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I had Tisha for 11 years and she was very protective, and Thorn is now 8 and he is more protective as he ages. Tisha would follow me everywhere and couldn't stand for me to be out of her site. She was "wierd" around certain people, people that I would describe as odd. The type of people that give you a wierd vibe..she picked up on that and would get between me and them. She never tried to bite though. Thorn is the same way...even a bit worse. He will put himself between me and the "odd person" and growl with his hair up. I don't trust him when he acts like this, he doesn't attack...but I know if I turn my back he is gonns sneak in a nip. With his age, it is just something we have learned to work around. He is fine around friends/family...it is just certain people, and those people I usually get the "bad vibe" from.

I am no where near the city limits. I am not sure about local laws regarding shooting people pets. Many places have laws that say you can shoot a dog/ cat etc. if they are killing livestock etc. not just standing in ypur yard or eating trash. I have photos of my dogs wound from when he shot her, and I am keeping a list of things that happen. I don't think I will get anywhere reporting him right now, I think I am better off building my case and getting my "ducks in a row" so to speak.

We live next to my parents (they are in theri 70's and have a in-law suite/house next to ours.) My dad and my husband both keep telling me that "you can't go over there and go off on him, he will just get worse" I was so pissed lastnight I was going to go kick his trash cans over and slit his tires on his huge equipment ( those tires are EXPENSIVE) but...it wouldn't be worth getting caught etc. IAfter the dog getting shot...I was waiting for Karma to get him, but that is taking wayyy to long.
Over the summer he had a home made cannon thing that he kept shooting off. It made the windows rattle. The one day he let it off when my father was about 30 feet away. Dad had no clue it was coming. He has a bad heart and he was in tears saying it hurt his chest and felt like his heart stopped. He went over and screamed at Scott... Telling him if he EVER shot that thing again with out giving everyone notice he would call the cops. I was hoping he would let it off again, I would call them. But I guess dad put him in his place on that.

I am so mad I am shaking. Several weeks ago, my a-hole neighbor shot our little dog, Dixie. She got out of the house and apparently got in his trash. He shot her with a pellet/air riffle type gun. It was hard enough to make a puncture hole in her side. At first I didn't know what had happened to her, and his 11 year old daughter told me. We are supposed to be neighbors, I let his freakin 6 kids come over here and use are kids outdoor toys since he won't get them any. I take the 11 year old shopping with us and out to eat, to football games etc.
His 13 year old daughters cat got hit by a car a few months back. I saw it happen and we searched for her with him and found her dead. My husband put her in a bag and burried her for him.
After that his 13 year old daughter started buying cat food with her own money and coaxing my 3 cats to theri house and fed them daily. Well he just got her a kitten, and so she stopped feeding my cats, but still calls them over to pet them. 5 days ago our kitten came up missing...toda y his daughter said he pumped the gun atleast 10 times and shot her and she screamed and ran to the woods...I am sure she is dead.

He also has 3 trash cans with NO lids, and big holes split in the sides, raccoons get in them all the time. That causes more and more coons to come around, they wreck our deck nightly because of this. He started shooting them instead of getting better trash cans. We found baby coons half dead in OUR drivway over the summer and had to put them down!!!

He also has them throw all their food waste in the ditch across the road. My dogs saw it once, and now I can't even take them out without one of them trying to sneak off to eat whatever (chicken bones, rotten meat....) Plus being right by the road they could get hit. Why in the heck did I move out and buy 5 acres so that I can have an a$$ right next door. What can I do?


On a side note, he is an alcoholic, he has 2 kids and 4 step-kids. He took all the kids clothes away for the last week because they didn't put them away properly...the y have been wearing the same clothes for a week to school. I may call childrens services if their is no other option.

LMAO...It is sooo funny the things we put up with from our pups...if a person drug us to the ground it would be over. LMAO

Your crew looks so sweet and well behaved. Mine never look like that. I'm jealous

Don't let them fool ya...they are just hamming it up for the photos, they are really naughty most of the time. LOL Except Thorn, he is always good. The puppies ike to play "eat the trash" and "tear up wet pull-ups" and...lock myself in the other room and scratch the heck out of the door (Gracies favorite). That is why babies are cute..if they weren't we would kill them.

Count me in ...Sounds like fun!!!

Bwahahahahahah a...LMAO...I am glad your girl is OK.