My neighbors hound dog keeps coming in my yard eating all my dogs food?

Question

How do I deal with this problem? I told the dogs owner to keep him in his yard. But, everyday it's the same ol' thing.

I have to put my dog's food outside so he can eat. I keep him in my own yard.

I won't let a dirty hound dog cause me to have to move. My family has owned this house for 70 years. (family farm house)

KILLA2 - sorry, that link is not familiar to me. I won't open links that could be harmful to my computer.

Alberto- He's not MY dog! Why should I have to feed him? He's not MY responsibility! I pay for that food for MY dog. I don't need another dog to feed.

I might have to put up a fence. It'll keep the neighbor's dog out, as well as other stray animals and my yard won't get as much doggie poop in it. My yard will stay cleaner and neater.

Carlos D- You might be onto something there. Take away his incentive to be here and make being here not so pleasant and easy. Hmmm.....

Alberto- I just want the hound dog to go back into his yard. You call it deporting. I call it sending him home where he belongs.

hadenough-If you want to dognap him, come on over. I must tell you, though, he is a nasty, lazy, smelly ol' thing. Not worth the money wasted on food for him. His owner spends way more on 'im than he's worth. Dog don't even hunt, don't earn his keep.

guywiththe(gayhair) - I haven't said anything about people(except the dog's owner) I didn't say what kind of hound dog he was. (Coonhound, Bassett hound, Greyhound,..)He could be any kind of hound. If he came from across the street or from another neighbborhood it wouldn't be any different. He's not MY dog. I don't like putting food out for my dog (a cute little Sheltie)and this ol' hound sneaking in and eating it when my dog is playing or chasing squirrels or romping with the horses.

kickalien- Yeah, I think he might be a mix. (that's what you meant, didn't you?)

DAR - You know, you are right! That durn dog runs when I walk out there. He goes straight to his owner if his owner is outside walking around. And that durn dog plays in HIS yard AND my yard! Dang! That ain't (sic) right! He don't appreciate the food I provide! His owner feeds him scraps. I'll just have to do what the dog trainer said, be the "Alpha Pack Leader". I know!..I can do ALL those things:
1)take away his incentive to come here, to get him back in HIS yard and OUT of MINE.
2)Then put up a fence to keep him and all other strays out
3)If I find any other strays here I will catch them and put them over the fence
4) if any keep coming in I will call the Animal Control to come get them
5) continue to be the "Alpha Pack Leader"
6) I might even make that neighbor pay me back for all that food that durn dog ate.
~~All those things working together will make my yard cleaner, my dog better cared for and life better on MY side of the fence. Good fences make, well~you know. (^_~)

nexus- Oh, she's a fiesty little thing and has chased him and other strays off numerous times. But, she is a WORKING dog. She's just a little Sheltie, but she works like a Border Collie. Hardest working little dog you ever saw. She helps me get the cattle and horses going in the right direction when changing pastures. She even chased a raccoon up a tree and I shot it. She lets me know when someone is in the yard. That dog comes here when shes working or out in the pecan groves or taking a nap in the barn. If she left any food that durn dog eats it. She might have come back and ate it later. He shouldn't be allowed to come take it. It makes me so mad I want to shoot him. He has fleas and ticks, too. My dog gets baths regular and check-ups at the Vet. She don't have ticks or fleas.

Since my Sheltie is a domestic pet,(even though she works hard, she hasn't been around much fighting and she isn't accustomed to the sly, sneaky, thievery that hound dog is doing. I'm thinking of going back out to the stables and getting a few of my Doberman's that guard the farm and putting a couple of them in the yard to protect her (and the house) from intruders. They will tear that lazy, mangy, mutt and any other invaders into the yard, to shreds. They are trained to protect and defend. That ol' hounds days are numbered.

Answer 1

Put him in a crate and give him to me.

Answer 2

I don't know if this will work but it worked for me. You have take a deep breath and just stay calm even when you feel the frustration comes just take a deep breath again. The dog fights your energy when you get frustrated. But when you open the door , don't walk out, make the dog stay inside the door and when he tries to get out just push him back in. You do this to the dog lays down and give up then you reward him and then you take him out. Do you have a bicycle? it's Amazing how much energy you drain the dog with the that, it's like the dog goes in to a working mode and just run. I know because that how a drain one of my neighbour Bordie Collie ,HIgh High energy dog. Taking the food of the table well, that's hard one. I don't know if he takes it when you are not there or if he does it when you are there. This it what I did, I made the dog stay in one place and waited 5 minutes and gave him a treat for staying and then made the wait time longer. If you push the dog with a flat hand they maybe doesn't feel it but if you use two fingers so the dog feel the touch will help the dog to snap out of it. Make different boundaries around the house, like not come in to the bedroom. My dog is 5 years old and I got him when he was two and o boy how much he used to bite and growl at me, so I showed him I don't put up with that behaviour so I took my hand laid him down on the side and gave him a bite on the side of his neck (NOT hard!) I waited to the growling stopped then I loose my hand and waited to he calm down. Now the stimulation, some dogs just lock them self on the behaviour I mean you can't say any thing because the brain is locked, but what I did, I take piece of cheddar cheese because it smells. And dog react to smells. So when My dog wouldn't listen I would distract him with cheese so he would do what I wanted him to do. It's more but practise small stuff and be patience with him, both of my dogs took almost three month and I did one thing at the time and when they got that I would move on to the next bad behaviour. Good luck:)

Answer 3

If you present the dog with an unpleasant experience he will soon stop, as he’ll remember the unpleasant experience every time he tries to get the food. Example of an unpleasant experience would be a loud sound, like an air horn so you blast it when he is getting the food.
If you don’t mind me being candid with you, you may want to remove the food completely from outside, feed your dog when you get home, and only leave the food out for 10-to 15 minutes, then put back what ever food was not eaten. This would help you establish yourself as an alpha pack leader.
I am a Master Dog trainer with 37 yrs experience, and trainer/mentor for Petco Corp, and Animal Behavior College.

Answer 4

It’s sad but you made just have to put a fence up. This of course steps all over your right to enjoy your own back yard without a fence, but it will help keep the unwanted dog out of your yard as well as save you money (for the dog food you buy, but is consumed by an animal that you are not responsible for).

Answer 5

The fence thing is good.though I'm wondering what kind of dog is yours to just let some other dog walk up and take his food?I also feed my dog outside and her food is hers alone,she's already run off cats,squirrels and other dogs that come into her yard and try and take her food.So yeah maybe if you don't want to fence him in,why not just bring him inside to feed him,otherwise the only other solution is that he gets some guts to fight for what is his.

Answer 6

Keep your dogs inside one day and put the food outside as usual, mixed with a goodly amount of Ex-Lax, ought to do the trick.

Answer 7

1. put your dog's food inside instead of outside
2. move
3. kill the other dog

thats all you can do

honestly

Answer 8

His owner probably encourages him to come, to save money on the food. I bet he's still more loyal to the owner than to you, the feeder. Go figure.

Answer 9

I am not fond of hound dogs myself. I say shoot them for trespassing.

Answer 10

Call the animal control and let them deal with it.