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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Chances are this dog will run off, get stolen to become a fighter or bait dog or get itself run over or worse, will kill a dog or hurt someone badly and will be gone before too much longer with his history and with no more oversight than this one has, together with his owner's cavalier attitude about allowing his dog off-leash freedom out front. All you can do is keep your dogs safe and protected from him - they can come through screens and glass windows - and whoosh open that big black auto-open umbrella if he looks your way and have real protection on your person, ready to use it. I would not become or let my dog become this dog's victim so forewarned is forearmed. |
I doubt the dog will run off or get hit by a car, when he's not going after something he's really chill, he'll just sit or lay there or lazily walk around the yard. If I didn't know his history I wouldn't think of him as a big threat.
As for getting stolen or used as a bait/fighter dog, I kinda doubt it, the shelters here are over run with pit bulls and if you have a senior citizen adopt them it's less than $50.
That's exactly what I'm trying to do. I park in my drive way so I'm further from his house and always on my property, I carry an umbrella, and I'm looking into some sort of spray. I'm also considering carrying Lola to and from the car in a bag so I have both hands free and he can't see her (I know he'd be able to smell her).
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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly And if you're an activist, you can start to haunt City Hall with petitions to enact leash laws and get enough signatures to get one. If you are not, you might befriend some activists and see if they would take up the cause as it's in everyone's best interest to keep tax-paying citizens, and their pets, happy and safe on their own property or when enjoying the pleasures of their neighborhood, sans the scary off-leash dogs leering at them from a few feet away or, inevitably, dashing right for them. |
I don't have the mental or physical energy to be an activist but I'll ask my friend if she knows anyone, she used to work at the library.
The funny thing is I live in a really nice town with quite a few multi-million dollar houses (I live in the average section), you wouldn't expect to deal with this type of thing here.
This is the first time my street has had an issue, prior to this we've only had some cat problems.
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Originally Posted by matese I choose the wasp spray because it sprays up to 25 feet, if I see a dog approaching, I don't have to wait till the dog is 3 feet from me, I can stop it at 15 to 25 feet and give me the time I need to pick my dog up. I always put myself between the approaching dog and mine. I think my new lil boy is dog aggressive, I don't need a big dog thinking he's being challenged if Cody gets aggressive. So wasp spray it is for me. |
That's a good point, thanks