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My dad has an "idiot neighbor that loves pit bulls" situation he's trying to deal with.
There are 4 properties adjoining, all with fences mostly connected. The rear neighbor has had up 16 pit bulls running around at times. Now, he's down to about 6 or so. All but two of them are inside most of the time. Two stay outside (one on a chain, one in a smaller lot), to keep them from breeding and/or killing the others. The two that stay outside get loose from time to time and like to get into the back yards of the adjoining neighbors.
Two of the neighbors have dogs. Dad's next door neighbor has a dog that was attacked by the two pit bulls (ton of stitches, but survived and heeled). Neighbor denied it was his dog. The dogs have gotten into dad's yard a couple of times, luckily not when his dog or grandkids were out running around. A couple of complaints have been filed. City isn't in much hurry to deal with this.
The neighbors all have fences that keep their own dogs in very well, but can't leave them out unattended for fear of the idiots pit bulls.
Fast forward to last Friday night. Whole family on the back patio with my dog and my parents/sisters' 8 week old puppies. One of the pitbulls jumps neighbors fence and is running back and forth between the fences (there's a 5 foot separation) trying to get into our backyard. Neighbor is on his side of the fence trying to get his dog back over. My dad is standing on his side with a loaded .357 waiting for the moment to the dog gets over his fence to shoot him right in front of the neighbor and end this.
This will no doubt happen again, and at some point, the dog will make it over the fence again.
Other than lodging formal complaints, making sure the gun is owned legally (it is), and not shooting near any humans, is there anything else to make sure of before shooting this dog when he makes his way into the backyard again?
There are 4 properties adjoining, all with fences mostly connected. The rear neighbor has had up 16 pit bulls running around at times. Now, he's down to about 6 or so. All but two of them are inside most of the time. Two stay outside (one on a chain, one in a smaller lot), to keep them from breeding and/or killing the others. The two that stay outside get loose from time to time and like to get into the back yards of the adjoining neighbors.
Two of the neighbors have dogs. Dad's next door neighbor has a dog that was attacked by the two pit bulls (ton of stitches, but survived and heeled). Neighbor denied it was his dog. The dogs have gotten into dad's yard a couple of times, luckily not when his dog or grandkids were out running around. A couple of complaints have been filed. City isn't in much hurry to deal with this.
The neighbors all have fences that keep their own dogs in very well, but can't leave them out unattended for fear of the idiots pit bulls.
Fast forward to last Friday night. Whole family on the back patio with my dog and my parents/sisters' 8 week old puppies. One of the pitbulls jumps neighbors fence and is running back and forth between the fences (there's a 5 foot separation) trying to get into our backyard. Neighbor is on his side of the fence trying to get his dog back over. My dad is standing on his side with a loaded .357 waiting for the moment to the dog gets over his fence to shoot him right in front of the neighbor and end this.
This will no doubt happen again, and at some point, the dog will make it over the fence again.
Other than lodging formal complaints, making sure the gun is owned legally (it is), and not shooting near any humans, is there anything else to make sure of before shooting this dog when he makes his way into the backyard again?
