Neighbour HATES my dog!

[Canecorsomummy]

Hi everyone!

I’ve lived in my house for over 9 years now, have owned a poodle cross for 8 of those years. April last year I got a Cane Corso puppy, spoke to this certain neighbour informing her, gave her my number and told her if there was any problems with barking etc, especially if I’m not home, then go please let me know so I can resolve it but she has done nothing but cause me problems ever since.

Last year I was taking rubbish to the bins and the CC followed me out and was being fussed over by my neighbour on the other side of my house. 24 hours later the other neighbour put a computer typed letter through my letterbox stating the car park is not a place to walk a dog, it is illegal for her not to be on a lead and if she sees it happening again she is going to report me for having a out of control dog and her being a dangerous breed!! I sent her a text message explaining the law very basically for her and explaining under no circumstances will she be putting notes through my letterbox over something which could be dealt with by an adult conversation.

Well, since April this year she has made numerous reports to RSPCA claiming I’m neglecting her, abusing her and now a report to Social Services claiming I’m not only neglecting my CC, but she is a dangerous breed and I have a young child in my home!

I have absolutely had enough now!! My back door is normally open 24 hours as I have an enclosed garden but I’m petrified to allow the dog to be able to go in and out at her free will because of this neighbour, petrified I’m going to be approached by rspca/police when I’m out walking her ….

I just don’t know what to do now.

Status symbol pet? Behave!

Even small dog breeds have been bred for a fashion or trend

That is incorrect, if it is a pure bred cane corso

A cane corso is not an XL bully type. There is no ban on pure bred cane corsos

Horrific - Poor wee lad.

The cane corso doesn’t even have to be a pure breed. As long as it’s not been bred with any other breed registered as a banned dog then you’re absolutely fine

Let me see?? I hope so . He lives/helps out on a farm.

I'd feel exactly the same with this kind of dog living next door. Why the hell did you choose a breed like this if you live in a small suburban house. Selfish, cruel, stupid and dangerous.

yeah, totally fine until it attacks someone.

The second part of your post backs up my point that a powerful dog is only more risky by virtue of its power?

Breed traits are an important factor. My view is that ownership and training is more important but I absolutely agree that breed traits are relevant. However, the CC breed traits are related to guarding and protection as are many many other dog breeds including other very powerful ones. By your argument an awful lot of other dog breeds should also be banned by virtue of belonging to the guarding groups. In the wrong hands any of these dogs can become a risk, but the CC is no more of a risk than other big guarding breeds. They need shaping and handling so that their guarding behaviour does not tip into aggression.

My POV is backed by publications, behaviouralists, and research. I'm sticking with it until I hear something from a reputable source to make me reconsider.

Any "fashionable" breeding is classless and dangerous. You and your children will end up a statistic. Dangerous dogs are listed as such for a reason. And the scum that own them need to take responsibility for the beasts, instead of protesting online that their canine babies are misunderstood.

These. Animals. Are. Dangerous. Wake the fuck up.

Yes because I don’t bother providing my dog with more than adequate physical exercise, I just leave her in the garden or we walk the streets 🫣

@Wishitwasstraightforward My POV is backed by publications, behaviouralists, and research. I'm sticking with it until I hear something from a reputable source to make me reconsider.

Well, great. But surely it's fairly obvious that OP isn't the brightest of sparks and in charge of a dog capable of killing humans.

No it bloody isn't.

My dog is not listed as a dangerous breed, I’m also a very responsible dog owner for BOTH my dogs

I don’t know why you’re getting so much hate for the type of dog you have OP, you sound like a very responsible dog owner.

Anyway, my parents had a similar problem years ago with a neighbour doing these things about their incredibly well behaved labradoodle. Logged with the police and down as harassment with threat of a restraining order if they did not cease the behaviour. My parents had to have the dog warden involved with the police and an assessment made of the dog to show that she was not a dangerous animal or barking excessively. Literally took years but it was resolved. Perhaps you need to start keeping a log and address this with the police if you haven’t already.

You can disagree all you like, you are still wrong.

Because some people believe if you own a large dog breed it means you let the dog do whatever they want when in public, can’t be considerate, use your dog to intimidate people …

I'm sure like most dog owners you don't provide enough exercise and it should be living in a big house with lots of land (and it doesn't sound like this is what you have). Cruel, very cruel

Also I'm sure there's more than one neighbour that hates your dog, as well as most people you pass on the street (and yes they're all judging)

A dog doesnt have to kill, cause life threatening injuries to be classed as a dangerous out of control dog. The laws around it are for ALL DOG BREEDS!

There is absolutely no reason to take issue with the CC due to its size unless you take issue with the significant number of other breeds of a similar size, or even the 20+ other breeds which are heavier

Similarly there's no reason to take issue with the CC due to it having characteristics suited to guarding or protection unless you take issue with the many other dog breeds with the same characteristics.

There's many many breeds like the CC to which both things apply to. By all means raise issues about these if you wish, but making out that the OP is somehow worse than the thousands of owners of these dogs is ridiculous.

Sorry to disappoint you but none of my neighbours have an issue with my CC apart from the one.

My dogs spend more time out of the house then in. Hope you’re not the betting type that’s for sure

@Sweetteaplease OP has clearly said she is a dog walker and her dog gets plenty of exercise. Lots of land wouldn't help at all because as a responsible owner she wouldn't let her dog wander unsupervised over a large expanse- she'd be supervising it which is exactly what she does when she walks it.

If we are following the argument that all big dogs can kill humans and should therefore be banned, then all men can rape women and should therefore be jailed. The biggest majority of men don't rape women and the biggest majority of big dogs don't kill humans (or anything else).