There aren’t a lot of dogs in our neighborhood. We have lived in our house going on 21 years and in all that time our neighbors have never had a dog…until last year. The house next to us was sold and the person who is renting the house from the new owner has a dog.
A neighbor with a dog would not be an issue, except:
- We cannot have fences
- The dog next door sees our dogs in the yard and usually makes a bee-line for them
- We cannot have fences (yep that is listed twice because the dog next door has no respect for the property line and spends far too much time in our yard)
- The dog next door has a reliable recall only about 50 percent of the time
Most people plan meetings between their dogs and a strange dog. There was no opportunity to make any plans because the first time we knew there was a dog next door was when it came into our yard. Luckily the dog is a very friendly girl. Truthfully, I think she just wants someone to play with her.
Chessies can be protective of their people, places and things, especially Storm who can be snarky with dogs that get into her space. All the dogs seem to be OK with the dog next door visiting and so far we haven’t had any issues.
Saturday the brown dawgs were out playing in the yard, when guess who came over. She happens to be on a long line, but normally she is not tied at all. Our dogs are on invisible fence so you will notice that they stop a few feet away from the edge of our yard and will not break the fence.
The person renting the house next door is from out-of-state and is only here short-term for his job which I think has wrapped up. It looks like he is getting ready to move. I am not sure if the brown dawgs will miss the dog next door or not.
That is good and sad. We feel bad for an only dog that is tied outside or allowed to roam, obviously craving fun and attention, but good if they are moving away. We couldn’t live in a house without a fence, Mom doesn’t trust invisible fences, heck, she barely takes her eyes off us with a real fence! Most of our neighbors have dogs and most have two dogs, but we are the most active ones and they all want to come to our house. Sometimes we have some of them over to play, but Mom always feels bad when we are our playing and the neighbor dogs just watch us and she can see they want to come play too.
I am going back and finally replying to more comments..lol. The dog (and person) moved out at the end of January. I hope it ends up with a big, fenced yard.
Speaking for the “dog next door” what’s a girl to do when she sees two HANDSOME single men running around outside? OF COURSE she came over!! 🙂
LOL except one was Storm and she likes to keep her boys to herself.
Well at least they all seem to get along and hopefully they will be gone soon. Have a marvellous Monday.
Best wishes Molly
They actually had fun together. 🙂
I can not imagine life without fences!!
It isn’t that bad because we have the runs.
LOL so good of your dogs to abide by the property line, mine would be all over that dog it isn’t yard. Nellie is very protective and stand off’ish with other dogs that are in her space. Gambler and Glory would just want to play. Have a wonderful cold snow filled day.
LOL Storm sounds a lot like Nellie, except she liked the dog next door which surprised me.
No fences? That would be tough for me. We don’t have too many dogs in our neighborhood which is good and bad. Bad because it lets Jack think he owns’ the street and good because we don’t have to deal with inconsiderate neighbors!
I think that is the same here. The dogs don’t get many other dog visitors and they can be territorial.
Thank dawg everyone gets along or it could be quite an ugly scene. I feel bad for that lonely girl; she probably is bored and just looking for someone or somedog to play with and/or pay attention to her. It’s probably best that they are moving away though considering her owner is not a very responsible dog owner.
Happy Monday,
Oz
P.S. The photos of the Brown Dawgs playing in the snow are great!
I was always worried she would run in the road and get hit. Now I don’t have to worry.
That dog is probably so lonely, and just wants company. I don’t understand why people have dogs that they aren’t willing to interact with.
I don’t either and the guy worked long hours so the dog was a lone a lot. I felt bad for it.
It would have been nice if the neighbor at least came over and asked if his dog could play with yours! Well, it’s just a good thing that they all get along and there were no problems. I hope the dog can find playmates at her new home!
I agree, it is always best to ask if dogs can play together. Would have helped in this situation.
It’s kind of nice to have some convenient socialization – although right on the property without announcement can be kind of a pain, I imagine.
Our basement tenants have a dog, and we have no worries with their dog and Moses and Alma out in the back yard because they all get along great. However, when they dogsit and don’t warn us about it, I get a bit perturbed. Moses is not much of a worry because if another dog isn’t a fan, he’ll take the hint and keep to himself. Alma, on the other hand, sounds very similar to Storm.
Once, a tenant-guest dog was let out while I was feeding Moses and Alma on the deck, and promptly came up to investigate. Luckily I was nearby to intervene, since Alma did not take kindly to the intrusion, and the other dog didn’t take kindly to her snarkiness. I may not have had kind words for the tenants…
Since I didn’t know anything about the dog until it appeared, I was relieved to find out it was a girl. Another boy with two intact male Chessies could have been a huge problem. Then I just worried about Storm, but she seemed to like the dog more than then boys. I would not have guessed that…lol. Maybe she is mellowing now that she is spayed.
Oh, that’s so annoying when owners just let their dogs roam wherever they please and set no boundaries for them. I’m glad there haven’t been any issues so far! The majority of my neighbors let their dogs run loose and unsupervised 90% of the time. They drive me crazy and make me so mad because most of these dogs are not even friendly and now they seem to think they own the whole street and more.
I hope they all continue to get along until the doggy moves. 🙂
We usually have issues with dogs off lead coming out all grumpy when we walk by their house. That is the biggest problem with a neighborhood with no fences.
Well, she looks like a nice doggy at least 🙂 Our yard is all fenced up, but sometimes a stray dog comes onto the property. Shiner usually doesn’t have issues with other dogs. She mostly tries to play with them.
Shiner is a nice doggie. 🙂
Do you actually have one of those “Invisible Fences” around your property or have you just taught your dawgs where the property line is? My German Shepherd knew to never leave our boundaries without a fence in the front yard or if we left the gate open. I was wondering if the actual Invisible Fences work and if they do is only from your yard out and that is why the other dog can cross it. Hopefully, the neighbor will move before any problems arise.
We actually have the fence, but we have also taught them the line. but yes other dogs can come in which is a drawback.
Personally I don’t like it when people don’t teach their dogs to respect property lines. You just never know what could happen between two dogs or a dog and a young child, if there is one. We had to spend a lot of money to have our fence put up when DD was 2 because someone with a very large German Shepherd used to let their dog run the neighborhood free twice a day rather than walking it, and it threatened us when we were in our own backyard playing in DD’s little kiddie pool, then tried to block us from getting into the house. Plus it used to leave its big “presents” everywhere. (I certainly don’t blame the dog, I completely blame the owners.) So I don’t appreciate people who don’t respect other people’s properties…..and safety.
Wow that sounds like a nightmare. I am not sure how good the neighbor was at picking up after his dog. He moved at the end of January and I think that is a good thing. 🙂
It’s a tough situation when neighbors don’t know the “rules” of dogs and property.
You got that right. 🙂
Hi Y’all!
I can sympathize with y’all. We have neighbors at both houses with dogs.
At the shore we are not allowed fences but we are in the mountains. However, there was one hitch in the mountains…it’s solid rock! The small inclosure in the back of the house, more to keep the falling rock from hitting the house, is all the fence people would install. He refused to fence more of the yard.
Anyway, my Human spent a long time (months) training me to respect my boundaries. We consulted with the invisible fence people too and they are not an option either.
I’m not allowed outside unsupervised either. She’s also trained me to sit when a neighbor or other strange dog enters the yard. Humiliating as it is, I have to “sit, stay” while she goes and shoos the invader from the yard.
Y’all come by now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
Yikes I did not realize you had falling rocks. You are well trained doggie Hawk. 🙂
We have more trouble with our neighbor’s dogs than we do with our own. Living in the country, people either let their dogs run free or keep them chained up all the time. Our front yard has become the neighbor pup’s litter box, it’s torn parts from our deck and chewed our hoses, etc. and is in general a real nuisance. But the only attention it gets is from us.
Wow that sounds like a pain. I don’t understand why people can’t mind their dogs.
Hey Browndawgs,
I wish we didn’t have a fence either, then Cosmo and I could play whenever we like, though I think my Mum would freak out as she really doesn’t trust me not to run after a cat or squirrel!
I hope you’re having a fun day,
Your pal Snoopy 🙂
LOL Snoopy. I bet you and Cosmo would have fun!