gila-river wrote:I will play devils advocate here. I love my dog a hell of a lot more than anyone else's kids but if
his dad ain't around and mamas a real **** up maybe the kid really needs a chance. After your initial anger has simmered some put him too work until the vet. Bills are paid off. Teach him something maybe take him fishing or hunting with you sometime. Maybe you'll stop him from doing the next school shooting and maybe you'll break the cycle and his kids won't be little **** suckling the welfare tit and shooting peoples dogs.
This...........considering he is going to be living next door for a while, probably a good idea to attempt to sway the kid. He obviously doesn't have a role model in his life, and it shows.........shitty parents. A little attention can go a long way with a kid, especially if it is positive reinforcement. May not work, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. The last thing you need is a kid next door that hates you, and has nothing better to do than cause you problems. Work the dog into the reinforcement, show him how to play with him. If the kid has any kindness in his heart, it will come out, and being friends with the dog will actually give the kid a reason to let it show. Just a thought..........
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It's what you know for sure, that just ain't so"
Mark Twain