help this has been going on for 3 years now about 4
i have a chihuahua mix
and hes survived 2 rottwiler attacks
this is what happend
the 1st time they left the gate open and the dog came rushing out and tryed to grab my dog by the neck but, his collar was there thats what saved him
the 2nd time the dog jumped over the fence and grabed my dog by the stoamch and he had 4 bites
2 on his belly
and 2 on his feet
and My mom and me have called animal control about 4 or 5 times
and we have tryed talking to them
but they just wont tie him up.
my mom says that shes gonna call channel 10 news and i agree
or a laywer
oh yea they have a 3 foot fence and by law if your dog has gotten out and bit a person or dog you need a 6 foot fence
and the people who own the dog
dont have a COMPLETE FENCE! they have a garbage bucket blocking a corner of it and bushes on the other side
and also a HUGE whole in there fence thats tied with a little bit of rope

me and my mom are lost here is there anything else we can do ???

Call/visit your local police department and file a complaint, so there is a record. Bring pictures of their (lack or proper) fence and dog out of it, along with your vet records.

One day, it’s a dog, the next day it’s a child. These people are NOT responsible dog owners.

oH YEA… did i mention that animal control wont do anything about it they said he would have to get out again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah that’s true- keep complaining. Too many complaints and then they’ll do something about it. Generally the first complaint does not yield consequences.

Make sure you are ON THE RECORD with your complaint (at the police department). Get your video camera ready & be extra careful while you and your dog are outside. Have a squirt gun with vinegar with you. Use if needed – try to avoid the rottie’s eyes.

oh i carry around pepper spray though what is better>?

I agree to protect yourself, but as the owner of a less than tempermentally sound dog – Rip has NEVER got out of my yard (which he isn’t allowed out in unattended in anyway) and bitten anyone. I would not wasted my time with vinegar. Go to Petsmart and buy a can of pepper spray for dogs. They sell it there. I highly doubt that if that rottie wants to eat your small dog, a squirt of vinegar is going to stop him. My mother lives next door to a mean pit bull that was trying to bust her way under their fence and into Mom’s yard. We tried vinegar and it may as well of been water. Chili powder worked and so did the garden hose, but only until she realized it was fun to bite at the stream of water. That is another poorly represented breed…: (
By the way, I also have a rottie. She is very sweet and would never hurt your dog or anyone elses. I hope that you don’t feel just because these jerks own an undersocialized nasty rottie that they are all like that. Ours wouldn’t hurt a fly.
I am sorry that these jerks let their dog hurt yours, that was very irresponsible.

yes i no, dont worry i dont judge all dogs the same as dezel
i am just a little scared

yep I can help.

Get a shotgun and shoot that evil animal!!

but I guess if you don’t have the heart for that, the police could help.There’s no way you need to put up with this.Rottweilers are proven dangerous dogs.This needs to be stopped NOW.

Definitely pass on the vinegar – get the real stuff (I carry around UDAP with me all the time, primarily for potential dog attacks).  I do not recommend using it in the spray pattern or testing it more than once (people have to see how bad it is, don’t they?).  Don’t aim for the eyes but then again, you’ll probably find you won’t be aiming at all (if you need it). 

I don’t suggest shooting the dog. 

I understand the Animal Control’s issue – they have to have a LEGAL basis to seize the dog and if you don’t have proof in hand, they can’t do anything—-about seizing the dog.  They CAN and should provide a Warning to the property owner regarding the dog and the condition of the yard (most city ordinances have a section regarding restraint, which is generally cross-referenced to building codes and other stuff ad nauseum). 

If you believe you’re in fear for your life or the life of your dog, you can complain to the city and they must take action and can’t just overlook it while they wait for something to happen. 

If the Animal Control folks won’t help out, try a different division – e.g. Code Inspector.   Most cities have a specific code book and you don’t have to be a business to get cited.  Fences have to be intact and gates must be closeable and latchable (not necessarily lockable).    Who knows, there might even be a garbage can full of mosquitoes somewhere that the Health Inspector can review.

The downside is your neighbors are jerks.  No matter what you do, they’re going to think its you – even when it isn’t. 

The best answer (since A/C won’t get on the case) is to get the police involved, but not as an emergency, more of a domestic dispute kind of call.  If its low-keyed, it might be easier for everyone to understand and cope with.

I’m not in your situation, but I know of a family who refused to take adequate control of their dogs – and based on the number of “fear of” complaints and nuisance noise calls, the property owners were required to erect a 6 foot privacy fence and follow the city’s dangerous dog act.  Labs can be mean too, given sufficient stimulus.

dwain

I would like to see where you read that rotties are “proven dangerous”  Emily 121.  I guess  I have always read the opposite.  That there is no particular breed that is bad, just bad specimens of a particular breed.

On a side note, we had a golden retriever in our town (yep- purebred, I am sure that some people wont even believe this) that had to be put down because he broke the three bite rule.  3 BITES!!! not a rottie or a pit bull, a GOLDEN RETRIEVER.  Here’s the fun part, I know this because animal control is a friend.  Do you think that dog made the paper?  Of course not.  Because he is a golden.  Had he been a rottie, it would have made the paper for sure and instead of calling it a bite, the press would say he mauled 3 different kids…

 I have to agree with you on this…any breed CAN be dangerous. I believe that the owner of the dog is the main factor in this.

 My son had a miniature dachsund that a rotti attacked in our yard by jumping his fence. It was on Easter Sunday 1994, Fritzi didn’t stand a chance. The owner of the dog refused to do anything. The police COULDN’T because when they got there the dog had jumped back into his own yard. Ultimately the dogs owners wife took their 6 month old daughter and left him because he chose the dog over the baby…she took it to court and got an order to have the dog destroyed.

 Just keep calling animal control and the police…talk to anyone in the area that may have had a problem with the dog and get them to call as well. Good Luck!!!  

Emily, judge the deed, not the breed. Visit www.atts.org You will see that those “evil” rotties are a scant one percent lower rated than your GSD! I know many rotties who are service dogs, k9 officers, and even therapy dogs – hardly sounds evil.

Last nite I evaluated a GORGEOUS aussie coming into rescue. Owners don’t understand why he is suddenly nipping their 2 and 4 y/o children ~ “because they’ve always ridden him like a horse, pulled his hair, and hit him”.  Gee whiz, I wonder   Dogs’ mouths are like our hands, they will bite if provoked, to protect, or out of fear.

AKCdog def has a problem : irresponsible neighbor. It’s the OWNER who is the problem, not the dog’s lack of socialization and care.

Yes Emily a lot more GSD’s and Goldens are responsible for dog bites than Rottweilers but they don’t make the paper or news. Please do not say a certain breed is a dangerous breed until you have your facts together. I have 3 Rottweilers and two are trained for Searcha and Rescue and one is in training. Actually more people get bitten by small dogs but they don’t do any damage but small dogs do bite more people than large dogs.