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.

Not to hunt, mostly to retrieve the game and return to the hunter.

You really don't like being wrong do you? I'm surprised as I suspect you are quite a lot in your life.

I made ONE mistake, over a year ago and have done everything possible to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

While you’ve sat there knowing that you also are an owner of a relatively large breed, 35kg as a puppy and there has been a COUPLE of times where you have struggled to control her, in public, while also on a lead!

Yes, my CC was outside not on a leash but she was not behaving in a manner where I was struggling to control her, she posed zero threat, the issue with my neighbour was not because she was behaving a certain way, it’s because she has a fear of her breed/possibly other larger breeds.

I can and have taken full accountability for my ONE mistake yet you claim it’s ok with your incidents because she’s a puppy, she’s only chasing your children and because you are confident she would violently attack. Just her managing to get out of your grip of the leash poses a danger! Knocking someone over, knocking a buggy over, another small child, someone elderly or disabled, running up toor pass a reactive dog on leash, then causing issues for that dog owner …. Just because you don’t deem these dangers as life threatening doesn’t mean they are not possible dangers or outcomes!

They are part of the gun/hunting breed, also for their endurance and speed. They are also claimed to be one of the easiest breeds to train, hence why the changes in hunting laws has resulted in them becoming the most common breed used for guide dogs. Eager to please and easily to train.

still haven’t said what other breed she is mixed with

You’re claiming I don’t like being wrong?

While you continue to deny that there is people who seeing you struggle to control your puppy on a leash, could be fearful? 🤣🤣

Oh I am sorry that I don’t make it my life’s work to know what every dog was bred for, so that I can try to belittle others that don’t own a breed on your approved list! 🤣

God you're like a broken record. Ive already said my issue isn't your 1 teeny tiny little mistake, the only one you've ever made in your sad little life.

Yes I have a large dog. A large, very friendly dog, whose breeds don't appear on the dog deaths stats. Yours does. Worst case scenario mine might knock a child over. Worst case scenario yours will rip it's throat out. I know which I'd prefer.

You clearly know very little about the breed of dog you welcomed into your house and other dogs it seems. Hope you don't live to regret that. It might come back to bite you on the arse... literally.

I did think your neighbour was a bit OTT but it's clear there's more to this story and you're just an awful person to have to live next door to. I have perfect neighbours and am actually the only dog owner on my street but they all love my dog. I know where I'd rather be. Enjoy!

Well surely it's obvious to anyone with half a brain a dog isn't bred to carry soft toys? Most people would have worked it out. Some just need a little help I guess.

Ummmm, sorry to disappoint but your dog does appear in those stats, as do many other breeds large or small.

and like the ignorant dog owner you are, you can not accept or even acknowledge that there is people who could be fearful of the dog you own!

considering you struggle to control you’re dog already, when only a puppy and you believe that is a perfectly acceptable excuse, there isn’t many people who would happily live next door to you! Especially seeing you puppy close to pulling you over to chase after kids!

It doesn't matter it's still a dog and some people may find your dog threatening. You acknowledge that your dog pulls and is strong but that's ok because you can control it. You say that nobody would be scared of your dog. Do you see you the irony here?

I would argue that my little dog is as far away from a CC as you can get but I treat my dog as if she was a CC. If a behavior is not acceptable for a big dog it's not acceptable for my little dog. I don't for 1 second think that nobody would be scared of her.

Also, what would you have the OP do? She's rescued a dog who needed love and care and going by what she says she's doing a great job. Would you have her give the dog away? PTS?

Let’s also point out that this puppy is a cross breed, one of the biggest factors towards a breeds traits and she is very clearly unwilling to say what she is crossed with.

Labs are historically known for being gentle but have you seen the aggression issues with labradoodles?

Most puppies are nuts for at least the first year... everybody knows that I thought? At least all the threads I read on here say that and all the people I meet on walks are quick to tell me "oh she's just a pup". Never have I heard someone say "oh if you can't control a puppy you'll never be able to manage it once it's trained and calmed down." You are honestly a bit deranged I think.

You keep on saying I'm bringing up your 1 mistake when I've constantly told you I don't give a crap about that, but yet you keep on bringing up my dog pulling trying to chase my children? I mean who would have thought, a puppy trying to join in with her pals, heaven forbid. Best call in the dog behaviourist as clearly this is totally abnormal.

Anyway, you're boring me now, telling me nothing new and spouting the same old rubbish over and over. I'm not going to respond anymore so you can have that last pointless word 👍

fear is a emotion which can be rational or irrational. It can be due to an experience and it can also be learnt from your surrounds growing up, ie-your parents had a fear of the dentist, your first memory regarding a dentist was the fear your mum vocalised.

Whether you believe another persons fear is rational or not, possibly intentionally triggering that fear is an issue

Just have to add... she's not a labradoodle. Oh dear, wrong again

oh the insults are coming in thick and fast now 🤣 I don’t think you’re used to people challenging you and you definitely don’t like it. The self righteousness is seeping through my phone! But thank you so much for explaining to me and my half a brain, that your dog was not bred for carrying soft toys carefully, as to not damage them! Noted! 🤪

And I have already said, I wouldn’t say I was in fear of the struggle you have with you puppy as dangerous but someone who has a fear of dogs, small, large whatever size, under the dangerous dogs act, would be completely right to do so.

A dog does not have to be behaving aggressively to be classed as dangerous out of control!

the fact you are a dog owner and don’t understand the basic Dangerois Dog Act is extremely alarming and concerning for other members of the public

I never said she was, I was using it as an example of the dangers when crossing breeds

@CellophaneFlower yes puppies are nuts, full of energy, needing to explore, suss out surroundings.

A puppy, who you are struggling to restrain, on lead, from chasing, even just your children is the issue and what would make other members of the public feel unsafe. How do you not understand that?

@CellophaneFlower as for why do I own a CC. why would you own a breed, who as a puppy already weighs 35kg, that you already aruggle to control on leash when she’s CHASING YOUR CHILDREN in a public space?

@CellophaneFlower imagine if you lost grip of that lead, your puppy goes chasing after your children, knocks someone over, possibly another child, results in that person breaking a bone, would you stand by the claim that you had her under control and she’s just a puppy to excuse what has happened?

@CellophaneFlower a Range Rover discovery knocked you off your bike but didn’t kill you and the driver had only recently passed their test so it’s ok.

Why do you now have a fear cycling on busy roads with large cars? That Range Rover never killed ya, just broke a bone, maybe have you some PTSD, along with those who witnessed it but it’s really not that bad, the driver was a learner, they’re BOUND to make mistakes!!

Retrievers. It's in their name. They are gun dogs. The hunter shoots the bird/animal and the dog retrieves it. They have soft mouths with which they can carry the animal back without damaging it. Many spaniels are the same.

I know people who still work the dogs in this way. And I know many people with the breed as a domestic pet rather than a working dog. The instinct to carry things gently is there.

You laughing at it shows your own ignorance rather than anything else.

Discovery's are Land Rovers not Range Rovers. Same parent company (species), different brand (dog), different model (breed).

You're very hung up on detail and people doing their research, this shows you don't actually put that level of detail into your own thought process.

Interesting that you chose "poodle" as the example to use as where aggression in crosses might come in.

You have a Poodle X, no? So an aggressive dog? You've already said she's grumpy. Maybe it's just your personality your neighbour dislikes, as you clearly have a penchant for choosing potentially aggressive dogs and responding to people aggressively.

Like the fact you've repeatedly gone after one poster by tagging them again and again even when they aren't responding.

I agree with the others that you, OP, do not come across well, you don't come across as a nice neighbour/person.
I also do not care how well YOU THINK you can control your dog. This only proves to me your ignorance and arrogance, and neither would fill me with confidence were you my neighbour. Your dog CAN turn, as can any dog, but the problem with dogs such as yours are that no human can overcome them, so that's the end of anyone who the dog decides to attack. Your CC may well go their whole life without attacking someone, but IF they do, it's serious. As your neighbour, I would not appreciate you bringing this added risk to my street. And you seem totally unable to grasp this.

There is also a TYPE of person who owns such a beast, and we ALL know it.