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Reward increased in case of two Fort Worth dogs who died after neighbor threatened to ‘spill some anti-freeze’
According to a police report, a neighbor had posted threats on Facebook, one of which referred to the boxers’ incessant barking and said, “I am going to accidentally spill some anti-freeze over their fence.”
The dogs, named Nala and Bruno, were rushed to the Animal Emergency Hospital of North Texas Aug. 23 after showing signs of poisoning. A necropsy revealed they had ingested chicken bones and anti-freeze, according to a police report.
The owner said another dog she owned, a blue heeler/shepherd mix, was killed by anti-freeze poisoning, after the same neighbor complained about its barking.
I cannot stand incessant barking. I’ve had incessant barkers near me. When I heard them I fantasized about killing the owners, not the dogs.
even steven
September 27th, 2012
Incessant barking is a sign the owner is neglecting his dogs. It’s not the dogs’ fault. I agree with you 100%.
Richard654
September 27th, 2012
Second the motion.
FreeMan & Sarah Voting Early & Often
September 27th, 2012
an eye for an eye – invite him in for some sweet iced tea
Weldor
September 27th, 2012
Some people need killing…
Jimmy C Corn
September 27th, 2012
Some dogs bark too much.
They should pass laws punishing people who think about being mean to other people.
Why can’t we all just get along?
old_oaks
September 27th, 2012
I just keep throwing packs of lit Black Cats out the back door until they shut up… They don’t bark so much anymore.
serfer62
September 27th, 2012
I used sleeping tablets mixed with dog food for the neighbors all-night howler…funny but we both slept well.
even steven
September 27th, 2012
@old_oaks… I use bottle rockets to chase the foxes off in the springtime. If you never heard the sound foxes make during the night…all damned night… during the spring, you’re lucky. It’s way more obnoxious than barking dogs. I’d never hurt one, though. They’re fun to watch. I have a den on my property.
Merry Poppet
September 27th, 2012
Despicable bastard.
MaryfromMarin
September 27th, 2012
Those who intentionally poison animals belonging to other people, have a special circle in hell reserved for them. Dante omitted writing about it, but it’s there.
Anonymous
September 27th, 2012
speaking of barking/howling is this cute or annoying?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfOpJ_0epsk&feature=youtu.be
I vote annoying.
Rightwingfeather
September 27th, 2012
Aw. I cant read the rest of that.
I had a neighbor like that. Moved into my dream home only to find that I had moved next to a fricken POS who hated dogs and really, people.
I have only indoor dogs. The neighbors had warned me…animals had died mysteriously in the neighborhood, and to keep a close eye on my dogs because they suspected my next door neighbor though they couldn’t prove anything .
He complained one day about my dogs…said they were barking one night when I was at home and he thought I was not. They really were not barking.
I knew. I was there.
I got scared and paid major bucks after that to install a security system with cameras down the property line to video any activity which I watched nightly and walked the property line every day to ensure he did nothing to harm my dogs. You have no idea what I caught on video once he found out he was being watched.
In the end, I relented. I was exhausted. I had an opportunity. I seized it and I moved.
I think made the right decision. Life is too short.
My dogs are alive. And I have my sanity.
LadyGun12
September 27th, 2012
I would be the one in jail because that neighbor would be dead. I don’t leave my dogs outside, and I go outside with them every time, but when they’re out there, they bark. I try to keep them quiet, especially early in the morning and late at night, but sometimes, as my mama says, “Dogs gonna bark, babies gonna cry”.
eternal cracker p
September 27th, 2012
My neighbors had some really bad shepards that barked like mad. I’d take my laser light and shine it at their door, dogs would start scratching at it and a few minutes later be let in.
There’s always a better solution.
Mr. Pinko
September 27th, 2012
Long time ago I had a neighbor’s dog barking all night. Called the police. Wasn’t a priority, police never came. Drove me so crazy I was screaming out the window “SON OF SAM!”
Turns out the neighbor left their dog outside and WENT AWAY FOR DAYS!
eternal cracker p
September 27th, 2012
Mr.Pinko, my same neighbors with the shepards would regularly go away for a week and leave the dogs outside. A “caretaker” would come by for 15-20 minutes a day. One night with a sick 3 year old and a newborn that can’t sleep at 2am cause of the dogs, the cops were called 911 style. They came, wouldn’t/couldn’t do anything, but to my surprise stalked the place until the caretaker came back in the early afternoon. The cops told me it was a “serious problem,” and that was the end of the story, it never happened again.
tenmegaton
September 28th, 2012
Dogs are going to bark , but I swear some are just retarded.
Unruly Refugee
September 28th, 2012
I had a little stray dog about three weeks old show up hiding under my truck in the snow a couple winters ago. Somebody must have dropped him off or maybe something happened to his mother. He was crying and hungry so I took him in and fed him and cleaned him up. I put signs up and nobody ever claimed him, so I let him stay with me. He was a great little dog, and that’s what I called him, Little Dog.
He was a wild dog, came and went as he pleased and took orders from no one. But he always came back to sleep with my dog. He could fend for himself — eating snakes, birds, frogs, plants, the little son of a bitch even came home one day with a deer leg in his mouth. He was barely big enough to carry the damn thing. To this day I wonder if he killed the deer that it belonged to.
Had him for just over a year and he went missing one day. I heard two gun shots that same day and I think I know who did it. Can’t prove it or there would be hell to pay for some asshole.
Stranded in Sonoma
September 28th, 2012
I live in a development with an HOA. We don’t let our dogs out for too long in the morning but once it hits 9am, they can go in and out as they please. Not many people at home anyway. We stop them if they bark after sundown and they both spend the night indoors.
If either of my dogs was poisoned, I would start puncturing tires and breaking windshields of whomever I thought did it. Maybe burn the car to the ground.
jwm
September 28th, 2012
America’s stupidest criminals- posting their intended crimes on facebook beforehand.
JWM
Unruly Refugee
September 28th, 2012
jwm
it is a great tool for law enforcement thanks to the fact that any idiot can post on facebook.
My daughter deals with some of those criminals. When she finds it entertaining she always shares a laugh with me about it.
Boobie the Rocket Dog
September 28th, 2012
I work 16-hr shifts so Boobie’s used to my being gone. I’ve never had a complaint about her barking, though.
If anyone ever harmed her, though, I don’t think I’d stop at vandalism, and I sure as hell wouldn’t tell the world. Wouldn’t worry about “proof,” either. Just plan an alibi and git’r'done.
I’m surprised the TEXAN above took such a soft approach to such an offense. It was Fort Worth, after all, not Austin.
Billy Fuster
September 28th, 2012
I would just get my large speakers out and point them at the neighbors. Maybe a little AC-DC?
Roadmaster
September 28th, 2012
Over the years it seems I’ve had a problem with barking dogs everywhere I’ve lived, especially with my starter wife who seemed to attract them like a magnet, and they bothered her to the point of madness (didn’t have to go far!). We tried everything you can think of up to and including taking the owner to court (and winning) but eventually discovered that you can train the dogs – it’s their owners which are the problem.
What I do is get to know the dogs and always have biscuits in my pocket. Once they figure out you’re a good guy, you can use the treats as a reward for obeying you. I either command “hush” or hiss at them and when they stop barking, they get a treat. It’s worked so well with my present neighbors that when any of their dogs get loose, guess who is the only one that can catch them and bring them home? They call me the “dog whisperer.”
We’re literally surrounded by dogs and they all bark occasionally, but when we hear barking now, we know it’s for good reason, not just boredom.
An air rifle/pistol works well for dogs who are too far away for personal contact, but you have to be a good shot and very careful, using only a type of weapon that you pump up so you can use only enough PSI to get the pellet to the target but not do any damage. You sting the dog in the butt with a pellet one time and command “SHUT UP!” After that, a shot over their head is all it takes to get their attention, then repeating “shut up.” Sounds cruel and is a bit risky but this is absolutely the quickest and most effective method I’ve found. I don’t recommend it unless you’re an expert marksman which I am.
I love dogs, when they are trained. I have nothing but disgust for owners who are so deaf, dumb and blind they allow their animals to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighbors.
Livin on Winchell-Mahoney Time
September 28th, 2012
A properly trained dog doesn’t bark unless it has a real reason to bark. Otherwise it kind of like the boy who cried wolf. A good dog is the best alarm system.
If your neighbor with the noisy dog is within 300 feet or so, build a potato cannon and shoot a hollowed out potato filled with peanut butter. Then sit back and enjoy the quiet.
mals
September 28th, 2012
I once owned a dog with a chronic barking problem.I provided him with a barking collar – it delivers a shock for every bark. The problem was solved within 24 hours. As a child, my dog was intentionally poisoned. I have never been the same.
66chevelle
September 28th, 2012
Just a thought:
“Spanish authorities are investigating the recent deaths by poisoning of more than a dozen dogs in Lérida, a city in the northeastern region of Catalonia that has become ground zero in an intensifying debate over the role of Islam in Spain”
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cd1_1317958099
“Five dogs have died after eating pork laced with poisonous pesticide which had been thrown into their gardens.
The pets, which belonged to two different households on the same road in Knottingley, West Yorks, suffered fits which left them foaming at the mouth.”
http://islamversuseurope.blogspot.com/2012/03/muslim-dog-poisoning-reaches-britain.html
I can think of one religion where righteous rage would make someone feel entitled to poast death-threats on Facebook.
Corona
September 28th, 2012
“In the end, I relented. I was exhausted. I had an opportunity. I seized it and I moved.
I think made the right decision. Life is too short.
My dogs are alive. And I have my sanity.”
So, where did you dump the body?
Millertime
September 28th, 2012
I had an asshole neighbor, he shot my cat when I was 14. Bad idea.
His car suffered from spontaneous combustion shortly afterward. The west side of Cleveland is not a good spot to start shit with the neighborhood “youths”.
Poor guy never got any sleep for 3 months until he made a midnight move with his wife and 2 kids.
Noelegy
September 28th, 2012
Wow. If I’d only known I could turn in my crotchety old neighbor that we had when I was growing up, who threatened us to our faces if he ever caught one of our cats in his garden, he’d poison it. We had a wave of antifreeze poisonings in that town as well. Disgusting, awful way for an animal to die.
redwagyu
September 28th, 2012
Bastard….although I agree that barking is own a sign of an owner not providing enough attention and training.
How anyone to could that, especially to Boxers (the finest breed, in my humble opinion) is just beyond me.