My dog and I are having neighbor dog issues.

[gbck]

We have relatively new neighbors (the sex-offender moved away...yay!). We've chatted a few times, but not much conversation.

They have 2 little dogs, Shih Tzu mixes p'raps? When their dogs go out, they sometimes wander into our yard--I mostly don't care. (My dog has inv. fencing and doesn't wander.

One of their dogs is fine. The other wants to eat my dog. Which is a problem because their dog is tiny and...Dawg is 50# and still recovering from her double knee surgery--she does fine but still gets 'nervous' when anyone messes w/ her legs
(anda black , staffy mix, so you know if something goes down, my dog is going to get the blame)

AGAIN, last night, I put Dawg out (I made sure the neighbor dogs weren't outside) and then I was dealing w/ laundry.
I heard barking and ran outside and called Dawg to me...when she turned to come to me, the little shit dog lunged at her back legs. (no bites--Dawg whirled back to fast for that to happen).

I didn't exactly want to reach in the middle of that--especially since Dawg can sometimes get defensive of me--so she might actually react if the other dog acted threatening to me.

Apparently screaming draws out the idiot neighbors who came and got their dog and said 'sorry' as they carried him back inside their house.

I think I'm going to be back to 'Dawg on leash only' for her OWN protection from this little shit.

[So_Fetch]

That sucks. I'm sorry.

[Deleted]

Can you talk to your neighbors about this?

[gbck]

I'm gonna have to talk to them.
They've basically laughed it off when it came up before...which is all well and good, but, really, Dawg's patience seems to be wearing thin.
(she's still a VERY gentle dog but...she's in pain a fair amount)

I was going to last night but it was 10pm and I was home alone (well, Buffy was sleeping), standing barefoot in the yard...seemed like not quite the right time :-P

[partiallysunny]

Definitely talk to them. Explain your dog just had surgery. Maybe that will get you some sympathy points.

Regardless, it's a tough situation.

[fairydust]

You need to say something. You were the responsible one to get the invisible fence. They need to take responsibility and watch their dogs when they're let out or take them out on a leash. That's not fair to Dawg who has to stay within her boundaries yet the other dogs can come into her space. Not cool.

[Deleted]

You're keeping your dog off of their lawn, they owe you the same courtesy.

[fairydust]

Dec 6, 2012 14:09:08 GMT -5 @feinicstine said:

You're keeping your dog off of their lawn, they owe you the same courtesy.

:Y:

Yes, this. They're being irresponsible and fucking lazy. Sorry, I'm already annoyed today. Hope you can work something out!

[aliceinfairyland]

Start throwing bags of poop in their yard. Remove them with a "sorry."

[gbck]

flaming-poopbombs work.
I will talk to them-I didn't want to pick a fight w/ them last night while home alone so I let it slide, but it's still irking me.
Maybe I'll make the Mr. talk to 'em. He's usually nicer than I am.

[moolarkey]

Spray the visiting dogs with a hose when they wander in to your yard. Not on full blast, enough to chase them back to their yard.

[gbck]

I've winterized--I have to remove a panel and crawl under a deck to get to a hose!

I do tend to have squirt bottles though ('cuz of the naughty kitties) I should remember to put those in my pocket when I go out to break things up)

[jena]

I know nothing about invisible fences, so sorry if this is stupid, but is there any way they could share your fence? If they got special collars (isn't that how it works?) wouldn't the fence zap them? So it would not keep them completely in their own yard but it would keep them completely out of yours. This assumes that the owner is nice and wants to prevent her dog from being eaten.

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[gbck]

not really sharable--that's actually the major con to inv fences--you can't use them to keep other things out.

the neighbors SAID they were going to put their own in--8 months ago or so when they moved in