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.

Honestly you seem lovely so you probably don’t want to, but I would start reporting this every time. Sorry you’re going through this OP and for all the “dogs are murderers” brigade coming for you

@Saggyknockers i had the checks done when the ban was in discussion regarding the XL bully so that I would be following the law owning her, not because I believe she is a dangerous dog.

I do nothing that warrants her making false accusations that my dog is dangerously out of control nor that she is any type of banned breed

@Sweetteaplease second hand smoke is just as dangerous as smoking, hence why there is law regarding where you can/cannot smoke. Even standing under a bus stop smoking can be breaking the law

What are you supposed to be doing to acknowledge her fear ?

OP, you are so well informed about dog breeds and so experienced in dog handling that maybe you don’t actually understand the fear that others have about dogs. Soften your attitude a little bit and maybe go and talk to her and really take time to LISTEN to her concerns without insisting your dog is always going to be 100% safe, which she knows not to be true. She knows any dog can turn aggressive suddenly. Meet her at least half way on that fact.

Maybe talking to her won’t work because she is actually mentally unwell I don’t know. But I do think you could go further in understanding the problem from the point of view of others with fear and trauma about dogs. It can’t be about those fearful people coming right over to your side to trust what you say and know and to therefore stop being afraid. You will never achieve that, even with all your knowledge and experience.
You happen to be a dog handler …others, the majority, aren’t and don’t have your confidence in what they perceive to be large scary breeds. They are the petrified ones.

Also OP, please let me ask again, what exactly are you so ‘petrified’ of that caused you to write the post in the first place. I’m not wishing to have a go at you but genuinely can’t see what you have to be so scared of in letting your dog out into the garden if the dog is adequately contained and so obedient and trustworthy.
Is it that you are scared your neighbour will harm the dog somehow or steal it or let it out onto the road ?

Is your garden really large enough, secure enough, private enough, distanced enough away from neighbours to exercise this breed off lead under your watchful eye at the same time as allowing the neighbours to feel safe enough ?
Did you consider the extreme fear of your close neighbour when you agreed to take in this extra large breed ?

@LAMPS1 ik not petrified she is going to hurt my dog, it’s the constant visits from companies she’s made these fake reports to, the risk that I could be out walking her, my son with me and I’m approached by these officials because of her claims.

I’ve only been petrified since my family support worker called me 2 days ago making me aware someone had made a welfare check request claiming to be because I own a dangerous breed dog

@LAMPS1 my garden fence on her side is as high as legally allowed, my dog can’t even get her nose over and the only way the neighbour can see into my garden is from her upstairs windows.

yes I live in a terraced house but there is zero access to any of our back gardens unless through our front door or climbing over from a neighbouring garden

@PuddlesPityParty the last thing I wanted to do was look at logging her for harassment. Fears are either from previous experience or behaviour/the same fear as others around you growing up but I still wouldn’t just dismiss a fear someone has because I don’t agree with their fear.

I absolutely will not rehome my CC because she is unwilling to factor in the actual risk of danger with her fear

@LAMPS1 also the size of a breed doesn’t determine the exercise requirements. A CC course shouldn’t be walked for a period of longer then an hour before the age of 18 months due to historical health conditions for the breed.

yes, my CC needs sufficient walks but she is also a breed that feeds off enrichment/engagement activities

Some of these reply’s are hysterical! I’ve 2 big Rottweilers and four kids never once hurt them both massive softies well trained and listen to every command I tell them.. your neighbour is scared because she has the same idea as all these posters big dogs are scary 🙄 I’ve had more issues with small dogs!

@ItsHardknocklife wonder if any of these people have even tried to grab hold of a small breed? My mum currently owns a sausage dog and he runs rings round everyone in that house, picking up shoes etc and they can’t catch him! 🤣

This has got to be the craziest thread I’ve ever seen on mn- insanely extreme views from both sides (special mention for the ‘did you know men are as likely to kill you’ and the people thinking reporting your neighbour is going to improve things)

As a walker I assume you’re amazing with your dog but it’s like driving- amazing drivers can’t control people around them. I honestly thought your neighbour was batshit saying she’d report you because you had your dog off lead until I googled the IMAGES of the breed.

My in laws have a friendly but gigantic Rottweiler trained to within an inch of his life but he’s always muzzled outside and they’d never take him off lead- it honestly just takes an idiot to be an idiot around the dog and everything turns bad and their dog would be put down without a second’s thought and the world would be speaking of their pet like it should never have breathed a breath. People are afraid of big dogs- rightly so, the chiahuaua (how do you spell it?!) used in an example above (god this thread🙈) attacks someone and they’ve a chance of throwing him off and getting away, a big dog attacks and their chances are a lot slimmer

@stayathomer this was over a year ago, when my CC was 5 months old. She wasn’t behaving dangerous, she was being fussed over by my neighbour from the other side. She didn’t look in her direction, at her, cause this neighbour to change the route she was walking, she didn’t even have to walk past her to get to her house.

also CC do not bulk up until fully grown height wise, around 18-24 months. A CC puppy is not a large, bulky looking dog

That’s honestly fair enough but they’re also not a dog you could easily pull off you. And that’s what I mean, people are irrational in their fears, act irrationally and you have to take that into account- she literally saw ‘dog I fear’(meaning her)’off lead’- and went into the same panic mode others would for a lion or a known poisonous spider or something, and it just took her doing something crazy irrational and dumb like screaming or something and your dog is put down. I’m just saying remember others don’t have your dog abilities.

It’s not fair op, I’ve a cocker spaniel and if anything happened and he attacked the world would stand up for him and say he was provoked but I know from in laws people are just scared of the thought of what certain breeds could do

Were you actively involved in the training of these police dogs? Because if not, then that’s completely irrelevant.

TBH there’s a reason GSDs and Malinios are used by the police and military and Cane Corsos aren’t so, again, even if you had been involved on the training, it’s also completely irrelevant. They’re very different dogs. Someone who claims to be knowledgeable about dogs would know this…

You’re nicely summing up everything I’ve ever thought about people with Cane Corsos, OP. You’ve come across as aggressive, entitled and stubborn. Everyone in this thread has backed your neighbour - yet you’re determined to keep going? Why?

@stayathomer this is exactly why I never let my CC leave this house unleash and we haven’t crossed paths with her for over a year, yet as recently as 2 days ago she made a report!

However I do have sympathy for your neighbour. The only one without a dog, so constantly surrounded by them. A big dog rocks up, one that has been known to attack (and yes, appreciate the owners play a big part in training etc) and she has clearly reached a breaking point.

But any dog can turn and attack at any point, there are lots of examples of this, even with responsible owners.

But so many dog owners do not appreciate this and go around thinking that their fur baby won't hurt anything. It will. Every time I have been nipped, bitten it is always 'first time he has done that', 'he is just been over friendly' etc. and this includes Labs - especially the black ones for some reason.

I own dogs and this was my first thought.
i have no clue what motivated you to buy THIS SPECIFIC breed when there are 100 other breeds that have way less potential to be dangerous / injure

i also agree with others there is more to it.

@Killingoffmyflowersonebyone im coming across as aggressive and entitled? Think you may have been raised wrapped up in bubble wrap!

As for entitled, I AM entitled to own a legal breed dog, when I have the legal height required fences and my dog doesn’t cross paths with her in leash, let alone off leash meaning she poses ZERO threat to this neighbour who can only see into my garden from her upstairs neighbour windows

You’ve literally just proved my point about you being aggressive and entitled. Bravo.

@magicmushrooms my CC has zero way of getting to her, even unleashed in my back garden

This makes you laugh? How
on earth are strangers supposed to know that your dog is perfectly trained and hands down the best behaved dog that you (a stranger) has ever met?

When people say "oh I never leave my dog unattended with my child".
I don't understand how this is possible in a normal home, surely you pop to the loo, go put the bins out. I don't believe anyway take the time to separate the dogs and children to do things like this

Also! What would you if a dog that size decided to attack your child. The child would be dead or very badly injured in seconds

@Ohjustpeasoff and the same can be said for strangers how seem to know a dog is dangerously and aggressive because of their size

@mothsandgoths the same way you wouldn’t leave a sharp object or a lit candle around a unsupervised child. Things can happen in a blink of an eye

What an incredibly distasteful thing to say.