Stupid dog owner rant

[JackieMaya]

The neighbors behind me have a little yappy dog that obviously isn't considered a member of the family. They have a big fenced yard yet they tie the little yapper to the front of the house when they're in the back yard.

And today I was out with my kids, who were being nice and quiet. They were having a barbeque and they tied the little yapper to the fence. So of course it was yapping non-stop. That got Maya going (even with her citronella collar on) which got Pooh Bear going. Then they untied the yapper and let it come over with them and then it was quiet. Then they tied it to another fence and it started yapping non-stop again! Then one of the guys went over and stood next to the dog and it stopped.

So obviously they don't think they can control their huge 8 pound dog (if even that much) while they're eating. Sheesh! Have you ever heard of a little thing called training? And I just don't understand why they hardly ever let the little thing loose in the FENCED yard. There's no way in hell that it could jump the fence. When it's with them it's quiet, but when it's tied up it yaps contiunuously.

I just don't get it.

[Canis erectus]

Unfortunatly some things are just not meant to be understood...

[Cairn6]

That's a shame poor thing just wants to be with them.

[JackieMaya]

These neighbors are really pissing me off! :evil:

Today they were tying the little motheryapper up to the fence again while they were doing stuff in the yard, and of course it was barking like crazy, which got Maya and Pooh Bear barking. They both had to have several inside timeouts.

Then about an hour ago, Pooh Bear and Maya started barking again like crazy. One of the idiots had brought the little motheryapper right down to the corner of their yard (which is about 20 feet from the corner of my yard), and he was holding a little kid, and they were watching my dogs bark. They probably thought it was real funny watching the big dogs bark (except Jackie of course). I couldn't get Maya and Pooh Bear to stop barking, so I had all three puppers come inside.

I was talking to one of my other neighbors the other day (she and her family live two houses away and have a cute beagle), and she doesn't like them and their dog either.

And here I'm REALLY trying hard to be a responsible dog owner by trying to not let my dogs bark, and these idiots look right at me as their dog is barking and while I'm trying to get my dogs to stop barking, and having to make them come in when they won't stop. I really hate having stupid dog owners/neighbors. GRRRR!