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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
I actually had a dog kidnapped. Matter of fact every dog that was in a fenced yard right off of highway 50 from McClave, CO to at least Holly CO were kidnapped one morning. Including 2 dogs that had just been let outside to do their business. The earliest was taken around 6 and the last one reported missing was before 730. Those were the two let outside dogs and the people lived on the opposite ends. We never did find out if the dognappings went farther.
Some people in the US have outside dogs. Some are in fences. Others are allowed to free roam. A few just escape. Not many outside dogs (at least not where I live are kept chained up when they are in a fenced yard.
Even if a dog was on a chain or tether, how hard do you think it would be to unhook the tether or unhook a collar? They aren't locked.
Don't get me wrong. I have seen or heard of dogs being padlocked. Their owners usually wind up in cages.
Although with some dogs, you do have to make sure the ring holding the leash cannot be straightened. Otherwise they might straighten it, escape and decide to try to catch their own turkey dinner. He also had a harness not a collar because when he was younger, he would fly out the door, hit the end of his leash and jerk up.
So to me the story is very plausible.
Must ask, where did you get the idea that city dogs are always on leashes? Most are when they are attached to a human. Some aren't.
As to your comment about dangerous dogs, sometimes.
Fritzi didn't like dad but she was never violent towards him. Of course, she might have figured out the cat can inflict more pain and get away easier.
As to other people, if you came through the house, Fritzi would leave you alone, but don't leave your beer on the fence rail or it would be gone. If you tried to go through the gate leading to the backyard, Fritzi would attack. It didn't matter how many times you had been over or if we were in the backyard.
Of course, on that one some humans had to learn the hard way because "you children don't know what you are talking about". Then the whispers were which one of us goes and finds a parent while the other makes sure Fritzi doesn’t actually hurt this guy.
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Yes, even here dogs are stolen from their gardens. We have slightly different housing: most people live in houses of various kinds, rather than apartments. If someone kept a dog chained up, a nosey neighbour would report them to the RSPCA who would assess the situation and either give them advice or take the dog. I had a visit after I'd rescued a feral colony of 8 during a cold winter, their story is in the details to this video of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flg8q7l70UQ&t=336s
Someone local complained that I had lots of cats and thought I was hoarding. The RSPCA woman who visited actually helped me with lots of food for them and a cat play tree (which they tore to pieces).
In most areas of the UK it's illegal to have a dog off a leash in public areas. If you live in the countryside dogs are let off leashes for a short time (apart from working dogs) but will be shot if they bother sheep.
We have the often-complained-about Dangerous Dogs Act, which names certain breeds of dogs who must be muzzled in public because they are considered killers. It was a badly thought out Act.
I assumed similar laws pertained to the US, obviously wrongly.