I got my neighbor in trouble

[lightbulbsun]

and I'm happy about it. 

On Sunday H and I were going to his parents' for dinner, and as we were leaving our neighborhood we saw a dog wandering without a leash or collar.  I got out of the car and tried to catch it, but it started walking away, so I followed it with H following in the car. It went down the street to another house, and ended up sitting on the front porch of a house about 12 houses down from where I had first seen it. 

H called the police non-emergency line while I tried to catch the dog, but it was growling when I got close.  I would have tried to knock on the door, but the dog was sitting right in front of it and I didn't want it to bite me or run away again. 

So we were waiting in the car for the police to come, and the dog started walking off the porch. I got out to try and corral it again, and it ran around the house into the open back gate.  I went to follow it and a woman came around and I was like "did a dog just go back there?"

She was like "Oh, yea, it's fine, he's my dog". So I told her that her dog had run all the way up the street and she didn't really seem to care at all.  I called the police back and told them that the people at the house said he was theirs.

Apparently there was no dog registered with the township at that house, so they said they would send someone out this week to talk to them. 

I'm still really mad about that woman thinking it was fine that her dog was out without a collar or anything wandering around the neighborhood. I hope they got a fine for not having their dog licensed.

[simplyinpenguin]

Was it a male dog? Was he neutered? They could be in double trouble if that's the case...

[lightbulbsun]

I'm not sure. He had his tail down in between his legs the whole time so I didn't notice.