Neighbours dog not being looked after

[dogsrule]

Contact the DSPCA;

According to their website that’s what their job is. Neglect is animal cruelty. "The Inspectors’ primary role is as follows:

•To investigate complaints of cruelty and neglect.
•To provide guidance and education to animal owners where necessary.
•To initiate prosecutions for offences.
•To attend to sick and injured stray animals or those which have been abandoned.
If you wish to report an act of cruelty or neglect or if you are concerned for the welfare of an animal, please contact us at 01 4994700"
They should either give the owners advice if they are ignorant, or ask them to sign over the dog if they don’t care about him.

I have experience I me not doing something about a neglected dog in my area except talk to the owners who had plenty of excuses and I believed them; "we built a run for him and he still gets out"-i.e. he’s always sleeping outside, "he’s always eating the kids good clothes"-i.e. we ignore him and he gets bored, "he runs off to a boy in the next estate"-i.e. he hasn’t a companion in our house, the loneliest dog in the world. I brought him back next day when he’d show up at our door in the middle of the night whining. The family stopped talking to me, the dog disappeared. Kids in the neighbourhood said the dog had gone to live in the country. I believed it for a while but the more I said it to people at work and friends the less I believed the former owners.

If the DSPCA don’t help, let us know please!

[DogsBestFriend]

Definitely the DSPCA. Make sure you do it anonymously, otherwise you will incur the wrath of these erm, individuals……. My pal volunteers at the shelter. It sounds dreadful but sometimes when its hard to get them out, as they have limited number of vans / ambulances on the road, best bet is to say you think the dog may be slightly injured, may have got a bang of a car or something. Dont ham it up too much. Equally too, dont feel bad about wasting their time or lying to them as it is a genuine case. My pal told me this was the way to go as I had seen a very distressed dog running in amongst traffic one day on the M50. Nearly got myself and husband killed trying to catch the poor dog and nearly caused a pileup myself. Eventually phoned the DSPCA to be told they wouldnt come out for the dog unless it was injured. LESSON LEARNT! Best of luck with this poor little lad, it sounds like he deserves a REAL home for himself / herself. Well done you, big pat on the back, for caring enough to get involved. Keep us posted….

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