So mad I could spit bullets (loose dog AGAIN) - Letter rejected

[SpottedCrow]

Aww fercryingoutloud...what an ijit!

 

[JennsPeeps]

Keep the letter as proof that you tried to contact them.

You could get someone to hand the letter over, same way you would a summons.

Or instead of mailing in an envelope, mail it in a box w/ the return address of someone who's out of area. Or their work address.

 

[SussexInSeattle]

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where I come from, any dog that bites a human being is considered a "Dangerous Dog".

Vicious, dangerous, what really is the difference? The first bite is documented then it is all down hill from there for that dog IN MOST CITIES

Not wanting to split hairs here, but there are exceptions to this. There was an instance where a woman's fiance wanted to get the woman's dog out from under her bed b/c the little dog didn't like him and would not stay in the room with him. The dog ran under the bed to hide, and he tried to drag her out. He got down on the floor, reached under the bed and grabbed her by the hair, dragging her toward him. She bit him and sliced his lip, requiring him to have stitches. This fool SUED HIS FIANCEE'S INS. CO AND THEY PAID. *crtrlovr retreats...*

This is apples to oranges here, you are talking about insurance companies and the fact that they HAVE to INSURE injuries received on a person's property. I was talking about the CITY or COUNTY and the 'strikes' that a dangerous dog gets for biting people. Normally it is three bites equals euthanasia. This has Nothing at all to do with insurance companies.

 

[plumberroy]

First off I am a newby here . I have read all of this thread. first I love dogs we have 4 , but a large dog that comes in my yard attacks my animals and bites me is DEAD in town or not. If you you do not have the heart or skill to do it. invite a friend over who can for a cook out . give them written permission to be armed on you property You have numerous calls to animal control and returned letters . that you tried to deal with it . they have not full filled the job .

Taking a dog is stealing weather you dump it or sell it in some states stealing a hunting , working or pure bred dog is a felony

I several years ago had a cocker being a nuisance after 4 calls to the county with no satisfaction. I called the police explained that I had called 4 times with times and dates with no response . I had just run the dog off again. I informed them that if some one was not here soon (30 minutes) I would be forced to put an arrow through said dog. twenty minutes later the dog warden arrived with a live trap.
You have to stand up for yourself . The animal control and police work for you . I would also remind them the dog bit you and they have had ample time to deal with the situation and they may be liable if you get bit again

disclaimer: I am 5'11" most doctor guess my weight at 250# I weigh over 300# after 23 years of swinging pipe wrenches I have fore arms like Popeye and am a full blooded Hillbilly I am not the the person you want to start a feud with and since All my neighbors know I am there if they need something if I am treated the same ( when you have water filling your basement it is nice to live next door to a plumber) I have backing.
Roy

 

[ChooksChick]

We have irresponsible pit bull owners in the yard diagonally behind ours. I have, prior to owning chickens, gone to the backyard (fully fenced with 4' chain-link) to find a strange pit-bull in my yard...How did it get in there?? More than once, mind you...

I didn't really care HOW, so much as that it was there. What if I had released my 9# mutt? What if my cat got out when I opened to door to go out? What if one of my daughters went out there????!!!???

I decided not to return said dogs, but to call AC. I was fortunate enough to have the animal trapped on my property, but I was ticked and scared. I've called the police, AC and the Humane Society about these bozos because they breed them like mad and I've witnessed them beating on the poor things. Awful owners, not to blame the dogs, but I'm not about to trust the strange dogs, either. I figure getting impounded was the poor things' best chance!! We have a no-kill shelter.

If I had this problem, back to the original post, I'd get a paintball gun, a X10 video camera hooked up to a VCR, and I'd annoy the living crud out of AC every time there was a sighting ONE INCH on my property line. I'd definitely dose a tasty morsel of food with downers(the appropriate amount for each dog) and FEED IT TO THEM!!! By hand, if necessary, to avoid unintentional collateral damage. I'd offer treats and be sweet as honey to the things until they keeled over dopey(or lounged, anyway), and then go call AC and demand their impound, explain the situation, and insist my property was protected- not their business how the drugs got into the dogs. I had drugged meat in my yard for *my* business, thank you! MY yard!!

Last ditch, I'd live trap and take to the pound 2 towns over. The gene pool doesn't need the Ditzes' input, btw- I agree it's too bad they got to breed.

Jerks.


**Edited because I'm a grammar nazi...and to wipe the froth off my statement. I'm irate.

 

[ashera]

If they can't control their dogs and don't seem to have a grip on reality with their dogs' behavior you may have to speak out of concern for the baby. The dog has bitten you already and with a baby in the same house as the dog is.........................
Good luck and remember to breathe.

 

[mamaKate]

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Shooting them is cruel??!! What do you think Animal Control will do with a vicious dog?!

not shoot it..put it to sleep with an injection..which is how i'd rather go..

In my county,animal control puts down any dog that stays in the pound for two weeks. They shoot them.

 

[horsejody]

I was told once by a lawyer that any time you send a letter of complaint or warning via registered mail you should also send one regular mail too. That way they still receive the letter. The courts accept this. When I went to civil court I just had a copy of the letter. They never signed for registered, but they still got the letter. If you are worried about proof of mailing, you can take the letter to the post office and ask for a mail receipt. The clerk will give you a receipt for the postage and show the address it was sent to. There is a small charge for this, but I don't remember how much.

Also, to all the people that keep saying to catch the dog, the OP has already stated that the dog is too fast, and the last time she managed to catch it she got bit. Paint balls and pellet guns are useless on rhodesian ridgebacks. The ones in our neighborhood have been shot with a pellet gun repeatedly by one of our other neighbors (not me) to keep them off their property. It didn't work. Also, the OP can't put up a fence because of the flooding problems caused by another neighbor. The whole thing stinks.

Personally, I would send the letter regular mail and call the authorities every time the dogs were out. I would also double check the firearm ordinances. If shooting was allowed, I would set up a target in the yard with plenty of straw bales or something behind it and spend a couple of afternoons blasting away. You wouldn't actually have to shoot the dogs, just let the owners hear it. I wish you lived closer. I would load up the truck with straw bales and targets, and we would spend the afternoon blowing off 410 shells from my Tuarus Judge pistol.

 

[ninny]

This just sucks! If Ac, police nobody does anything the news will! Send a letter to the editor and call the local station. Also go down to the police station with everything and demand to talk to what ever boss is there. Be annoying. Our rule here is if it bites it dies.


If its gonna get done you must be annoying.

 

[horsejody]

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Yes, be a squeaky wheel!