Doug,

It makes me wonder if your complaints with the dog catcher were viewed as
irrational. Has the dog catcher decided to ignore all roaming dog
complaints or just yours?

To answer your question about what I would do: I would video the dog
roaming free, I would video the damage the dog has done either to my garden
or to my carpet when I walked in with dog poo on my shoe. I would then file
a complaint in small claims court and seek damages. The dog owner would
find it is more trouble to go to small claims court than to keep his dog
from roaming.

As far as the dog catcher, I would contact my local elected representative
and ask him why the dog catcher is not performing his job. Have you ever
noticed that other people tend to ignore your complaints or view you as
unreasonable?



I would use a video to record the dog on my property and the damage he did,
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
And if, after perhaps a dozen calls, the dog catcher does nothing, then
what
would YOU do? To assist you with your answer, I'll point out that the
word
"you" refers only to YOU, not to some hypothetical person, or people in
general.


"John Smith" wrote in message
news:cjwjc.42536$GR.5946965@attbi_s01...
It does appear that we see it differently, but that should not surprise
either on of us. Neither the dog or the kids belong on the other
person's
property. The correct course of action is to call the dog pound or the
police if the dog or kids are coming onto your property.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Interesting logic. I see it thusly: Two objects are capable of causing
harm
or damage: A dog, and a pool. If you choose to allow the dog to roam,
then
you will probably not care if a kid falls into your pool.


"John Smith" wrote in message
news:nYvjc.50666$w96.4558920@attbi_s54...
Doug,
It is the law that the owner of a pool should put a fence around his
pool.
But, if we followed your logic concerning trespassing, it would be
the
pool
owners right to shot any of the kids who came onto his property,
The
parents of the kids did a poor job of teaching his children not to
violate
the neighbor and it will teach the parents and other kids in the
neighborhood not to step on other peoples property.



"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"DSK" wrote in message
. ..
Dave Hall wrote:
... I guess in his mind, he should not have to be
"burdened" with the chore of constructing a fence to keep the
unwanted
out of his garden. He feels that it's everyone else's
responsibility
to keep them out for him.

Still refusing to take responsibility for your actions, eh Dave?
Well
a
leapord never changes his spots.

It *is* the responsibility of every pet owner to keep his pet
out
of
other peoples' yards.

Same as it *is* the responsibility of every boater to operate
his
vessel
safely, and it *is* the responsibility of every boater to not
create
a
large wake in places where it isn't wanted. Funny how you cannot
grasp
the simple principles of responsibility & accountability.

DSK


It's called "selective personal responsibility". You only need to
be
responsible about your dog when it's sunny and you don't mind
stepping
outside to hook it onto a leash in your yard. But, if the
weather's
lousy,
or there's a football game on TV, it's fine to let the dog out the
front
door and wave as it heads toward your neighbor's place.

Hey....here's a question for little Dave: The law in most towns
says
that
if
you have a pool, you must have a fence with a gate that locks. Do
you
think
that's nonsense, and that it should be up to the neighbors to keep
their
kids from drowning in your pool?