- Pet forum for dogs cats and humans    Afraid neighbor may
poison my dog...  September 9th, 2007, 01:34 AM My single
middle-aged neighbor has 3 mastiff-style dogs (he is only
allowed 2 in our city). They are usually very quiet but I heard
him hitting one repeatedly 2 years ago so I guess that's his way
to get them to behave (yes, I called the authorities). He works
full time and they are alone all day in a small house and only
get outside in the small backyard (mostly sand) when he is home.
He doesn't seem to play with them or bring them for walks. When
they get out, the first thing they do is dash to the one-inch
space under the fence and watch whatever is going on in our
yard. It breaks my heart sometimes to hear crying when we are
throwing the ball and playing with our Pom. In the spring I was
gardening near the fence and a paw was sticking out about 6
inches; this made my Pom very excited, she started barking and I
told her to shush (a few times) but suddenly I heard the
neighbor yell out to me that I ha