I'm not sure how many of you remember me posting quite some time back about my neighbors who were having an accidental litter. I'm pretty sure I updated on that about how they ended up having two or three accidental litters and the old mother eventually died. Well, they have the father and son pup now (lab/bulldog mixes). If you don't know about these neighbors of mine, let me tell you, they're not the kind of neighbors a dog lover wants. The dogs are kept outside, rarely played with, and when they feel like interacting with their dogs they'll hit them because they don't do the command they told them. I just can't stand them. Add into the fact that their grandma I think owns a puppy mill, and I'm really not too pleased with them.
The dogs broke our fence and this morning when I let my girls out the son was in the yard. Luckily, Casey decided that she liked him. I've always been worried that this would happen and there would be a fight since Casey's dominant and this is our yard. We returned him to his owner and as soon as she turned her back he got back in my yard. Returned him again and he was kept in a cage until my dad went to fix the fence. Yes, even though their dogs chewed up my fence, we had to fix it. Oh well, that's not really the reason I came to vent about.
When my dad was fixing the fence today he was talking to the father neighbor. Turns out they want to "reclaim" their yard because their dogs have completely destroyed it. Well what would you expect two young dogs without much human interaction to do? To reclaim the yard they're getting rid of the dogs this week. Sure, that's great that they're getting new home(s), but I don't know where these dogs are going. My guess is the shelter, and these dogs aren't the most attractive dogs, nor do they have manners. So I'm already worried about them getting euthanized. They're really sweet dogs and could make great pets. I just hope someone else sees that in them.
The guy also said that in a few weeks they're going to get a pomeranian to be a housedog. OMG, so they put absolutely no training or work into the dogs they have and are just giving up on them, and are planning to get ANOTHER dog?
The dogs got back in my yard again tonight as well. Both of them this time. It took me awhile to find the new spot they were getting through, but I think I found it. We decided that we'd just wait for the morning to bother the neighbors about their dogs, since the girl was pretty upset about getting rid of them. That wasn't in the dogs' plan though. Somehow they found a loose slat or broke one and were getting into the street. So my sister and I ended up taking the dogs home. As soon as the father answered the door, the youngest dog started to back up. He got out of my sister's grasp and ran across the street. The father came to yell at him to get him back, but of course that just made him run further away. Luckily, I was able to get him before he got too far. I had to hand him over to the son, and again the dog just looks terrified. I felt HORRIBLE as I walked away. So now, I'm pretty sure these dogs are beat more than I thought. So they're getting new homes but another dog will have to endure this family. I can't imagine what that new pup is going to go through to get trained. Probably going to still end up an outdoor dog though. ARGG!!! Why can't I just have some real dog loving neighbors?

Unfortunately, there is a very small percentage of people that feel about dogs the way most of us here do. It is a frustrating fact of life. I see very few dogs (if any) around my house that are treated the way I treat mine. I have neighbors that leave their dog in a 10X10 pen all day and night. I have a neighbor that feeds her dog the 50 pound bag of dog food that costs $10.00. I have neighbors that breed their Huskies any time money gets tight, and the ones that want to breed their dogs despite genetic problems. I try to offer advise, but most people don't feel the way I do and think I'm nuts. Most people wont change. It's sad and there's not much we can do about it

Unfortunately, there is a very small percentage of people that feel about dogs the way most of us here do. It is a frustrating fact of life. I see very few dogs (if any) around my house that are treated the way I treat mine. I have neighbors that leave their dog in a 10X10 pen all day and night. I have a neighbor that feeds her dog the 50 pound bag of dog food that costs $10.00. I have neighbors that breed their Huskies any time money gets tight, and the ones that want to breed their dogs despite genetic problems. I try to offer advise, but most people don't feel the way I do and think I'm crazy. Most people wont change. It's sad and there's not much we can do about it

That really bites man. I hear you, I too, am surrounded by some really ignorant people. I could go on and on...

Sorry to hear that you have to put up with such ignorance on a daily basis.

That must get SO frusterating for you.

What's your local shelter like? A death camp, or one of the nice ones we see on Animal Planet where the people there truly care for dogs and try to find them better homes? If so, they do behavior tests and they'll see right away if the dogs have been abused. Maybe an anonymous call from you, plus evidence the dogs have been abused/neglected, will result in a court order banning them from getting any more dogs.

They haven't broken any laws as far as I know, so I can't really report them except for disturbing the peace, which would just make them get rid of them faster.
My local shelter I have heard has an 80% adoption rate. The problem is is that these dogs have absolutely no manners, adults, drool a lot, and are not the cutest dogs around. And they're black. Black dogs tend to have a harder time to get adopted for some reason. So I have a feeling that if they're sent to the shelter, they won't find homes.

I've been debating over if I want to offer to train and exercise the dogs for them (and of course teaching the owners). I know that I'm fully capable of it (very simple and common problems to fix), it's just that I don't know if I want the dogs to stay in that situation. But if I don't, they may end up geting euthanized or sent to the puppy mill. Or of course go to a better home. I'm just at a loss as to what to do. I can't stand the thought of them in a worse situation, but don't like the idea of helping them stay in their current situation. What would you guys do?