The people next door have a Dogo. Beautiful, sleek, easygoing...betters Callie by fifty pounds so he looks imposing but what a gentle pup. The problem is they leave him alone to guard the house. Just now I heard him out there. 11pm at night and the wind chill in the single digits. There he is on their back porch whining like a cocker spaniel. They'll leave him alone in the house and you hear the same thing through the front porch. Some dogs just aren't bred to be alone and he's one of them. Some people just don't deserve to own a dog...
Unfortunately your neighbor will most likely end up with a Dogo with separation anxiety, some really huge holes in the yard, followed by the dog escaping the yard, and being chained up. Then they will find out exactly how strong these dogs are. There are 3 different Dogo lines, hunting, show, and a for no better word a pet line. Hunting lines are generally 90-110lbs, show 125-150lbs, and pet 100-120lbs. None of those lines are bred for the cold, or to be alone for extended periods of time. These dogs are met to be with there human families most of the time, the last thing you want is fear issues, or separation issues in a breed at are world class hunters and are used daily to catch and hold 150 to 250lb wild hogs. Even the family pet version is used to protect kids from mountain lions. Dogo's are beautiful and wonderful dogs as long as raised correctly and socialized correctly.
He is such a sweetie. Like I said he looks like a hundred and something pound Callie. But they leave him alone for whole days. You can hear the whine all the way down the street. Animal control said they can't really do anything. He's well fed and they have the porches as suitable secure housing...just that the poor boy hates to be alone. If they weren't using him as a "watchdog" and Sophie wasn't so canine aggressive I'd offer to pup-sit.
Have you tried talking to your neighbour? Explaining your concerns’ if they are out all day they probably don’t realise he’s whining , perhaps make some suggestions that may help, like having a dog walker or friend who could break up his day
I agree with Gsdslave. If he hasn't destroyed everything in the house they probably don't realize he has separation issues since they are not home. Realistically many dog owners have to work as well. Can't really hate for not being there 24/7. Perhaps they can find someone to watch him though for part of the day.
The problem is that although I do talk to the woman from time to time I don't think she knows what goes on in her house...unless the nice officers fill her in on it when she gets home. She has a grown son that gets into fur raising fights with his woman friends, nevermind what else he might be up to. I don't think that poor pup is a high priority for him and the Mom is away more than she's home.
Well that's an unfortunate situation then. You still might be able to talk to the woman though. Maybe just in light conversation. Not saying it will help but just to see where it goes.
Like I said, if Sophie wasn't as nutty as she's become I'd offer to bring him to our house. Maybe I could suggest to the Mom that when Mr. Thug for Life isn't home that maybe I could go over and just take the pup for a walk or in the yard for awhile? Of course I wouldn't word it that way but just "I'd be happy to look in on Hamm Hamm when he's alone".
