Late night bullshit: The dog next door.
 

So there's a dog next door that's chained up in my neighbor's shitty yard.

The chain is short, about 12 feet or so. And this dog is never unchained, even though the yard is fenced in.

We've had run-ins with this neighbor before. He seems a bit "off."

Ultimately he's met the only legal obligations necessary in Greene County (I checked): the dog has a doghouse, and it is regularly fed and watered.

But it is never, ever, EVER off that chain. Far as I can tell, he never takes it on walks, never socializes with it, and just leaves it outside all day every day with a 12 foot radius.

The logical conclusion here, of course, is to mind my own business. But this dog deserves some semblence of a life, and as you may already know about me, I have an irrational soft spot for dogs.

Question: What, if anything, should I do?

I've come up with several ideas for helping this neglected dog:

1. Steal the dog.

2. Offer to buy the dog from the neighbor, then offer it to a no-kill shelter.

3. Offer to take the dog on a walk every day.

4. Buy a chain extension and stealthily attach it to the dog's chain, so he has 10 extra feet to be a ****ing dog.

This is really frustrating for me. This dog lives a terrible existence where he has zero social interaction and next to no space for him to roam. Utter neglect of your pet is not illegal, but it's definitely immoral. But my options are drastically limited. (I do chuck it some treats over the fence when I walk by, every day.)

Any other ideas are welcome, including telling me to sit on a pear.

Offer to buy the dog. If he agrees, and you are unable to give it a life yourself, try and find a home for him.

Can he hook up all the shit I need to wear for this sleep study?

Antifreeze. You shouldn't have to see that every day.

Sit on a pear. Afterwards, look into option 3.

I'm having the same issue with my current roommate. 7 months he's had this dog (he got it at 6 weeks old) and he still hasn't gotten him his shots, got him neutered, clipped his nails, or even ****ing bathed him. Not a single time. This dog sits in it's crate 23 out of 24 hours in the day. It is so ****ing cruel...

But there is literally not a damn thing I can do about it. Not much you can do either, mate. Sorry.

Ummm, you live with the dog. There IS something you can do about it

This. then if that fails, put the poor thing out of its misery. **** I hate people.
Ski mask,baseball bat & five minutes with your neighbor would make me a happy man

I had a neighbor who locked his poor dog out in the cold all night. :#

4 - is probably impractical
3 - He'll probably tell you to **** off
2- Also probably tell you to **** off. I wouldn't ask unless you're pretty sure he'll say yes.
1- unfortunately, likely your best option...steal and take to a no-kill shelter.

I let him out of the crate and take him on walks and to the dog park in our apartment complex occasionally.

I'm talking big picture though. There's nothing I can do to change my roommate's philosophy on dog ownership. He just thinks of his dog as a piece of property (legally speaking that's what the dog is, which is why my hands are tied). He doesn't care about the dog and he never will. You'd think somone like that would just never get a dog in the first place but people are ****ed up in the head..

Big picture wise, why do you care about changing your roommates philosophy about dogs? If you're human, take care of the dog

Ugh. I can't stand people who get pets and then irresponsibly deny them a loving home.

If the guy is a bit off, it's not like you're inviting him over for backyard cookouts anyway. Offer to buy the dog. If he says no, then tell him what you see and ask why he doesn't want to sell the dog. If he tells you to mind your own business, then tell him you hope his family gets raped by a 400 pound man.

Steal Rescue the dog.