What would you do if....
your dogs were attacked by another dog when your wife was out walking?
It happened just this evening. A neighbor dog got out, jumped my dogs and my wife, and fortunately nothing terrible happened to my dogs or wife.
The report goes to animal control tomorrow. Get that dog and family into the system so the next time it happens…..
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A Surprise Promotion? Thanks @Ruger4me. Please have the GB limo here by 7:00 so I’m not late for the Ceremony!
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scooterdriver: 29723154828443/comments/29723181232027
A Surprise Promotion? Thanks @Ruger4me. Please have the GB limo here by 7:00 so I’m not late for the Ceremony!
It will be, remember it's a black tie affair although no real follow through on actual promotion, they do this just to make us feel important for a second, I keep asking and all I get is "the checks in the mail" and "don't try to cash it though, if it ever arrives" LOL!😂
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If the dog escaped due a gate left open, that's 100% negligent on the owner. Dogs can and often do manage to 'escape nearly any sort of enclosure.
We use LGD(livestock guard dogs) to prevent coyote predation of the Grandkids' goats. Even when using a 10,000 volt electric fence, these dogs sometimes leave their assigned pasture(often in pursuit of a coyote). Most of the time, they simply show up at my house but sometimes they 'visit' the neighbor's house. Neighbors have dogs of various sizes and have been told if they see one of our big dogs to immediately call me and keep their dogs inside. One morning I got a call and hurried up to get the errant dog. Arriving at their house, I met the homeowner coming out her backdoor with our dog at heel. EXACTLY OPPOSITE of what we'd agreed. Turns out our dog had chased a coyote into their yard, killed it, and after all that excitement, they let it into their house with 2-3 house mutts. I was petrified and still incredulous that the LGD didn't maul all their mop dogs and tear up their house in the 15 minutes it took me to get there.
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I think you’re approaching this in a very sensible manner. I’ve had dogs show up on are property and seem threatening to are pets, how ever I keep in mind that they are someone else’s pet and in most cases are looked on as family members to the owners. Now if that would change to where my wife or someone else would be threatened, or bitten, that would change the scenario, there would be no hesitation on my part of the action I would take.
Animals as you know have there own rules when it comes to other animals, maybe they just don’t like the others smell, I don’t know. As long as it doesn’t cross over to where they don’t like my smell or my families smell and decide to attack I can live with it. I’m glad your wife wasn’t bitten or attacked. I guess one should always be prepared to defend them self even against the animal world.6 -
waltermoe: 29723154828443/comments/29723195640475
I think you’re approaching this in a very sensible manner. I’ve had dogs show up on are property and seem threatening to are pets, how ever I keep in mind that they are someone else’s pet and in most cases are looked on as family members to the owners. Now if that would change to where my wife or someone else would be threatened, or bitten, that would change the scenario, there would be no hesitation on my part of the action I would take.
Animals as you know have there own rules when it comes to other animals, maybe they just don’t like the others smell, I don’t know. As long as it doesn’t cross over to where they don’t like my smell or my families smell and decide to attack I can live with it. I’m glad your wife wasn’t bitten or attacked. I guess one should always be prepared to defend them self even against the animal world.Sounds like you and I think alike in this matter. Nothing terrible happened, the owners were genuinely concerned by what happened, there was no reason to escalate beyond a call to animal control. In this case, a "do over" is warranted because mistakes can happen and I'd like for people to treat me the same should the situation ever be reversed.
Though yesterday, I saw my neighbor's daughter walking their dog past the same house and all I could think was "I sure hope that flabrador doesn't get out". No way a skinny 75 pound kid would be able to defend herself or her dog.
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