Post by jennistarr1 on Jul 22, 2014 13:24:57 GMT -5
My friend has a house without a fenced in yard. She puts her small dog (8 lbs mini schnauzer) on a lead. She works from home. She leaves him out there for like an hour.
4 times now, someone has let the dog off the lead. Luckily, she find him right away because he doesn't run away further then a house or two up.
But 4 times now, someone has opened her door and put the lead and his collar (yes they are taking the collar off the dog) inside her house.
Now, I have several issues to bring up with friend (don't leave your door unlock, don't do the lead thing anymore and just take the dog out on a leash a couple of times during the day)
but can you think of the message this person might be trying to send. It just seems SO odd to do this. Is there something we aren't thinking of.
That's a really weird way to handle it, but leaving a dog on a lead or tether is illegal in a lot of places. Here is a state chart, but cities/towns probably also have laws about it.
So this person is coming into her yard and into her home while she is there and she doesn't know when this is happening? I'm guessing this isn't a guard dog!
Post by jennistarr1 on Jul 22, 2014 13:32:41 GMT -5
It hasn't been 4 days in a row, it's goes months in between. It is a very quiet dog.
I'm not a fan of the tether myself but I can't see how the person proves their point by letting the dog go, like if you care about the dog you either steal them or approach the owner, but not put them at risk of getting hit by a car or something.
At the very least I don't know why she doesn't lock her door. One person coming to the door and coming in would have me super anal-anxious about locking the door.
That's a really weird way to handle it, but leaving a dog on a lead or tether is illegal in a lot of places. Here is a state chart, but cities/towns probably also have laws about it.
Most of these laws are about not tethering your dog for an unreasonable amount of time. It's to cut down on people who make their dogs live outside on a chain, 24/7.
My guess is this sounds like a person who doesn't understand that and has just heard that you shouldn't chain up dogs. It's definitely a weird way to send a message.
I take no issue with the lead for that amount of time (assuming it's not sweltering), but it's obviously time to fence the yard.
I agree with this if it is possible, but in my subdivision it is not. Our dog whines every 10 minutes to go outside and lay down on our deck when it is nice. It sucks for both of us.
I take no issue with the lead for that amount of time (assuming it's not sweltering), but it's obviously time to fence the yard.
I totally agree with you. This is a new house (about a year) and it's a lemom, they've had to replace the roof, waterproof the basement, a side of the house crumbled...so the fence thing keeps getting pushed back. And it's weird shaped yard...I told her at least fence in an area. You wouldn't need a huge area for such a small dog to still get some exercise.
I would be livid that some stranger was in my yard (and in my house?) letting my dog off his/her lead, and probably would have gotten a camera after time #2 if I was your friend.
Maybe this person is trying to demonstrate how easy it is for her dog to get stolen? They are taking the time to return the collar and lead, to prove another point of needing to lock the door. Seriously, if she does this again the dog could be gone forever. I hope she has stopped now that it's happened 4 times.