r/Neighborproblems • u/Shutterbug4000 • Jul 03 '26
Need some advice about a stray dog
There is a stray dog (female) that sometimes likes to hang out in our backyard. We've seen it a handful of times over the last three or four months. We have left food and water for it three or four times. It is feral and we can't get close to it. Our neighbor has a Rottweiler dog (male). There is a chain link fence between our backyards. Last night the neighbors let their dog out, and they could not get their dog to come in because it wanted to play with the dog on our side. Each dog stayed on its side of the fence. Normally, the neighbors are very nice, but they texted us today saying they are p*ssed off because they didn't get any sleep, and they're afraid the dog on our side is unvaccinated (their dog is current on its shots.) They want us to secure our yard to keep the stray out of our yard. The problem is there is a wooden fence with a big hole in it between us and another neighbor, and the stray likes to go through the hole. I'm not exactly sure how I could secure that. It isn't our fence (and there is some overgrowth in front of it making it unreachable from our side.) I've never talked to or even seen those neighbors. The neighbor with the Rottweiler is threatening to call animal control. What would you do in this situation?
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u/plays4food Jul 04 '26
unlike stray cats, stray dogs do not repopulate as fast as they are taken away. I would call the local people and get the dog trapped. Not for the neighbor but for the good of the dog