They let their new puppy outside without a leash and it just comes over to my property and gets into my things that aren’t confined to my fence and scares my ducks. This puppy is a pit and is going to get huge. I’m afraid it’ll get to my birds or dogs.
How do I tell the super trashy people that own the dog to tie it tf up? I don’t want to make enemies with these people, but they need to get their shit together.
They’re the only people on the street who don’t have their dog fenced in or on a time-out/leash. The road is incredibly busy so the dog is liable to get hit really quick if it decides to run into the street.
A family friend’s pitbull chewed the ear off of someone’s toddler because it wanted to play with him. The best way to deal with a dangerous dog you don’t own is to ignore it and have the owners deal with it. The last thing you want is the dog liking you more than its owners, spending more time in your yard, then deciding to ‘play’ with the ducks.
Dangerous is not the same thing as, “completely random dog that happens to be a species you’re bigoted against.”
Do better. Dogs largely don’t understand what’s happening. Half their lives, they’re younger than children we give greater defference to, while working with a smaller brain. I wouldn’t be surprised if most dogs do not know what being “alive” is AT ALL, let alone being able to openly sympathise. I love how people will blame dogs all fucking day, but cats kill billions of birds and other animals a year, get a fucking ALBUM named after the serious illness they can give with a simple scratch, and get a pass.
Again, do better.