Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you just ask her if there’s a particular time of day that the dog isn’t in the yard? If so, you can let them out then. If not, oh well.

Maybe this is a nice way to ask. Thank you.

Anonymous wrote:Call animal control definitely. They will remove the dog.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call animal control definitely. They will remove the dog.

For being inside a fenced in yard?

For the noise violation, presumably.

Anonymous wrote:Call animal control definitely. They will remove the dog.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: He could sit on the porch with the door closed. She is retired and home and could easily let him out to do his business as needed.

OR...

You could train your dogs to not GAF. I've trained highly-reactive dogs to ignore other dogs. It's not hard. Quit trying to control your neighbor and just control your own dogs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you say something or not?

My backyard neighbor is in her 70s, lives alone, and is very friendly to me and my kids. She does not own a dog, but she has her family member’s dog at her house 90 percent of the time, and has for at least 5 years. Maybe longer but I didn’t have my own dog before that. I’m not sure why, but for all intents and purposes he is essentially her dog.

The dog is big, looks like some kind of German shepherd lab mix. I have two small 20 lb dogs. We used to have a 4 ft picket fence between our yards and her dog actually bit one of my dogs on the nose two years ago through the fence slats. After that, we replaced the fence with a 6ft full privacy fence but the dogs still “fence fight” and bark at each other every time. A lot of the time I resort to taking my dogs out on a leash in my own fenced backyard to avoid the hullabaloo.

Right now, her dog almost always hangs out on a screened in porch with a propped open door. So he’s not left outside all day per se, but as soon as we step out, he leaps off the porch and charges toward our fence anytime between 8am and 8pm. Lately if she notices him barking and flipping out, she calls him in, but it’s only sometimes, he doesn’t really listen, and my dogs are already on edge and covered in mulch from kicking up their back paws defending their turf.

I’m honestly so sick and tired of not being able to sit on my patio or let my dogs enjoy our yard in peace. It’s been years of this and he is hogging the use of the yard constantly! He could sit on the porch with the door closed. She is retired and home and could easily let him out to do his business as needed. The only time we get a reprieve is when it’s snowy or freezing.

That said, I don’t know if it’s reasonable to request she keep the door closed more or do something different in her own yard. It’s already slightly awkward after the bite incident, which I witnessed because I was out there taking out my dog, and she did not witness because she was in her basement at the time.

This dog means a whole lot to her and she has some other family stuff going on right now. But it’s been YEARS. What would you do?

I would definitely let animal control know. If their dog bit your dog, they can be removed from the property and likely destroyed too.

Anonymous wrote: He could sit on the porch with the door closed. She is retired and home and could easily let him out to do his business as needed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call animal control definitely. They will remove the dog.

For being inside a fenced in yard?

For the noise violation, presumably.

Anonymous wrote:Would you say something or not?

My backyard neighbor is in her 70s, lives alone, and is very friendly to me and my kids. She does not own a dog, but she has her family member’s dog at her house 90 percent of the time, and has for at least 5 years. Maybe longer but I didn’t have my own dog before that. I’m not sure why, but for all intents and purposes he is essentially her dog.

The dog is big, looks like some kind of German shepherd lab mix. I have two small 20 lb dogs. We used to have a 4 ft picket fence between our yards and her dog actually bit one of my dogs on the nose two years ago through the fence slats. After that, we replaced the fence with a 6ft full privacy fence but the dogs still “fence fight” and bark at each other every time. A lot of the time I resort to taking my dogs out on a leash in my own fenced backyard to avoid the hullabaloo.

Right now, her dog almost always hangs out on a screened in porch with a propped open door. So he’s not left outside all day per se, but as soon as we step out, he leaps off the porch and charges toward our fence anytime between 8am and 8pm. Lately if she notices him barking and flipping out, she calls him in, but it’s only sometimes, he doesn’t really listen, and my dogs are already on edge and covered in mulch from kicking up their back paws defending their turf.

I’m honestly so sick and tired of not being able to sit on my patio or let my dogs enjoy our yard in peace. It’s been years of this and he is hogging the use of the yard constantly! He could sit on the porch with the door closed. She is retired and home and could easily let him out to do his business as needed. The only time we get a reprieve is when it’s snowy or freezing.

That said, I don’t know if it’s reasonable to request she keep the door closed more or do something different in her own yard. It’s already slightly awkward after the bite incident, which I witnessed because I was out there taking out my dog, and she did not witness because she was in her basement at the time.

This dog means a whole lot to her and she has some other family stuff going on right now. But it’s been YEARS. What would you do?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing. If your dog’s nose was through the fence and got bit, that’s on you. You have a better fence now…what is there to do or say?

With all due respect, it doesn’t matter where my dog’s nose was or wasn’t. It is never ok for another dog to bite him.

NOPE! Listen, you are responsible for where your dog's nose goes. Your dog, your problem. Always. Would it be nice if other people always took the same approach and everyone was able to mind their business in peace without worry? HELL YES! And is that where we live? EFF NO!

If your dogs weren't nosing at/through the fence, they wouldn't have gotten bit. That's on you. Control the part of this equation you have control over. Teach your dogs to avoid the fenceline. PP is 100% correct, and you need to mind your business, not your neighbor's business.

Oh stop. This is like those homeowners who shot people who accidentally showed up at the wrong house. You can’t just shoot people or bite people! Would you be cool if he bit a kids face through the fence?