Pit bull next door...
Any suggestions as to how I should handle this? I do not want to offend my neighbors, as we think they are pretty nice people, but I would hate for an issue to arise, where our sheepie gets hurt or vice versa, and we both end up loosing our very much loved dogs. Thanks in advance for your suggestions! |
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| Try getting together with your neighbor and taking a walk in neutral territory a few times. That works...sometimes. |
| We had this problem a couple of years ago..2 pitties!!! They were a younger couple, who had rented the house. The 'man' was very cocky and would not talk to us about the problem. They put true shock collars on both and they just barged through the pain and attacked the fence whenever they saw my dogs OR the grandkids!! It got to the point that I could not let the grandkids in the yard if I saw the pitties on their porch!!!! Dino got so frustrated, he yelled at the guy demanding that he get his dogs under control!! I tried to talk to the girl, who seemed very sweet, but she would defer to the guy. All of our neighbors were fearful of the dogs and the man!!! At one point, My DH got into a screaming match with him. About an hour later, we had the police at OUR door, the guy claimed Dino threatened him~~~ ((Please know that this is the house I grew up in~~ALL the neighbors are very courteous and friendly~~we have NEVER had a problem with any of our neighbors~~and it goes without saying we never had the police at our door......EVER!!!) It got to be so bad, I was very afraid they would jump the fence to get the their 'targets', that we invested in a 8 feet tall fence to protect our whole family! A couple of months after that, they moved out of the house, in the middle of the night, owing the owner 3 months in back rent!!!!  So I would suggest...you try to talk to the neighbors and if they are not receptive, install an 8 ft fence!!! (sorry, I wish I could help more...  ) |
I agree with a meeting on neutral territory. Maybe they want to play and the fence is just in the way  |
| I hope the neighbors are willing to help out. There are two pittie owners, the ones like the jerk above and the other who really care for their dog and will work hard to overcome the dog's bad PR. If your neighbor is the latter, time for walks together.......of course you both need to know how to walk your dogs without anger/fear and in total control. Being together in a neutral territory and sitation will hopefully stop any problems before they develop. |
| If that doesn't work, just discuss taking turns for outside time. We had an insane Brussels Griffon next door to us and we just got in the habit of checking to see if each others' dogs were out or promptly gong to get our dogs if the need was greater for the other person. That BG wouldn't settle down for anything! |
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