[ginya1975]

I have some neighbors who are terrible to their dogs. They have had several Pitts. The Pitts Bulls are not fed much of the time, and they are not sicialized at all. The poor things will be skin and bones. One of the pups was sick with maggots crawling in and out of its nose. Someone, sometimes me, in the neighbor hood will call the humane society and they will remove the dogs and get treatment and a week later they will have 4 more. Dexter (my 3 pound baby) loves to play outside, but even with his lead, I don't know that I could stop a Pitt when it came to attack, but would try. We fenced in the back yard to because I have children also and this keeps the dogs out. I take Dexter in the back yard, but b/c of all the play equipment he constantly gets tangled. Also, he knows the front yard as his space and won't potty in the back (which I thought at first was wierd), but that's just him. I'm not sure what I can do. I wish people had to pass some sort of requirements prior to being a pet owner. I also wish that once they have been caught abusing a pet, there would be SEVERE consequences for them having another pet. Don't know what else to do.