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.

The OP’s neighbour is making unfounded malicious complaints about her and her dog. Who wouldn’t be concerned?

Maybe I worded it badly as my post was long enough so I tried to shorten it. It was based of all of OPs updates, overlooked garden, terraced house. Presumably as the OPs garden is likely to be small but who knows, maybe OPs garden opens into acres of secure land but unlikely.

They clearly feel afraid of your dog. Why would you do this?

Pretty much all dogs are working dogs. Spaniels, retrievers, jack russells, dachshunds, border collies, etc, etc, etc. These are all kept as pets in residential areas. Provided they are well trained and exercised properly, as this one is, there are no problems. There is no such thing as a bad dog, only bad owners.

It sounds very much that the neighbour is an interfering, dog hating, busy body as it has already been stated that she has had "problems" with many of the other residents and she is the only one without a dog.

When you live in an urban area on a housing estate or such like you have to accept that you will have neighbours and this means having to accept a lot of their behaviours. I am vegan, but I don't go round complaining when there is a barbeque and the smell of cooked meat comes drifting into my garden. If something, lawful, is happening in a neighbour's garden, whether you like it or not, you just have to suck it up.

That’s 100% an owner issue, their dog would be out of control regardless of breed.
Anyone who subjects their dog to ear cropping is scum of the earth.

You should be 😳🙄

So you're already known to police and yet they're ok with you having a dog that, although is not a banned breed, is definitely a dangerous dog, around your young child? Hmm.

Also, how are you keeping two dogs and one child separate from each other whenever you leave the room? You say your DC is attached to you, so whenever you go to the toilet or go into the next room, you also take one dog but make the other dog stay where it is? Every single time you leave the room? How?!?! You must be superwoman. Since starting typing this post, the recycling wagon went past, so I nipped out to get the bag back, used downstairs loo and put kettle on in kitchen. If I was in your situation, that would've been a bloody nightmare

For your information I’m known to the police as a dog owner living rurally why cos I phoned them myself to introduce myself and let them know I have large breed dogs beside farmers

I also informed the farmers too.

why because of escapees which has happened once with a puppy and I took full responsibility for it.

im first named terms with the farmers as we’ve also had their cows and bulls in the yard on numerous occasions and they have been so appreciative of me removing my dogs and helping.

don’t mess with a grumpy cow by the way as they are mean. She eventually left of her own accord with the farmer and farm hand following closely and she bloody sauntered I kid you not with not a care in the world

Have you actually met a Cane Corso as they are not what you’ve deemed dangerous

No a pedophile probably won't jump over your garden fence but your children are statistically more likely to be harmed by a man than they are a dog. We don't keep children away from all men just in case. I think it's right that people with children are cautious around dogs, however the threat of harm and actual harm almost always comes elsewhere.

A protection breed with strong bite force that could rip the face off a child or cause serious crush injuries kind of is dangerous to have around a child in a residential area.

A protection breed with strong bite force that could rip the face off a child or cause serious crush injuries kind of is dangerous to have around a child in a residential area.

Well until they're banned OP is complying with the law.

And passing all the checks she is subjected to.

She also seems to a very responsible owner so anything else is a moot point tbh

For the hundredth time - THE OP IS BEING HARASSED BY HER NEIGHBOUR. That is enough of a reason to be scared.

Forget what I said about my neighbour because you keep going back to that. It’s irrelevant now. The OP is being targeted and harassed - it puts you on edge and makes you feel uncomfortable. Why is the neighbour allowed to do that simply because the OP has a dog? If she doesn’t like it, fine. But it’s not the OPs problem and she doesn’t deserve multiple reports to various agencies. That will naturally make you feel on edge. So for the last time - the OP is probs scared because she’s being maliciously reported to various agencies for no reason!!!!!!!!

im not engaging with you again because you just don’t get it and I can only assume you’re being purposely obtuse now.

Actually, I'd argue that has the owner of a massive guarding breed (that's banned in many places), you do have a responsibility to behave accordingly and to manage people's fear where necessary.

Everyone who owns these massive dogs claims they're soft as butter and perfectly trained - and maybe yours is - but she's still a bloody huge Cane Corso and you therefore have a responsibility to make sure other people feel safe around her.

If that means keeping her on a lead then that's what you do. If you'd chosen a Labrador or another poodle mix then you wouldn't be in this situation but you made the choice not to do that, so now you have to live with the consequences of that choice.

It's just ill-judged behaviour all around.
To get a total beast for a second dog when there's a disabled child in the home and to split all the resources of time/attention/money even further... No wonder the neighbours are scared - there's bad decision making and lack of self control aplenty.
Like a monkey with a grenade. Even if it never blows, just imagine the years of stress living next to that!

You do sound like more of a responsible dog owner than most with these breeds BUT if its no big deal then why go to the lengths of warning your neighbour like you did?
Does she know your dog is not a banned breed?

The lengths being I’m getting a new dog, here’s my number, shout if you hear barking and it annoys you.

Damed if you do and damned if you don’t.

I have people crossing the road to get away from my GSD which makes me laugh as she is perfectly trained and hands down the best behaved and most balanced dog I know. Sorry but how do random strangers in the street know that? Not everyone has to like or even accept your bloody dog in their space 🙄

That’s fine but you have to accept other people and their dogs are entitled to share the same space.

They are a banned breed.

@gettingolderbutcooler they're not - strictly speaking, anyway.

What that means is that some dogs in the UK are banned by type rather than breed, so some Cane Corsos may fall under the same restrictions as XL bullies but many don't and can therefore be kept totally legally.

Same here, animals like this are extremely dangerous and should not be kept as pets.

Yeah I absolutely hate it when you cross the street to avoid a dog and the owners looks at you like you’ve kicked it. It’s ridiculous. It’s something fairly discreet, people cross the road for all kinds of reasons and it doesn’t involve you making the owner do anything. It’s actually you inconveniencing yourself in some instances and yet some still have a problem with it?!

I had to move train carriages because this woman in front of me with a JRT on a long lead was letting her dog roam and come up and sniff passengers including me . I wasn’t comfortable so I got my stuff and asked her to move her dog out the way so I could get past (she had it standing in the aisle at one point!) she looked all huffy and offended. Pathetic. If anything it was me who should’ve been offended at having to lug my stuff to another carriage because she inflicted her dog on everyone.

I always cross the road with my dog when walking torwards people. Can’t stand people reaching to stroke him without asking.
No idea what this has to do with the thread though.

Well it’s a discussion thread about someone not liking dogs, so I guess it’s to be expected that some dog owners are sharing different stories of how people interact with or react to their dog - which is presumably why one dog owner mentioned people crossing the road to avoid their dog, which opened up the discussion on that.

HTH.