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Originally Posted by jlhnokc  "About the barking at night ....I do not want to discourage him from alerting me of strangers approaching my property when I am by myself at night. My hubby got the dogs primarily because he loves them but also because with his job I am often by myself. The other night for instance, I heard footsteps so I sent him out (my fenced property) he barked and whoever it was left. I then called the police but there was no trace. If he hadn't barked who knows what could have happened! Should I tell him to stop barking if he barks at noises at night? All I need to do is say "enough " and he will listen, however, one day maybe the enough could mean for a thief "all clear". however, I am always open to suggestions and advice and I will do what it takes to fix this if in your belief it is a major problem.
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I'm sorry but at 5 months old they are WAY TO YOUNG to be "sent out" to investigate something. Me personally, I wouldn't ever send my dog out to investigate anyway. But again, 5 months is way to young. Your dog needs much more training and time to mature, not to mention needs temperment tested before any of that type of training needs to occur. Your dogs need to be looking to you on how to react, if you are sending them out, they are up to their own vices and choices and you are looking at a lawsuit on your hands. Wether it was a thief or not in your back yard, had one of your dogs bitten them, guess what? They could sue you, you could loose your dogs and be fined a hefty sum. Doesn't sound worth it does it? If you know someones out there, call the cops, please though, don't send your 5 month old pups out to an unknownor send them out at any age by themselves for that matter. |
Ok, first of all, when you say 'sent out' it sounds like you mean that I sent them out to attack or injure or put my dog's and possible "thieve's " life at at risk. This is dead wrong.
I KNEW the footsteps were out of my property and I knew my dogs were safe. All I did is send them out for about a 10 second warning bark and I called them back in. Don't make it sound like if I am mean or careless or stupid. I do not want my dogs to be aggressive at all, all I want them to do is give warning barks as any good watch dog. Consider as well that I live in the middle of no where and police is at least half hour away. Sorry if I had this stupid idea, which luckily worked. Perhaps if I haven't sent them out that night, I wouldn't be here typing and needing to explain myself. Perhaps my dogs would have been dead as well. I know some people could care less about this.
So what happes now? I can't even send my dogs out anymore? I let them wander my 3 acre, 5 foot chain linked fenced yard with 4 no trespassing signs and - 2 Rottwilers on Patrol- sign for a good part of the day and now you are implying that because there are chances they may bite an intruder or trespasser I should just keep them in all day? I love these dogs, and bought this large property in the country to let them live a happy dog life unlike many others confined in 4 walls or tied up.
Now to laws.Quoted Directly from :
Dog Law :: Dog Bites > A Dog Owner's Legal Defenses :: DogLaw.HugPug.com
"In general, a trespasser is someone who wasn't invited on the property. Unless you warn people off your property with signs or locked gates, you are considered to have given an "implied invitation" to members of the public to approach your door on common errands - for example, to speak with you, try to sell you something, or ask directions.
Without at least some such implied invitation, someone who ventures onto private property is a trespasser. In one case from Nebraska, a child visiting relatives stuck her hand through a fence to pet the neighbor's dog; she was found to be a trespasser. Similarly, a court ruled that a ten-year-old who climbed over a fence to retrieve a ball and was bitten by a dog was a trespasser, and could not sue the dog's owners for his injury."
"Dog-bite statutes. Most dog-bite statutes do not allow trespassers to sue for an injury. The owner is liable only if the person injured by a dog was in a public place or "lawfully in a private place." That means that the injured person must have a good reason for being where he was. Mail carriers, for example, are always covered. Police officers performing their official duties are not considered trespassers, either.41 Neither is anyone else who has an invitation, express or implied, to be on the dog owner's property."
With that being said, with all my signs and warnings I think that without any doubt my property is not considered an "implied invitation property" at all. Thanks anyway for your concern and advice. It may hopefully help those many irresponsabile owners out there, but honestly, I think I have done my homework.