- Oct 19, 2001
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My fiancee and I have been going back and forth on how to handle the following situation.
Neighbors buys an Australian Shepherd puppy for the kids. Doesn't spend any time training it or obedience school so it becomes to much to keep in the house. They then put in an invisible fence and keep the dog outside all day. When no one is home, the dog barks constantly and doesn't look like they have an shelter for it. Fast forward to this weekend, we get home from the softball field and a thunderstorm rolls in. We look out the side window and the dog is once again in the back yard, huddled against the house and soaked. We tried to bring it over and put it in the garage, but it was not friendly towards us.
Basically, they got a dog that requires effort, didn't want to deal with it, and keep it outside without shelter. How do you politely say that their dog needs to be taken better care of?
Neighbors buys an Australian Shepherd puppy for the kids. Doesn't spend any time training it or obedience school so it becomes to much to keep in the house. They then put in an invisible fence and keep the dog outside all day. When no one is home, the dog barks constantly and doesn't look like they have an shelter for it. Fast forward to this weekend, we get home from the softball field and a thunderstorm rolls in. We look out the side window and the dog is once again in the back yard, huddled against the house and soaked. We tried to bring it over and put it in the garage, but it was not friendly towards us.
Basically, they got a dog that requires effort, didn't want to deal with it, and keep it outside without shelter. How do you politely say that their dog needs to be taken better care of?