04-24-2008, 01:54 PM
First of all, I'm really wondering how many of the people who are posting their opinions on this post actually deal with this problem on a day to day basis?
The reason many people here are forced to take matters into their own hands is because they dont have a choice. This goes back to the beginning of this post on page one. No one enforces the laws on the books, the dog owners of the problem dogs dont care about anyone. There is no easy solution, so you are given no choice but to take care of the issue yourself. This can be argued over all day however the problem is HUGE and there is absolutly no one here to help you. We all do the best we can to be good people, but you can only push a person so far. When I get 2 hours of sleep due to a barking dog, then get to clean up the ripped up trash can, then try to fix my garden that was ruined, I enter a state of temporary insanity. I used to love dogs, however over the last two years living in Hawaii I now hate any dog that is loose...and that accounts for just about every dog I see here. Its yet another wonderfull case of a worthless government. Passing laws that are not enforced and leaving the issue for the frustrated public to deal with. I love the idea of 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for poisoning an animal on my own property. That just makes perfect sense. What fine does the neighbor get for their dogs running out barking and growling and looking like they're going to attack, or keeping me up all night, or destroying 100s of garden plants, or ripping up my trash can, or stealing my boots and gloves? Oh, thats right, no fine and no one to help. Remember the wild west? We basicaly live there. Anyone that says "the poor dogs" doesnt deal with this issue on the level that many of us do. Go stay at a house where the dogs rule the night and day and get a good idea of what this F%$#ING NIGHTMARE is like. Since our government cant take care of the little problem of leash laws and barking dogs they will get to deal with poisioned dogs, dog attacks, and violent neighborhood conflicts started over these damn dogs. Sounds like the norm when it comes to the "government" that insists they are here to help and protect us.
The reason many people here are forced to take matters into their own hands is because they dont have a choice. This goes back to the beginning of this post on page one. No one enforces the laws on the books, the dog owners of the problem dogs dont care about anyone. There is no easy solution, so you are given no choice but to take care of the issue yourself. This can be argued over all day however the problem is HUGE and there is absolutly no one here to help you. We all do the best we can to be good people, but you can only push a person so far. When I get 2 hours of sleep due to a barking dog, then get to clean up the ripped up trash can, then try to fix my garden that was ruined, I enter a state of temporary insanity. I used to love dogs, however over the last two years living in Hawaii I now hate any dog that is loose...and that accounts for just about every dog I see here. Its yet another wonderfull case of a worthless government. Passing laws that are not enforced and leaving the issue for the frustrated public to deal with. I love the idea of 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for poisoning an animal on my own property. That just makes perfect sense. What fine does the neighbor get for their dogs running out barking and growling and looking like they're going to attack, or keeping me up all night, or destroying 100s of garden plants, or ripping up my trash can, or stealing my boots and gloves? Oh, thats right, no fine and no one to help. Remember the wild west? We basicaly live there. Anyone that says "the poor dogs" doesnt deal with this issue on the level that many of us do. Go stay at a house where the dogs rule the night and day and get a good idea of what this F%$#ING NIGHTMARE is like. Since our government cant take care of the little problem of leash laws and barking dogs they will get to deal with poisioned dogs, dog attacks, and violent neighborhood conflicts started over these damn dogs. Sounds like the norm when it comes to the "government" that insists they are here to help and protect us.