'Nuther neighbour rant
Dec. 21st, 2008 01:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tripperfunsterOn one side across the road from us live our neighbours who don't fix their cats. So, not only do I get to 'rescue and fix' the ones that wander over here, but I also have the joy of finding little kittens run over by cars from time to time.
On the other side, we have new neighbours. A young couple with a baby. They recently purchased a dog ( a cute smallish golden retriever type thing) and this dog has decided that he likes living at our house instead. I honestly can't go outside without this dog showing up for attention.
This wouldn't normally be a problem, but this dog is a big puppy, and has NO MANNERS WHATSOEVER. Also, not a huge problem, but MY dogs HATE him. Like, HATE HIM. *snicker* He's much bigger than them, and he's very playful and friendly, but they would prefer that he just died. Painfully. One of my dogs won't even go outside now. I basically have to THROW him out the door.
'Jesse' as we've named this interloper is also hated by the horses and goats. Jesse loves our kids, but is such a big galoot that he jumps on them and knocks them down. So now my kids don't want to go outside either.
We won't even talk about the fact that Jesse loves to chase cars, and I have almost run over him more than a few times.
Yesterday hubby put a leash on Jesse and walked him back home. Nobody was there, so he put Jesse in the garage, then called the neighbours and left a message on their machine. Something to the effect of, "Gosh, your dog is a real sweetheart, but he's destructive and too rambunctious for our kids.. bla bla bla."
We did not hear back from them. So today, we called again, and there was no answer. So I went over there, to check on the dog (he had no water in the garage) and sure enough, nobody was home, nor had anyone been home since yesterday. WTF? It is SOOO GODDAMNED COLD HERE! Like, -25 celcius DURING THE DAY. And they left their dog outside with no food or water? I mean, he can eat snow, but that really can bring down your core body temp pretty quickly.
The poor thing peed for about an hour when I let him out, and now, of course, he is running willy nilly all over our yard, because I didn't have the heart to lock him up again, not knowing when they'd be home. I'll go back and put him in the garage again tonight, so he doesn't freeze to death, but I'm honestly tempted to take him to the humane society. Except, of course, that we've left a message on their machine, and it wouldn't take Sherlock to figure out what happened. >:(
I'm not a super pet owner. I don't celebrate my animal's birthdays (lots of people do) and we don't wrap any gifts for them under the tree, but FOOD AND SHELTER? Pretty basic stuff here people!
On the other side, we have new neighbours. A young couple with a baby. They recently purchased a dog ( a cute smallish golden retriever type thing) and this dog has decided that he likes living at our house instead. I honestly can't go outside without this dog showing up for attention.
This wouldn't normally be a problem, but this dog is a big puppy, and has NO MANNERS WHATSOEVER. Also, not a huge problem, but MY dogs HATE him. Like, HATE HIM. *snicker* He's much bigger than them, and he's very playful and friendly, but they would prefer that he just died. Painfully. One of my dogs won't even go outside now. I basically have to THROW him out the door.
'Jesse' as we've named this interloper is also hated by the horses and goats. Jesse loves our kids, but is such a big galoot that he jumps on them and knocks them down. So now my kids don't want to go outside either.
We won't even talk about the fact that Jesse loves to chase cars, and I have almost run over him more than a few times.
Yesterday hubby put a leash on Jesse and walked him back home. Nobody was there, so he put Jesse in the garage, then called the neighbours and left a message on their machine. Something to the effect of, "Gosh, your dog is a real sweetheart, but he's destructive and too rambunctious for our kids.. bla bla bla."
We did not hear back from them. So today, we called again, and there was no answer. So I went over there, to check on the dog (he had no water in the garage) and sure enough, nobody was home, nor had anyone been home since yesterday. WTF? It is SOOO GODDAMNED COLD HERE! Like, -25 celcius DURING THE DAY. And they left their dog outside with no food or water? I mean, he can eat snow, but that really can bring down your core body temp pretty quickly.
The poor thing peed for about an hour when I let him out, and now, of course, he is running willy nilly all over our yard, because I didn't have the heart to lock him up again, not knowing when they'd be home. I'll go back and put him in the garage again tonight, so he doesn't freeze to death, but I'm honestly tempted to take him to the humane society. Except, of course, that we've left a message on their machine, and it wouldn't take Sherlock to figure out what happened. >:(
I'm not a super pet owner. I don't celebrate my animal's birthdays (lots of people do) and we don't wrap any gifts for them under the tree, but FOOD AND SHELTER? Pretty basic stuff here people!
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Date: 2008-12-21 09:39 pm (UTC)