Neighbors dog chasing cars

[Kettle Farm]

ok, as i know that the only two neighbors we have are either disinterested or DGI's/Liberals, i doubt they are reading this board..so, i have a situation i would like to ask help with.

we moved here 1.5 years ago. we have a long driveway and no close neighbors. the two on the corner from us pretty much keep to themselves, though we did meet them a couple times and tried to be friendly.

one of the neighbors has a few dogs. no big deal, so do we. however, one of the dogs is a beagle, and when a car goes by, will dart out to chase the car and try to bite the tires. sometimes the dog is locked up, sometimes not. the dog has a fine kennel and large doghouse. the dog has been injured before i was told.

several times i have driven by and the dog has darted out, i always watch but don't always see till the dog is right up on my tires.
we are volunteers on local FD and i have quit running calls because i am fearful of hitting this dog. i have to go in that direction to FD. when i do go anywhere i use the other direction which is 2 miles of pot holed hell dirt roads. i have replaced 3 tires this last year, as weall as bearings.

i have spoken to the neighbors in a polite manner about this. no comment. at one point the "partner" came to tell us they were getting rid of the dogs. i said don't do that, let us help see if we can train the dog not to do this. no comment. that was 8 months ago, no change on situation.

i spoke with our crime watch leader who told me they aren't doing it anymore, that i should just hit the dog, that i don't want to make complaint as it will piss off the neighbor, and that he has a dog and no one is going to tell him he has to control his dog, if his dog chases cars and gets hit or killed "oh well, i'm not gonna tie my dog up".

dh refuses to speak to neighbor about this. i see other cars driving by and some swerve and honk horn. it is only a matter of time..

it is my feeling that the dog itself is innocent and the owner is the responsible party.

so far, the few people i have spoken with are men who say just hit/shoot/kill the dog. i can see this happening while i have my son in the car, the dog laying in a bloody puddle or yelping in agony with terrible injuries, or a dead dog we have to extract and deal with. not to mention possible car repairs and/or personal injury.

we have a good many animals of our own, and it is my belief that they are my charges, and i must provide good mangement of them, and to do otherwise is irresponsible.

i do not want to make an enemy, though i have begun to feel this last year that we are living in moron central.

thoughts?

[momof23goats]

i do not want to make an enemy, though i have begun to feel this last year that we are living in moron central.


Itotally agree with you, moron central , it sounds to me like. Only people that are responsible should have animals period.

[suzy]

Thats sure too bad. Probably not a bad dog with some training and a responsible owner (other than your neighbor). I can see how an accident could so easily happen, with someone swerving to miss the dog. Any rescue's in your area, that would help find a better home for this neglected dog?

[packyderms_wife]

I used to have a truck that had an oooogah horn on it that never worked quite right. More often than not it sounded like a large sick goose :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: One day I had a yellow lab chasing me, and getting too close to the truck, so I laid on the horn :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: That big ole yellow lab just about had a heart attack when that big blue goose honked at him. I'd never seen the whites of a dogs eyes until that day, still cracks me up too. Do wonder if this ruined the dog for goose and duck huntin though :twisted:

K-

[Belle]

Call the dog catcher. If something isn't done, the dog is sure to catch a car one day. Also, Michigan has leash laws.

According to AAA, more people are killed trying to avoid hitting animals than by actually hitting them (and that includes deer).

[Kettle Farm]

sorry, i know my post was too long winded. thank you for replies and ideas, let you know what happens. i hope nothing, at least that owner would keep dog in. wishful thinking.

[dilligaf]

:twisted: drive slow and open the door and give the dog a lil whack with it..:shock:

hey,what can i say,it works in most cases..8)

[Kettle Farm]

hahahah

i've tried several things, might try this too. the last tire was 75$ from using the dirt road.

[obie123]

Dogs do learn...our neighbor bought a cocker spaniel
and we did everything we could to try and break him
from chasing our car....without success...then he
disappeared and we heard he got hit by a car and
his leg was broken but he was recovering. He never
chased another car and we are fortunate that he comes
to visit us on a regular basis! God is in control~!

[1loner]

Tie a burlap bag to the cars tire. He grabs a hold of that and gets spun around a few times he will quickly lose his taste for chasing cars..

[Summerthyme]

Dogs do learn

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Dogs do learn...our neighbor bought a cocker spaniel
and we did everything we could to try and break him
from chasing our car....without success...then he
disappeared and we heard he got hit by a car and
his leg was broken but he was recovering. He never
chased another car and we are fortunate that he comes
to visit us on a regular basis! God is in control~!

Modify that...

SOME dogs do learn. Some NEVER do. I hate car chasing dogs- and I own one. We have tried *everything*... even a shock collar, which I've never had to use on any dog (and I've had many over the decades, including Akitas which I bred for awhile, and which I used to believe were the hardest headed breed on earth!). Bandit isn't chasing cars out of boredom or even because "they move" (as I've heard people try to explain). He is PROTECTING ME... and nothing we've done so far has changed his mind about my need for protection! LOL!

On the "dogs will learn".... and why I don't agree-

When I was a kid, a friend of mine had a neighbor with a car-chasing beagle. That thing was hit MANY times... their vet expenses had to be horrendous. He was finally killed... chasing a car... with a CAST ON HIS LEG from the previous encounter.

Advice on this one- the owners know the dog is chasing... if you hit it, it's not. your. fault.

I'm continuing to work with Bandit, but I know that despite our VERY low traffic road, there's a chance he'll run out of luck. I'm not going to blame the driver if it happens. I'm also not going to confine a high energy working dog, whose only fault is chasing (he never leaves the farm, and in fact, chases the cars or buggies JUST to our property line.)

There are tricks which work on SOME dogs- a squirt gun with a dilute ammonia solution is good (those super soakers are GREAT for this... you can have someone in the backseat and he can nail the dog with it from 10 yards away).

I'm not completely insensitive to the POTENTIAL "trauma" to you or your kids if you do hit the dog... but truthfully, that's something you need to handle. And it can as easily happen out of the blue... I guess what I'm saying here is "don't dream up complicated and horrific possibilities and let it limit your life".

In my experience, Beagles are one of the very hardest dogs to train, and they are SO linear in their thinking that they often get hit. I've only hit two dogs in my entire life of driving- BOTH were beagles and both ran right in front of me, apparently on a scent line.

At this point, I probably wouldn't bother saying anything to the neighbors. If the dog gets hit... he gets hit. If you want to try to retrain him, good- but at this point, don't blame yourself if it doesn't work.

Summerthyme

[obie123]

You're absolutely right summerthyme! I had a red
heeler about 13 years ago and she was like your dog--
never left the property except to chase down a car in
the front yard area---we lived on 20 acres out in the
country and no matter what I did, it's like she lived
to chase cars...now, I know this particular breed is a
herd dog so it's in their nature. We got an invisible
fence and within 2 days she was cured. I do not like
the shocking factor but better that then having her
killed.

[Kettle Farm]

i don't want to offend anyone with disagreement..however summertyme..i worked EMS for 8 years, rural and city, also fire department. i can't tell you how many calls we went on because a dog chased a car, driver either hit the animal, tried to avoid, or was startled by it, and the dog wasn't the only injured party. and most of these were NOT high speed areas. (ie; young girl, doing 25 mph on dirt road swerved to miss dog, hit stumps of trees, rolled car several times in field, had to be extracated by FD and transported, with some broken bones and other injuries, and driver was restrained).. so..animals suffered, driver and occupants were injured, and vehicles as well.
i have to say that a animal owner who does not feel the need to restrain an animal who is causing problems may very well end up in a much bigger heap of trouble.

a friend of mine suggested throwing firecrackers out the window. excellent! however, dog has not been out but once since i last wrote.
i'm not working myself up with imaginary scenarios of possible trauma, i have been on the job and seen it, hence i know what can happen.

[goatlady]

I can just "see" you driving down the road, the beagle runs out, you are fumbling trying to steer and use 2 hands to light a firecracker and get it tossed out the window! Probably fumble it and have drop in your lap - BAD idea, lady.

[Kettle Farm]

LOL..that was my thought too..

[Sly]

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[dagwood]

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I have put many of these on and it will work for dog or any other living thing.

It all fun and games 'till the cops show up.

[TCPatriot]

I have a dog that chases and if or when he gets hit, it's nobody's fault except his.

I WILL NOT swerve or try to stop for any animal smaller than a full grown horse or cow. Any animal that runs in front of me is taking it's life in it's own hands (or feet). I will not endanger myself or anyone else because of a stupid animal and anyone who does is even dumber than the animal. There have been too many cases of people killing themselves or someone else over someone's stupid dog or cat or some wild animal. It's crazy people! Any animal that comes into the road does so at it's own risk. Hold the wheel tight, drive straight and let the animal worry about what happens.

End of rant.

[Little RedRidingHood]

My daughter was on her way home from work one night when she was about 18. She called her dad and I about the time we expected her to arrive at the house. She'd wreaked her car, and gotten a flat trying to avoid hitting a "bunny"! A stupid rabbit! She'd spun herself around, slamming into the high bank after swearing and losing control of the car at the start of the spin.
Very lucky young lady! I refused to fix it since it was her fault that it happened in the first place.
Her older brother is very allergic to bee stings. One day while going into town during a spring day a bee flew in the open truck window. He tried to get the bee out, lost control and went across the line, down a hill and into the river! Destroyed the new, old, truck he'd worked a year to buy in the blink of an eye. He was rummy for a few days and had a headache for a week. Doc said he was very, very lucky!
It happens so fast anyway why in the world would you risk your life for a rabbit or a bee??
JMHO, of course!

[valkyree]

I have next door neighbors who will not train their big dog - they like the dog this way - and it used to get out a lot and run around and go in my front and back yard and dig and poop and won't come when you call him etc --really annoying

I have a bad hip and told them plainly, after making several attempts of being nice, that if the dog knocks me over then we will have a serious problem

The dog still got out so I called animal control and told them the story. The man I spoke with said he is going over there right now and will tell them that he told me to call him anytime the dog is out and it will be taken to animal control and locked up and it will be very expensive for them to get him out

Haven't seen the dog since - nor much of the neighbors - oh well