This evening I was nursing Sam and I see a shadow pass by my blinds in the front yard, I prepare myself and wait for a few seconds, expecting a knock on the door...nothing, so I go about my business. A few minutes later the doorbell rings and when I answer it there are two SPs (base police) at my door. They inform me that they are responding to a complaint of a neglected and abused dog.
I am P1SSED!! I tell them that my dog is WELL taken care of and there is no need to worry. They say the caller informed them that there is no food or water left out for the dog. I tell them that Tonka is an indoor dog, but if they look in my yard they will see a 5 gallon water jug upside down in a bowl and that is his outside water, as far as his food he is fed twice a day NOT free fed and NOT outside. They don't really know what to do or how to evaluate the situation (as they are NOT qualified for the task they have been given) and say that maybe he is skinny. I inform them that Tonka was recently sick and hospitalized for, among other reasons, not eating for 8 days. He is now within a perfectly normal, healthy weight range but that Great Danes can tend to be on the slender side. I show them the vet receipts and ask them "do you really think I would pay $1100 dollars for a dog I was neglecting?". I then let them know that I would appreciate any further complaints being directed to animal control so that the responders would at least be knowledgeable of animals, or if necessary I would take Tonka to a vet and have his health cleared and bring written documentation of it. They said not necessary and went on their way.
I am sooooo mad!! What do I have to do?? Get a bullhorn and walk outside and announce "I AM FEEDING MY DOG" every morning and evening, and then later "I AM REFILLING MY DOG'S WATER", or "I AM PLAYING WITH MY DOG"
. This is the second time this has happened!! (When Tonka was about 6 months old the cops came out to investigate my skinny PIT BULL
). AAARGH, I do everything for Tonka and he is well taken care of!! I want to call the cop shop tomorrow and complain, but I don't know what to say.....
I just hate nosy neighbors!!