Stupid Teenage Girls

[RedRoseSpiral]

Just heard this one from my mom today. On Halloween she passed out candy and stopped around 9pm when no one had come around for an hour and she only had a couple pieces left, which she finished off. Another hour passes and her Great Dane Scout starts whining to go out. He's two years old and very well trained. He knows to stay in the yard and go no where else.

Scouts outside doing his thing when my mom hears something on the porch (the door was open but screen door closed and she was in the kitchen next to it). Mom goes to investigate. Why look here! There's a gaggle of teenage girls with bags; no costumes in sight (my personal pet peeve. I at least dressed up as a teenager when I went to get candy).

Teenage Girl 1: We want candy!
Mom: I don't have any more. I passed it out.

Scout comes from around the corner of the house after hearing the noises.

Teenage Girl 2: Oh my god! Look at the puppy! (yeah look at all 120lbs of this puppy )
Teenage Girl 1: Oh! Oh! Can we pet him?
Mom (noticing that Scout really doesn't like this gaggle of girls): No, he doesn't know you. I don't have any candy and you need to leave.
Teenage Girl 3: Awww...but we want candy!
Mom: I don't have any. I passed it out. You need to leave.

Teenage Girl 1 starts to move towards Scout, who at this time is growling and tensed to attack.

Mom: Get away from him. He doesn't know you.
Teenage Girl 1: But I want to --

Scout then jumps at her and nips her side. Teenage Girl 1 goes down and lucky for her it was only a warning from Scout to back the fuck away from Mom. Mom grabs Scout's collar and holds him back. By this time her husband is out there (he was asleep and heard the noise). He goes over to Teenage Girl 1 is okay. She's on the ground crying holding her side. Teenage Girl 2&3 are by her side. She's bruised but no skin was broken. Teenage Girl 3 tells Mom and her husband Teenage Girl 1 is fine and they leave.

Mom and her husband don't hear anything else and get Scout inside. Mom waiting up to see if they were going to call the cops or Animal Control. No one showed up...til the next day.

Ended up the gaggle went down the road to Teenage Girl 3's relative's house and they called Animal Control the next morning. Now mom has to have Scout on house arrest. She has to have him literally on a short leash anytime he leaves the house to do his thing, and then someone from Animal Control is going to come out later this week to see if Scout is a threat to the public or not.

All this because some stupid teenage girls wanted candy at 10 at night and didn't have enough brains to follow simple instructions like "leave" and "get away".

[blas]

I am so sorry this happened.

Those little bitches sure deserve some not so nice karma in the near future.

I hate when an innocent animal is labeled a threat and treated like one because of its basic defense mechanisms.

[shadowpanda]

I'm sorry sorry this happened. A perfectly lovely dog was behaving, the stupid girls were stupid, and its the dog and OPs mother who are suffering. I am really hoping that nothing serious comes of this.

[Draco]

I'd find out those girls names and see about getting them charged with trespassing. They were informed to leave/get off the property. They didn't.

Unless, of course, they would then care to recant their story about the dog. Then no charges pressed. Maybe.

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

I'd find out those girls names and see about getting them charged with trespassing. They were informed to leave/get off the property. They didn't.
Unless, of course, they would then care to recant their story about the dog. Then no charges pressed. Maybe.

Sound advice, this.
I have an issue with dogs due to an incident I had with one or two when I was small, so I would probably have steered clear of that yard - but even if I had no issues with dogs, since when "NO" and "LEAVE" mean "You are welcome to stay and do whatever you want with my dog who by the way is not really a dog but a stuffed-but-moving toy who doesn't behave like any dog would"?

[ReverendBSB]

I'd find out those girls names and see about getting them charged with trespassing. They were informed to leave/get off the property. They didn't.

Unless, of course, they would then care to recant their story about the dog. Then no charges pressed. Maybe.

Exactly what I was going to post. File charges with all of them. They were told to leave several times and did not. Tit for tat.

[iradney]

I agree with the trespassing charges. If they had left, none of this would've happened.

[bendertiger]

I'm not too sure what injury laws are like where you live, make sure your ass is covered in regards to a possible injury claim. But, I'd be pressing for trespass. The fact they refused to adhere to a reasonable request to ensure their safety and refused to leave when instructed to...

Think of it as 'helping the gene pool'...

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Hmm. I agree, it's not like the dog attacked some random passerby without being provoked. A gang of trespassers at ten at night is a threat. These were not trick or treaters. This was further compounded that they would not leave when asked.

There would not even be a question about perceived threat if these trespassers were a gang of males. The dog picked up on your mom's nervousnes, felt like his master was being threatened, and reacted. That's totally reasonable. Your mom needs to call the police and file a report. If they press charges, she presses charges.

[Zellie Crescent]

Did the animal control person hear both sides of the story or just the bitches side?

[MaggieTheCat]

What an awful thing to happen to Scout and your mom. I agree with everyone else, make sure she looks into pressing charges against those girls! And keep us updated as to what happens. I hope everything turns out okay.

[Squeaksmyalias]

If the animal control person says that your dog is aggressive, insist on getting a professional trainer or animal behaviorist's 2nd opinion. Not all animal control officers understand animal behavior, normally they do, they have to for their own safety but sometimes it's just a police officer with another title who happens to like dogs a little more then the others.

From what you describe it's defiantly a case of him protecting your Mother100% . Those girls were threatening your Mother by not leaving, her tone was showing him they were not friends, not to mention dogs know whats normal, that's not a normal time for visitors. Dogs aren't given enough credit they know what's going on.

From what you described he isn't an aggressive dog, he was was protecting and he wouldn't have done anything if that girl hadn't tried to pet him, I don't see it happening in the future either.

Your Mother needs to, and I'm sure she will make it VERY clear, she told those girls NOT TO TOUCH THE DOG. He gave warning signs, those girls need to learn how to approach the animal, to be honest the deserved that harsh lesson. It makes me mad that the dog is blamed in this.

I'm sorry this is happening to your family, If I could I would be there in a minute to help out.

[MoonCat]

I hope Scout has whatever shots are legally required for your area. Maybe Scout's vet can also provide a statement that he's not an aggressive dog. We had a situation when I was in my teens, a neighbor's kid (about 2-3 yrs old) came into our fenced, gated yard and somehow provoked our dog, who nipped her finger. Barely broke the skin...she had one of those teeny, tiny bandages on it afterward, the pinky size. Her mother made a big fuss and we had to provide proof that the dog had his shots. Nothing came of it, partly I think because my mother kept asking why this kid's mom had had no idea where her toddler was.

[Andara Bledin]

Another call to prosecute for trespassing.

If these little dipshits are going to make trouble for your family over their stupidity, then let them know just how stupid they really are.

^-.-^

[chainedbarista]

i agree; file a tresspass complaint. once your mother told them she was out, they were no longer welcome. since they disregarded your mother's warning about scout, he gave them the warning they didn't comprehend the first time.

first rule of dogs: if the owner says to leave them alone and get away, do so posthaste.

they were stupid and paid the price. file charges and let them know that when on another's property, they must follow the owner's rules, period.