Tominator Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 I finally had enough of my neighbor's rat terrier. A lady that lives a few doors down (some of you may have remembered me posting about her, bit of a tree hugger). She runs a horse farm and has about 10 dogs and cats, and lets them all run. Most of her dogs stay put, but there's one rat terrier that runs over to my property chasing the wildlife out and running through my veggie gardens. I've called her and told her to keep track of it to no avail, so last night I called animal control. BTW--all of you that are thinking "shoot, shovel, and shut up," trust me, I've run it through my mind more than once, but feel the reprecussions would not be worth it. I'll keep y'all posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preacherman Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge Two words....... Bow Arrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge sounds like she burned the bridge, you did what you needed to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge [ QUOTE ] sounds like she burned the bridge, you did what you needed to do. [/ QUOTE ] My feeling too but I know how you feel. You can only take so much but dont want to cause waves either. Case by case but I think you are in the right. I just hope it does not rebound on you negatively... Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge Thats too bad, got a lot of mutts running around here that need to be removed. Hope it turns out ok Chris. Guess that means your daughter wont be getting any riding lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge I have a dog 2 doors sown that just barks for no reason well sometimes the guy leaves it outside at night ... annoyed me ... well my wife met him yesterday for the first time and come to find out hes actually pretty nice and she mentioned to him about the barking at night ... he appologized and said he would have the dog in by 9pm ... to bad you neighbor couldnt take a lesson from my neighbor ... Sorry things had to come to that ... but you werent th wone who lit the match to burn the bridge ... you did the right thing ... enough is enough ... wonder how she can get away with so many pets. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge That's rough when you ask them and they still don't do anything. I feel that's a big problem in our world, many folks don't respect anyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birddog Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge I just bought a house with my fiance, and there has been a dog that greets me at my front door every day......morning, noon and night! My dogs will be moving in with us when I move in, and I don't even think it is fair to have a strange dog hanging out outside their kennel. Occassionally is one thing, but I don't want another dog. You are a better man than I by calling animal control: I have a couple of dogs that may just dissappear if they don't learn to stay home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge Chris...if the neighbor's kids ball rolls into your yard are ya gonna keep it too.... ya old cramudgen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge You did the right thing by calling animal control. I had to do the same thing several years ago. The pet owner has the responsibility of keeping his/her animal(s) under control so punishing the pet by drastic measures is not exactly fair to the dog. JMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge You did the right thing. Let animal control handle it. I am an advocate for Shoot, Shovel, & Shutup but only after all other avenues have been exhausted. Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge I have called animal control a few times. The first time they get a slap on the wrist. After that animal control gets sick of having to come back and they take it more serious. At least thats what happened with me. Yup, that dog needs to go... cb longs would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge [ QUOTE ] Two words....... Bow Arrow [/ QUOTE ] then the shovel!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Two words....... Bow Arrow [/ QUOTE ] then the shovel!!! [/ QUOTE ] Yep.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy1956 Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge Yes, keep us posted on this one Chris. Like to see how ths system works in your neck of the woods. Down here they will do someting on the 10,th call or so. So the SSS is the best here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge Calling animal control is all you can do when everything else has been said and done. It makes for tough neighbourhood relationships, but at least you tried to talk to her about it first. It's not like you said nothing and then called animal control on her. Sounds like too many pets for one household to me. Animal control might want to take a look at living conditions for these animals too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge Some times you have to burn afew bridges. You did the right thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge [ QUOTE ] but at least you tried to talk to her about it first. It's not like you said nothing and then called animal control on her. Sounds like too many pets for one household to me. Animal control might want to take a look at living conditions for these animals too. [/ QUOTE ] Talking to her about it is the first thing animal control asked me. The lady says "have you talked to your neighbor about it?" "yep, twice." All of her animals stay in the barn area Steve, except for maybe one or two of the older dogs I think, but I really don't know. She runs a riding stable and has a lot of thoroughbreds. My daughter loves horses, and I've taken her over there plenty of times. Julia runs a tight ship as far as the horses are concerned I think, but the other animals are another case. One of her mutts used to run all the time and one got hit by a car right in front of my place. I took that same dog back to her a couple of times before it finally got hit. When it did get hit, it just broke the leg on that dog. Poor thing sat under one of my trees just wailing. Finally the ladies across the street came over and asked me if I was going to do anything about it. I told them that I had taken that dog back to her a few times, and it would appear that she didn't care about it. They got angry with me, and I think they took the dog to the vet. Had it not been in my front yard, I would have ended it with a .22 on the poor thing. She's had another mutt killed outright in front of her place. Just don't know how she can let those dogs run like that. Doesn't know the nature of a dog I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge Good choice tominator. As much as I have thought about taking aim at the stupid neighbor's dogs that run around here loose and chase deer and all that; I haven't and won't unless of course they want to bite me. We won't call the dog control or whatever though because there probably would be repercussions from the neighbor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidd Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge here in indiana i own 5 acres and a shovel they will never find the mutt good tymes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge "I Think I Just Burned A Bridge" ...Your Castle Personally I want to go with something like the Moat at the Imperial Palace: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge I just rolled by her house on the way home. Swear to God, guess what was rolling up her driveway? Nope, not animal control, but an ambulance. Sure hope I didn't give her a heartattack! (I'm going to feel really bad if that's the really the case) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge You killed her Chris....................You did what anyone else would do. If she had a heart attack over it then that was her fault not yours............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge [ QUOTE ] You killed her Chris....................You did what anyone else would do. If she had a heart attack over it then that was her fault not yours............ [/ QUOTE ] LMAO, by God, that's funny right there. I'm sure it was a rider accident. I guess that horse business is a dangerous business. She has liability disclaimers all over her barn and won't even let my daughter ride until she's 10. Well, until I burned that bridge that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 Re: I Think I Just Burned A Bridge A REAL redneck doesn't bother calling animal control, we have developed our own form of "animal control"!! Of course, you yuppie high noses ain't too familiar with stuff like that...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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