[DoctorIrokezov]

I was taking a walk with Indie this evening. I walked past a privacy-fenced yard, and saw a dog inside I'd never seen before. Didn't think much of it, and kept walking. A few houses down, I heard that dog coming after us. Indie wouldn't ignore it, so I picked her up. It was a stupid puggle, and it tried to climb my leg.. the first day in a while that I decided to wear shorts. (of course!!) I stood there and yelled at it till it ran off.. with no help from any of the neighbors that were standing around watching. So now I have 10 welty-scratches on my leg, and my fiance is headed to the owner's house to raise hell. Could've been a lot worse... but I'm getting sick of being in an area where there's no AC.. and no AC hiring, either! At least in DE I could have called someone about the incident, and had it taken care of. ::end rant::

[JonnTEN]

Do what I did. Go on amazon...order a bunch of slip leashes (see link below)...and throw them at people.

Amazon.com: 12 Pack Animal Control Kennel Slip Leads: Kitchen & Dining

Or just carry mace and make sure to mace every loose dog you see. Its a shame that the dog has to suffer for it's owners ignorance/stupidity, but you have to do what you have to do.

Or you could spraypaint "GO HOME!" on the dog like someone in Baton Rouge did.

[DoctorIrokezov]

LOL.. I have mace and an asp/baton. and slip leads. lol. ACO leftovers, I suppose. oh, and handcuffs, too! If any of the people watching were the dog's owners, a slip lead would have been useful. I will start carrying my mace, though. I just don't like risking spraying my dogs and me, as I have the fogger type. blech.

Someone sprayed "GO HOME" on a dog?!?!? LOL.. too funny.

[SmuffNuSMaxqh]

I would have kicked the shit out of it..

[DoctorIrokezov]

UPDATE: "Chopper" the puggle is an ass. My fiance went to talk to the owners, and saw the dog attacking a lab puppy some woman was walking. He kicked the dog off.. and then scared the shiz out of the owners. He demanded the dogs' rabies ppwk, and told them he'd take the dog to the pound next time it ran loose. They fixed the place in the fence where he got out, so hopefully it won't happen again.

[Sleflanna]

Im with you I hate for the dog haveing to suffer but something had to be done.I have the same problem in my area and It is really nerve racking.But our neigbors dont listen when you tell them more than 5 times its a problem for not only my family but for everyone in our neigborhood.Finaly I had to call the animal control and complain and I made sure to tell them who called cause I tried to solve this without haveing animal control on their asses.Animal control came with 2 trucks 2 days in a row,but guess what the dogs are still running loose.

[mArVHDO6]

Where I live loose dogs are a fact of life, everyone here has a few dogs on large properties and they all are loose. I keep mine tethered or kenneled as I can't see mine being to friendly to the other dogs. I walk a few hours a day on the back trails here and rarely see a dog loose out back so to me its no big deal, I control my own animals at all times and choose not to walk them residentialy or in public places. The breed we choose to own (APBT) is not to be loose ever and when in a situation where I am confronted with loose dogs I choose to change my habits as a responsible owner of this breed so as to not show them in a negative light.

If the dogs at large are aggressive and you have no other choice then by all means report the OWNERS as a description of a dog doesn't do any good in any report. Scare the dog home, take the address and report the OWNERS, this is the only way to solve your "At Large" problem.

[Nfxutkpa]

Miakoda had the best ideas. I so want to paint GO HOME on a dog now.

I like kicking the crap out of the little bastards.

[LoloLibia]

Call the cops and gi to hospital and sue. Star almost killed a loose toy poodle or some small dog that was running loose

[DoctorIrokezov]

As a former ACO, I find the lack of any real animal control out here disgusting. Not only is there little to no enforcement.. I can't get a JOB as an ACO! At least in DE, AC was statewide, and the same agency. They were fair, not breed biased, and paid well. Apparently DE is the only place like that. I always felt sorry for folks with no AC to enforce Dog at Large laws... now I'm stuck in that position.

[Gometesstem]

I don't bother talking to people anymore. Most of them either smile, nod and apologize only to let it happen again and again or they act like I'm at fault for complaining about their loose dog. Now I just pick them up and take them to the pound. The exception to this is the dog across the street. Those poor people have done a ton of fence work, put up chainspots and their dog can still sometimes get loose and come over to play.

[KasaBalak]

I really want to find a dog to spray paint now too...awesome suggestion! lol

We have the same issue with our next door neighbors boston TERRORS....there's one that learned how to climb over the fence years ago, which wasn't that big a deal, until we got Karma, now we can't keep him out of our yard whenever we're out, and he's ugly, annoying, and snappy at the kids/puppy. He's been punted across the yard for snapping at one of my twins more than once, and we've gotten into it with his owners several times, hasn't made a difference yet.

They know he climbs the fence at will, yet constantly leave him in the yard when they leave to go somewhere, so then when he climbs the fence, we can't even go tell them to come get their obnoxious dog. Maybe when Karma's bigger, they'll figure out this isn't such a good thing to have him do all the time..She already doesn't seem to care for him at all, and get's pretty territorial when he comes over. Thankfully, she's NEVER in the yard unsupervised though.

It's a shame, but there's just some people who have to learn things the hard way. Guess it'll change when he get's hit by a car or something, or they get sued because he went after someone's dog/kid while he was out.

[Gometesstem]

See, I love Bostons. I grew up with a Boston and she was awesome. However, my grandmother has one thats FA due to lack of socialization and I can't stand that lil beast. Bostons are terriers and they need to be trained and socialized young just like most terriers or they will become terrors. They are also bulldogish and need to know who the boss is or they will walk all over their owners and anyone else.

Next time they leave and their terror ends up in your yard why not take it to AC? They can explain why their dog was not on their property and under their control to the nice officer.

[KJnbceja]

When my son walked Trigg there was a loose little "ankle biter" coming at Trigger and he was fine with it, but not this little nuisance. The owner finally came up and acted disgusted like Trigger had done something wrong....my son yelled, " yours is the one off the leash, get him on a leash, DUH!!!"

[AnthonyKing]

When we came across the little one unaccompanied in the front yard barking at us the other day that Niki ignored (luckily), I said to my ma-in-law that I was grateful pup ignored it, but that if the worst case scenario happened Niki would be the one they would blame. She said back in the 50s she had the same thing with her German Shepherd, back then they were tarred and feathered, nowadays its pits. What a sad species humans are

[M_Marked]

Every time I see a dog in the street it goes straight to the pound, no ifs ands or buts. If you let your dog run around free, you don't need one.

[Gometesstem]

When we came across the little one unaccompanied in the front yard barking at us the other day that Niki ignored (luckily), I said to my ma-in-law that I was grateful pup ignored it, but that if the worst case scenario happened Niki would be the one they would blame. She said back in the 50s she had the same thing with her German Shepherd, back then they were tarred and feathered, nowadays its pits. What a sad species humans are

We went out to my sisters for Easter. I had my dogs in her outdoor kennel, her dogs were in the house (the mini-pin mix)or on the chainspot (the apbt) and my brothers dogs were with him since they have excellent recall and respond to his voice commands.

My husband and I decide to take ours for a nice walk to drain some energy just as my sister lets her lil mix outside to run around the property. Thing is, this dog looks a hell of a lot like a squirrel with a bat face. It weighs 4 lbs full grown. My bullies were like "SQUIRREL! RAT! Who cares!! KILL EEET!" Thankfully they were on leash and we were able to keep them from eating the lil mutt. I really wish she would leash the lil bugger, but she likes to let her run free.

[KJnbceja]

What a sad species humans are

Ain't that the truth! So many have no business owning any type of animal!

[Zzvukttz]

I agree 100% with title of this thread!!!
Our neighbors across a couple lots let their lab female, APBT female AND a pup off the PB female roam loose cause, get this, the dogs don't like to be kenneled all day, and when they let em out they jump the fence. They charge at people, friendly dogs, but a real PITA.

[AnthonyKing]

You know, part of me (the real fantasy part so bear with me while my imagination runs riot) wishes that I had a full grown cheetah on a leash in one hand and Niki in the other, cheetah eats obnoxious dogs and owners while Niki stands there doing nothing but behaving. People suddenly realise pits are not the devils spawn sent to eat everyone and that in actual fact cats are.

(I still stand by my theory that cats are sneakily trying to take over the world.)

As Terry Pratchett wrote:

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”