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I will try to give a brief version of the story, leaving out the fluff.
Neighbor A - New to area, about 3 months, has met adjacent neighbors.
Neighbor B - 21 year old kid, lives with parents, lived there his whole life.
Houses are next to each other.
Neighbor B sees a dog hop neigbor A's fence into his back yard. Even though he has never seen the dog before, he makes the assumption that it is neighbor A's dog. So he leads the dog by the collar and lets it in the other person house (through the gate and opened the sliding door).
Turns out, this dog had gotten loose from a house about a quarter mile away, it was not A's dog (A does not own any pets).
Neighbor A gets upset as this is actually not his dog, and someone just let a random dog into his house when he was not home.
Discussion then occurs of if B handled the situation correctly, and if A has any reason to be upset.
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I voted for "weird situation." It was probably (definitely) "wrong" of Neighbor B to actually OPEN Neighbor A's door, but I understand the rationale. Definitely one of those once-in-a-blue-moon situations, though.
Yep, weird situation. I agree with DandJ, he never should have opened the neighbor's door. Even if the dog belonged there, what if it was not allowed in the house alone and was to remain outside in the yard? I guess if it were me, I would have left it in the fenced yard or cared for the dog myself until the neighbor got home.
B should know better, he trespassed on someones property...not just going into the yard - a fenced yard no less but did a B&E by opening the door. If it was me I'd be furious, who knows what kind of havoc that dog could have rendered to A's house.
Someone enters my house without permission and I'd be calling the cops.
I will try to give a brief version of the story, leaving out the fluff.
Neighbor A - New to area, about 3 months, has met adjacent neighbors.
Neighbor B - 21 year old kid, lives with parents, lived there his whole life.
Houses are next to each other.
Neighbor B sees a dog hop neigbor A's fence into his back yard. Even though he has never seen the dog before, he makes the assumption that it is neighbor A's dog. So he leads the dog by the collar and lets it in the other person house (through the gate and opened the sliding door).
Turns out, this dog had gotten loose from a house about a quarter mile away, it was not A's dog (A does not own any pets).
Neighbor A gets upset as this is actually not his dog, and someone just let a random dog into his house when he was not home.
Discussion then occurs of if B handled the situation correctly, and if A has any reason to be upset.
this is fun! i like weighing in. i havent read any other posts so that i can give my unbiased opinion based on this story. the verdict is:
neighbor B shouldnt have let the dog in the person's house. seeing the dog hop the fence isnt enough to ensure it is the person's dog. that sounds like a very bad assumption to me. the dog had tags and the kid didnt even look? this kid is going to be living with mommy for a long time.
just because the dog had a collar on does NOT mean it had tags on the collar.... but as i read further, i see there were tags on the collar.... was one an id tag?? or was it just the rabies tag?? a dog can still be traced back to its owner through the rabies tag, but otherwise, just seeing a rabies tag gives neighbor b no info about the actual owner.....
yes, a mistake was made... an honest mistake.... i think neighbor a is over-reacting by being so upset, though..... and i bet neighbor b has learned a lesson about assuming.... i just hope the situation hasn't turned neighbor b away from offering help when he can and sees it is needed......
Well, many years ago, I was walking my first GSD in a neighboorhood that I was not familiar with. We were staying at a nearby hotel. A white mid-size dog run over to say hi. She wouldn't let me close to her. There was no yard and cars were passing by all the time. I started by looking around and only saw one door open. I walked my GSD towards the door and the white dog followed. I rang the doorbell. No one was at home. And the white dog run inside the house. So I closed the door. I left a note and asked them to call me if they find a strange dog in their house. But they never called. I stopped by to knock the door before I left the area. No one answered and no dog was barking. I am still wondering what happened? And what if the dog wasn't theirs? Looking back, I should have called animal control after I closed the door. But at that time, as a new immigrant, I didn't know much. well, I still have the same cell phone number....
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