My neighbor throws rocks at my dog IN MY YARD!?

Question

My elderly neighbor (in an appartment) throws rocks at my dog for barking in my own yard (we own a house in the country) My dog only barks at him because he's scared of him, doesn't bark at anyone else. this tells me he's hurt the dog. He even went as far to call the police saying my dog craps on his lawn...He has NO LAWN. When i'm alone outside he stops on the side of the road and stares at me. What do i do? Police don't want the bother of "dog fights". (plus, my dog doesn't even leave the yard.) I surely don't want to waste money on the man by hiring a lawyer. I've never had one single word with the man, he just seems so miserable. And i love my dog so much, she's a sweety, she just doesn't like the man.

Answer 1

Go buy a surveillance camera.they're only $30.00 or so.Set it inside the house if you have no one to install it for you.Aim the camera so that you have a perfect view of your dog as well as this old bast@@d when he throws rocks.Also try to get an angle where you can view him watching you from across the street.
Setting the camera on a table or window ledge should be good enough.
Don't say a word.But after you have him on tape throwing rocks or trying to intimidate you with his staring CALL THE POLICE!
Tell them you have him on tape purposely harrassing and abusing your dog on it's own property and demand his arrest immediately.
You have it on tape so they have to do something.This man is committing a crime whether they like it or not and let them know if they won't be bothered you'll take the tape to the states attorney's office and file a complaint against the police department there.
The cameras are also equipped with audio.Do not connect it.If you accidentally hear something you should'nt and turn it in you'll be arrested for eavesdropping.But don't worry,you can see a dog bark.So make sure there's a good long tape of people going by and your dog taking no notice until this creep shows up.
I know you don't want to add to his misery but he's bringing it upon himself.If he hates your poor dog that much he should move if he's too stupid to ignore it and go on his merry way.
Sounds like he's just one of those miserable people who absolutely have to make another being more miserable than himself to feel good.
So what if it's a dog he's tormenting?
STOP THE ABUSE NOW.

Answer 2

Hard call. I would not say anything to the neighbors until I had more proof than just rocks in my yard. I would put my dog out and keep a watchful eye on both my dog and the yard. When and if you catch someone throwing rocks at your dog is when I'd go talk to the neighbors about it. If after talking to them about it and it happens again I'd call the authorities and document it. Plus the fact that they will discuss the problem with the neighbors, too. It sounds mean, but it's mean to have rocks thrown at a poor dog. The rocks could knock an eye out.

Answer 3

You could try introducing your dog to your neighbor and talking with him. But I'm concerned that he is throwing ROCKS at your dog and is being such a rotter in general. And it's spooky that he stares at you, too. This guy sounds like a menace and this sounds like harassment to me. Who knows what else he has in mind? Today it's rocks thrown at your dog, which is bad enough, but what else could happen in the future? PLUS, he could miss the dog and put out YOUR eye.

This poor chap needs to be carefully watched. If necessary, you may have to put on your "gorilla suit" and get assertive with him via the police. He may decide to hurt other members of your household or the other neighbors. Have they had any experiences with him? If he's in an apartment, does the landlord know about his behavior? If hiring a lawyer stops this abuse, would you consider it a "waste of money"?

Good luck and keep us posted.

Answer 4

If you have a video camera set it up to where you can see if he is harming your dog or not, and present it as evidence if you decide to take him to court. Its your legal right to own your dog. As long as he is not in your neighbours yard, or disturbing the peace and others are not complaining then you have nothing to worry about. He cant bring charges up on you with no grounds for those charges. The best thing you can do is make a peace offering with the neighbour and try to compromise on the situation. Or atleast try to set things right by talking it out. Sometimes theres nothing you can do. Dont ignore the behavior though because he could take things way to far, like physically harming the dog. My dad's dog was poisoned recently and they think the neighbour did it. The dog was chained up and never really bothered anyone and they are pretty sure the neighbours poisoned him. Dont let it go that far. If the guy wont compromise or refuses to talk it out with you then you may want to take him to court, especially if things start going a little to far.

Answer 5

Talk with this man about it. He's elderly so I can't tell you to put your foot up his behind. Ask him exactly what the problem is. Let him know how much your dog means to you and that she only barks at him because he's mean and throws rocks at her. Poor thing that's abuse. How would he like it if someone threw rocks at him? You should ask him. If he calls the police on you let them know whats been going on and what you can do about it. For right now go with your dog every time you let her out...for her own safety.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I hope you don't let your dog out to crap on anyone else's property. If you do, I'd be mad too. However, your neighbor has no right to throw rocks into your yard. That is against the law. On that fact alone, I would call the police and tell them he is assaulting your dog. I would try to call animal control as well to see if they have any suggestions.

Answer 8

hit him in the head with some rocks and give him a taste of his own medicine. take some time and talk to him and find out why he acts the way he does, and if it comes down to it hire an attorney and start filing complaints of animal cruelty. And hide the rocks from him!!

Answer 9

sounds like that might be the problem walk your tail over there and have a talk with the dumb@ss and see what he has to say then go from there may be if you take the dog with you the dog might not bark at him anymore and maybe the dumb@ss might be a coward that he is and leave you all alone

Answer 10

I would ask the man if there seems to be a problem with your dog. Let him know you know he is being cruel to your pet. You may also need to print something off from the computer from like the humane society or somewhere explaining animal cruelty. Tell him you would like to resolve this with out taking it to the authority but if he continues to endanger your pet in your yard you will have no other recourse but to seek an attorney. He doesn't have to know you won't. Good luck. We will keep our puppy paws crossed.
Kelo and Zoe