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Some of you may recall my shelter dog, Leila, a boxer with a minor weight problem (she had none). She has grown, and is doing very well. One minor set-back we had with her was that she was too small and frail to spay, and so we had to wait on her weight. It's been slow going, and I am okay with that. She is otherwise a very happy, healthy dog, just on the lean side. Lately, she has rounded the corner and is rapidly putting on muscle, to my delight. She's great.
You may also recall the demon bear on a chain in my neighbor's yard. He's evil and wants to kill everything he sees. Calls to the cops just get a "yeah, yeah, yeah." and nothing more. According to my neighbor, who lies like a rug, he has attacked at least one dog at least twice and he bit an intruder (Who my neighbor later shot, yet no police ever came, the dog is still there) I don't believe the intruder bit. I saw the dog he attacked, and that's real.
So, Leila has apparently gained enough weight. Every male dog in the tri-state area is hanging out in my yard. Neighbor has been bitching because Cujo is going nuts over all these dogs around. Yesterday, I saw him unchain his dog and head for the hill behind our house. Over the hill is the bottom-land and then the river. The bottom, which I own a large part of and so do about ten other people (not including my neighbor), is mowed for hay, and so is about a ten acre field of grass. Dog heaven and we all share it. I knew what he was doing. He had told me already he was going to kill all the dogs that didn't belong. He was about to unleash the demon on my dog's poor suitors (a beagle, a lab, and a c0cker spaniel, real rough characters). Like I said, he has quoted the dog warden repeatedly about how he has the right to shoot strays in his yard who are off their chains.
I grabbed my shotgun and headed for the hill. Now, I didn't yell, scream or make threats. I walked up all friendly like and stood at the top of my hill looking at my yard and watched. He was just on his side of the line with his dog watching the others in my yard. He says
Come to help?
Yep.
Well shoot 'em.
I can't.
Why not?
Cause you are still holding him, but I can once you let him into my yard.
They walked back to the house. I called the guy who owned the one dog, I thought he had a tag on his collar and it turns out that he did, and his neighbors up the street owned the rest. Two of the three are back how and the third is still on the lamb. So far, no fatalities have been reported.
Disclaimers:
1. The gun was empty. I had no intention of shooting his dog or any other.
2. It's illegal to shoot a gun in the area where we live. We are still in the city limits, ergo no dog warden ever told him any such thing.
3. I am writing a letter to his landlord about all of this.
4. My old little beagle is going to live with my in-laws for a while, as she is the most vulernable of my dogs (She lives in the garge and a fenced run because of her incontinence and general stubborn-ness)
Some of you may recall my shelter dog, Leila, a boxer with a minor weight problem (she had none). She has grown, and is doing very well. One minor set-back we had with her was that she was too small and frail to spay, and so we had to wait on her weight. It's been slow going, and I am okay with that. She is otherwise a very happy, healthy dog, just on the lean side. Lately, she has rounded the corner and is rapidly putting on muscle, to my delight. She's great.
You may also recall the demon bear on a chain in my neighbor's yard. He's evil and wants to kill everything he sees. Calls to the cops just get a "yeah, yeah, yeah." and nothing more. According to my neighbor, who lies like a rug, he has attacked at least one dog at least twice and he bit an intruder (Who my neighbor later shot, yet no police ever came, the dog is still there) I don't believe the intruder bit. I saw the dog he attacked, and that's real.
So, Leila has apparently gained enough weight. Every male dog in the tri-state area is hanging out in my yard. Neighbor has been bitching because Cujo is going nuts over all these dogs around. Yesterday, I saw him unchain his dog and head for the hill behind our house. Over the hill is the bottom-land and then the river. The bottom, which I own a large part of and so do about ten other people (not including my neighbor), is mowed for hay, and so is about a ten acre field of grass. Dog heaven and we all share it. I knew what he was doing. He had told me already he was going to kill all the dogs that didn't belong. He was about to unleash the demon on my dog's poor suitors (a beagle, a lab, and a c0cker spaniel, real rough characters). Like I said, he has quoted the dog warden repeatedly about how he has the right to shoot strays in his yard who are off their chains.
I grabbed my shotgun and headed for the hill. Now, I didn't yell, scream or make threats. I walked up all friendly like and stood at the top of my hill looking at my yard and watched. He was just on his side of the line with his dog watching the others in my yard. He says
Come to help?
Yep.
Well shoot 'em.
I can't.
Why not?
Cause you are still holding him, but I can once you let him into my yard.
They walked back to the house. I called the guy who owned the one dog, I thought he had a tag on his collar and it turns out that he did, and his neighbors up the street owned the rest. Two of the three are back how and the third is still on the lamb. So far, no fatalities have been reported.
Disclaimers:
1. The gun was empty. I had no intention of shooting his dog or any other.
2. It's illegal to shoot a gun in the area where we live. We are still in the city limits, ergo no dog warden ever told him any such thing.
3. I am writing a letter to his landlord about all of this.
4. My old little beagle is going to live with my in-laws for a while, as she is the most vulernable of my dogs (She lives in the garge and a fenced run because of her incontinence and general stubborn-ness)
