My neighbors tried to kill my dogs!!

Really this is the best idea, a picture is worth a thousand words and I would not allow your dog out without you until you are able to catch this on tape or at least watch very closely out your window. If they tried once they will again. I'm sure you have nice dogs, it makes me sick that anyone would do this to any living creature. I suggest also building a taller fense so no one can go into your property. Really even without the dog those kids don't have the right to go on your property to cut across to the park.

I agree that this is probably your best avenue to follow. That way, you will have video/pictures to show to the sheriff as well as to the ASPCA if there is one nearby. Those people should not be allowed to get away with harming your babies.

I agree. Put in a hidden camera or something and contact an animal rescue place for ideas. I'm so sorry that you have to go through that. I don't know how anyone can purposely hurt innocent animals.

Yeah I think, It is the best idea to get into it. Try to built some surveillance, be sure that the place that you will placed is can't easily been seen and not broken because of the rain too (because surveillance stuff, Does expensive).

well his there no law in your country that can tackle this problem..

you should drag this person to the court of law..

and charge him for an attempt to murder..

I have a camera and it has a motion sensor on it that I did not know about. I am going to give it a shot..I did mention to my neighbor yesterday that I had called the police and they would be investigating it, just to worry them a bit. Hopefully they will feel as if they are being watched. It is just not right to have to feel fearful of letting my dogs into their own space. Thanks for soem great advice.

yes i agree with them... Just call the police and press charges against them...

You can rather talk to your neighbors and explain about your affection to your dog and tell them to be soft on ur pets

I would go ape if someone was to ever try and hurt my dog, to me my dog was part of the family.

i would either place a video camera outside my house.....or kill there pets

Being a pit owner myself I had to deal with a similar neighbor. He was putting rat poison in my yard and my dog did end up getting very sick from it, but luckily she made it through. Unfortunately, law enforcement isn't very helpful (and I'm a deputy myself) so I know. Unless you have proof (like the camera idea which is what I did) they can't do anything. I didn't know where to get the cameras that can watch it all the time so I sat in my house with my camera and waited almost 2 weeks for my chance. I knew he was doing it at night so some friends and I worked in shifts to be "look-outs". I was already planning on moving out of that house so I didn't hve to deal with that neighbor much longer after that. I don't know how it would work out for you after he got caught. Good luck and thanks for be a responsible pit owner.

i agree with you. they have lives also so take care of them as they take care of you.

Well, if you had taken a moment to read the entire discussion instead of just the header you would know how that went.

A camera would definately be a great thing to do. This way you have proof and then the police cannot refuse to deal with it! Good Luck!

I agree, I think the deputy just really had no recourse when here. He knew it was not enough proof to actually charge them with anything.

It's a chain link fence so they can slip anything through the holes. I wish I could afford a giant privacy fence, but that is just not possible at the moment. Thanks so much..

You can buy metal privacy slats to put in the chain-link fence at almost any large home-improvement shop. You can also use stakes and more fence material to block the bottom. It's a couple hours worth of work, but may be worth it in your case.

Note also that if they push through a modified fence, you'll have evidence.

We have an ASPCA here and I will call them and see what they suggest. I just really hate that I have to close up my babies doggy door because they cannot be safe in their own yard.

Oh their Doggy door has benn temporarily closed until I get this taken care of. It is my fence, maybe I should electrify it..lol

They know I am watching. I could see them peeking out the windows when the police where here. They have dogs, Shi Tzus, and they are always getting out because they do not take care of their sides of their fence. I have chain link all the way around, and they have tacked on some sort of chicken wire or something on their side to keep theirs in, and they are always out. I could have called the shelter many a time, but never do. I always help keep them in if they are not home and so forth. I have tried to explain to them that I have brought this pittbull home as a puppy and she will be around their dogs and children, and mine also. She will not be violent. I have raised too many. I know what it takes. They are just being unreasonable.

Dogs need to run & play & besides that, dogs need to go to the bathroom. The yard is fenced in...they should mind their own business. It's against the law to poison someone's dog.

Decisions do not need a consensus between two parties. That's a compromise. What you are suggesting is really not a feasible alternative. Yes, it removes the dogs from harm's way, but isn't it a dog owner's right to allow his or her dog to roam free in its own backyard without being concerned about neighbors trying to KILL it? The blame for this is totally on whoever tried to poison the original poster's dogs.

I didn't say they shouldn't worry. I said they shouldn't have to worry. Their yard is fenced in. They shouldn't have to keep their dogs in their house all the time. That's not an option either. All I said was that the neighbor should mind their own business & not do things that are against the law.

amanda84 I would never promise not to let my dogs into their own yard. That is not even an option! I will not be controlled by these people and there threats. I will keep my dogs safe, and will not let them out alone until it is taken care of and I am sure they are safe. I thin trying to work with them will be best if I can get it through their head that this puppy is of no harm to them or their animals. The breed has just gotten a sour deal from some idiots that do not know how to raise them.

Actually, you MAY also want to talk to the neighbors about this. Just kindly let them know that some psychopath tried to poison your dogs with antifreeze, and you're concerned about the same thing happening to their sweet, loveable pooches. Don't let on that you suspect them of doing it. If they're decent human beings, they probably won't try it again after that.

I am keeping them in with me, and taking them out in the mornings while I look around. It is a weird feeling to be scared to let them into their own yard. I hate it. There is a News Station here that does a special 8 on your side. They deal with things like that. If it escalates I may call them. I am trying to talk with them and assure them that Angel will; never be a threat to them or their dogs. I anything they should feel safer when she grows up because she will not be quiet when strangers arrive. They will not be strangers as their children are out there all of the time, along with their dogs. Angel wants to get over and play with them constantly. They are going on rumors about pittbulls and not facts and actually getting to know the dog. I think the children and the wife will be my best bet to go through. I believe it is the husband so set about the dog. He thinks I should raise her on a chain in my yard. This is absurd! That will make her just what he is scared of. This will never happen. His dogs are a mess. they are cute little Shi Tzus, but are all matted, and full of burrs where they leave them out in an unkempt yard 24/7. Maybe the ASPCA would be interested in seeing the condition of his dogs living quarters. The have to sleep under his house. My girls sleep with me..lol Thanks for the great response. I am getting my camera hooked up to my PC with motion sensor. I plan to tell them this also hopefully to deter them.

fine

Ohh really?:(( thats sad then.Well me im not having problem about that because i dont have dog.But im having problem with my neighbor because of their dogs always burping and i cant sleep.I always told them to let them dog shut up but they make their dog spoied..nahhh:((..grr