Not to help catch a stray/escaped dog! Now it’s my fault it’s been injured apparently!

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Someone’s dog keeps escaping and for some reason it kept making its way into my garden. It had been dodging cars apparently and being a nuisance. Regularly have people knocking asking is it mine.

Two weeks ago someone saw it run into my garden and they were banging on the door . I answered (I was WFH and busy) and they were demanding to be allowed into the garden to keep hold of the dog till the warden could get there. I said no. Wait till it goes back out again (I didn’t want someone I don’t know in my house / garden) then catch it and secure it .

Ive since got the gap fixed and the dog can’t get in anymore. Haven’t seen it

Had a knock on the door today (same person) saying the dog had been hit by a car and they’d had to take it to a vet and how it all could have been avoided had I allowed them access and they hoped I was happy with having it on my conscience. So i just closed the door as they were still talking which made them shout and bang on the door???

Im not the irresponsible dog owner so it’s not my fault !

And also nice that she wasn't working and isn't afraid of dogs.

I think that some posters on here just assume that those of us supporting the OP are heartless bastards who would never help anyone under any circumstances. On the contrary I have been known to stop to move hedgehogs from roads, stop and help a farmer try to herd his sheep back into a field (done that a few times on our lane), I've even picked up dead cats by the side of the road (not ones that I've hit) and taken them to vets in case someone has been looking for them.

But in this situation, putting Random Man issues aside, if a dog is constantly escaping, I'd just think, yeah whatever, that dog is always loose, so what?

Exactly this! Is everyone else missing the fact that these incidents were 2 weeks apart?!

Even if she did secure the dog at the time the man knocked on her door, the dog obviously got out again 2 weeks later. Her actions had no bearing on the dog getting hurt - 100% the responsibility of the owners!

I certainly couldn't take the time to do this when I'm working from home. If I was mid-lecture and abandoned 100+ students to deal with someone else's dog, I'd be reprimanded. OP was AT WORK.

I have my own dogs and some might call me a, "Dog Nutter", as someone so eloquently put it. I love dogs. But I also work a demanding job from home, and doing my job to make the money I need to keep a roof over my head? That's my priority.