Things are getting Rocky

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The neighbors down the street have a black lab (looks like a mix to me--his ears and tail curl at the tips) named Rocky. Several times I've seen the dog wandering up and down the street, and I've returned him to his house at least three times. Yesterday, while walking Tippy (the multicolored dog in my signature), we had to pass Rocky's house. They were out in their yard, with the dog. When the dog saw us, he immediately takes off towards us. I'm holding onto Tippy thinking, "Oh, great." halfway there, someone says, "Rocky won't bite." :rolleyes: I reply, "Yeah, well she'll bite him." They run over and grab the dog, take him up and make him sit, then the owner says, "Well, it'd teach him a lesson." I'm thinking, "You think that my dog biting your dog is going to help you sort out your dog's behavioral problems?" If Tippy bit him, there's a good chance he'd bite her back. He's probably a foot taller than her, but I'm not worried about that. If he bit her though, I'd be very upset. All I was doing was walking my dog.

Earlier I had seen Rocky in our yard. Thinking how stupid his owners are, I go to slip on my shoes and grab a leash to bring him back to his house, but by the time I've done that, he's gone so I don't bother. Today he came into our yard AGAIN. My dad returned him and was talking to his owner. I looked down the street and saw Rocky in his frontyard. He gets bored and goes into the yard...then crosses the street....chases a bird....and suddenly his owner realizes the dog isn't there and starts shouting, "Rocky! Rocky, come! Rocky! Rocky! Come, Rocky! ROCKY!" When my dad got back, he told us he uses a shock collar on the poor thing, so that "when he doesn't come". Doesn't seem to be helping any!!!

I'm going to be pestering those people until they get it through their heads to take the darn dog to a training class and put it on a leash if it's in public. I'm going to find exactly what the leashlaws for the town is and send it to them....maybe that'll freak them out enough that they'll put the dog on a leash...policeman cruise around here all the time, I'm surprised they've gotten away with it this long. Policeman have slowed down twice in the last couple of weeks when I've been walking my girls to check and see if they're on a leash.

Why is it that the responsible owners have to deal with plain idiots?? Purr, smkie....WHY DO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IDIOTS?!?!
 

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Because they're idiots and don't seem to be trainable. :rolleyes:
I agree!! I think they should have an owner obedience class!
 

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Considering i took Onyx home yesterday...good luck!
 
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Rocky did not wander into the yard yesterday or today, but I did see him earlier today while walking Tippy. We were walking up the street, and, seeing that the dog was out, I crossed the street and continued walking. Of course, once Rocky sees us, he shoots towards us. Tippy, who is aggressive towards some dogs, acted very well, they politely sniffed eachother's noses while Rocky's owner rushed to grab him :rolleyes:. Again, the owner tells me that "her biting him would teach him a lesson". I replied, "If she bit him, she'd go hard" the owner says that's what he needs....he's ten months old. I'm thinking, "A dog fight is not going to help your dog." but things went surprisingly well and I'm very proud of my girl for dealing with a pesky youngster so well (Tippy is five).
 

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What a nice patient dog Tippy is!! :D I don't know why some people find it so hard to keep control of their dogs!! :rolleyes:
 
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I was stunned by the way she acted. I thought she would bite him. She gets annoyed easily at times.....

I don't see why they are letting him off-leash when they know his recall is not 100%...it's more like 1%. It takes Rocky about five or so minutes to obey and come to his owners. And then they have him running around with a shock collar and a choke collar. The choke collar doesn't even have any tags (but I'm not a big fan of leaving training collars on a dog).
 

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I don't see why they are letting him off-leash when they know his recall is not 100%...it's more like 1%. It takes Rocky about five or so minutes to obey and come to his owners. And then they have him running around with a shock collar and a choke collar. The choke collar doesn't even have any tags (but I'm not a big fan of leaving training collars on a dog).
:rolleyes: Luckily we don't have that problem here. No one socialises their dogs at all, so everyone knows to keep their dogs on a lead because somone elses dog would rip them to bits!! :eek:
Gus on the other hand is extremely well socialised as I don't go anywhere without him. Lol! He has girlfriends in every village for a 20 mile radius!! Lol! He's a regular Cassanova! :rolleyes:

It sounds to me that they are either very naive, or irresponsible! I would NEVER leave a choke collar on a dog, (I don't own one anyway!) I mean what if he got caught on something and strangled himself! That would be just awful!! :(
 
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LOL. I can see why Gus has got so many girlfriends....he's very cute.

They're a mixture of the two. They know zilch about dogs.
 

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LOL. I can see why Gus has got so many girlfriends....he's very cute.
Ssshhhhh!!! He has a big enough ego already!! Lol! :D
 
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Well, I haven't seen Rocky for a few days now (luckily).

On Sunday we found a black lab mix wandering around. There are about three people near us that have black lab mixes. When we saw the dog, we figured it was Rocky since he's allowed to wander all he wants. I grabbed a leash and went to get the dog. Once I got nearer, I saw it was a much smaller dog than Rocky. It had a very thin tail and strangely shaped head (LOL). Plus it was wearing a buckle collar (Rocky's owners probably don't even OWN a regular collar). I clipped the leash to the choke collar the dog was wearing and brought her back to the house. Wasn't sure who her owners were, but she looked like a dog around the block. I brought her back there and her owner came around and got her (they don't have a fence....pretty easy for her to escape).
 

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