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09-29-2011, 03:42 PM | #1 |
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| How to protect my dogs Hi all. I have a question about protecting my yorkies in my own backyard. That's right, their own yard! I have 3 ranging from 4-6 pounds. 6 or so months ago we had some people move in next door with a dog. That dog is quiet, fine, no problem. They recently got some sort of a hound dog, the thing is huge. It cries and whines day and night. Although that can be annoying, it's not that big a deal. My dogs will go outside and the thing will bark, my dogs will run over to the fence and this thing will lunge at the fence. I have had times where my dogs start it and I have had times when I take the little one out, she is quiet, never involved in the commotion, stays away from the fence and this dog still will lunge. I am very passive agressive and hate any type of confrontation. I came home one day a couple weeks back, this thing lunged at the fence, the fence is going to bust sooner or later and my dogs are going to get hurt. I sent my son over to talk to the neighbor as I was sooo angry. The next day I ended up talking to the guy over the fence (he was in his yard, I was in mine). He seemed very nice. I told him I am afraid his dog is going to come through the fence and injure one of my dogs (his dog weighs 90 pounds I would guess + old cracked fence boards). He said he didn't understand, his dog just loves all the little dogs at the dog park and this only happens with my dogs ((hmmm...they are all fighting over territory)). He said he would put up additional boards on the fence. Fast forward to today, he has done nothing. I don't think he is a bad guy, I think he doesn't think it's an issue. His dog lunged at my little one again, I walked over, the damn thing lunged at me! If it breaks through it could easily kill one of my dogs and I will not let that happen! I am going to try to put up support boards on my side as some of the boards are starting to crack from the weight of the dog, but I need more protection. I need to get some type of pepper spray (but then run the risk of spraying one of my dogs) or some kind of stun gun. I would never want to hurt an animal, but I have an obligation to keep my dogs safe. Any thoughts? Anything I can do to kind of scare that dog away from my fence? Your ideas would be appreciated.
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09-29-2011, 03:54 PM | #2 |
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| I know this is an expense and unfair as this should not be your problem...but I would consider putting up a chain link fence with cemented poles along the way...along your fence line close or touching the old fence. If you have a handy man that knows how to do this, it would save some expense. I wouldn't count on your neighbor. Of course he is not worried, his dog is not threatened. Your babies are however, and unfortunately you get stuck with the problem.
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09-29-2011, 04:59 PM | #3 | |
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09-29-2011, 05:10 PM | #4 | |
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09-29-2011, 05:11 PM | #5 |
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09-29-2011, 06:20 PM | #6 |
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| It would be better if the dog cannot see your dogs. If he does not know they are there he is not going to bother them. Does the dog live outside? Do you leave your dogs out for very long at a time? I don't think I would go pepper spraying the neighbors dog unless he did break the fence and came after your dogs. Maybe if you had a garden hose handy with one of those high powered spray things on it you could spray the dog when it lunges on the fence. Getting sprayed in the face a few times may make him think twice. Maybe you could try talking to the neighbor again and introduce one of your dogs to the neighbor's dog......inside the house while under control. If he is good with other dogs he might just need to establish a relationship with you dogs. Right now he views them as intruders. |
09-29-2011, 07:05 PM | #7 | |
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And just a side note * I had NO intention of just pepper spraying the dog for no reason - that is for safety if it breaks through the fence. I don't need a problem where they then retaliate and try to hurt my dogs. Plus, I love animals and don't want to just hurt this dog. I'm not that kind of person. I really like the idea of the hose and spraying if it jumps on the fence - might piss the neighbor off, but no harm to the animal. And it's not like my dogs have no responsibility here either. My boy loves running over there, barking, asserting himself - only difference is he is not going to break through a fence and grab that dog by the neck and kill it. Going to look into how hard it would be to chain link around the patio. It's a pretty small area and if it's not too hard, maybe I can bribe my son into doing it. But in the meantime, gettin out the hose. Thanks everybody, nobody understands a crazy, protective yorkie mom like a crazy protective yorkie mom
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09-29-2011, 07:31 PM | #8 |
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| I do not think you are crazy. My neighbor had a really dog aggressive Rottie. He actually chewed boards and jumped so often that some boards broke. I hated seeing the Rottie chained (Sorry folks but I think this is awful.) I talked to my neighbor 3 different times (very nicely) about his dog, barking and charging and chewing the fence. I wasn't too concerned about my Yorkies, because my whole back yard is tall chain link set in cement and I always go out with them anyway. The dog finally got through the old pivacy fence. He was still on his chain and knocked a child on a bike down. Thank God he did not attack the child, but chewed on the bike. The police were called and the dog police picked the dog up later that day. I never saw the dog again. I think it was put down. It was ALL the owner's fault for not correcting the problem. Sad... Hounds are not normally dog aggressive. I hope they do not think your dogs are prey. Try the hose and good luck.
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09-29-2011, 08:08 PM | #9 |
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| Just an additional comment. There are all kinds of dog owners these days and I have observed that people with fenced yards will get a dog and when training it becomes too hard it is banished to the yard. Could be they took this dog in because it was no problem to throw another dog out back. When I was a kid we lived on the edge of town and our neighbor got a big dog house and tied the dog to it and never let it inside. Why have a dog for crying out loud?! Tied to a dog house or locked in a fenced yard it's basically the same thing. The owner has no responsibility for the dog except to feed it now and then. It just makes my stomach turn to see how humans act sometimes. Hope you can get the fence fixed and hope the dog doesn't like water. If it was a lab it might enjoy a spray but I don't think hounds like the water much. |
09-29-2011, 08:57 PM | #10 |
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| Maybe you could try talking to the neighbor again and introduce one of your dogs to the neighbor's dog......inside the house while under control. If he is good with other dogs he might just need to establish a relationship with you dogs. Right now he views them as intruders.[/QUOTE] I would definately try talking to the neighbor again,politely. You might video what is happening to the fence and show it to him,so he will understand. I like the tarp idea where the dogs cannt see each other. However there is NO way that I would put one of my little dogs close to a large dog that has already shown aggression. 90lbs moving forward,quickly is hard to stop. |
09-30-2011, 04:32 AM | #11 |
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| Easy & inexpensive fence for your patio. Go to your local Home Depot or Lowe's and get 4 or 5 lengths of 4' rebar. Then get plastic arden fencing or bird netting and ground staples. Drive the rebar into the ground around your patio. Weave the netting onto the rebar. Secure the bottom with the staples. They are wire and in the shape of a "U". I did this across my backyard because my Pom would run into the woods. I got the black bird netting and you can't even see it. I showed it to her once and that was the end of her running into the woods. Quick, simple, inexpensive and solved my problem. |
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