here we go again

[sheltieluver]

You all remember the issue I had with the neighbors next door with the pit well now its the neighbors on the other side. I swear people should have to pass a test to own a dog. My yard backs up to common space and then there are townhomes and condos behind me and on the side of me. There is newer tenents maybe a few weeks that moved in with 2 pit type mixes. I'm friendly with a lot of the neighbors who own their townhomes and have been there a long time and these people have already gotten complaints because their dogs make so much noise. I was sitting outback and the one sounded like it was being murdered. That high pitch pitty shreak they have. They don't walk them because they can't control them so they will tie them out and if my dogs or any dogs for that matter are out they carry on and then attack each other out of frustration they contantly yell at them.

So today my dogs are out and the woman has the two dogs on a flexi of all things and the dog sees my dogs pulls the leash out of her hand and comes running at my dogs at the fence wanting to eat them. I actually kicked the fence to get the dog to back away. Thank god my dogs listen I told them leave it then back so they backed away and put them in a down stay. Shes still at the fence trying to control her out of the control dog who is screaming to try and get to my dogs. I yelled at her that these dogs shouldn't be on a flexi and that she needed some type of training tool like a prong or gentle leader to have better control of them and a training class wouldn't be a bad idea either. I said it nicely I was just yelling over the sound of her dog.

I was so proud of my boys tho because they stayed in their down stay all 4 of them, Monster ran the other way when he heard all the commotion. I worked so hard with them when I was having issues with the other neighbors with the fence fighting. The other neighbors dogs still fight the fence but my dogs don't really pay them much attention anymore. They are moving this week anyway and the new neighbors don't have dogs. I thought finally I would get a break now I have this person to worry about. Maybe they will get enough complaints and get evicted.

[barry581]

I feel your pain on this. We recently had a new family move in to our development with a German Shepard. My first encounter with it was when I was walking Sophie, and one of the teenage kids was walking the GSD on a flexi lead. Of course the kid is busy looking at his phone, and the second the GSD see's us, he bolt's and is barking like mad. Sophie actually stood behind me, and luckily I was able to get the GSD by the collar and control him, which wasn't easy with one arm in a sling. The kid comes over and says he's sorry. I tell him if something like this happens again, I'll call animal control. Every time we walk past that house, the GSD freaks out, barking and jumping at the door or windows trying to get at us. I told my wife if for some reason she has to walk Sophie without me, to not walk past that house.

[POPTOP]

That's such a shame knowing how sweet pittys can be, or any dog for that matter. Makes for so much tension in the neighborhood.

[sheltieluver]

I love pitties and the neighbor on the other side who has the huge pit he loves people just not other dogs. It's the owners that get these dogs and don't know how to handle them and/or the dog lacks training. One of the dogs in the townhomes next to me is a rat terrier mix who's reactive but instead of being enemies my neighbor and I worked with him so he also least can be out when my dogs are out without freaking out.

[Labradorks]

That's awful. Are there no barking laws or tying dogs out laws in your area?

We have a few barkers close-by but it could be a lot worse. Two or three streets up is the worst street I've seen with dogs outside unsupervised, fence fighting and attacking each other -- "silver" Labs that I would bet money are littermates. Sigh.

Good luck!