When you own dogs, you really come to realize how many dogs there are in the area....especially when you walk them and hear all the barking going on from surrounding houses!!
I'm afraid most of the dog owners near my house aren't very good to their animals
Our backyard runs parallel to an alley, and across the alley is another yard and house. I've never talked to the people at the house but they have a black lab who is chained to a doghouse outside 24/7 (at least, I've never seen the dog anywhere else. Every time we walk or drive by the house, the dog is there.) Before the age of 6 months, we would let Moro run off-leash occassionally (we have since stopped doing this and she now only runs within the fenced yard, as she began to get cockier about running free and more prone to ignoring her "come" command)... she really, really loves other dogs and she loved this black lab, and I'm afraid this poor chained dog only really got to have any fun when Moro would come visit. They would bound together around the area within the chain's reach, and he even let her go inside his dog house a few times. Very friendly black lab and it was so sad when we'd have to call Moro home, he would howl pitifully and jerk at his chain trying to follow her I've played with and petted the lab a few times, but I've never seen the owners outside except to leave him food and water. Makes me really sad for the poor guy!
Then a little ways down the street, there's another yard with several MEAN-sounding dogs. They are within a fence but a couple of them are so tall that I'd be worried about them leaping over! Last I counted, they had two chow-chows, two dobermans and another dog that looks like a pitbull mix. Even though Moro gets very curious about this place every time we pass by, I won't let her go near the fence. She's so curious about every dog she comes across, and doesn't seem to be bothered that these particular dogs are snarling, growling, snapping and looking very much like they'd enjoy tearing her to shreds whenever she walks by.
On the opposite end of the street, they have several little yappy terrier dogs, who run loose most of the time and follow us as we walk, until they get bored.
What kind of dogs live near you? Do you see a lot of dogs that look like they live in bad circumstances (chained, etc.) when you walk around the neighborhood with your dogs?
I'm afraid most of the dog owners near my house aren't very good to their animals
Our backyard runs parallel to an alley, and across the alley is another yard and house. I've never talked to the people at the house but they have a black lab who is chained to a doghouse outside 24/7 (at least, I've never seen the dog anywhere else. Every time we walk or drive by the house, the dog is there.) Before the age of 6 months, we would let Moro run off-leash occassionally (we have since stopped doing this and she now only runs within the fenced yard, as she began to get cockier about running free and more prone to ignoring her "come" command)... she really, really loves other dogs and she loved this black lab, and I'm afraid this poor chained dog only really got to have any fun when Moro would come visit. They would bound together around the area within the chain's reach, and he even let her go inside his dog house a few times. Very friendly black lab and it was so sad when we'd have to call Moro home, he would howl pitifully and jerk at his chain trying to follow her I've played with and petted the lab a few times, but I've never seen the owners outside except to leave him food and water. Makes me really sad for the poor guy!Then a little ways down the street, there's another yard with several MEAN-sounding dogs. They are within a fence but a couple of them are so tall that I'd be worried about them leaping over! Last I counted, they had two chow-chows, two dobermans and another dog that looks like a pitbull mix. Even though Moro gets very curious about this place every time we pass by, I won't let her go near the fence. She's so curious about every dog she comes across, and doesn't seem to be bothered that these particular dogs are snarling, growling, snapping and looking very much like they'd enjoy tearing her to shreds whenever she walks by.
On the opposite end of the street, they have several little yappy terrier dogs, who run loose most of the time and follow us as we walk, until they get bored.
What kind of dogs live near you? Do you see a lot of dogs that look like they live in bad circumstances (chained, etc.) when you walk around the neighborhood with your dogs?
