Erinmontague’s Weblog

Yesterday morning I took Ariel for a walk down our quiet country road. It’s about 3 miles round trip. There has been an on going problem with a couple who lives on this road where they do nothing to control their dog. It roams around free all day. Every time we come up to the house it runs down, jumps on me and my dogs, causes all kinds of leash problems and follows us to the end of the road and back. I am beginning to hate that dog. It was cute when it was a puppy, but now it’s a gangly year old with no manners whatsoever. I used to return it to them and they never even knew it was missing! Idiots. The owners are totally clueless. Yesterday was the last straw for me. As the dog charged down on us I started yelling for it to go home, get back etc. The dog totally ignored my demands and chased us down the road. The owners came out of the house and I yelled to them to please leash their dog or put it in the house. It bothers us every time we walk the road. Their response was that they lived on 100 acres of private property and she could go wherever she wanted. I was so pissed I just kept walking and she kept talking – have no idea what she was saying, but it wasn’t an apology that’s for sure. I was so hot with anger that I walked up the last hill at record speed! On my way back I had to pass by the house yet again. Here comes the dog again. I tell it to get back, here comes the male owner down from the house. I say to him he needs to control his dog, she is a problem for people walking on the road. He says it ’s private property. I said the road is not and I live on this road, control your animal. He says she is free to wander and escort people and dogs she meets down the road. I said not this dog. God I was MAD!!!! he could not even get the dog to come to him. She is a totally out of control animal.

I called Rob farther out and ranted about the whole thing. Next thing we did was go down to the animal shelter and filed a complaint. There is a leash law and the dog is not supposed to be running free. I can’t wait till they get nailed. If they don’t make an effort we have the number of their landlord and I would love to use it. Stupid people! They have ruined that road.