Problems with a neighbours dog

[wack]

My neighbour bought a puppy about a year ago, looks to be some sort of Staffordshire cross but bigger , a lot bigger.

The problem is he just leaves it outside all day , from early morning 7-8am to late evening 7-8pm

The dog is showing behavioural problems, wrecking the garden, shredding anything in sight and barking all day.

It sits on a wall and stares into the house waiting for somebody to come to it but nobody does, it looks well fed but that's all,

It has no shelter, gets left outside in all weathers , tonight I saw it excited to see him but all it got was a bowl of food chucked outside and the door shut .

I've reported it to the RSPCA who say as the dog has no shelter and a garden full of faeces an officer will call and check up on it but I don't see as there's much else I can do

It's seems friendly enough but I'm worried a charge at the fence would have it in our garden , I have 2 spaniels, it's 3x the size of them already.

Any suggestions as to anything else I can do, I feel really sorry for the dog, it has a pretty crap life

[wack]

Bad owners make bad dogs , this dog is heading that way, I've looked over the fence at it and while it barks at me its tails wagging so I don't think for a minute it's aggressive just really bored, yesterday it was shredding a sun lounger.

He's out a lot so I'm starting to think he's got it as a guard dog with no idea they just want loving when they're pets.

The RSPCA asked me if I wanted to know the outcome so I said yes

At least he's on their radar now, next step is environmental health as it's going to be a crap summer if there's a woofing dog out there all day

[wack]

We've had words before over a fence,, he's not a neighbour as such, just part of his garden borders mine at the back.

Up to now it hasn't really been a problem because it was a puppy but it's grown a lot in the last few weeks , I spent an hour hoeing the borders this evening, a constant woof woof woof for 30 minutes until they eventually took it inside so at least it's indoors this evening

Now the summer is coming I'll be going round for a word before contacting environmental health, you may be right about them not knowing how to look after a dog

I'm not planning on a midnight dog napping

[wack]

What a pain in the arse, I hate irresponsible dog owners, I watched a guys dog lay a pile about 4 inches high on a football pitch a while back then start to walk off, er aren't you going to pick that up

I haven't got a bag, here you go, he then spends his valuable time scooping it up and walks away really pissed off.

I'd like to know when the last time anybody actually got prosecuted for it, not that it'll be a problem with the dog over the fence, I don't think it knows what a walk is.

You're probably right , I'll wait and see what the RSPCA say

KFC said:

Wack, whats the main end goal here?

The perfect ending would be the RSPCA take it away and re home it with somebody who'll look after it properly , if they just carry on leaving it barking then environmental health do have the power to take it away but that could take months.

It hasn't made any attempt to get out of his garden yet but it's a big dog so it wouldn't take much

Edited by wack on Monday 23 March 22:39

[wack]

If that's the way it goes so be it, I'm not spending the next 10 years not being able to go in the garden without being driven nuts