Frickin kids

[Xgenn]

Ok im sitting here after my ride and fixing my bike i had the two dogs in my backyard fenced in my lil1 is at the grandparents house to spend the day till my woman gets off of work ( i had a lot of personal stuff i wanted to finish up ) there were the neighbor kids and the downstairs kids playing infront and they decide to come in my yard with the downstairs kids no problem i love kids well they keep messing with my dogs i have 2 a german rednose pitbull and a rat terrier now the pitbull is not agressive i trained her very well the rat terrier my little1s dog thinks he is 10xs his size and well starts to bark at the kids so i yell at the dogs this happens three times when i notice that they are messing with him making him mad while they are behind a fenced gate so i finally get mad and yell nicely at the kids to stay out front and play where they were in the first place so i park my bike in front go inside bring my dogs in before i sit down i hear a ring at the door its my downstairs neighbor with the nextdoor neighbor and his kid supposidly the kid got bit by one of my dogs so i ask to see where he got bit the father pulls up his shorts and on his knee is a bandaid he pulls it off and its roadrash not a dog bite the kid lied to his dad aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh about my dogs wtf and i was the cool guy the kids like my bike i talk and joke with them even buy them icecream when the icecream truck comes around i could not belive this FRICKIN KIDS i dont know how to react to them now so this is why im writing this i wont treat the kids with harsh words or looks but i also dont wanna be the push over just letting it go.....

[Buster]

Kids will be kids. I understand your anger and frustration as a dog lover and having raised 2 kids of my own. At least you have the dogs fenced so there is no way the parents could have blamed you even if it did turn out that one of your dogs bit their kid.

Years ago my sister and BIL owned a St. Bernard that was the biggest teddy bear you ever met. They wound up having to move into town and didn't have a fence up yet so they chained him to a tree. Day after day these same kids would come by after school and taunt the dog. They knew exactly how far the chain would reach and stayed just out of reach.

After talking to the kids several times about the situation and getting nowhere, he unchained the dog one day. (No......... I don't agree with this) The kids came by and started their usual tactics. When they realized the dog was not on the chain, my sister said you never saw kids run so fast in your life. Even though the dog was not vicious, I think they were lucky that a child was not hurt.

Hopefully you can have a chat with the parents and get the situation resolved.

[rbentnail]

Shoot them.

Not the dogs, the kids. But be fair about it. When your dogs lie to you, shoot them, too.

Seriously, I've been in this kind of situation before with the neighborhood kids. What I did: play it cool for a while. No ice cream, be standoff-ish, act indifferent towards them, no basketball or baseball or whatever. Eventually you change in behavior will come up in conversation, then you get to tell them how they (he) betrayed you, lied about you, how that lie could have cost a beloved dog's life, and how dissappointed and distrustful of him you are, and how you may never trust him again. Be sure your kids know this upfront- sit them down and explain to them how they are gonna get knifed in the back by this kid, and don't trust him and even avoid him.

[Sledder]

I have 5 kids and 2 dogs...keeps life interesting doesn't it?

[Xgenn]

you know thats the best advice right there i have been shying away from the neighbor kids i havent talked mean to them but i have gotten to the point no smiles i like the kids i just dont like what happend but ill try that for a few weeks and go from there ty i love this site really i do lol.....