[Bentleys Momma]

OK, I lost by temper. While walking our subdivision, out of no where a loose puppy game charging out from someone's home where the garage door is open and music blaring yet no one was home! The puppy was friendly in nature and I understand she only wanted to play BUT she was scaring the tarnation out of my babies as she pounced and tried to paw them to try to play. I am trying to quickly scoop them both up getting tangled and tied while my daughter is trying to catch the puppy who is running circles around us!!!

I finally got my legs untied, handed the leads to my daughter, scooped up the dog and marched it to the gate for their backyard (which by the way a HUGE great dane met me nose to nose while trying to get the puppy through the door). By the time I got back out to the street, the puppy was already back out from an obvious hole somewhere within the fence! I got her scooped back up and marched over and tried to pull down the garage door to put her in there. After realizing the door was broken and wouldn't stay shut, I was really fuming and I marched over to the front door, tried the lock and when the door opened I popped the mud covered puppy into the home and shut the door.

I marched away with the house number in my head so that I could make a formal complaint against them. I have, of course, calmed down a little bit. The puppy really was a sweet little girl and I would hate for them to pick her up... no collar, no tags, and based on how they care for their yard, etc. I am sure probably not vaccines, etc.. OK, I am judging them based on appearances and probably shouldn't but I am still a bit mad.

What I really want to do is call the dog catcher so he could come and pick up the owner and lock them up for awhile!!!!


So, I know I rambled but I am looking at how you all handle similar situations and what you recommend. We are now changing our walking route so do I just let it go??? This is going to end up being a fairly large dog and could cause even more neighborhood problems moving forward.

Opinions, thoughts, etc. please...