SHould I report neighbours dog for this?

[tundrah]

On sunday my little boy (2) sneaked in to the neighbours garden. The neighbour let his 5 dogs out and they surrounded my boy barking, snapping and snarling at him. The dogs are not very well trained but usually the neighbour would call them back. This time he made no attempt to call them back, I had to grab my boy who was bawling and shaking like a leaf. The neighbour jsut gave me a foul look.

I am constantly telling my boy not to go in there, he is well aware he shouldn't. THE only good thing is he might not try to get in There again. I am absolutely livid that the neighbour seemed to be letting his dogs scare my child like that!

Should I report it?

there is more to the story, too. We are farmers and our fields surround these neighbours, I have also had 3 sheep killed and 7 aborted since these neighbours moved in. I have reported the worrying to the police (you should always do that) but I don't know for certain it was them. Judging by Sunday I have suspicions now that it was them.

You're right in that according to the dangerous dogs act the dog doesn't have to bite and if these dogs had run up to a child in a public place like this then yes the owner could be prosecuted.

But I promise you there isn't a court in the land which would find against this owner and his dogs for dogs barking and snarling at someone in the dogs own garden.

Dogs are entitled to protect their own property. the fact they did this without biting shows the dogs are well behaved/trained.

If the dogs had wanted to hurt the child they would of... Sounds like very well trained dogs to me, barking at an intruder but not biting normally come back as soon as called.

The police being called will result in please don't let your dogs bark at children maximum and prob a referral to SS about the ops lack of supervision for her 2 year old.

Thank god for that WhoTheFuck, poor dogs who did nothing but bark. You are being so irresponsible OP. Take care of your toddler.

Neighbours an arse but your child is two, your responsibility.

this is a once in a blue moon event

Last time he went in there I told him off

Which is it?

Report for the sheep behaviour, and perhaps mention what happened to your son also.

But you need to make sure your child can't get into their garden again.

Quite a few going on about trespassing here. HTF can a 2 year old baby trespass. They have no sense of boundaries at that age.
Heaven forbid the dogs ripped ops soon apart. It doesn't bare thinking about but it could have gone that way.
I highly doubt her NDN's defence of a 2 year baby was in my garden so I thought I'd stand there while my 5 dogs mauled him would have stood up in court.
Hope you're both okay now op, sorry forgot to ask that before.
I can't believe some people are being so hostile and unsympathetic, about a 2 year old

lurkedforever yy, exactly, where there's grime there enthralling amusement for a small child!

soupdragon I can't speak for anyone else but flashcards took too long with our dogs, we found expressive dance a much more effective teaching mechanism.

To those saying they were well behaved dogs, I disagree, a well trained dog would block a child from coming any closer to their owner or any further into their property, but would not bark or growl at the child, they should only bark to alert their owner about the intended.

Son not soon,.

*intruder, not intended!

You let your prone to running off two year old loose near the neighbours holey hedge when you know he has dogs you think are aggressive (although they did nothing more than bark do not buying the monstrous killers thing). You blame the neighbour for letting his dogs out into his own garden while your son was in there and you were doing nothing about anything. You ignore everyone saying you're unreasobable and choose to insult us instead.

Yabvvvvu and making yourself look worse and worse with every post. Poor two year old! One day (heaven forbid) he's gonna get properly hurt and you'll be busy blaming everyone else.

"I can't believe some people are being so hostile and unsympathetic, about a 2 year old"

No one's blaming the 2 yr old.

I'd love to listen in to the conversation when you call the police -

'Yes officer, he set his dangerous dogs on my son and they attacked him....well, no, not in public, it was in his garden....no, not MY garden...he may not have known my son was in his garden but he's snuck in there before so he should check...no, the dogs didn't actually touch my son...but they barked at him...and he sets his dogs on my sheep....well no, I've never seen it or have any proof...but he's mean...he's obviously another muppet.'

I know, noone is blaming the child but it wouldn't hurt a few to be more sympathetic, Grunt.

Another ex farmer here who is astounded that you would be working with aBull and cows with a two year old toddling along.

Absolutely bonkers!

I've changed my mind op. Yanbu to report him. He won't get in trouble, but you'll most likely get an ss follow up as standard for your toddler roaming off. And when you explain to the sw your dire sense of safety, you'll perhaps get the support you clearly need to be left in charge of a toddler on a farm.

People are so angry because we are worried about the child! Sympathy for the two year old absolutely! Not for his idiot mother

We have various animals, not just dogs. if a small person/postman/stray cat wandered into their territory I can guarantee any of them would run over and make a noise. The child was unharmed, the dogs were just following their instincts. I think you're making a bit of a fuss because it frightened you and your son. As pp have said, the best course of action would be to keep a closer eye on your toddler and avoid this garden in future. It's really not the dogs fault, they were just being dogs. The owner is entitled to have dogs in the garden, most people would have called them off but without hearing his side I wouldn't like to pass judgement on that one. You have absolutely no grounds to be calling the Police about these dogs based on that incident.

Regarding the sheep, you need evidence before you apportion blame. In our village there are dogs ranging from rotties to dobermans, it turned out it was the sweet border terrier chasing the sheep.

Sympathy my arse. The OP needs a swift kick up her lax backside.

I only hope this serves as a wake up call and that her poor DS gets the supervision he needs to make it through childhood.

You said you're constantly telling him not to go in there, in your original post, op.

Either get a sitter for when you're busy with moving cows and Bulls, chatting etc or put reins on him. He clearly has had enough chances to behave and not go into your neighbours garden.

You must be able to secure the fence somehow, or how come the dogs aren't escaping? Or your sheep going into his garden?

OP appears to have disappeared...

I'm confused

You're on a farm.
There's a neighbouring piece of land where the Dogs live.

Your child has got into the neighbours land before (despite bribes/punishments) so him running off is not a new thing.

you took him with you to move a Bull.

You didn't have any form of restraint (buggy/sling/carrier/harness etc) for a child who is known to run off all at a time when you knew you'd be distracted by a rather large animal that the child could feasibly run towards too?

The Bull was near to the land the child consistently runs off to?

and you didn't think for ONE minute that maybe you should have either a) not brought the child with you for such a task? or b) restrained the child in some way knowing the situation you would be in?

You claim you couldn't possibly put a fence on your land? To keep animals/children in and out? I fail to see why at this point