OK WERE GOING TO COURT!!!

[courtnek]

My son is trying to get in good with Laurel, she is somwhat afraid of him.
He took her and Freebe outside, in the front yard, where he can sit in the garage and play with them and watch them, and fastened them to leads on the fence. The leads allow them access to the yard, but not to the
sidewalk or beyond. The dogs remain on our property....

Some guy came by with a GSD offlead who ran up to Kyle (IN THE GARAGE) and snarled. ON MY PROPERTY!! BOTH dogs reacted,
Freebee was snarling and Laurel was baying (she is secondary to Freebee, but will respond to any situation) and the GSD decided to pick on Laurel.
He snarled and she went BALLISTIC!! She snarled and bayed and warned him off many times over... looked more nasty then I would have expected, since she has been so timid...

He backed off, and the owner SAID IWAS TO BLAME, SINCE MY DOGS WERE TIED OUT FRONT!! I said "WHY ISNT YOUR DOG ON A LEASH? THERE ARE LEASH LAWS HERE..."

AND HE SAID 'He never needed a leash before...."

I called the police and filed a complait. FOR ONCE they agreed with me...

[Malamum]

Good for you Courtnek. For a second there I thought the jerk was taking you to court and I was astounded. Glad it's the other way round.

[mommacat]

OOOHH Courtnek - how maddening for you!! :x :x :x

At least for once the police believed the RESPONSIBLE pet owner, not th goof off!! :-?

[Horsefeathers!]

Geez, what a dumbaxe. Surely, this is an open and shut kind of thing. I mean, your dogs didn't actually attack him and his dog was running loose and on YOUR property.

Here's the thing that scares me about stuff like this. I am always SO worried about p*ssing someone off and having them come by late at night, or sometime when I'm not home, and doing something like throwing poison bait over the fence. I'm not afraid of confrontation, per se, but I would be worried about people seeking revenge on me through my dogs. Maybe this creep won't do something like that, but just be extra careful. He sounds like a real jackass. :x

[StarFox]

Oh what a Jack@ss! It sounds like a open and shut case..but you just never know with the American Justice System. If there is ONE thing I learned from being on Jury duty is Writting everything down! So maybe you could write the time and date that this occured and all the specifics of everything that happend. You can actually submit your notes as evidence of a crime. Oh well Just an idear! :wink:

[courtnek]

It wont go to court. The dog didnt bite, although he threatened, and
if it's a first offense the worst they'll do is write him a warning ticket.

I will have to canvas the yard before I let the dogs out, just to b esure though.

why are people so blatantly stupid????

[mouseatthebusstop]

it might make the owner think next time

[Guest Anonymous]

Way ta go Court! What a jerk! :evil: Oooh, I would have givin him a real piece of my mind and "kindly" :wink: explained to him about the leash laws and how his dog OBVIOUSLY needs one ect ect. I tend to argue with people a lot though :oops: