Chained Dogs Attack..
Chaining is not only inhumane for dogs, but has taken a severe toll on this nation’s children as well. In the period from October 2003 through August 2009, there were at least 277 children killed or seriously injured by chained dogs across the country.
I still ask, why even have a dog if you’re not going to make it a part of your family? They are not lawn ornaments. If you want a dog for security, don’t you think they can better protect you and your family when they are with you and your family? If your house is too fussy and not dog friendly, you don’t need a dog anyway.
I currently have a neighbor who has a dog chained up to a dog house in their large back yard and I’ve lived here for almost a year and I’ve never not once seen this dog off his chain or taken for a walk. I’ve decided after reading this website and the dangers of chained dogs who get loose..to confront him and if he decides to gets mad at me fine but if he also refuses to change the situation then I will turn him into the authorities.
CHAINED DOG
Chaining up a dog is detrimental to the emotional health of the dog. This practice also endangers the public, by increasing aggressive behavior in the chained dog.
There has to be a law against this type of animal cruelty and not to mention the danger to my young children if his possibly mentally damaged dog were to get off his chain at this point. My other neighbors have been here for a couple years and they say the dog was left out there during the winter snow storm we had last year which was horrible, all summer in the HOT days and he has Never taken him off his chain to my knowledge not once. He just recently put a fence around his yard but before that the yard was unfenced so it was easy for us to see the dog everyday, all day.
Help spread the word tethering dogs is wrong.
I wonder what he thinks of us when he sees me and my husband walking our dos every night and dedicating so much of our lives to them? He must thenk we’re weirdos. So, WHY do you have a dog?? I’m so confused by that one.
The Cruel, Dangerous Practice of Chaining Dogs
And for all the people who are still not convinced, how about you take a look at what a day in the life of a chained dog is like…
This video depicts twelve hours in the life of a chained dog. The video was taken after a whistleblower came forward about this poor dog’s situation. We worked with the whistleblower to record the dog for 12 hours on a day when the temperature reached 92 degrees. The dog had no water and for several hours, no shade. The dog’s guardian has been fined, but little has changed for this dog since the video was shot. We are still working with local authorities to seize the dog.
Click to watch this video on fortheloveofthedogblog.com
Most Recent Attacks
Mothers Against Dog Chaining logged 81 serious attacks on children by chained dogs. Thirty
of these attacks—more than one-third of the entire year’s attacks—occurred in April and May alone.
November 2009:
Unknown boy, 3, Georgia, seriously injured • News Story •
Destiny Marie Knox, 16-month-old, Mississippi , killed • News Story •
October 2009:
Unknown girl, 7, Florida, injured • News Story •
Andrew Vanderweff, 5, Utah , seriously injured • News Story •
Matthew Clayton Hurt, 2, Arkansas , killed • News Story •
Dylan Medlock, 4, Florida, seriously injured • News Story •
Unknown boy, 10, Florida, seriously injured • News Story •
Unknown boy, 3, Florida, seriously injured • News Story •
Unknown boy, 5, Georgia , injured • News Story •
Pictures **WARNING** may hurt your heart -
dogsdeservebetter.org
chain embeded in neck
Raid in Georgia Reveals 97 Pitbulls Chained-up in the Forest! Click to read
Hanging Dog
Chained-Mother-Pup
Chained-PitBulll
‘Flight’ Is Not an Option
Dogs are “fight or flight” animals. When confronted with a threat, a dog’s psychology and physiology dictates that he or she will either flee from the danger (“flight”) or confront it (“fight”). Because tethered dogs have no ability to flee and escape from danger, they must resort to aggression and attacks.
This is what a dog should look likei n your yard..
Educate Yourself
- http://dogsdeservebetter.org/
- http://www.unchainyourdog.org/ – 20 Ways to Help
- http://www.mothersagainstdogchaining.org/attacks.html – HeartBreaking
- Teether Laws and the states that have them – is your state one of them?
- http://dogsdeservebetter.org/laws.html Get Laws Passed!
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I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting this on your blog. Please step up for your neighbors dog or e-mail me his address and I will find a way to help.
Bless you!
Thank you for your comment. I’m happy to help anyway i can. I wish I could do more. I honestly admit I had no clue just how dangerous chained dogs actually are. I of course have always felt it was ridiculous to have a dog that you just chain up out back.. WHY? I’ve always been stumped by that one but I had no clue that not only is it sad, inhumane and abusive but also very dangerous.
I will find out the address today and send it to you. My husband doesn’t want me to personally go and confront them because he doesn’t want to cause problems for us in the neighborhood which I understand but I can’t just stand by and watch any longer. We will be moving soon so if nothing is done soon. I will say screw it to my husband and confront them anyway.
He asked me to please send them something in the mail instead of confronting them personally.
What would you recommend that I send to him? I want to send something that educates them and maybe scares them a little. I tried to find out what the laws were in our area and I’m pretty sure they say that you can not have a dog chained up for more then 8-10 hours in a 24 hour period.
We live in Clark Country in Vancouver, WA 98682
Let me know what you think I should do in your opinion. It’s going to be freezing this weekend.
They recently built a HIGH fence around their yard so I can no longer see him but I can still hear him barking at night. So, I know he’s still there.
I know you’re probably picturing my neighbors as maybe white trailer trash or something but their not. They have a HUGE nice house and they obviously have money. The wife is a little kooky I only met her once but I have a feeling maybe it’s her dog? I have no idea what kind of dog he is either..he’s a mixed dog.. black and white probably about 4-8 years old. He has a dog house that is fashioned to look exactly like the big house. They disgust me.
Maybe I can try and snap some pictures of him this weekend. Can you believe the husband said to my husband one day “We’re all dog people here” when talking about how he doesn’t mind that barking dogs. I wasn’t there good thing because I would of told him “Dog People?” you must be mistaken..because “Dog People” don’t leave their dog chained up 24/7 in their back yard.