I think Samantha has a very good point here. The part that is so irritating is that you should be able to be able to walk out your own back yard and be safe and comfortable.
If there are any medical bills for Turbo, these neighbor's should offer to pay them. Although it sounds like Turbo is amazingly resilient and escaped a close call.
By all means, you have do what you have to do to keep your family safe.
I hope these owners realize the seriousness in what has happened, I have this gut feeling they don't!
They are the ones that need to build fences and make sure their dogs are contained, or suffer the consequences of dead dogs, you are entirely within your rights. Especially because of Koen!
Just when thinking of a visual of last nights events in my head, makes me just queasy in that heart sinking way.
Just glad Turbo is OK so far and will continue to be.
Sorry about that situation. I had a free range horses problem at one point. Yes my towm has a dog law but nothing for livestock keeping.
I have fence my over 80 acres farm for safty. It suck but we are safe, they had a stud running loose. 2 horses got killed by trucks, that was not good enough for the town to come up with a law.
Get yourself a fence, it suck but it is for your kid and dog well being.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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We are fence poor and a lot of fencing is to keep other animals out.
Doesn't seem right but the bottom line is that I'm protecting my animals from idiots.
Yep, I'm a little bitter over it. ROFL
I'd be bitter too. I'd be pretty damned bitter to be Michael with his little kid and little dog (or big kid, big dog ... wouldn't matter) unsafe on his own property because of someone else's irresponsibility.
I REALLY hope the owner (neighbor) realizes how close to losing everything he owns (starting with dogs) he was and is, because this is a huge red-flag warning for him for there never ever to be any chance of a next time.
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I'm so sorry this happened...it must have been so terrifying. I would be livid too.
If there is any way at all you can force the nieghbors to face a consequence, I would do it. I understand the need to carry in the back yard; THAT is certainly a consequence.
In the meantime I think I would put up a fence, take Turbo to the vet and then take the neighbors to small claims court for the costs of both. Make sure the risk to Koen gets mentioned. Here it's only about 50 bucks to file a small claims case, maybe the cost there is similar?
When we lived in the boonies we had a fence with a hot wire on the top. It was pretty effective at keeping critters of all kinds out of the yard.
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