Attorneys sleeping in on Saturday, I see.
Looks like LEO would be in your corner on this one. I realize causing legal issues is not something we desire but unless you can get the owners in check the animals will continue to be..............."Animals"
Lazy me. I was hanging a new door on our stable in the rain when this discussion was going strong while you guys were apparently in your bathrobes on the interwebz.
Anyhoo, T.Lex is really the expert on this.
...and yes, pepper spray, but it looks like you resolved these issues without weaponry the first time. I would be about as reticent to use pepper spray as I could be. In other words, don't jump to use it just because you have it.
I knew that. But Mr Mouse started with a threat....so I wasn't about to name names.
I knew this would come up...
Had a co-worker many moons ago that had a problem with a neighbor dog when he first moved out into the country to become a country man instead of a city boy. Dog kept getting in his garbage, I suggested he need better trash cans as dogs weren't going to be his only problem. His response was that the neighbor should control his dog; I do agree with the statement but again out in the country dogs aren't the only trash can bandits.
He talks to the neighbor several times and the situation doesn't improve so one day he peppers the dog with a load of rock salt and then CALLED the neighbor and told him he'd shot the dog. Neighbor took the dog to the vet and called my co-worker and told him if he paid the vet bills they'd call it even. Co-worker told him what he could do with the vet bills and the dog.
The fines and litigation fees cost my co-worker close to $30k in 1995 money to stay out of jail on animal cruelty charges. I don't advocate it but many have said no here before, SSS!
This can't be the first time you've notices idiot tendencies in your co-worker.
Good call on not taking them to dog parks. Dog parks are iffy even for well-trained dogs, with the constantly-changing dynamic as dogs come and go. It's a stressful environment for dogs who aren't trained to it (and even for some who are).I’ve wanted to try taking them to dog parks but afraid how that might turn out.
Keep in mind you better have done everything possible to retreat before pulling a gun because it goes down hill quick when dealing with a dog..... always beware where the nearest school zone is also!OK folks. Lets keep this in a well mannered order. These threads usually go south. This one will not. The OP has a serious question. Lets give serious answers.
I know how I would have dealt with this but it is not civil so in the light of this I will just read.
Thanks,
-CM-