# Dogs in my yard **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 24, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805 "2004-04-24T14:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805/61 "2004-04-29T00:30:16Z")
> [@cheepbastardon38thstreet](#): > > I had to modify my name and get a new e-mail address so I could keep on posting on here. You know, there _is_ a reason that a guest account only lasts for 30 days… ---
**Author:** ![cheepbastardon38thstreet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cheepbastardon38thstreet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheepbastardon38thstreet)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805/62 "2004-04-29T02:35:19Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > That’s gonna get you banned as soon as a mod notices. You may want to rethink the plan, or at least not talk about it. I’m sure they already have a mail box of reports on me. ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805/63 "2004-04-29T04:24:18Z")
> [@cheepbastardon38thstreet](#): > > I’m sure they already have a mail box of reports on me. Well, I should hope so, what with your propensity to abuse animals. ---
**Author:** ![BonoVox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@BonoVox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BonoVox)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805/64 "2004-04-29T05:09:19Z")
> [@yosemite](#): > > Whoa. After talking a little with my sister (and my mom, who also remembers the incident) it appears that my memory was definitely suspect on some of the finer points. > > Rather than go on an extensive “fact finding mission” to find out every detail and confirm it with all family members, I’d like to roll back just a bit and touch upon the basic points: > > Dogs try to kill cats on our porch. Dogs don’t have tags. Pound is called. Dogs taken away. > > Dogs **return next day** to try to kill cats on our porch. Are left with the definite impression that this pattern is likely to continue until cats are killed so dad and sis take matters into their own hands. > > That’s the gist of it. > > I don’t think any of this makes my dad or my sister “evil,” and neither does anyone else who was there that day (neighbors, etc.). But I guess I can’t stop some people from thinking that if they really want to. All I know is that (once again), I’m glad that our cats weren’t killed. No, this is the point. Instead of having the dog **HUMANELY** killed, your twisted relatives poison it. I don’t buy the fact animal control released the dog(s) either. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805/65 "2004-04-29T05:18:14Z")
> [@BonoVox](#): > > No, this is the point. Instead of having the dog **HUMANELY** killed, your twisted relatives poison it. > > I don’t buy the fact animal control released the dog(s) either. Don’t care if you don’t believe it. I see no reason to believe that my sister would lie, _especially_ about something like this. If you knew her, you’d know that too. I see no reason why the neighbors (who, I believe, helped reinforce the impression that this pattern was not going to end) would lie either. And my dad’s dead, so I can’t ask him. Tell you what, though. I’ll tell my sister that some people on an Internet message board are upset by a dog possibly being killed decades ago. She’ll instantly realize that it would have been ever so much better to wait for the dogs to kill the cats, so we could pay very high vet bills or watch the cat suffer a miserable, painful death. Since I now realize that my memory (much to my embarassment) is quite faulty on this matter (I was pretty young at the time), I really can’t elaborate further on what happened. But I do know what kind of people my dad and sister are, and you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![BonoVox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@BonoVox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BonoVox)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805/66 "2004-04-29T05:25:56Z")
No, it would have been better to Humanely kill the Dog(s), instead of some sick, twisted poisoning. Who came up with that idea? Obviously, the dog wasn’t very aggressive if your father could hold it down long enough for your sister to inject it with insulin. If that could happen, why not attach a leash, and demand that the incompetent animal control officers handle the situation and have the dog(s) destroyed? ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805/67 "2004-04-29T05:50:43Z")
> [@BonoVox](#): > > No, it would have been better to Humanely kill the Dog(s), instead of some sick, twisted poisoning. Who came up with that idea? Obviously, the dog wasn’t very aggressive if your father could hold it down long enough for your sister to inject it with insulin. If that could happen, why not attach a leash, and demand that the incompetent animal control officers handle the situation and have the dog(s) destroyed? Like I keep on repeating, my memory, (as it turns out) is crappy on this so I don’t have all the answers. I do know that the impression left was that it was **futile**. That calling animal control wasn’t going to solve the problem, and that in the end, it was either the dogs or our cats. This was an impression that I believe (though my memory is faulty) that some dog-owning neighbors reinforced. My sister, who is a big “animal loving weenie” (beyond all comprehension, believe me) _still believes that this was the only option._ She’s not happy about what happened, but she still feels like it was either that or watch the cats get their bellies ripped open. That’s all I have to say. Continue to be outraged though. Knock yourself out. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805/68 "2004-04-29T05:52:29Z")
I’m having a problem with cats and dogs. The cats jump on the truck, stand on the tool box, and piss all over the rear window. The dogs knock over the trash and piss all over the porch. I don’t live in rural area and I have no idea who these animals belong to. I don’t want to kill them because I really hate the thought of taking out someone’s pet. If they were dangerous it’d be another story but right now they’re just annoying. They’re not afraid of gun shots and they’re only marginally afraid of me. I suspect I’ll be getting a pellet gun to discourage them from stepping onto my property. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805/69 "2004-04-29T05:54:11Z")
> [@county](#): > > Well, I should hope so, what with your propensity to abuse animals. So…If an owner allows his/her high strung doggy run loose in traffic and onto others property, who in your mind is neglectful? -Regards Signed, Tony “dog nazi” Montana ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805/70 "2004-04-29T06:11:13Z")
OK, I’m shutting down this thread. It was started by a guy who doesn’t want to ante up to continue to post, and he was quite possibly trolling to begin with. In any case, if he doesn’t want to pay to participate, he can’t have an open thread. Lynn For the Straight Dope [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-my-yard/241805.md?page=3)