Anonymous
Post 01/05/2018 00:55     Subject: neighbor keeps his dog outside
Walk over and take the dog into your home. Let them call the cops. Explain it to the cops.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 23:54     Subject: neighbor keeps his dog outside
Anonymous wrote:I understand foxes, coyotes and wolves are canines which live outside, in much colder places than here, and have certain common characteristics with their coats. Some domestic dogs have the same type of coats.

Why is it abuse for Malamute or Samoyed to be out in the cold, but wolves and coyotes belong in the wild.


Explain please. I can't wait to hear this....



Read the whole thread. It's a mutt with short fur.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 23:52     Subject: neighbor keeps his dog outside
I understand foxes, coyotes and wolves are canines which live outside, in much colder places than here, and have certain common characteristics with their coats. Some domestic dogs have the same type of coats.

Why is it abuse for Malamute or Samoyed to be out in the cold, but wolves and coyotes belong in the wild.


Explain please. I can't wait to hear this....

Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 21:05     Subject: neighbor keeps his dog outside
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:^^^ This ^^^^

Depends entirely on what kind of dog.

A Husky or similar dog would be totally content living full time outside in temperatures that would literally kill a Chihuahua in less than an hour.

It depends on the dog whether it's abuse or not.


Crazy people love to treat pets like humans. There are some ducks in the pond behind my house. Who do I call to report abuse? They're pretty darn cold, I bet.


Do you understand the difference between different species? The difference between wild and domesticated? The concept of laws that protect living creatures?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 21:04     Subject: neighbor keeps his dog outside
Sounds like 'don't involve the state' person is volunteering to steal the dog and donate it to a private rescue group. Thanks.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 21:03     Subject: neighbor keeps his dog outside
Anonymous wrote:^^^ This ^^^^

Depends entirely on what kind of dog.

A Husky or similar dog would be totally content living full time outside in temperatures that would literally kill a Chihuahua in less than an hour.

It depends on the dog whether it's abuse or not.


Crazy people love to treat pets like humans. There are some ducks in the pond behind my house. Who do I call to report abuse? They're pretty darn cold, I bet.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 21:02     Subject: Re:neighbor keeps his dog outside
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Find a friend to steal the dog. Problem solved.


True story:
My father & his sister saw a dog outside week after week during the winter in a town in western Maine (they drove past the house on their way skiing). My aunt stopped several times offering to buy the dog (family clearly low income) as the dog was chained out in bitter cold & snow. Finally, she had enough & enlisted the help of my dad & her husband to steal the dog one night. They were successful & that dog lived a wonderful & happy life with my aunt until he died. He was the sweetest dog ever. She named him Heist von Stolen.


I love your aunt. And I am not even a dog person. Yet.



That is an AWESOME story! She sounds like a wonderful person!
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 20:46     Subject: Re:neighbor keeps his dog outside
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Find a friend to steal the dog. Problem solved.


True story:
My father & his sister saw a dog outside week after week during the winter in a town in western Maine (they drove past the house on their way skiing). My aunt stopped several times offering to buy the dog (family clearly low income) as the dog was chained out in bitter cold & snow. Finally, she had enough & enlisted the help of my dad & her husband to steal the dog one night. They were successful & that dog lived a wonderful & happy life with my aunt until he died. He was the sweetest dog ever. She named him Heist von Stolen.


I love your aunt. And I am not even a dog person. Yet.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 20:34     Subject: neighbor keeps his dog outside
Seriously- my Pomeranians LOVE the cold and would stay out there all the time but WTF it’s freezing cold and all dogs need to be INSIDE especially at night!!!!
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 20:28     Subject: neighbor keeps his dog outside
OP, I hope you did something today to possibly save that dogs life.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 20:23     Subject: Re:neighbor keeps his dog outside
Anonymous wrote:Find a friend to steal the dog. Problem solved.


True story:
My father & his sister saw a dog outside week after week during the winter in a town in western Maine (they drove past the house on their way skiing). My aunt stopped several times offering to buy the dog (family clearly low income) as the dog was chained out in bitter cold & snow. Finally, she had enough & enlisted the help of my dad & her husband to steal the dog one night. They were successful & that dog lived a wonderful & happy life with my aunt until he died. He was the sweetest dog ever. She named him Heist von Stolen.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 18:13     Subject: Re:neighbor keeps his dog outside
Some dogs definitely prefer cold, and it's not always Huskys. I have a Rottweiler, and he goes nuts indoors when it's cold/snowy. He ran around today ecstatic with the snow, bouncing around, rolling in it, chasing it. When we went back inside after about 20 minutes, he ran to the farthest corner of the yard and flopped down under a tree. I left him out there. He tapped on the door to be let in about three hours later. During summer, he pokes his head out the door and refuses to go out between about 10 am and 4 pm.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 18:02     Subject: Re:neighbor keeps his dog outside
Anonymous wrote:Jeez, I keep thinking about this dog. Come back, OP, and tell us what you did!!!


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 17:32     Subject: Re:neighbor keeps his dog outside
Jeez, I keep thinking about this dog. Come back, OP, and tell us what you did!!!
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2018 14:27     Subject: neighbor keeps his dog outside
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Animal Services Division, 301-279-8000

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/animalservices/Resources/Files/Cold%20Weather%20ASD%201_2_17%20FINAL.pdf
Regardless of dog breed call them and let them sort it out, it's their job.


I'm not sure the default position should be "always get the state involved". People are capable of reason and thinking for themselves.
. Dog rescuer here. People are capable of an unbelievable degree of idiocy and callousness when it comes to pets. I’ve seen two news stories in the past week about dogs freezing to death. Op, call animal control.


Let's say that the DCUM population is capable and smart-- there is a whole world out there full of people who have no regard for their dogs/pets.