06/11/2019
On or about the time my neighbor says this took place it did. I don’t know where to begin. I am devastated to be a part of this situation. I am an informed dog owner and graduate of four courses of instruction (Canyon Crest and Sumner Vets) regarding dog behavior etc. I am the publisher of the Big dog love page on Facebook, formerly an informal means of sharing information on local dog park improvements. Foster parent to large breed dogs. I have had both good and bad experiences. I am currently enrolled in an equine therapy class of no less than eight weeks. I have spoken for other community members at court hearings regarding dogs and I have spoken at many city council meetings regarding dogs and their parks. I have communicated internationally for the city at large regarding more of the same. I assisted one of your officer’s removal of a large breed dog co**se (100 plus lbs.) from a field and to load it into the officer’s vehicle, just because.
My dog Jo-fi grabbed my neighbors’ blouse. I saw it happen, my hands met his face at impact with my neighbor, I was nearby. My neighbor’s have every right to their safety, I agree. Recently the cul-de-sac was prowled, I saw the prowler. Sometime prior to that my same neighbor whom is requesting my dog be declared something had their home burglarized, I don’t know if they were home when it happened, this is of little matter here and now. Myself I have been burglarized, it is a horrible feeling of personal violation of space and being, it is awful. My neighbors are living with that right now and the loss of safety they enjoyed in the cul-de-sac while retrieving mail. I also purchased and installed the mail box of which they were visiting, I sold them controlling interest and two keys. I saw to the security of our community’s mail when our mail boxes were broken into, being a Veteran I have helped see to my neighbor’s security in the past. My neighbor is a lovely alpha type person and, on this day, and time she was asserting herself and truthfully, she was asserting her own alphaness over the dog alpha Jo and the human alpha to Jo, Robert. this was going know where good, I arrive having heard dog barking and human voicing. I see the proximity and move in to establish control of some kind. I grab jo by the face and then listen to my fearful neighbor (I would be fearful too), I say fearful because fear had seized her faculties and I don’t think she was settled until dawn. By the time Jo had met my neighbor in the cul-de-sac they he and Reggie (Reggie was not present on this day) had been well accustomed to asserting their dominance throughout. Doing the work of pushing boundaries and methheads away from here. While performing their requested security activity’s (loosely stated) Jo met the very same neighbor’ dog in the street outside of their home and politely reminded it of its position within the established pecking order of dogs within our cul-de-sac, he drew blood from the ear flap I was told. I was informed of this when the irate husband was visiting. I asked why he had not shared this with me, he responded with something like I did not think it was a big deal. My dogs are working dogs meaning I own them for a purpose and that is to keep my family from having to experience what my neighbor is experiencing in regards to having been burglarized. My neighbors’ dogs too are working dogs, their dog’s job is more about cuteness and fun and visitor announcements, this is good dog work. My dogs do well in these categories also. To this date we have had no further reported incidents of vandalism etc. My neighbor’s husband arrives at my door, he is highly flustered having been informed of what had taken place. I imagined out loud why he felt coming to my home in his emotional condition was appropriate? Did he realize what could be happening here if he were, shall we say, less reasonable, fighting? Shooting? Not tea drinking. One other thing we spoke about, the husband and I was that we were both enjoying a sense of security that neither one of us actually had. He thought by not informing me of my animals’ behavior that he was doing right by the animal and I thought all things within the cul-de-sac were secure without harm. My neighbor and his wife were both informed of the depth of my care for them and their family, this situation bothers me desperately.
