Dogs Problem!

Number1

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I own 3 dogs, one black lab and two Jack Russell terriers.

Lab
Small Jack
Big Jack

We keep the jacks in the house or in the kennel. My wife puts the lab out in the morning and in the evening. One of my neighbors is a jogger who is afraid of dogs and my lab likes to go jog with him. The neighbor calls the dog catcher every time he sees the lab or jacks off our property. So far we have received two fines of $200 each.

Problem: I can?t convince my wife to keep the lab restrained and the neighbor keeps calling the dog catcher.

Special Aggravating Episode:
The small jacks (12 lb dog) got out trough my wife?s legs when she had the door opened. My wife jumped in the car and went after the dog immediately. Of course the dog went right to the neighbor?s back yard. My wife was right behind him, got out of the car and called and tried to get the dog to come to her. By this time the neighbors, who were out on the deck, all run in the house and close the door in a panic. The dog is running around in their yard, tries to run across the thermal blanket covering the in ground pool. He falls in the water, then under the cover and just about drowns before my wife can get a hold of it. Of course the neighbor called the dog catcher and claims that the dog damaged the pool liner. Frankly I can?t see how a 12 lb dog would damage the lining of an in ground pool. I don?t know if I am going to get a bill yet. I think a responsible pool owner should have a fence around his pool for safety. At this time there are no laws mandating the construction of fencing around pools in our area. There are young children living in the neighborhood.
In the house, the jacks are fairly easy to control but they don?t listen to her as well. I asked her to put the dogs in the kennel or deck before opening the front door but she thinks it?s too much trouble.

How do I convince my wife to keep the dogs restrained and under control?
The dogs have never bitten anybody.

Cliff
Wife won?t keep dog restrained.
Dog almost drown in pool
Neighbor calls dog catcher every time he sees dog loose.
$400 fine so far.
Wife still won?t keep dog restrained.

How do I persuade my wife to keep the dogs on the property?

Shooting the neighbor, dogs, wife or myself is out of the question.

Should I try to get new laws implemented to mandate the construction of fencing around all pools in my area? I am thinking of the children.
 

iRONic

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You don't have a dog problem you have a wife problem.

Send her to obedience school.
 

Canun

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Contact your city council to get a law put in effect that would require pool owners to have a fence. That would fix one part of the problem. Aside from that, you never mentioned if you have a fence? If not, get one. It would eliminate the threat of the dog running after the neighbors.

Or worst case scenario, invite the neighbors over and let them get to know the dogs. I find running with a dog much easier to do.
 

Raduque

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Originally posted by: Number1
I think a responsible pool owner should have a fence around his pool for safety.

I think a responsible dog owner should have a fence around his yard.
 

AMDZen

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This is expected behavior with jack russells. You should of known that before you got them
 

BKLounger

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No offense but why should the guy with the pool be forced to put up a fence. If the dog hadn't gotten out of your house to begin with it wouldn't have run for the pool. As for how to get the wife to listen you could always fake up some paper saying the neighbor has filed some form to have the animal put down for fear of attacking members of the neighborhood if it leaves the property not on a leash again.
 

djheater

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Originally posted by: AMDZen
This is expected behavior with jack russells. You should of known that before you got them

Yep, you can train them to a degree, but they're still nutty as a fruitcake.

If you have dogs that you let out of the house, you need a fence, you also need obedience training to ensure they don't run out the door when you open it.

and tell your wife to get a clue...

Yes you have sh!tty neighbors, but you still need to get your house in order.
 

KB

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Make her pay the fines. Paying big money should convince her.


And who can be afraid of those dogs? Cute!

Dogs don't bite unless provoked or trained to.
 

fbrdphreak

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Originally posted by: Raduque
Originally posted by: Number1
I think a responsible pool owner should have a fence around his pool for safety.

I think a responsible dog owner should have a fence around his yard.
I was about to say the exact same thing. Get a fence and get obediance training, for the dogs & the wife. The neighbors may be dumbasses, but you are the problem here.

This is coming from someone who owns 3 dogs and 4 cats.
 

DrPizza

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I was going to comment that the majority of states have codes about fences around pools; it's not necessarily local laws. (Or so I was led to believe after reading an article about those increasingly popular inflatable pools that walmart sells) but then I see you're from Canada.
 

mattpegher

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In ground electric fence should keep them in the yard. The neighbors pool should be fenced for the safety of all, I can't believe that your local ordinance don't require it. Where do you live? For a less expensive approach, shock collars can be used when needed (on the wife ;-) .
 

pontifex

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Originally posted by: Number1
I own 3 dogs, one black lab and two Jack Russell terriers.

Lab
Small Jack
Big Jack

We keep the jacks in the house or in the kennel. My wife puts the lab out in the morning and in the evening. One of my neighbors is a jogger who is afraid of dogs and my lab likes to go jog with him. The neighbor calls the dog catcher every time he sees the lab or jacks off our property. So far we have received two fines of $200 each.

Problem: I can?t convince my wife to keep the lab restrained and the neighbor keeps calling the dog catcher.

Special Aggravating Episode:
The small jacks (12 lb dog) got out trough my wife?s legs when she had the door opened. My wife jumped in the car and went after the dog immediately. Of course the dog went right to the neighbor?s back yard. My wife was right behind him, got out of the car and called and tried to get the dog to come to her. By this time the neighbors, who were out on the deck, all run in the house and close the door in a panic. The dog is running around in their yard, tries to run across the thermal blanket covering the in ground pool. He falls in the water, then under the cover and just about drowns before my wife can get a hold of it. Of course the neighbor called the dog catcher and claims that the dog damaged the pool liner. Frankly I can?t see how a 12 lb dog would damage the lining of an in ground pool. I don?t know if I am going to get a bill yet. I think a responsible pool owner should have a fence around his pool for safety. At this time there are no laws mandating the construction of fencing around pools in our area. There are young children living in the neighborhood.
In the house, the jacks are fairly easy to control but they don?t listen to her as well. I asked her to put the dogs in the kennel or deck before opening the front door but she thinks it?s too much trouble.

How do I convince my wife to keep the dogs restrained and under control?
The dogs have never bitten anybody.

Cliff
Wife won?t keep dog restrained.
Dog almost drown in pool
Neighbor calls dog catcher every time he sees dog loose.
$400 fine so far.
Wife still won?t keep dog restrained.

How do I persuade my wife to keep the dogs on the property?

Shooting the neighbor, dogs, wife or myself is out of the question.

Should I try to get new laws implemented to mandate the construction of fencing around all pools in my area? I am thinking of the children.

i think a responsible dog owner would put their dogs on leashes when they let them outside
 

DrPizza

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:music: Did anyone tell you I'm your hero :music:

In the Province of Nova Scotia it is a legal requirement that a building permit be obtained prior to any type of construction. Whether the project is a large hospital or school, a new home, addition or repairs to an existing building, conversion of a building to add apartments, etc.,
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Every swimming pool, in-ground or above, which has more than two (2) feet of water is required to obtain a permit for its installation and for a fence to enclose the pool."

Halifax is in Nova Scotia, right?

Hopefully, that site isn't mixing local laws with province laws...
here
 

Number1

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Originally posted by: iRONic
You don't have a dog problem you have a wife problem.

Send her to obedience school.

I agree, do you know of any reputable wife obedience training school?