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dan-uh t1_iuvvh2g wrote

We’ve witnessed this dog grow from puppy to adult and I have always felt so bad for the fact that they’ve completely failed in raising him. Him running around the street and his owners not seeming too concerned about that.. it’s a disaster waiting to happen. I haven’t seen it much lately but when he was younger they would hit him when he’d misbehave. It really upsets me and pisses me off. There’s another dog on the street that isn’t even a year old, but seems to be a German shepherd mix and is kept in the backyard (not let inside) and has recently started to bark at other dogs walking by. So sad, she seems like such a sweet dog but seems to be headed down the same path as this dog. They’ve never taken her on a walk. Some people just don’t deserve to be dog owners.

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squid1980 OP t1_iuvvtsq wrote

So sad! They def seem like the type of people who hit him. Which is probably contributing to his aggression. They probably got him cus they thought it’s cool to own a German Shepard for protection but know 0 about dog training or care. I am going to go to town hall with all of the stories I have heard and hope they take the poor dog away. We were THIS close to being mauled.

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saintsandopossums t1_iuw5l1e wrote

Oh, I feel so bad for the dog across the street! She's gotten WAY more reactive since she has to listen to the other German shepherd bark all day. It's tough because I have a little terrier mix puppy who was recently attacked on Tower by a chocolate lab, (be careful on Tower FYI) and we live on Proctor too, so we go past the shepherds every day on walks. It's gotten to the point where my dog will cower and sniff the air every time we get to the corner, and I have to watch like a hawk to make sure that the dog isn't loose

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LowkeyPony t1_iux5avc wrote

We've one of those on our street as well. Got a very large breed of dog as a pup. And do nothing with him. He's out in the front yard alone all day. Barks at people walking by. If he wanted he could easily launch himself over the fence they have. No collar. No tags on him. Wife was happy when the last dog they had died, so why the husband went and got a LARGE puppy of all things is beyond the rest of their neighbors and I. And they left their last dog outside 24/7 in all types of weather too. Animal Control here has "better things to deal with" so no one bothers calling.

I was speaking with the guy a few weeks ago and he says the dogs getting more and more aggressive to him and the family etc. So he's going to "shore up the fence in the back yard" and put the poor thing out back. Where he'll have NO people to see at all. Granted at least then the rest of us wont be able to smell the piles of dog shit they never clean up. Even my bitch of a sister took their dog to obedience classes and all that. People that get a dog and then do nothing with it are a holes.

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