The dog next door

Top_Girl

Person_one wrote: »

You don't know? You can usually tell by looking, especially with such a big dog!

The issue might settle a bit when yours is neutered if theirs isn't. Is the dog showing any actual signs of aggression? Does it bark, growl, show its teeth, raise its hackles etc. when it sees your dog?

I will look later

Growls, bares its teeth and its owners have already said it doesn't like other dogs. I tend to get mine in sharpish when it starts but if I am cooking or upstairs, it can take me a moment.

Guest101

Top_Girl wrote: »

That's not what I said.

We need to get permission to keep animals in this area and one of the conditions is keeping your animal under control and preventing behaviour that causes harm or distress. I'm not sure if this kind of thing comes under the policy but it can't hurt to ask.

Do you really? And what happens if you don't get permission?


The only threat a council has, is the same as any other landlord, which is to evict. Eviction requires court and no court is going to evict someone because they have a dog in the garden.

melanzana

Guest101 wrote: »

Do you really? And what happens if you don't get permission?


The only threat a council has, is the same as any other landlord, which is to evict. Eviction requires court and no court is going to evict someone because they have a dog in the garden.

I often wish they would though.

Lots of people would be alive today as a result.

Top_Girl

Guest101 wrote: »

Do you really? And what happens if you don't get permission?


The only threat a council has, is the same as any other landlord, which is to evict. Eviction requires court and no court is going to evict someone because they have a dog in the garden.

I don't know pal, I got permission.

They are newish tenants and if a valid complaint is made about them in the first year of their tenancy, they're out on their ear. I do know that to be a fact.

Guest101

Top_Girl wrote: »

I don't know pal, I got permission.

They are newish tenants and if a valid complaint is made about them in the first year of their tenancy, they're out on their ear. I do know that to be a fact.

Let me try this again: The ONLY way to evict a tenant, any tenant, is through the courts.


So I'm sorry but you're talking rubbish.

Ames

Top_Girl wrote: »

That's not what I said.

We need to get permission to keep animals in this area and one of the conditions is keeping your animal under control and preventing behaviour that causes harm or distress. I'm not sure if this kind of thing comes under the policy but it can't hurt to ask.

I think you're being over optimistic about what the council will do. I used to be on my tenants and resident's association and even breeding fighting dogs in an empty flat wasn't something the council took action over. Even things like drug dealing and crack houses take a long time to get action over, a dog being aggressive in it's own garden is barely going to be acknowledged. If you're lucky they'll send the neighbour a letter asking them to keep the dog under control.

Top_Girl

Guest101 wrote: »

Let me try this again: The ONLY way to evict a tenant, any tenant, is through the courts.


So I'm sorry but you're talking rubbish.

I'm not sure what you think I've said here. I'm not disputing eviction has to go through the courts. I understand the process.

I'm merely going by my own experience of tenants who are in their introductory tenancy period who have complaints made against them and the assurances of the housing manager who attended a community meeting following the eviction of one such local tenant who was found to be behaving anti-socially in the area.

oystercatcher

Male dogs will react to other male dogs. It is worse when any of the dogs are not neutered. Size is irrelevant, my small neutered male dog hates other males it his grumpy personality , he can really wind up some huge dogs if we don't take control of the situation.

Next door should be training their dog not to leap at the fence but you can't force them to do this . They could complain that your dog is upsetting theirs , it works both ways.

An ideal solution would be for both families to visit a dog therapist and socalise the dogs together under supervision , this would probably be expensive and the other owners may not wish to do this anyway.

Other sensible options would be to avoid the two dogs being outside at the same time and to reinforce the fence somehow. Council and RSPCA won't be interested , it doesn't sound like anyone is doing anything wrong. Next door has as much right to have a dog as you do , theirs is just a big one ! If you speak to them nicely about training they may start to try, if you keep accusing them of having a dangerous animal they will probably be offended and react accordingly.

Top_Girl

oystercatcher wrote: »

Next door should be training their dog not to leap at the fence but you can't force them to do this . They could complain that your dog is upsetting theirs , it works both ways.

Next door has as much right to have a dog as you do , theirs is just a big one !

My dog hides under the trampoline from theirs :rotfl:

Absolutely, they have the right to have a dog, but surely should be controlling it when it is damaging property and being aggressive. That's my issue. If roles were reversed, I'd take steps to deal with my dog's behaviour.

melanzana

Ban dogs and cats from urban gardens.

Simple isn't it.

I am just pointing out the trouble caused by urban pets. They can also kill, as we have seen.

There is no guarantee that any owner will properly look after them or control them.

That's why everyone should get a ban now.

Think of the poor little kiddies mauled and murdered by dogs. Awful.