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Lab stealing from neighbours

ABEasy · 2011-01-31 22:45:33

Hi, I've a 9 month lab who steals from my neighbours. So far he has brought back flower boxes (after emptying on neighbours drive), clothes, axe, riding ropes (horses), a door mat and loads of other pieces of rubbish. It's kinda getting embarrasing now, even though the neighbours have been very nice about it. So how do I…

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#32 03-02-2011 1:41pm
Zapperzy

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Just want to mirror everyone else's view. As well as worrying livestock and possibly getting shot and a large bill and a dead dog handed to you, there is also the risk of him causing a car accident.
You will be liable for any damages (there was a thread a while back from someone in the same position, think the dog was killed and they had to pay damages to the car), but what if he caused an accident where someone was seriously injured or killed? No amount of compensation will pay for that. Remember the ad on tv for road safety where a dog runs out on the road and causes a car to swerve and kills somebody, well that ad should also have stated something about people who allow their dogs to roam on public roads.

My cousins allowed their pup to get out onto the road until it got ran over by a tractor one day, they had to get it's jaw wired into place again costing quite a considerable amount of money.

Iv been out riding horses and have had loose dogs run up and start running underneath the horse between it's legs. Not all horses are so calm and used to dogs, plenty will just double barrell the dog to oblivion. There is also the risk of the dog chasing the horses (or any type of livestock) and getting them so worked up that they run into some wire fencing and get caught up in it (which can cause serious injuries or kill them). As someone said it's lambing season so farmers will have no hesitation in shooting a dog seen anywhere near their sheep, some will not even wait until the dog is seen to be worrying the sheep, they will just shoot the dog as it's passing through their land.

Dog theft is a huge problem which is not yet widely known about, people seem to think dog thieves only target unusual or expensive breeds which is not the case. My friend's neighbour's labrador was stolen about 2 years ago, they never seen him again.

The only option is to keep the dog contained within your property while you are not there to watch him. No matter how much training you do with him, while you are not there to call him back he will still wander off if he sees something that catches his attention.

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