This adorable goofball follows me most mornings while walking my dog. The following me is not the issue, he is a mischievous jerk. There are a number of homes on our walk that have multiple unsecured dogs. They want to fight with him and he tries to play. He also walks in the road crossing whenever he feels like it.
But the worst issue is last week we saw there were chickens in a yard, and he went after them. I do not think he killed one, but I saw feathers flying for sure.
his story
I have named him Astro Jr, as he is the pup of one of my friend’s son’s dog. Someone in the neighborhood outside my (I have to walk through their neighborhood to get out of mine) adopted him. The owner never kept him in their house, or even yard. Astro jr has allegations of cat killings against him. The owner’s solution was to remove Astro jr’s collar and disavow ever having owned him. So he lives in the area of his old home, but currently has no owner.
There are a number of loose cats on our walk and he has never laid them any attention. Not saying that absolves him of the allegations.
Tl;dr he has no owner, but lives near my neighborhood. Animal control has been unable to catch him, so they stopped trying and ignore calls regarding him.
The last couple days I have tried to put a harness on him, he ran from that. Then I almost got a leash on him lasso style, again he ran.
I have tried squirting him with a water bottle, shooing him.
I am worried someone is going to assume he is mine and retaliate against me and my dog. Or he is going to hurt another animal, or he himself get hurt.
My dog on our walk. She is recovering from knee surgery.
Basically everyone is betting people will just put up with this dog - instead of putting in the work ( class A issue). You don’t want to ruin everyone’s fun, but If you had to choose between him and your pet… you want the tools to make a quick and clean choice. Maybe someone can be paid to capture him, or you could put him in a situation where a good Samaritan would be forced to help him. I’m being vague on purpose as not to draw too much ire. A dog is a wonderful pet, but a dog without an owner can be dangerous and unpredictable. You mention animal control is asleep at the wheel, get documentation of that, quotes from neighbors, pictures, put everything in writing. Then when you have to make a choice, your ass will be covered. Someone failed the dog, and the mistake needs to be rectified, it’s not the dogs fault. You can probably deal with him without hurting him, but it’s all about how much work you’re willing to clean up with miss- it doesn’t sound like anyone else is going too. Best wishes to you, your dogs, and this stray.
Lmao “shoot the dog” is crazy as fuck. You weren’t vague enough. You’re a cretin.
Answer this, would you stand idly by while a stranger dog tore yours apart? You would? That’s crazier I think.