A Swedish friend of hers named Jens who looks like a shorter version of Dolph Lundgren. I have no idea where she found him. He did a lot of other repair work around the house, too.
Can you possibly be any more ignorant?
It doesn’t look like the neighbor is trying to have the dog deemed vicious. It sounds like that’s part of the process in your locale.
What does your mom’s partner do? Can’t he/she attend the hearing and leave your mother to more pressing matters?
Sounds like a good temporary plan. But I think you mother should consider moving to the country. The neighbor sounds like the type who would stir up trouble–dog nor not.
Your sister can redecorate her new room.
No, I’m not a dog owner.
Now, that’s not really fair. VC03 is stupid when it comes to a lot of issues, not just pit bulls.
I disagree. First sign of trouble, they spoke directly to the neighbor. When the second occurance w/in a short time, they took it to the next level. From her point of view it’d be like this: “you did something that’s illegal and interferes w/my use of my own property, I pointed it out to you. You obviously failed to fix the problem since it happened again w/in a short time.”
I have two dogs. They’ve never made it off our property. They spend time in the back yard, which is largely enclosed by a relatively inexpensive 7 foot deer fence, The fence (plastic mesh, nearly invisible from more than a few feet away) has a bottom section bent parallel to the ground and secured by deep metal staples. This might not discourage a determined escape artist, so the buried chicken wire would be more secure.
I sympathize with Argent Towers’ mother (and the neighbor sounds like a real piece of work), but it’s the dog owner’s job to keep the beast in its own yard.
A friend of mine had an incident over the weekend. Her dog bolted out of the house, ran into the street and was run over.
The owner of the car left a note on their door requesting they put a claim in on their homeowner’s insurance because the man’s car was damaged.
As harsh as that was with a grieving family hurting over the loss of their dog, they were in the wrong and should pay to have the man’s car fixed. That’s the way it goes when you’re responsible for a pet.
Man, even though they’re in the right, I don’t know that I could do that.
I know. Way harsh. On the other hand, it’s tough to get out of the body shop for less than about $300. I can see where he didn’t want to put in a claim on his own insurance.
I’m a dog owner. I think the neighbour is a bitch - I have very little empathy with people who are that scared of dogs they want them all dead - I have a little bit of empathy for people who are scared of dogs as long as they don’t have to go near them.
However, keeping the dog on the property as others have said is your mum’s responsibility. I’m constantly made aware of dog owners whom I consider to be iresponsible by not walking their dogs on a daily basis for at least 40 minutes. Even if you have a big yard, dogs need to be exercised to be happy enough not to want to roam. I am guessing (and ofcourse could be wrong) that your mother’s dog does not get enough exercise - if he did, he wouldn’t be trying to amuse himself by escaping. Even moving to a larger property in the country, the dog will still need to be exercised by a human.
:dubious: Of course, when older males ruin much of the world with their overly-aggressive and peace-altering tendencies, we don’t put them down, we re-elect them President, right?
Seriously, dude, I agree that domineering neighbors are a hell of a nuisance, but to suggest that the problem is somehow specific to “older females”—while simultaneously insisting that you’re not a misogynist—just seems weird.
Its true. I am not a misogynist, just ask my successful wife, mother, and two young daughters who my purpose in life seems to be serving them lovingly. I am not sure if you have ever worked in a service industry. The problem becomes fairly obvious on day one. Males know it and females know it and the problem is openly discussed in the break-room. I have even seen the phenomena discussed among leftists in the same jargon you used (i.e. some older females become overly aggressive and confrontational because they have been generally put down by society and that is their only outlet for revenge).
Service industry 101 quiz:
A party of young male lawyers walks into the restaurant at the same time as a social group consisting of housewives. You have seniority over another server. You know nothing else about the situation. Which party do you choose for yourself and why?
That one should be obvious from several perspectives for anyone that has done a similar job at all. It isn’t all females of course. If you deal with a hundred or more people a day, that deviant 1% can really ruin your life. It has happened to me over and over again as with problems similar in style to the one described in the OP as it has lots of other people according to their own reports. Occasionally you will find an older man with the same level of viotrol, cun(t)ning and mastery of the art but the whole problems seems to be seriously sex skewed among the worst offenders.
Actually, that stuff about “overly-aggressive and peace-altering tendencies” was your jargon; I was just quoting you. My own description of the problem was expressed as “domineering neighbors are a hell of a nuisance”.
Not a dog-owner but dog-friendly. Even so, I have no love for people who let their dogs roam into my yard.
I am among those don’t understand how people are so crippingly dog-phobic but they exist. My stepmother is one. Many times I’ve had to run interference while she flees from anything canine, including older puppies. She tells me that if I get a dog, I won’t be able to bring it over. (They have two labs but she’s mostly ok with them.)
The options I can suggest are:
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Build a contained kennel. Make sure the dog has shade etc. If he’s a barker, this isn’t a good option.
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Run a hotwire along the bottom of the fence. It looks easy enough to do. My neighbour is the only person on our rural road that does this and his dogs are always contained.
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Keep the dog inside and let him out regularly but supervised.
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Move.
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Rehome dog. I hope that this won’t be necessary but it may be best if there’s no other option.
I don’t recommend invisible fences. If the dog gets through it, it will prevent him from returning to the yard.
Anti-tethering laws are popping up everywhere so you may want to research that before suggesting it to your mother.
And also check out if there are any pitbull bylaws in your area. If the neighbour discovers that the escape artist has a drop of pitty blood in him, she may try to use that to her advantage. There are many people who drop a load in their pants when they hear the ‘p’ word and let it blind them to the individual dog.
Good luck. I hope that everything works out.
More like $1000 these days. I too would be sorry that the family lost a beloved pet, but I have no interest in paying $1000 out of my pocket because their dog bolted (or even my $500 deductible on my insurance, and then take the hit on my insurance rates because I’ve made a claim).
I think the bulk of VCO3’s other posts reveal that yes, he CAN be any more ignorant.