Update on dog attack post from 06

[mater]

Just over a year ago we were attacked by 2 pit bull dogs. Here is the thread if you are interested. http://www.bt3central.com/showthread...ght=dog+attack Around Jan 15, 2007 I noticed one of their dogs in their backyard and I reported it. An Animal Control officer came out and told them the Judge said the dogs could not come back in this city for any reason. Well they haven't spoken to me since and reported my dog for walking with me to the mailbox. He stepped out in the road and they reported him saying he was roaming the neighborhood which was a lie. We keep him in a fenced backyard and the only time he is out of it we are with him. To make a long story short one of my neighbors down the street called me last weekend and said the dog owner told him and another neighbor that he was going to build a privacy fence out back of his house and bring the dogs back. I am trying to keep my cool but this has me ticked off that he would even consider bringing the dogs back after what we went thru with them. I guess we will wind up back in court over this. Thanks for listening.

[Cheeky]

unbeilevable Ken. So basically animal control left the dogs there, despite the judge's order?

my dog has only been attacked once, and it was by an airedale terrier. we were walking on a country road, my dog was on a leash and out of nowhere comes this fluffy terrier. locked my dog on the neck. i grabbed the airedale by the collar and put my knee on his neck, until the owner came out.

i don't want to think about what i would do if attacked by pit bulls. keep after those people, and prevent future tragedies.

[crokett]

I remember that thread. If the dogs do indeed come back, assume there will be a next time and do your best to kill them if it happens. IOW, don't hit them with the flat of the shovel this time, hit them with the edge. Teach your wife and stepdaughter to use the axe. The dogs are known aggressors and I doubt the police will bother you much if the dogs end up dead.

What you might want to do before it gets that far is get video of the dogs in the backyard and send that to the police. This time it may be enough to have the dogs destroyed.

For the record, I like dogs a lot. I own two and I hate to see animals suffer because owners are irresponsible.

[Ed62]

I don't know how I missed that thread. It must have been during a few days I wasn't online. That's a sad situation.

It's hard to imagine the dogs would be left there after an attack like that. I'm another who doesn't believe in outlawing a particular breed, but some dogs just need to be dealt with in no uncertain terms. It sounds like this is one of those times. I hope things work out OK for you.

Ed

[maxparot]

Throw poisoned meat in the neigbors backyard. He can report you for poisoning dogs that aren't suppost to be there!
Or let them out and shoot them as soon as they hit your property.
Before that I would contact the judge that ordered them to be removed and discuss your options. Judges don't like their orders ignored and I'm sure an order for the arrest of the owner and to have the dogs destroyed would be the next step.

[mater]

unbeilevable Ken. So basically animal control left the dogs there, despite the judge's order?

my dog has only been attacked once, and it was by an airedale terrier. we were walking on a country road, my dog was on a leash and out of nowhere comes this fluffy terrier. locked my dog on the neck. i grabbed the airedale by the collar and put my knee on his neck, until the owner came out.

i don't want to think about what i would do if attacked by pit bulls. keep after those people, and prevent future tragedies.

AC had them move the dogs out of the city under the Judges order. The dog owner brought the dog back without permission and the AC officer told me they were told again not to bring the dogs back for any reason. I was told to call AC if I saw the dogs again and so far I haven't seen them.

[mater]

Throw poisoned meat in the neigbors backyard. He can report you for poisoning dogs that aren't suppost to be there!
Or let them out and shoot them as soon as they hit your property.
Before that I would contact the judge that ordered them to be removed and discuss your options. Judges don't like their orders ignored and I'm sure an order for the arrest of the owner and to have the dogs destroyed would be the next step.

I am hoping to get help from the court if they do bring the dogs back. The Judge ruled that the dogs could not come back in this city for any reason and he didn't put a time limit on the order. My feeling is I can't believe he is even thinking about bringing the dogs back. Until he actually brings them back I probably can't do nothing. All I know now is he told two of my other neighbors he was going to bring them back.

[Black wallnut]

I think it is wise of you to wait and watch. Keep a camera handy in case you do see the dogs preferably one with a date stamp. As for what your neighbors are telling you that is hearsay and no judge will pay it any mind unless of course you can get these neighbors to sign a deposition. Seems to me that the dogs should have been put down, but some places have laws written to give a dog one free bite.

[Stormbringer]

Judges don't like their orders ignored and I'm sure an order for the arrest of the owner and to have the dogs destroyed would be the next step.

Have the owner destoyed instead

Good luck mater.

[pierhogunn]

I see this oxygen waster believes in the OJ Simpson perspective on the law, and juris prudence?

I second the motion, catch the moron and his abused animals ( from my conversations with Dog people, and pit bull people in particular, these things only get mean cause of something some HUMAN has done to them).

I feel sorry for you, and I feel sorry for those dogs...


Wait a tick, you live in SC, in some place that has something to do with freedom, so at your liberty, just go get a whole bunch of pest-control report devices ( big a$$ bang making firecrackers) and harass them until he surrenders.

There, once again proving that 90% of lifes little problems can be solved by high explosives...

[gary]

I agree with the post that judges don't like being ignored or disobeyed. Write a letter to the judge explaining how his order is being disobeyed - include a video if you can get it. Also include another letter from the other neighbor about them saying the dogs were coming back.

He'll be back in front of the judge for contempt before you know it.

[DUD]

Ken

I sure hate this is happening to You and Your Family. I believe that You must contact the Judge very soon. Good Luck, Bill

[lrogers]

I hate to hear this Ken. I have to agree 100% with Bill and the rest.

[docrowan]

I agree with the post about a letter to the judge. However, you have to have evidence that the dogs are back. The judge will listen to the hearsay from the neighbors, but won't give it very much play. If the neighbor definitely brings the dogs back, video tape is the way to go, and if this doesn't seem too dramatic, include a shot of the current day's newspaper.

[ejs1097]

Such a sad situation. Dog laws are different from state to state, I'm sure you know what SC's are. Here in PA once a dog attacked anyone is permanetly considered 'dangerous' and needs to be muzzled anytime outside.

It's best to keep the camera ready. Recording the newspaper to show the date is good to quantify when you recorded the dogs as well.

Is it posible they knew the other neighbors would talk to you and he told them he was bringing the dogs back to harrass you because you called AC on them again? Seems like it worked. My past experiences seem to render 1 common thread. Dog owners who get in trouble rarely comply with the law or judge orders.

Might as well get up to speed with your township/borough, etc's fencing rules. If they do start installing a fence, make sure they have a permit, survey, etc. In my area even a privacy fence must maintain a gap between the boards measuring 100% of the thickness of the boards (ie: he couldn't hide his dogs behind it). Of course catching them after the posts are installed would be more troublesome to remove

As nice as it sometimes sounds to 'take matters in your own hands' doing any of the such will only get you in trouble, your neighbors may just be waiting for you to do something to get you in trouble.

Good luck, I hope everything works out for you.