That CONFOUNDED DOG!!!  

She was attacked off list by some member who knew her from someplace else so she quit.

We're more likely to lock the dog up!

I'm for letting the dog spend a cold night outside - it isn't cold enough to kill her and maybe she'd be better. Other than that - the bathroom is where she's going to be!

Either way, sounds like it will be a learning experience for the dog. Take care

Whenever you clean up their dogs' mess, put it in a covered bucket till it is filled then go over to their house late at night when they are sleeping and dump the contents on their doorstep. If they come over and complain about it, all ya gotta do is tell them you were cleaning up THEIR dogs' mess and figured they should dispose of it themselves. Keep doing it till they finally get sick of it and control their dogs' whereabouts. lol

I sure have thought about doing that but it would more than likely make matters worse here. they do not care how their yard or home looks at all. they would probably start vandalising my home when I am alseep or away from my home. I do not trust them at all. I requested your friendship. I am in Indiana.

I would probably call the city or whoever - sheriff about the attacking dog. There may not be leash laws in your area, but I bet there's laws about vicious dogs.

We've had beware of dog signs up, but for some reason they were all destroyed. I've warned the neighborhood kids that this dog would hurt them if they got into the back yard and would destroy their toys if they got into the yard so they leave her alone.

I don't think she'd hurt them if she got out of the yard, she's only defending her yard when someone gets in it and is fine when they are properly introduced, tho she's got the memory of a goldfish.

And I accepted. How would the neighbors know that you dumped a bucket of dog poop on their steps if noone sees ya doing it? Even if they don't care about their property, I'm sure they would care if they walked out right into that nastystinkypoop. lol

she only chases some of them, but she needs to learn to leave those along too!

She doesn't harm them thou, does she? If she's just chasing, you can always crate-train her and keep her in the crate at night so you can sleep. Your dog sounds like Domingo. He knows he can only chase the one cat and they have fun chasing each other around the house in play. Thankfully, they only do that when we are awake.

I've suggested getting a crate, but the roomie is resistant. She's got a shock collar that she's putting on her tonight!

I read that and want to smack your roomie around a few times to knock some sense into her head. Most dogs actually love having a crate they can curl up in when they want to be left alone. Shock collars are cruel to dogs no matter what others say about them. I never owned one and have had some pretty wild dogs in the past. I'm betting the cats the dog is chasing want to be chased cause it's just a game to them. They know the dog isn't going to hurt them. Dunno but I would put the shock collar on your roomie and see how she likes it.

She first got the shock collar because she was going after the other roomie and me if we so much as walked past the door when the roomie was in bed.

The roomie's never actually had to shock her with it, the collar and the beep sound is normally enough to correct her. I'd've liked the shock collar a few times before she got it to correct the dog, once she went after one of the cats over food and only a toe in the teeth prevented her from bitting the cat (who was barely more than a kitten.) I also had to kick her once for coming after me when the roomie was in bed and she rushed me at the door.

I don't normally condone kicking animals, but I was one of only 2 people a notorious bitting dog at the riding stables never bit, and that was because once I stepped on him, and the second time I kicked him in the teeth - in front of his owner who turned to her sister and told her that was what she needed to do with the dog.

This dog has been good, but has been outside most nights during the summer because she's so restless and isn't properly housetrained, but now that the temps turn cool the roomie wants to bring her in, because of her injured leg. I, for one, would say - that's what the dog house is for - this is TEXAS, she can behave or be outside!

If the dog prefers being outside to inside, then by all means, leave her out where she's more happy. Texas doesn't get THAT cold anyways. My husky mix I used to have actually hated being in the house and would even find her out in below 0 weather with a few inches of snow on top of her while she's curled up with tail over nose. She didn't like her doghouse cept when it rained. I dunno, Elic.

she likes to be inside, especially when it gets cold because of her bad leg. but if she can't behave, she's gotta be corrected

Blackbriar--you'd be surprised how cold it can get here--especially in Austin, which is JUST at the edge of the great plains, & the wind doesn't stop til' it gets to the hills. It can & does freeze here every so often.

But I must agree it's horribly hot in the summers. Especially further south, closer to the Gulf where the humidity is so high. It's flat there, as well, & every summer it's like trying to breathe hot soup.

But when it's winter...when a WET cold wind whistles through...well, I recall one January when I was walking in downtown Houston, & all up & down the glassy-slick, iced-over sidewalk were stiff grackles. You could probably've used them to hammer nails, poor things.

So yeah, we DO know what cold is. And I gotta tell you, the weirdest sight in Texas HAS to be seeing snow in the palm trees....

Maggiepie

I honestly didn't know it got that cold in TX or any other of the southern states for that matter. I bet that is a very strange sight indeed when you not used to seeing snow. lol

We've looked for any injuries on the cats, but have found none. I'm afraid that Zoe would tear up the costume too, she destroys stuffed animals.

I'm so there about loose dogs! Rant away!

Our local animal control still picks up dogs on weekends!

Zoe normally likes cats, but she's just not into the cats that came in as adults (except Booboo) it seems or she's got a thing against Siamese.

But this is going to stop!

The roomie was getting up to put her out, I was just up and shod first.

We could lock her in a bathroom and keep her away from the cats, but the roomie doesn't want to do that.

That's not cute, that's one BAD DOG! She keeps that up, shes one HOMELESS dog!

I swear, this dog is sometimes just going to drive me NUTZ!

We got the dog at 10 or so months old after it had been running as a stray out in the hill country for a while. that was almost 7 years ago. I told the roomie she needed to take her to training, but that didn't happen.