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[darkoshi]

The neighbors on one side of me have 2 big dogs and a small dog. They're the ones who've had several litters of puppies and who've sold the puppies. At least they seem to take pretty good care of their dogs - they let them run free in the back yard, and appear to take them indoors at times.

The neighbors on another side have at least 4 dogs. The 3 older dogs always used to be chained up in the backyard, each with its own little area and own doghouse. The younger puppy-dog is not on a chain and wanders around. I don't know if those neighbors ever take the dogs off their chains. Now they've put one of the older dogs into a fairly small metal cage - only big enough for him to stand and turn around in. I saw him in there last week, and today I saw him in there again - now they've got a thin blue broken plastic sheet over the top of the cage. It's dang cold outside today - in the lower 40s. I felt sorry for those dogs before, now I feel even worse for that one in the cage. I have no idea why they put him in a cage... unless he's actually female, and they want the puppy dog to impregnate the other dogs but not her. I can't think of any other reason they'd do that. Gah.

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[syrtia.livejournal.com]

You might want to think about calling animal control in regards to the second neighbor. I don't like people who keep chain dogs, but so long as they are receiving food, water and medical care its not considered abuse. If they are leaving that dog in the cage you've described for extended periods of time (more than a few hours), and if they are doing it at all in this weather, that is abuse.

[darkoshi]

I'm going to take a look back there every once in a while to see if they are keeping the dog in the cage all the time, or only sometimes. It makes me nervous to think of calling animal control, because you can't see into their back yard from the street, so they'd know it was one of their neighbors that reported them. But if they are keeping him/her in the cage all day and night in this weather, I may report it.

[syrtia.livejournal.com]

Its always a tough call when somebody will know its you. People who treat animals badly usually extend the attitude towards humans.