My friends dog killed his neighbors dog, his neighbor is my friend?

Question

Talk about feeling a little guilty. My friend has a dog tied up in his back yard. He is mean ( half wolf mix). His neighbor ( we all know each other from work) told me his dog dissapeard. He is very upset he cried and everything and even offered a reward for any info on the whereabouts of his dog. My friend with the mean dog told me the other guys dog wandered in his back yard ( the fence was messed up) and he found the remains near his dog and it was nasty. He said he hid the remains by some RxR tracks near there home as a cover. I looked and didn't see them. I feel really bad for the guy who lost his dog. I don't want to deal with being stuck in the middle.but I feel guilty for knowingand not saying anything. I said maybe you should tell him you found his dog by the RxR tracks he said no I don't like the other guy anyway. Any ideas on how to let him know his dog is dead somehow without blameing the guy with the mean dog? I dont live over there so the RxR trks story wont work for me.

Answer 1

I'm in a hurry, so I didn't check for a possible duplicate answer, so accept my apology if someone else has a similar answer. The story is so sad and I can imagine how uncomfortable you must feel.

It's not easy to do and I would have a hard time with it also, but I truly believe the best thing to do is to tell the owner of Mean Dog that he really needs to tell the other person what happened.

He needs to just get honest with it, including telling the neighbor that he's sorry he tried to cover it up (a little less honest here, I forgot for a bit that he didn't like the guy), but he felt bad and knew how hurt the neighbor would be.

Or just that he's sorry (the general sorry that many people give even when they're not) that his dog did that and he buried the dog to spare the neighbor's feelings of having to see it.

Then, you need to tell the owner of Mean Dog that if he doesn't tell him within the day or a couple of days (how long has it already been?) that you will then have to tell the neighbor what really happened.

Owner of Mean Dog had no right to dump that on you and give you his burden, his garbage that he needs to take care of and not be such a coward.

Or if you can take this route and still feel better (which is the main goal) then call the humane society anonnomously telling them the whole story and see what they would do. Maybe they could be the ones to tell the neighbor the bad news and hopefully they will take Mean Dog away.

My heart really goes out to the neighbor who is trying to find his dog and it won't be any better when he hears what happens, especially since he will probably think about the pain his dog went thru, but at least he'll have some closure instead of always worrying where his dog is and if its safe.

My concern about Mean Dog is what if he got lose one day, or a child wanders into the backyard since the fence is broken (?) or any other possible situation, even another dog, but then you would really feel awful for not saying something about the first incident and the second incident could even be more horrible.

As for the owner of Mean Dog and your friendship with him, wouldn't you might want to re-evaluate this friendship? He doesn't seem too much like a very caring person and he certainly is not honest.

Good luck in whatever you choose to do and I hope it all works out well for you and the neighbor grieving over his lost dog.

Answer 2

I think you should be honest. The thing is, this dog might continue to kill, and that really would be wrong. I don't think that the mean dog would be put down if this is its first violent attack on record, but if this incident doesn't go on record, it means one more dog has to die before this dog is put down. The owner of the mean dog needs to be a lot more responsible - if the fence is messed up, he needs to fix it. Or his parents, I don't know how old your friend is. Can you imagine if a small child wandered had into the yard instead? It could be, next time, and that's why people shouldn't keep things like this secret. I know it's hard to do the right thing, but you should really consider the consequences if you don't.

Answer 3

YES SHE CAN! and she should... unfortunately she should have called the cops immediately after finding the dog and filed a report along with take pictures of BOTH DOGS.. She needs to inform her neighbor they need to keep that dog on a leash at all times (in MOST counties its the law) What you and your friend need to remember is that its the Owners fault not the dogs! Contact you local humane society and tell them what happened and explain the dog is not kept on a leash therefore it is neglected. All she can really sue for is what she paid for the dog and she needs to have proof of that. contact a lawyer, but honestly without evidence (aka police report and pics) they wont take the case. Good luck. i hope your friend keeps an eye better on her next pup and hope the neighbor gets some common sense!

Answer 4

just be honest and tell the person who u feel should know. good luck