- 3,715
- Huntsville, Alabama.
- LEGION138
I have always ( if i had a dog at the time ) had either a pitbull or a boxer, i just like these two breeds. I bought my daughter a boxer pup for her birthday about 1 month ago and it was eventually going to be a fully inside pet. We had been going back and forth with her being inside and outside depending on how much sleep if any i got the previous night because its too hard to have 3 kids and a puppy that you have to watch all the time to house break it. She was only 8 weeks old so i put a spike in the ground and put a leash on her and hitched her to the spike. There was enough length for her to come up on my porch to eat and get out of the sun and enough to run and play. Well this morning we got up and kids went outside and fed her and all the usual and we came back in. About 20 mins later the utility meter reader knocked on my door and asked if i knew my pup was dead. Dead, i just fed her.
Went out back and what she had done was go on the portch as usual but she had wrapped the leash around and around my grill and she had either tried to jump off the porch or had fallen off the porch. Needless to say she had about 1ft of leash free and the porch is about 1 1/2ft high, so she was just hanging there off the porch when i got her
. luckily my kids were inside and busy and didn't go out there. I had not thought about this and had not had any problems the entire time she was back there. She was well taken care for so no this was not a neglect issue, i just never expected that after all the dogs ive had and done the same way. So if you have a dog in a similar situation you might want to look at everything to avoid an accident like this. Dogs come and go, but having to tell your 5 year old that someone stole her dog is not fun.
Went out back and what she had done was go on the portch as usual but she had wrapped the leash around and around my grill and she had either tried to jump off the porch or had fallen off the porch. Needless to say she had about 1ft of leash free and the porch is about 1 1/2ft high, so she was just hanging there off the porch when i got her