Neighbours on holiday and left dog in house

Disgusting. That's a criminal offence where I live.

In kennels, she'd not be forced to toilet indoors - she'd have some sort of company on and off through the day - she'd almost certainly get a run around or a walk - she'd be fed twice a day - the kennel run area would be cleaned several times a day.

I don't know how you can say her owners are not being cruel - the dog is in distress and they have caused this by leaving her with insufficient/inappropriate care.

That is cruel - whether its because they genuinely don't know, whether she's in kennels or not, isn't relevant. By their action or lack of action they're causing unecessary suffering.

I wish there had been a trigger warning; this is extremely distressing.

That's awful if true.

This. You would be doing it for the dog, not the neighbours. They might be paying the “carer” to stay longer or even stay in the house. I’ve heard of sitters not doing what they are supposed to be doing. Either way this is downright cruelty, even if the dog didn’t have separation anxiety - it’s far too long for a dog be left alone😭

I think the poster meant that the RSPCA attended, put tape on the doorframe to then come back and check for "evidence" that the dog had been visited.

After the dog feeder had left, the poster went out and replaced the sellotape that had been broken, to make it look like no-one had been in, and hence giving the RSPCA justification for taking the dog.

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My friend paid a house sitter and was told by her neighbour that her dog had been left alone all night!

{Barking and howling and sitter's car not there!}

It's not on when people are paid to care for an animal and don't fulfil that duty.

I'm looking after a cat - a round trip of 60 miles- only for a week, She's a house cat, so needs her litter tray cleaning and daily feeding/watering. I stay overnight sometimes, and am on my way there now to stay over. {Relative's cat}.

She definitely pines for her people- she never eats her wet food when they go away for some reason, only her kibble.

Poor poor dog. Some people just shouldn't be allowed pets.
Our cat has been in the cattery this week while we've been away. A lovely lady who adores cats runs it and she always goes there. Oh she will be pissed off at us when we collect her later and be in the huff for a while but at least I know she's been well looked after and safe while we've been away.

I do actually wonder what the RSPCA is actually FOR sometimes, in cases like chained dogs or other animals.

Yes, they do good work in rehoming animals {We had a wonderful Lurcher from them} but they don't have many ''teeth'' to actually do much for dogs left chained or shut up in houses.

They prosecuted a man who shot a squirrel - maybe as that was easy to do as the squirrel was found on his property with pellets in it.

One IS legally allowed to shoot squirrels, but this pensioner was a poor shot and had caused unnecessary suffering.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263806/The-Verminator-Pensioner-hauled-court-taking-air-rifle-squirrel.html#:~:text=Pensioner%20is%20hauled%20to%20court%20after%20taking%20his%20air%20rifle%20to%20a%20squirrel,-Facebook&text=After%20watching%20it%20raid%20his,Worthington%20decided%20enough%20was%20enough.

Well yeah. In much the same way when something isn't a crime, you probably shouldn't report it.

Why would you want to if you know nothing will happen? To waste people's time? To make yourself feel better by taking ultimately fruitless actions?

Do the owners know the person is only popping in or do they think they are staying there I wonder? My friends paid a relative who was a 'professional' dog sitter to stay in their house while they were away. I got a call from the sitter (during the petrol shortages) to say she couldn't get there so could I go round? I said I thought she was supposed to be staying there and had to tell friend, who then checked her Ring doorbell and saw exactly when she'd been coming and going. Friend ended up driving home and taking dogs back to a kennels near to where she was staying - might as well have done that in the first place but thought they'd be happier in their own home being looked after by someone being paid to be there.

So what's the alternative? Ignore it?

All you can do is make a noise complaint but I’ve also done that before about dogs and not much can be done.

RSPCA can do nothing, I’ve been there before. The police won’t break in unless it is evident the animal is in immediate danger.

That's so sad

People like you shouldn’t have animals

The RSPCA won't do anything. They will send somebody to tape the door but if the tape is broken and somebody was left to feed the dog no law has been broken. There is no law that says you can't leave a dog overnight. As long as the animals has access to water and is fed regularly then there's nothing at all they can do. They won't bother with cases they can't take to court and win because it's a massive waste of resources.

My neighbour left her dog for a week with people calling in twice a day. The dog had a dog flap so could get in the house and access to a Wendy house/play house in the garden. Somebody called the RSPCA (a really drunk woman who later stole vodka from my house!) and when the man arrived he taped the door, said he knew the seal would be broken as people had clearly been coming and going and he could see an outdoor bowl of water etc over my fence. Dog was fine.

That's really awful.
Poor poor dog.

Surely they are breaking noise laws? The noise of the barking would really disturb me- barking dogs , especially an abandoned dog is very distressing.

RSPCA are useless- I have reported {as did many others} a dog chained up in a scrap yard -He was never walked, the RSPCA Chap said ''Dog has a barrel to shelter in, food and water- it's not illegal to keep a dog chained 24/7 365 days a year, unfortunately''

I offered to walk the dog so many times, it was refused.
He got more and more aggressive with frustration as the years went by, his chain polished smooth with dragging across the ground.

A Border Collie X.
A dog with that intelligence chained for life.

It was so bad.

There has been much mention of the RSPCA.

They wear uniforms, have ranks (eg inspectors, superintendents) and issue cautions like the police. They have an illusion of authority that helps with voluntary compliance.

They do not have police powers, they do not have a statutory right of entry, they have no more power than you or I.

All of this.

Try the dog warden - they have various powers depending on which council they serve. The main bulk of their work is strays but they can issue fines and deal with pet related noises. They usually have strong ties to the local police force too and they work alongside rescues and the RSPCA.

It's worth a shot.

I would call RSPCA too.

That's awful. I would call the RSPCA 🤬