LIVID doesn't even begin to explain it!!!!! My new neighbor hit my dogs with a shovel!!!!

[Shell Beau]

My 2 male dogs fight with each other on occasion. His dogs were at the fence barking. My dogs get weird around other dogs. They begin fighting one another. It never lasts long and then they are best friends. I just try to get my littlest dog out of the way when they do fight. He comes over to the fence with a shovel. Leans over the fence and with the metal part proceeds to beat my dogs on the back and head with the shovel. I thought I was going to explode. Of course that made the fighting worse. I told him NEVER touch my dogs again and he said he would let them kill me! WTF? I have had these dogs long enough. I know their behavior. They only get aggressive with one another. Luckily, my dogs are fine. At least they seem fine right now!

What a way to introduce yourself bastard.

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Call the police

That's animal abuse right there.... :mad:

:hug:

[Shell Beau]

3. I sent my husband over there. I swear if he even looks at my dogs wrong,

I will call the police.

[bicentennial_baby]

5. I'm serious, call them!

One incident like that should tell you more than you need to know...Better to do that now than to end up with a dead dog or two. I don't mean to be harsh, but I love dogs so much, and you can't stand for that! :(

again, :hug:

[Shell Beau]

6. My mom said the same! Thanks!

[Shakespeare]

11. Exactly. The fact that he reached ACROSS YOUR FENCE and INTO YOUR YARD

Is incredibly disturbing. Those dogs in no way presented any danger to him (or anyone else). He trespassed, and then he abused your animals. Call the police.

[Shell Beau]

16. You are right. My dogs were not in his yard. He way overstepped his bounds.

They were fenced in.

[bicentennial_baby]

17. That's what Sniffa said, Trespassing...

Cops, now. Not later, when it's too late.

[Maddy McCall]

2. Ummm...

Call the cops. Seriously.

Some fucker hits my dogs with a shovel and then pops off at me like that, the cops will be involved.

Are you ok??

:hug:

[Shell Beau]

4. Yeah! It shocked me. He told me I had vicious killers and he

hopes to God I don't have kids. I'm okay now. Just kind of in disbelief. My prior neighbor loved my dogs.

[Maddy McCall]

7. Did he just move in?

Seriously, Shell, this will only get worse...you need to go ahead and let the police handle it, so that you don't have to worry about that fucker doing anything to your dogs again.

At the very least, you should get a police report filled out, on the record, so that, if he does some such shit again, you've got proof that he did it before.

I would become unmanageable if someone fucked with my dogs. Maybe your husband can make it crystal-clear to him that that shit don't float.

[Shell Beau]

10. He moved in about a month ago. He told my

husband he apologizes. That he thought he was helping! WTF? Stupid sorry sonofabitch! I may just do that. My brother happens to be a former cop, now a state trooper/MBN agent. Think I will call him.

[Maddy McCall]

13. Call him NOW.

Get a report...it will take all of 15 minutes. If the guy does it again, you've got proof that he's assaulted your dog in the past.

Stay safe. :hug:

[LeftyMom]

8. Call the cops now, before he calls and makes a complaint about your dogs.

If he calls, he'll probably say they attacked him or some stupid thing. First to report generally is believed.

[Shakespeare]

14. Oooh, good point. Do NOT let him get any documentation on the record about alleged "vicious dogs"

What a scumbag. Sorry you got such a jerky new neighbor. :-(

[Shell Beau]

15. Good idea! My dogs have never ever been agressive with a person before.

[LoveMyCali]

39. Then it's possible

that he's done something to provoke them in the past that you don't know about. Call the police and make sure that the incident is documented.

I think if someone hit my cat with a shovel someone would have to call the police to get me off from them.

[Shell Beau]

42. I wondered that myself. I wonder if he's been doing this before.

The prior neighbor had a dog and was in the backyard a decent amount of time! NEVER ever did he have any issues and we had great communication with one another.

[wildhorses]

9. good grief, shell

:wtf:

:hug:

[Shell Beau]

12. He's a dumbass sorry piece of shit!

That makes me feel a little better! Thanks!

[wildhorses]

29. glad to be of service!!

and my compliments to your way with words;)

[Maddy McCall]

18. Oh...forgot to ask you this...

How are your dogs? Did the shovel hurt them?

[Shell Beau]

22. As far as I can tell they are okay!

I just couldn't believe it when it was happening. I saw that shovel hit my poor Hank in his back and then his head. I swear if something would have happened, I would've jumped the damn fence. I'd be the one in jail.

[Maddy McCall]

23. Keep an eye on him.

Just in case he got bonked too hard in the head.

Poor poochie. Give him some get-well scritches from the McCall family. :hug:

[Shell Beau]

26. Thanks! You are sooo sweet! I will tell him I will sick Maddy on him!

[Little Wing]

19. Take his arm off with a chainsaw next time he does it

[Maddy McCall]

21. Hey, I've got a chainsaw I can lend her.

I'm quite proficient with it. I bet we can get Shell to rippin' in no time at all.

:)

[Shell Beau]

24. It may be worse than that! I do watch the Sopranos!!

;) Got to try to find the humor! Even though there is none. I can tell you right now he is a rethug, NASCAR watching (no offense to those who like it) asshole! I have seen the NASCAR car hoods hanging in his garage! He is RED RED RED!

[Wcross]

20. You are suffering from "Moranneighboruos"!

I am amazed that his first reaction was to "join" in the fight from his side of the fence. Surely this idiot didn't think he was "helping" did he?

[Shell Beau]

25. Yep he did! At least he says he did! He said my dogs were vicious killers

and that they would've killed me! I apparently am too stupid to own dogs.

[Wcross]

28. I'm soooo glad I have no nearby neighbors.

I sure hope none of the kids in the area have a little tussle. He is liable to be out there trying to "help". Lord knows what his "solution" to a playground fight would be!

[VenusRising]

27. That's seriously 'effed up!!

Do what you need to do to make sure this guy doesn't hurt your puppies again.

A shovel?? :wtf:

Hope your fur-babies are ok.

:hug:

[Shell Beau]

30. Thanks! Some people are mental! He needs to seek attention!

;)

[VenusRising]

31. Maybe you should add "professional"

to the attention part. What he did could constitute attention seeking behavior. Asshat.

[BarenakedLady]

32. That's horrible

My dogs are the same way. They fight with each other when over excited about something. It can sound pretty viscious, but they are also best friends.

I hope this isn't the start of a horrible relationship with your neighbor.

Give your pooches extra hugs from me! :hug:

[Shell Beau]

35. Oh it is past the start of a bad relationship! I could never be

friendly with someone who thinks it is okay to beat a dog with a shovel when they are not in any type of danger. Had they been attacking him, I would've been okay with it. But my dogs wouldn't have ever attacked him. They are fenced in. I am a responsible pet owner.

[BarenakedLady]

36. Yeah I get that

I just meant I hope this isn't just the beginning of more shit from him.

Wishing you the best.

[RetroLounge]

33. WTF???

What an asshole...

He touched my dog and that shovel would be used to dig a shallow grave for him.

:wtf:

I cannot even believe he'd do that...

RL

[Shell Beau]

34. I saw him coming with the shovel, but I thought he was using it and forgot

to put it down or something. I could've handled him spraying them with the waterhose, but a fuckin' shovel? Psycho piece of shit. I am a little more calm about it now, but I was freakin' shocked when it happended. Who does that shit? How could he think that is okay?

[hedgehog]

37. My two dogs ( Both neutered males) will go at it with growls and squeals,

then both stop abruptly to make sure that no on eis running a can opener. Other times it's as if they've heard a bell; they stop in place, look around, catch their breath and go right back at it.They will roll around and thump the side of the house so hard the wall shakes. Neither has ever drawn one drop of blood from the other. It's just what dogs do. Cats do the same thing, but they are more quiet about it. A playful kitten is actually practicing the moves that will turn it in to a rodent killing machine.

[Shell Beau]

38. And this guy is a dog owner. He has 2 small dogs.

I understand seeing 2 large dogs fighting would be intimidating. I don't understand, however, that thinking beating them with a shovel could help anything. And thinking it is okay to beat a dog with a shovel, much less someone else's dog that is kept within their yard hurting not a soul.

[Texasgal]

40. OMG SHELL!

If ANYONE TOUCHED my dogs they would be saying their prayers!

I'm sorry honey, I hope hank and baby are okay!

[Shell Beau]

41. He is a scumbag! If I hadn't been so damned shocked, I would've

reacted much more appropriately! I did tell him to never ever touch my dogs again, but I was way too calm (shocked) for me! I should've pulled that MS delta girl out of me for a second!!

Thanks! :hi:

[Texasgal]

43. Pull that DELTA sistah!

Who in the hell does he think he is?

What a f'ing bastard!

[Shell Beau]

45. He apparently has never seen a delta gal pissed off or he would've

known better!

[sakabatou]

44. 911

[KamaAina]

46. Sheesh. And Elizabeth Edwards thought SHE had neighbor problems.

"One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it," attributed to Margaret Mead. Apparently this applies to "kids of all ages". :grr:

[Shell Beau]

47. Thank God my other neighbors love us! One cooks us

banana nut bread every Christmas. I kinda had a feeling about these people though! Not sure why though! Now I know!

[Mendocino]

50. Animal abuse, the" gateway drug" of serial killers.

Jeffrey Dahmer started out with torturing and dismembering animals.

[Steven_S]

48. You live anywhere near the Bronx?

I can have him killed if you want.

[Shell Beau]

49. Haha!!! Nope, down here in MS!! But I did meet Uncle Jr. once. Maybe I should

give him a call!! ;)

[Connonym]

51. Play fighting is one of the things dogs do

I'm sorry you got a red moran for a new neighbor :( My dogs are both female and they do the play fights. You can totally tell by their posture that it's not the real thing. When they're tired out they snuggle up and take a nap together.

ShellBeau, I agree that you need to file a report on this even if all it does is establishes a record. I called the cops when my former neighbors randomly dumped a bucket of water (over the top of a 6 foot fence) onto my dog's head for laughs. Bunch of little boys who had in the past thrown matchbox cars and stuff at her. I'm shaking when I think about this, I can't imagine how livid you must be. I called the police because I felt that they were developing a pattern of abuse and the mom didn't supervise them and didn't seem to take it seriously when I told her. I honestly was worried what would happen when this pack of wild boys hit puberty. I'm SO glad I moved.

[Deep13]

52. What an asshole.

He's a coward too. Instead of bringing any problem to your attention, he takes it out on your critters.