04-21-2012, 08:50 PM
I have new neighbors and they have a very big dog. This afternoon that dog, let free to roam around the neighborhood, came close to attacking a teenager with an infant. They were on a public road just having fun and then this 120-lb monster came charging out from the house and scared the **** out of them (my apologies for the language, but it's appropriate).
The infant was crying like mad because he was frightened and the teenager did all he could to protect him and take him away from the situation.
I was out mowing the lawn and my other neighbor was walking their dog when the commotion happened. My neighbor immediately went to confront the dog before I knew what was happening. Once I figured out what was happening I backed her up, but neither of us had any weapon or anything.
Thinking about it now I should have run back to the house and grabbed a golf club I now have in easy reach on the porch for dogs like this. However, the neighbor kept the dog distracted and when it saw she had company (me) it backed off although it was growling and not happy and looked as though it was ready to fight.
My neighbor has guts, her actions were impressive and very brave, but we could have had a tragedy today with a young kid being killed by an out-of-control dog.
The dog-owner has been told about this (they weren't there at the time) and if this isn't dealt with will do the right thing and call the cops.
Please keep your dogs under control. Barking is one thing, letting them loose to terrorize a neighborhood is another.
Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/
The infant was crying like mad because he was frightened and the teenager did all he could to protect him and take him away from the situation.
I was out mowing the lawn and my other neighbor was walking their dog when the commotion happened. My neighbor immediately went to confront the dog before I knew what was happening. Once I figured out what was happening I backed her up, but neither of us had any weapon or anything.
Thinking about it now I should have run back to the house and grabbed a golf club I now have in easy reach on the porch for dogs like this. However, the neighbor kept the dog distracted and when it saw she had company (me) it backed off although it was growling and not happy and looked as though it was ready to fight.
My neighbor has guts, her actions were impressive and very brave, but we could have had a tragedy today with a young kid being killed by an out-of-control dog.
The dog-owner has been told about this (they weren't there at the time) and if this isn't dealt with will do the right thing and call the cops.
Please keep your dogs under control. Barking is one thing, letting them loose to terrorize a neighborhood is another.
Tom
http://apacificview.blogspot.com/