that not every suggested solution to a problem is going to work well in every situation? If you don’t have anything to offer, then get. No one has to participate in a thread if they don’t want to. And several posters have offered good advice that won’t work in my situation and others have offered solutions that could work. (ie rollers and trail cameras) Depart and begone, o negative one!
 
Couldn’t they just make sure the tether is only slightly shorter than the dog run? Then the dog can use it’s space but can’t jump the fence.
 
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