I hope I'm posting this in the right spot (hard to tell on Tapatalk sometimes). I need advice. First, please consider that I'm autistic and NOT good at confrontations or anything similar. We had a new neighbor move into the apartment behind us (our front doors face 180 degrees away). I walk my service dog in the field near his side of the building, which is where I witnessed all of this. The first case, he was outside on another neighbor's patio with both of his dogs (one older, one still a puppy, both look to be German Shepherd mixes). The adult was on a leash, the puppy wasn't. It came charging over, so I picked my dog up to lower the risk of her being hurt. It's happened before with other off-leash dogs. He called his puppy for two minutes as it ignored him and jumped all over me, kicking me in the groin at one point. It also got mud all over my light colored pants. He finally came and nudged it (after putting his other dog inside) and it followed him for a moment, then came back over and started again. This time, he grabbed it by the tail and carried it inside like that. This dog is at least 30 pounds. I should probably add that I left a note on his door about the first encounter. I asked that he please keep his dogs leashed at all times outside. Since then, I've seen the puppy outside and not on a leash one more time and on a leash once. Other than this, I've never spoken to this neighbor. The second was two days ago. I heard yelping (like a dog in pain), then heard screeching metal. He had both dogs in a crate with no bottom, and was dragging it onto his patio, dropping it on their paws every step. Once he was almost on the sidewalk, he picked up a bucket of water and threw it onto them from the side as hard as he could, then went back inside and shut the door on them. Not only does this seem cruel, the dogs were not secured at all and could have easily flipped the crate and run off. Should I do anything? If so, what do I do? If I do something, how do I make sure it doesn't come back to me?
I would ask around and see if others in the area have seen the same thing. If this is the case then call the proper authorities and let them handle it. EDIT: The only reason I suggest asking if others in the area have see anything is because then you will have overwhelming evidence of this persons cruelty towards their animals and thus the authorities are more likely to take it seriously.
Far out man, I've never been able to understand people like that, animal cruelty is something that really makes my blood boil! You should most definitely do something about it. I assume there is some kind of animal rescue organisation where you live? Try giving them a call and explaining the situation. If that fails, try calling the police's non-emergency number and either get them to deal with it (animal cruelty is a crime after all) but if they don't want to hear it at least see if they can give you some advice. As far as I know these sorts of 'tip offs' should keep you anonymous but I'm sure if you ask them they'll let you know what the regulations are with releasing information. I know it's an awkward situation being neighbours, my mum was in a similar situation but it was domestic violence instead of animal cruelty, good luck man. And this too :derpe:
Animal Control and the police, actually. Animal abuse actually is a crime; I'd suggest calling the police first, over animal control. But if other neighbors have similar stories that'll definitely add to the case against the abuser. Just the first incident was bad enough, I hope things get straightened out. ._. I'm a mad animal lover myself and I couldn't imagine getting so angry that he'd just have to do that to them....
First of all, I don't blame you at all for not wanting to confront him, I'm the same way. Second of all, under no circumstances SHOULD you confront him, even if you were comfortable with confrontation. People can be a bit nutty about their pets, and be extremely possessive of them, even if they abuse and neglect them. For all you know, he could be a violent person. I would say call your local ASPCA or ACO (animal control officer) and have them deal with it. They will do the legwork and ask people in the area what they have witnessed, so you won't be seen doing it. Animal rescue groups deal mostly with stray or abandoned animals, and have no authority to take the animals away from him or charge him with animal cruelty. All a rescue volunteer (they are all almost exclusively volunteer) will do is call the local ASPCA or APO, so you might as well just call them directly. My mom operates an animal rescue organization, so when she gets back I can ask her what exactly you should do. She would know better than I would. ****Okay I asked my mom, so this is what she said. Call Animal control, they will come out and take care of it. If that should fail, call the ASPCA since they have investigators that will do the whole detective thing and gather evidence and what have you, and that should fix the problem. When you call both the APO and the ASPCA, DO NOT mention that the dogs are off the leash. If you do, then they will probably tell him that someone complained that his dogs are not on a leash, and you already left him a note asking him to please keep his dog on a leash. The guy will naturally put two and two together and figure out that it was you who filed the complaint against him. ONLY tell them about the abuse you saw taking place, and MAKE SURE you tell them that you are calling anonymously, and that you don't want your name to be known if it doesn't have to be. Good luck.
What if I don't know or talk to any of my other neighbors? Remember, I'm autistic. I'm an absolute shut in.
Yes. Your reply was very helpful. Thank you I'll probably contact the ASPCA tomorrow. I hope the local branch of them has an email contact number.
I think animal control has to be the ones to evaluate whether an animal's injuries were abuse or not. Generally it's pretty easy, plus TheEternal is already a witness. Last I remember, cops can't do anything outright, but it's been years since I spoke to any rep. in regards to the procedure regarding this stuff. I could be wrong.
