Welcome to the Dumb Ass Dog Owner (DADO) blog hop, hosted by Tales from the Backroad and Heart Like a Dog.

Everyone has met one, or at least heard of one. Maybe you live next door to one.  It seems to me like they are everywhere.

I often wonder if I googled my address if there would be an arrow pointing to my neighborhood stating “Dumb Ass Dog Owner’s Neighborhood.  If you’re a dumb ass, move here.”

It’s true, I’ve had more than my fair share of encounters with dumb ass dog owners.  I say fair, because I can’t even count HOW many of these encounters I’ve had.

I had to think long and hard about which story I’d share.  I finally settled on the Bulldogs.  Yes, I’ve written about them before but it was quite some time ago, so it bears pulling out and sharing again.

We have three Bulldogs that live across the street.  They MIGHT be nice dogs if they had owners that 1) socialized them 2) let them off their deck 3) were home at reasonable hours.

These dogs go out on the deck first thing in the morning and stay out there all day long, sometimes late into the night.  In fact, before this couple had their child (yes, as if they didn’t leave their dogs enough, they now have a child that takes up more of their time) there were days/nights where they wouldn’t come home until 10 or 11 at night. And the dogs would be on the deck that entire time.

Take a look at the deck.

Yes, the dogs shit on the deck and every so often the male owner goes out and shovels it off the deck into the grass. Shovels it off.  

Since these people have been living here, my dogs have had three altercations with them.  The first two encounters were with Sampson and it happened with Hubby.  One of those times one of the dogs actually bit Sampson.

The last encounter was with Delilah.  Delilah the dog who takes no shit.

We were finishing up our walk, one house away from home, Hubby and Sampson were ahead of us.  It was dark.  A car was coming down the street.  It happened so fast.  I heard a noise from my left and two of the Bulldogs came tearing across the road right in front of the car.

They were immediately on Delilah, growling, snapping and barking.  I didn’t know what to do.  One minute we were having a lovely walk, the next minute three dogs were circling me, trying to kill each other.  

Instinctively I dropped her leash.  There was no way I was going to let her feel trapped and unable to defend herself, especially with two on one.

The male owner was outside with them (thankfully) and he came running across the street, and flung himself on the ground.  He said something.  I can’t remember what it was, but it had something to do with his dogs going after Delilah and I responded with something along the lines of “She’ll give it right back to them, she won’t just take it.”

It seemed like minutes passed, but I think in reality it was probably less than a minute.  The owner was on the ground, I seem to recall he used his foot to remove one of the dogs off the road and into the grass and had his arms wrapped around the other dog.  I don’t whether he was bit or not and I could care less.  If his dog bit him, if my dog bit him, if all the dogs bit him.  He’s a dumb ass.  

Once he got the dogs away from Delilah I was able to get her to leave the fight.  I got her home and checked her over and could find no bite marks, no blood, etc. 

Hubby and Sampson meanwhile had seen the entire thing.  Hubby said I handled the situation right, but I still felt awful.  

It’s a terrible thing to have hours and hours of hard work ruined by some Dumb Ass Dog Owner who doesn’t put any effort into his dogs and has no regard for those that do.  

The kicker is.  Both of the owners of these dogs are teachers.  Education is nothing if you are ignorant. 

And how do you educate the ignorant?

This is the Dumb Ass Dog Owners blog hop, hosted by Tales from the Backroad and Heart Like a Dog.  We encourage you to link up with us and share your stories of dumb-assery.  Maybe together we can figure out a way to get the point across.

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