[JadeD]

If you are not comfortable asking them to keep their dog on a leash then I would definitely report them. That dog is dangerous even if it would not hurt anyone.

Last weekend I had the puppies and Teek (3 Yorkies) in MY backyard and Teek had on a leash but I had laid it on the ground as I do in my own backyard all the time and I watch him. The puppies were off leash and playing in the middle of the backyard (I do not have a fence). My husband was gardening about 20 feet from us and I was right where the puppies were and keeping an eye on Teek as well who just meanders around the yard.

I look up and there on the other side of our small pond is a huge pit bull in my backyard. I scooped up the puppies in my arms quickly and yelled for my husband to get that dog out of our yard. He turns around and looks at me and says 'What dog?" I point at the pit and say "That dog." I walk over to where Teek is and pick up his leash and quickly take the dogs into the house. My husband followed the pit and eventually grabbed him in the parking lot next to our house and we called the police. That dog should not have been on my property. They had reports all morning of the pit being loose. They took the dog with us. Stupid lady at the apartments wanted us to take it home and tie it up in our yard until the owners could be found and I looked at the police office and said that the dog was not going to be on my property. He was friendly enough and didn't mind my husband grabbing his collar, but you never know what he might have done to the puppies, he was in intact male and I would not trust him as far as I could throw him. It was very scary for me. I don't think any of the yorkies ever saw him at all. I rushed them into the house so quickly. The police took the dog to the station with them. They borrowed our leash that we put on the dog so my husband could control him better and when they brought it back later that day the owner had called to see if anyone had reported seeing it. The dog was nearly 5 miles from home. I was just fearful because the dog could have hurt one of the puppies so easily. I do not let the puppies run around in our front yard, as the road is nearby. In the backyard though I watch them very closely and usually make sure there is at least 1 other person out there with me so if they run in opposite directions we can each go after a puppy. Biggest complaint about that day though was the lady in the apartments who tried to take over the situation and boss us around about the pit bull. She would not go near the dog but wanted us to take it home and keep it until the owners could be found.

I know that lots of pits are friendly, but then there are lots who the owners said were friendly that killed someone or another dog too. Just wasn't taking any chances with that dog on my property and I hope the poster on here does something about that pit. If it needed a shock collar then the lady does not have control of her dog. I would worry for my Yorkie as well.