[love_me_cody]

Originally Posted by labrown

I just moved to Austin TX at the beginning of August, and since I have moved here, my smallest yorkie Tina has been attacked 5 times by dogs off leash. 5 TIMES! Last night we were walking our dogs around the apartment complex, and we rounded the corner of one of the buildings, and there were two dogs out there with their owners off leash. The larger of the two, some type of black lab I would assume, attacked both of my dogs. The lab actually put Tina in its mouth! And every time she is attacked, the owners apologize profusely. Well, you know what?? SORRY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH ANYMORE!!! Seriously, every time she has been attacked, it has been from a dog off leash, either in our apartment complex or in a dog park. Today I noticed that Tina has a bruise on her ribs, basically under her belly. That was the last straw! Thank goodness she doesn't have any broken skin or bones! So, we called the SPCA today to ask what we can do when this happens again, and they told us that the number for animal control is 311, and if any dog is off leash and showing aggressive behavior toward your animal, you can call and either a police officer or an animal control officer will be there asap. I am just so fed up with this! Am I wrong to want to take this kind of action? I swear I haven't met any responsible dog owners in the area, and for her to be attacked twice in one week and five times in two months, something has to be done. What do you think???

I'm sorry you had to go for that. You should have asked me about the dogs and leash situations... I carry my mother babies in my hand when I see a dog down the street. Where I live, dogs are out everynight so I don't allow my mother dogs out at night even on a leash because you never know where a dog is coming at and You don't even know the owners of the dogs... One time my mother went to her car (around 1am) and when she made it to the car 2 dogs (german sherperd and pitt bull) came running to her so she jumped on the car... she was yelling something but I thought she was just yelling for me to help her out so I let out cody (moms peke in my avatar) to go with me but when I got around the bushes they started coming toward me and that is when I picked up cody fast and ran back into the house (locking the door).. she started yelling again and I peeked out the window laughing because they were trying to get to her.. I've seen them around before so I know they are friendly but since I don't really, REALLY know them I wanted to be on the safe side... Even when I go down the street there are dogs off leashes by their owner and cops just drive by, not making them use a leash.... Austin is really crazy about dogs on leashes.... But I love it here and When I go to the car Cody isn't on the leash (but is by me) so I shouldn't talk.