Post #1094448

2026-04-08 20:53 UTC

This morning our neighbor put his dog out on a line, as he often does, and left for work. Dog then managed to get the line intensely tangled in part of the giant brush pile nearby, leaving nearly no slack on the line, and started howling a LOT. I went over, affirmed that no one was home, and then untangled the line and tried to make sure the branches were far enough away that it wouldn&#39;t happen again. This dog gets left outside to be lonely and bored alllll the time and I hate it.

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@MattMoose@mastodon.world 2026-04-08 21:08

@Anneheathen@glammr.us We have a similar problem in our village. People get dogs then leave them out for hours on end yapping. It was far far worse when we went to visit near Market Drayton recently: someone was audibly neglecting and abusing a number of dogs there, had reportedly received warnings, but the racket still went on chronically. How do we tackle this, people?

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@steamworkgroup@glammr.us 2026-04-08 21:13

@Anneheathen@glammr.us Oof. And what are you, a good neighbor, supposed to do? The poor dog was suffering and/or going to get hurt. I sometimes wonder if the human caretakers realize how much others care and act to help their animals. Does this neighbor know this happens? Does he expect others to be around to help? At least when I return a neighbor's dog (who is rarely secured properly), I get a sheepish thank you.

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