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Neighbor's aggressive dogs...
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Hatin Since 87
Bacon Hater
Get your mind out of the gutter.If you want me to tell you about getting beat down by a 30-something 130lb 5'4" woman, you're probably going to have to pay her extra first. She's not really my type, but any port in a storm?
When it comes to potential dog attacks, though - OP would be the one to catch the whoopin, I'm afraid.
Shooting a mad as hell charging dog ain't that easy, you know.
Hatin Since 87
Bacon Hater
Ya I was just screwin with him. And I was hoping the lady next door would whoop his ass, not the dogs
Timjoebillybob
Grandmaster
- Feb 27, 2009
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Sounds like a good outcome so far. But can you explain this a bit? She parked in front of your property, on the street, 8 ft away from your driveway? And you left a note?Also, by her immediate and rushed reaction (this is the same woman that parked like 8 feet in front of my driveway, prompting me to leave a note on her windshield a couple of weeks back... and she responded by refusing to park anywhere near the front my property at all)
That's a tuff spot you're in.
You don't want to go around shooting someone's dog … it's really not the dogs fault (they "trained" him that way) and you don't need problems with the neighbor either. I had that problem in the past and used ammonia in a squirt gun to shoot the dog in the face. it causes sever irritation to the dog's eyes, but they won't bother with you after you squirt him a couple times. a mace spray would work as well.
Then, after you squirt their dog(s) ... "IF" the "neighbor" confronts you, you can explain that you could have used deadly force instead.
Good Luck
If you want me to tell you about getting beat down by a 30-something 130lb 5'4" woman, you're probably going to have to pay her extra first. She's not really my type, but any porn in a storm?
FIFY
I have OC sprayed two dogs in the last two years. One bit me when I was trying to get my dog inside my house This was a blue healer type mix. The second one was a white bully pit that charged me while walking. Each time I reported what had happened to the local PD. I have not seen the dogs since that time. The OC spray I use has the uv marker and left orange stains across the face of each dog.
Notalentbum
Expert
Sorry for this headache!
I’m sort of on the other side of this in that my dog is the aggressive one. He’s an all black Shepard/lab mix. I’ve had him about 5 years. From everything I have been told, his aggression is out of fear and poor social skills. I have had him trained and work with him nearly every day. He frequently has free run in and out of the house on the deck and back yard. He has never jumped the fence or deck railing but I’m sure he knows he can. I worry if something sets him off enough that he does get out. I walk him around the neighborhood nearly every day but I have to be on alert for anyone else out walking their dogs. He goes completely ballistic if he sees some dogs out. I have to immediately get him headed away from the other dog. I have searched for help with him on this issue as he is a fantastic dog otherwise. There are several trainers I have talked to that claim they can fix him but none are local. The trainer that trained him said that if we would follow her recommendations he wouldn’t be a problem but her recommendations weren’t acceptable to me. Part of why I have him is protection in the house. She insists he be crated at night and much of the day. She really doesn’t like that he is free to go outside at will. She says he should be leashed any time he is out. This got much longer than intended but it is one of my biggest concerns.
Matt
I’m sort of on the other side of this in that my dog is the aggressive one. He’s an all black Shepard/lab mix. I’ve had him about 5 years. From everything I have been told, his aggression is out of fear and poor social skills. I have had him trained and work with him nearly every day. He frequently has free run in and out of the house on the deck and back yard. He has never jumped the fence or deck railing but I’m sure he knows he can. I worry if something sets him off enough that he does get out. I walk him around the neighborhood nearly every day but I have to be on alert for anyone else out walking their dogs. He goes completely ballistic if he sees some dogs out. I have to immediately get him headed away from the other dog. I have searched for help with him on this issue as he is a fantastic dog otherwise. There are several trainers I have talked to that claim they can fix him but none are local. The trainer that trained him said that if we would follow her recommendations he wouldn’t be a problem but her recommendations weren’t acceptable to me. Part of why I have him is protection in the house. She insists he be crated at night and much of the day. She really doesn’t like that he is free to go outside at will. She says he should be leashed any time he is out. This got much longer than intended but it is one of my biggest concerns.
Matt
Saw this once on the net and it stuck with me. Even tried it before and never had an issue.
I had shitheels for neighbors. They lived above me and I was in a downstairs basement apartment. I work a 24hr shift and then a 2nd gig for 8 or 16 hrs depending so I was gone mostly. When I was home I wanted it reasonably quiet after 10 or 11. The folks upstairs like their weed n cheap ice house beer and every weekend was usually a drunken one and occasionally there were fights between her and him.
I bought some on sale New York strips, a 6 pack of Yuengling and gave it to them. I mentioned they were pretty quiet mostly and respected the hours when I was home. I told them it was appreciated and I was returning the favor. Cost was maybe $15-20.
Anytime i texted them to get quiet even if they were drunk, they would tighten it up. I had to tell once to fight nicer and quieter and they got the hint. I was also almost a foot taller than her old man and they suspected an arsenal was in the basement...maybe it played into the equation. Who's to say?
Maybe a steak dinner gets you a little further than having PD give a lecture on dog handling laws. $20 bought me quite a bit of peace tho.
I had shitheels for neighbors. They lived above me and I was in a downstairs basement apartment. I work a 24hr shift and then a 2nd gig for 8 or 16 hrs depending so I was gone mostly. When I was home I wanted it reasonably quiet after 10 or 11. The folks upstairs like their weed n cheap ice house beer and every weekend was usually a drunken one and occasionally there were fights between her and him.
I bought some on sale New York strips, a 6 pack of Yuengling and gave it to them. I mentioned they were pretty quiet mostly and respected the hours when I was home. I told them it was appreciated and I was returning the favor. Cost was maybe $15-20.
Anytime i texted them to get quiet even if they were drunk, they would tighten it up. I had to tell once to fight nicer and quieter and they got the hint. I was also almost a foot taller than her old man and they suspected an arsenal was in the basement...maybe it played into the equation. Who's to say?
Maybe a steak dinner gets you a little further than having PD give a lecture on dog handling laws. $20 bought me quite a bit of peace tho.
Hoosierdood
Grandmaster
FWIW, I know a guy who used to bike a lot and he carried a spray bottle with straight Ammonia in it for aggressive dogs. He kept in the bottle holder of his bike. He claimed that it worked better than any pepper spray that he had used.
You're playing with a loaded gun, man.
That trainer is 100% right. If your dog is free to go out at will, there will be problems. BIG problems. And, as you've stated, your dog is aggressive. A) why have an aggressive dog in the first place? B ) why the hell would you let an aggressive dog go out at will? C ) Why the effing hell would you not leash your aggressive dog ALL THE DAMNED TIME?
What's it going to take? For a child to be bitten? Mauled?
Control your dog or destroy it.
Hatin Since 87
Bacon Hater
This.
I loved my pit when he was alive. He was never aggressive, but even then I still never let him outside unattended, and the only time he was outside unleashed was in my privacy fenced in back yard while I sat on the deck and waited for him to finish using the bathroom.
Notalentbum
Expert
Free to go outside in the fenced backyard and deck! He is generally only an aggressive dog to other dogs. I could invite strangers in my house and he’ll be begging them for attention and petting.
Cures all kinds of issues ... just a thought.
Where I live isn't the edge of the world, but you can see the edge of the world from where I live.
We are very rural and anything aggressive is dispatched, period.
Rather than having the chance of saying, "Oh, if I had only known..." we simply say, "Better luck next time..." and be done with it.
We are very rural and anything aggressive is dispatched, period.
Rather than having the chance of saying, "Oh, if I had only known..." we simply say, "Better luck next time..." and be done with it.
