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It's not the dog, it's the owner.
« on: January 30, 2007, 06:26:10 PM »
Remember the kid whose family had the best of everything (Coach purse for an 11 year old?) but lived in a run down looking house?

They have two lhasa dogs. They have some sort of money related names, but I can't remember them.

Anyways, previously, Coach Purse Girl used to walk them along the one sidewalk that goes from my street to my crossing guard corner.  I'm mentioning the single sidewalk, because she allowed them to poop along it and didn't clean it up.  Two dogs, even little ones, add up.

Apparently poop patrol has gotten to be to much for her, so she lets them out and they flee, flee, flee.
They come all (far from their house) the way to my corner then turn down the cross street.

This morning one of them went flying by and down the street.  Moments later Coach Purse Mom drives down in the Coach Purse Mobile and calls the dog.  It jumps into the car and all is well.

This afternoon, one or the other came flying by again and down that same street.  I called to it, but it kept going.  I am on a hill and can see down the street..that puppy was GONE!!!


I kept waiting for the Coach Purse Mobile to come looking, but it didn't.  I was there another 40 minutes when all of a sudden the dog comes running up the hill and stops in the road, holding up traffic.  I go out and try to shoo it back on the sidewalk.  It runs where I want it to go, but goes back into the road.  It apparently wanted to walk all the way home in the middle of the street.  A very busy street.

I feel soooo stupid, but I chase the darn thing until it gets on the sidewalk and runs toward home.

I keep telling Coach Purse Girl her dog comes all the way to where I am, but she keeps letting it out.

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Re: It's not the dog, it's the owner.
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2007, 06:31:50 PM »

GRRRRRrrrrrrrrr!!!
It burns me up when people don't take care & responsibility for their animals! ...and when one of the dogs gets hit by a car it won't be the owner yelping in pain & scared, it will be the poor dog who didn't do a danged thing other than be a dog.
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Re: It's not the dog, it's the owner.
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2007, 06:34:53 PM »
Two words. Animal control. What Coach Purse Girl is doing is dangerous, cruel, and completely irresponsible. THe only thing people like that understand is the inconvenience of having to go pick up the dogs from the pound and pay a fine.
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Re: It's not the dog, it's the owner.
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2007, 06:40:59 PM »
Last year I actually had a dog get hit right in front of me (I screamed :o).   It actually went head over heels and kept running, but not as fast.  I had my son bring a piece of rope for a leash and call animal control.

The guy who came was so nice and gentle to it.  I made sure to tell him it had gotten hit, so it would at least get X rayed.

I am right across the street from the owner's house and I haven't seen it since.

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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2007, 11:35:40 AM »
Call animal control and tell them why you called animal control. If they are that irresponsible I have my doubts that the dogs are vaccinated and if one of them gets a hold of a wild critter....well you've seen "Cujo", you do the math.
Not to mention the road hazard.
My friend had a very expensive, trained hunting dog that got out of his pen and was shot by some *insert expletive* who saw him running up his street. It is not safe to let animals run loose.
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Re: It's not the dog, it's the owner.
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2007, 12:36:41 PM »
I have no doubt the dogs are vaccinated..one bit me last year. :o  Well, it was a nip and they do have rabies tags.

I will program animal control into my cell phone.   They are awfully hard to reach and you only get voice mail.

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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2007, 04:46:49 PM »
Oh...you mean that dog bit you and they still let it run loose?? It's going to bite the wrong person and goodbye doggie. We've had numerous dogs in our area get shot because they supposedly bit the wrong trigger happy person.
Irresponsible pet owners tick me off no end.
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Re: It's not the dog, it's the owner.
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2007, 09:00:59 PM »
I hate when people don't pick up their dog's poop!  DH and I are obsessive about cleaning up after our corgi.  There is a church across the street from our house and the church's yard is just full of dog poop.  Disgusting and ALMOST sacrilegious, I feel.

I would definitely call animal control or the humane society the next time you see them out.  A hefty fine would probably knock some sense into them.

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Re: It's not the dog, it's the owner.
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2007, 09:14:40 AM »
I don't know the whole story, so this may be a little off. but......  I would work on the 11 year old, there's still hope for her.   Instead of focusing on what is being done wrong, maybe take it a caring-just looking out for you way.  Bend the truth a little?  --"Dear, I've seen you with your dog and know how much you love him.... In my time here, I've seen several animals injured....... I'd hate to see that happen to you.... It concerns me when he's down here running without supervision because I can't help him for you......-- I don't really know how this would work for a stranger, but it works so much better on my 10 year old daughter than anything else.  She's so much more perceptive when she thinks of the possibilities "on her own" rather than being told..

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Re: It's not the dog, it's the owner.
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2007, 06:48:05 PM »
For the safety of the animal, I think you should call animal control, especially if the dog is at large for that length of time.

Earlier this week, I put our dog on her leash and walked down to the kids' school to walk home with them. The dog loves to "meet her kids" and "walk them home".

On the way to the school, I saw a couple walking a shih-tzu and petting a small black dog. The couple said they didn't recognize the dog, it had run out from an alley way.
Well, this little fellow followed us to school and back home. I tried to shoo him away, but yeah, like that's going to work!

So now I've got a youngish puppy wandering around my yard. We are several blocks from where he appeared and the streets are fairly busy. The overnight forecast is for -26C - far too cold for an animal to be outside!

I was at a loss. We'd lived in the area less than a week and knew not a soul. I had no idea of where the dog came from. He had no collar but was very plump and obviously cared for.
I thought of bringing him in and posting flyers etc, but we live in a rental house (with rental furniture) and I worried about bringing a possibly not-housebroken animal in overnight. I had no safe, warm place to keep him.

Eventually, I put him out to play in the yard with my dog (who was in heaven!) and called the SPCA. Animal control came and took him to the SPCA shelter. He will be put in quarantine for a week and if not claimed, will be placed for adoption.

I'm not sure what else I should have done. I couldn't leave him outside, as it wasn't safe for a variety of reasons. I couldn't keep him inside...so...I thought a warm shelter was best.

I'm still working on dh to add him to our ark. He's 1/4 the size of our other dog but could be her identical twin - a real "mini me"! We nicknamed him "Scootch" as in "Scootch over, you're in the way!"

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Re: It's not the dog, it's the owner.
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2007, 03:51:38 AM »
I don't know the whole story, so this may be a little off. but......  I would work on the 11 year old, there's still hope for her.   Instead of focusing on what is being done wrong, maybe take it a caring-just looking out for you way.  Bend the truth a little?  --"Dear, I've seen you with your dog and know how much you love him.... In my time here, I've seen several animals injured....... I'd hate to see that happen to you.... It concerns me when he's down here running without supervision because I can't help him for you......-- I don't really know how this would work for a stranger, but it works so much better on my 10 year old daughter than anything else.  She's so much more perceptive when she thinks of the possibilities "on her own" rather than being told..

Hi Jais,
That sounds like a great idea. I think 11 yr. old me would have been affected, too, if an authority figure like a crossing guard that i knew told me i should take better care of my dog.
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Re: It's not the dog, it's the owner.
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2007, 09:17:44 AM »
You think I'm an authority figure?


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Re: It's not the dog, it's the owner.
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2007, 11:04:53 AM »
You think I'm an authority figure?



You do get a clipboard.  :)

...to an 11 year old you probably are, no? I would hope so.
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