What you can't see in these pictures is the 2 squad cars parked out of range of the camera, and the officers loading shotguns before "the raid". This was the scene on our driveway last night after dinner. The cause for the commotion: our neighbors' pit bulls, that are left in the backyard day and night, were viciously attacking one another, likely out of hunger. We think the neighbors have been out of town for the past week. People walking along the greenbelt behind our houses saw what was going on and came to use our phone to call 911.
The events of the evening included: the animal control guy initially telling Tim they would "leave a note for the owners" to which Tim responded without positive enthusiasm, the call for back-up when the use of approximately an entire can of pepper spray did not have much effect on the dogs (although us humans were affected), two police officers standing on chairs in our backyard with shotguns aimed into the backyard next door as several other officers gingerly entered the yard to find the third dog that was hiding, 5 police cars and one animal control truck parked in front of our driveway, and all dogs ultimately being removed from the backyard.
It wasn't the Mother's Day ending we were expecting, but we are hoping it will reduce the dog problems next door.
7 comments:
I can't believe you thought to get your camera out during all of that! You must say more about how the pepper spray "affected" you humans. Hope you had a good mother's day up until this. Love and miss you!
OMG.
And you never ONCE complained about the THREE NEGLECTED, AGGRESSIVE DOGS next door? Gah. Next door dogs are the worst thing ever. That's probably why the last owners let the house foreclose.
That is so sad. On so many levels. But here's to fewer dog problems from next door!
Holy crapola! I can't believe that story! So, did they actually have to shoot the dogs?
Whoa! That is a wild story!
Carrie - I felt the pepper spray mostly in my throat. It was not the most comfortable thing, and I can see why they use it for situations like this. I think it finally affected the dogs, but it's hard to say.
Amie - they didn't shoot the dogs. Sadly, this probably means the dogs will be back someday.
So, the owners weren't there? That is SO weird. Freaky.
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