Can Anyone Help Me?
I need to find the name and address of the owner of the property next to me. The renters have a rottie who they let out in the yard off leash. If it sees any other animal on leash or off cats, dogs etc will will attack them. It has come in my yard three times and attacked my dog. Today I watched as it attacked another neighbors dog who was outside with owner on leash. The owners used to live on this property but moved and it is now a rental. They own 7 or so homes on the block. I know where they moved sort of, not exact address and am not sure if they are still there. The neighbors in question have been in the rental maybe a year. Does anyone know if I can find the contact for the property owner online?
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Check the tax records for the property .many places have them online .
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Given the number of aggressive incidents at this point, it seems like this might also be a matter for animal control and/or the police. It sounds like the animal has become a safety risk for the neighborhood.
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Rottie off leash, unfenced yard, = police or animal control
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Originally Posted by Mike: The police say next time it attacks another animal if it causes injury they will come out. The dog is fine with people, but not with other animals, it is downright violent with them. I am scared that I (or someone else) will get hurt trying to save our pets who are contained in our yards on leashes. I mean we could keep our animals always in, but that isn't really fair. |
Can be very dangerous if it attacks another persons pet and they try to stop it. A friend of mine was taking her dog for a walk a few years ago when another dog came running and attacked her dog. Her dog was quite old and not in shape to fight, so she had to try to stop it. She ended up getting 12 stitches in her leg and her dog had to go to the vet to be treated.
Several years ago I used to ride my bike to a friends place. One day on my way home, a dog came running after me and didn't sound friendly. I peddled faster than I ever thought possible, almost got nipped, but eventually the dog quit and went back home. The next day I brought my bb pistol with me. Dog started running, I stopped and took a shot, and next time I saw the dog, it was tied up. Guess the owners got my message. |
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Originally Posted by Michael: |
Originally Posted by Thriftylady: It's too bad everybody has to wait until the dog actually causes harm. :( I wouldn't want my dog to be the victim. I'm embarrassed to say that I have 2 dogs and mine were the ones attacking(protecting 'their' property and people but still....:( ) or trying to attack neighbors' dogs, cats, cows, pigs, squirrels, birds, etc. I finally spent some money for a dog trainer and the best thing was to get 2 leashes for them, kind of like a Gentle Leader but better. Now I can bring them outside without them pulling me around the whole neighborhood or worse, getting out of my grip entirely. They can run in my fenced-in yard. Good luck!! Until something happens to change this danger, guard your own animals! |
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Originally Posted by Leigh: |
Originally Posted by Michael: Originally Posted by Thriftylady: My nephew went to the county pound a got a pit pup, he raised that pup and he was better behaved than most dogs in general. But when my nephew moved to another county (adjacent county, not that far from where he had previously lived), his new neighbor found out he had a pit, reported him and he was forced to put him down or be fined. A good dog died because of breed blamers. |
So I ended up calling animal control again this afternoon after we got pictures of the dog on a neighbors property and then video of him with us on our back patio.
I talked to the head animal control officer today after leaving a message he called me back. He told me he was going to call the deputy I talked to yesterday and see if he went and talked to them this morning like he told me he would. I am thinking he did, because when they realized the dog was wondering he went calling it in a whisper. We could see this from our patio and it was after we had pics and video. The guy today told me that with the pictures and video, it sounds like they need to come issue a citation for dog on the loose. I told him I don't care what they do, if they keep everyone safe. I also told him it isn't about the breed, and that the dog seems fine around people, because I have walked him home before (before we started having issues with him going after other animals). I have actually taken the dog home several times. I still want to find out the info for the property owner and send a letter, but am wondering if I can bring it up if they come see my pictures and maybe animal control will do that? I dunno but something needs to happen. |
So animal control called me back today and had me email pictures of the dog on my back patio and in the other neighbors yard. He is going over to write the citation and wanted to know if I would go to court if they fought it. I don't really want to, because I don't want them to know I was the one calling and causing issues for my daycare. Because we all know how false complaints are. But at the same time, I couldn't deal with it if someone got hurt because I said no. So I am praying that they will just pay the fine and be done with it. That would mean admitting their dog was out potentially causing issues, and the fine would increase each time. I guess I don't care about the fine, other than when you hit people in the pocket book it usually makes a difference.
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So hard. Having problems with neighbors is almost like having problems with family--you can't ever really get away from them.
Is your backyard super protected now so the dog can't get in? You'd have liability problems if it's not. I would be careful about trying to be too sympathetic and "not blame the breed." If it attacks other animals, isn't it reasonable to think it might attack a child? Would a normal person be concerned about that? I would say that, yes, a normal person would be concerned about that, which also makes you liable if you don't take strong enough action. |
Originally Posted by Mom2Two: ETA: THEY have a fully fenced back yard, but they don't put the dog there much he stays in when they do. But they take him outside off leash, and let the kids (one being about 3) take him out there alone. They don't watch him and he wanders off. It's all good, until he runs into another animal. |
If he allows you to take him home, then put him in the car and take him out of state. Done. Or get a gun.
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Hopefully the citation will get them to use their fenced back yard.
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