I really need to vent!
 

OK so my next door neighbor has this dog... its some type of mutt apparently a valleybull dog/beagle/rottweiler and god knows what else. Its about a year and a half old... It has never seen a vet, has no shots, is not fixed and has no real training... Well he barks at everything that moves outside whether he is outside or not ( I will add when he is outside he is on a 5ft chain attached to the deck when they have a 5ft fully fenced back yard). And I walk Penny around our block and up the street infront of our houses, and also do training in the front yard and up and down my drive way so whenever Im out there their dog goes balistic! Today Penny was making more great strides in her training and their dog was out there just barking its head off, and my neighbor comes out and tells me to stop walking in front of their house and "provoking" their dog! Are they kidding me! My puppy never even gives this dog a second look, and its not my fault they have an out of control beast. Part of his problem I know for a fact is that he has NEVER, EVER been for a walk in his life, he has never left that property, so no wonder he freaks when he sees Penny and me... I have no plans on changing our routine, and if they dont like it then I dont know what else to tell them because they caused this themselves. Sorry for such a long post Im just so angry right now! But this just angers me and its sad to think that so many people get a dog and never do anything with it and let it get like that.

I really need to vent!
 

I'd call your local council, animal welfare, the police, that dog deserves so much better. Poor thing!!!
Stuff your neighbour, sounds like a moron. I wouldn't be able to help myself, they would cop an earful from me. These are the sorts of people that need chaining for a few weeks too see how they like it.


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I would check with local animal control, both for the dogs sake and peace and quiet for you. Its cruel treatment to keep a dog chained. Its also illegible, at least where I am, to not have the dog vacinated - especially rabies.

Just my 02

theres an old saying in regards to your neighbor, "you cant fix stupid', (wait a minute) that was judge judy, if it were me i would not change your routine, I would use it as a training aid for Penny

I wish I could call AC but here in Nova Scotia ( **** Comment removed by ADMIN ****) it was recently decided that the gov't was no longer going to be funding the animal welfare division so there will be no more animal cruelty investigations or support so animals being abused and mistreated and neglected have absolutely no help now they just have to continue suffering :( So I really have no one to call... I had called the cops on my neighbor already this winter because this dog has the short thin coat of a bull dog and it was -23C outside without the windchill and he was outside on that tiny chain for hours with NO shelter at all and I had went over to her house and asked her to please bring the dog in she said and I quote " he is a dog he wont freeze to death". So I called the police and they said they are not going to concern themselves with such a matter, so I doubt they would be concerned about him barking or being on a short chain. so I feel like there is nothing I can do :(

I really need to vent!
 

I'd still call the 1-888 #, they haven't completely disbanded the SPCA yet, just no funding in the future budget.

Being a proud maritimer, there's no reason to refer to it (**** Comment removed by ADMIN ****), trying living in NB, it is what it is every province/state has it's struggles right now. :)


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I have a neighbor that does exactly what you are doing to me and it drives me nuts. I think it is rude and annoying that she walks her dog in front and down the side of my house. On my private property no less right by my fence line. She probably thinks my dogs don't leave the yard but they do. I'm just considerate enough to walk them where there are no other people present. We get in the car and drive somewhere it is safe to walk.

Yes my dogs bark at her dog. As they should. They are protecting their territory. Yes we have gone out and yelled at her to walk her dogs somewhere else but she ignores us. One of these days she is going to find some barbed wire or something lying on the ground on our property by the fence where she walks. The only reason we haven't done it so far is we can't figure out how to do it so the dog doesn't get hurt.

Sorry lol being from Ontario and not from the Maritimes makes it a little difficult for me as Im use to so much more being offered :) Didnt mean to disrespect lol

Yes but its a totally different scenario... Im not walking my dog near her yard... my front yard is very large and we practice in the middle and or closer to my drive way which is a good 100ft from the fence line. Also Im not walking Penny up her drive way or around her yard, I walk her down the street and no matter which direction I go I will ALWAYS pass by her house to get back to mine, there is just no getting around that, so I should not be yelled at because someone cant control their dog and have it barking at everything, its really has nothing to do with me or Penny... there are other dog owners that walk past on a daily basis as well so its not just me but because we are neighbors and I am out there for hours a day doing training or just sitting watching whats happening to get her use to all sorts of noises she thinks she can complain because "we" cause the most out bursts from her dog. Penny never makes a peep and does not pay attention to their dog, so for her to tell me that my dog is "provoking" her dog is just ludacris I could see if Penny was charging over there, or staring or barking or what not but that is not the case, my puppy is well on her way to getting a "CGC" when she is old enough so I should not be the one to blame

So no shepherdmom I am NOT doing what this person is doing to you... I have my right to walk down a public road, I have the right to be in my yard, and on my driveway, we have never stepped foot onto her property so no its not the same

I will also add Shepherdmom that Penny nor myself have come within 10 - 15ft of the property line