Neighborhood Issue With New Neighbor And Pit Bulls

Rickochet

I live in an older subdivision that was started in the 60's. It is very nice and quiet and we have lived here 38 years and have never had any issues to date. Recently we had a house 3 doors down the street sell. The residents were a a pain in the ass and the house looked like a junk yard. They finally moved out and the house sold. The house was cleaned up a bit and sold sign removed. Going by the house this morning there was a city Animal Control truck in front. Later today I get a call from a neighbor who told me that the house had 6 pit bulls in the yard and they got loose. No one has moved into the house but it is full of dogs. Two neighbors got bitten. The city hauled off 6 male pit bulls but left two females in the house with 14 puppies. Pit factory maybe?

Tomorrow we have a neighbor meeting to see what we can do to nip this in the bud. Our neighborhood has geezers and people walking the streets every night with children. I hate to think I will have to start packing to be able to take my little dog out at night.

Par4QC

Rickochet I'm no attorney or psychic, but I'll bet there is a removal to go down tomorrow morning.
Empty house, abandoned animals, should already be a done deal on paper tonight.

potbunker

Rickochet Tomorrow we have a neighbor meeting to see what we can do to nip this in the bud

Eight pit bulls and 14 puppies is a major problem, and I love dogs.

My bet is the authorities will get this resolved.

If not, call your local news.

Rickochet

Par4QC

I hope this is remedied as easily as you say.

Par4QC

Rickochet Most places have ordinances in effect for such problems.....only X number of animals allowed. Had the house been occupied, it probably would have been taken care of today with the removal of most of the animals. Yet, abandoned animals should have been a priority and removed today.
May be some one is 'camped' in there that you don't know about.

Rickochet

Par4QC Most places have ordinances in effect for such problems.....only X number of animals allowed. Had the house been occupied, it probably would have been taken care of today with the removal of most of the animals. Yet, abandoned animals should have been a priority and removed today.
May be some one is 'camped' in there that you don't know about.

This wasn't an abandoned house. The previous owners moved out, It was listed by a realtor. Quick sale and had a Pending sign on it. A week later a Sold sign was on it. I few days later I see various vehicles doing stuff at the house but obviously no big move in. The Century 21 realtor who listed and sold the house lives next door to it and was one of the people bitten.

Typhoon

I would think repeated calls to the police would solve the problem. If not, escalate it to the town. What seems to work here is calling the investigative reporters that do pieces like that on their segment of the local news

Par4QC

Rickochet Yeah, should have said 'unoccupied'. But the animals have been abandoned if no one is living there or looking after them.

sdandrea1

potbunker If not, call your local news.

THAT will get it done! The media loves a story and this can be spun as a big threat (sounds like it already is with folks getting bitten).

backinit

This is why pitbulls got such a bad rap.. shitty owners. My 105 lb GSD loves my daughter's kitten, loves people and has been trained to be gentle. A 35 lb pitbull with bad owners can be deadly.

Rickochet

backinit This is why pitbulls got such a bad rap.. shitty owners. My 105 lb GSD loves my daughter's kitten, loves people and has been trained to be gentle. A 35 lb pitbull with bad owners can be deadly.

Our mail carrier used to deliver mail wearing ear buds in both ears. He was filling in on a different route wearing his buds and a loose pit sneaked up behind him and got his right forearm in his mouth and shredded it before someone saw it happening and helped get it loose. That animal was put down and later the same owners got another pit. 😦

Taki27

backinit Owners are usually the problem. Look at the posts about Pit Bulls that bite being replaced by another Pit Bull by their owner. That being said, even a docile dog can snap for a number of reasons and I feel less concerned about my 45 lb Labradoodle than I do about a Pit Bull.

sdandrea1

We had a neighbor with a female pit bull (Kobuck). She was in love with us and our boxer (Mosie, RIP). She would break out of her fenced yard and come straight to our house. Gentle, sweet, loving dog, she was. ❤️. The neighbors would just call us when she went missing and she was usually in our yard.

JoeHatesSnow

I wouldn't be able to own my dog Kodiak in some WI communities because they have ordinances that consider him a vicious breed because he is part pit. He's a staffordshire terrier, lab and german shepherd mix. He's as gentle as they come. When my wife's sister visits with her family their young daughters sit outside and play with him for hours as they don't have a dog. It's the first question they ask walking in the door, "where's Kodi?" 😀

potbunker

JoeHatesSnow He's a staffordshire terrier, lab and german shepherd mix

We had neighbors with two Staffordshire terriers. When they moved in the neighborhood we all assumed they were large pit bulls causing concern as they were always loose in the front yard.
What wonderful dogs.
They never barked at anyone or any dog and never seemed curious about anyone or anything.

Owners are generally the issue vs the breed. People too often select the wrong breed for their lifestyle, the amount of time they have to properly train, don't have the proper yard or don't provide enough exercise.

We had 4 Aussies, a golden and a mix some thought was a doberman.
All were territorial and were barkers so we installed a 6 foot fence. If you were unknown to the dogs and came in the fence, one MIGHT be too territorial and we watched her accordingly.
Gotta know your dog and be overly cautious not to put them in a situation where they might not be successful.

sdandrea1

This one is dangerous. 😂

Walterjn

sdandrea1 dangerous to what?!?!
Your spot on the bed, recliner, or sofa??

backinit

sdandrea1 My sister's is identical..lol. Waaay to much dog for me!

Eguller

Walterjn dangerous to what?!?!

I understand that she does not care for geese. 🤬

Walterjn

Eguller not like she has actually caught one...
So, in addition to to her being dangerous to spot, she is also dangerous to ones hearing...