I have friends who live in the county and have a couple of dogs. They let the dogs wander and a neighbor came to their house a while back and asked them very politely (I was there when it happened) to please try to keep their dogs in their yard and away from his yard as he was tired of picking up garbage and "left behinds" where they had gotten into his cans and "done their thing" in his yard, plus he had young children who were afraid of large dogs (these 2 were rottweiler mixes). He was very nice about it, didn't raise heck, etc. A few days later, he came back again and made the same request, but this time he was a bit more stern about it. The third time (I was there again for this time), he told them in no uncertain terms if he caught the dogs in his yard, he was not going to hesitate to either entrap them and call the authorities (don't know who exactly he would call...don't know if animal control covers the county) or shoot them. After he left, my friends got all indignant about it...."We don't have a leash law, why should we keep our dogs penned?" I made the statement that they don't let their kids wander like that, so why do they let their animals? And the man had been there 3 times with the same request, seemed kind of logical to me he would get angry about it. Also, what is wrong with putting a dog on a super-long cable and letting them roam the yard? Or putting up a fence? I know a lot of animal lovers are going to get angry with me about this, but I understand the neighbor's point of view. I don't want someone's dog that my children are frightened of in my yard, getting into my garbage and doing their business.
The man's word was good.... one of the dogs got into his yard again and he shot at it (didn't hit it) with a bb gun. My friends found out about it and now are really upset and causing this man all kinds of grief. The other dog wandered into the nearby roadway and was hit by a car and killed and they raised cain with the driver for "killing their dog".... I just don't understand it.
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