I was acused of animal cruilty by a customer at my work!

[NW-GSP]

I am fortunate enough to be able to bring my dog to work with me and he usually only comes to work two or three days a week, he usually stays in the shop ( a 30' x 60' metal building, he always has food water and a bed to lay on. I had to pull a forklift out of the shop today to help a customer so I put cooper my six month old gsp in his crate which is a medium size crate ( he can turn around in it and lay down and has a blanket in there ) he is only in there for short amounts of time, thirty minutes max, so Im loading up a customer when I notice a lady walk into the shop ( cooper was wining ) and I was worried she would let him out cause there is a road with high traffic twenty feet away, so when I walk in the shop this lady has taken him out of his crate and is holding him by the collar she starts scolding me on how having him in a crate that size is cruelty to animals and I should not have him in there, I tell the lady to let go of my dog and that the crate is not too small and he is able to turn around in it, this lady would not stop trying to scold me on how I was an animal abuser and that I should not be able to have animals, I tell the lady to leave the property, she ends up calling the cops and when they take my story they tell me that I am doing nothing wrong but it just makes me mad having to deal with it

I just cant help but think of what I would have done if he was hit by a car because of her actions! I can think of what I would feel like doing if it happened but I know that I am smart enough not to do anything dumb. It just makes me mad cause if it did happen and I tried taking her to court Im not sure if anything would happen

[Ray]

Cops should not even respond to claims like that.

[BLKBEARKLR]

Man sorry you had  to go through that BS. Wonder what she would have done if she opened the cage and gotten bit???

[Curly]

That lady is a moron.  

[EastWaViking]

you should have shoved the lady into the crate and left for the day.   

[NW-GSP]

I would have prob been arested for my dog biting her or she would have tried to have him put down jk but it would not suprise me. I just think it was a big waste of money for the city cause of this lady

[jackelope]

apparently the wack job animal rights activist has never heard of crate training.
 

[Ray]

apparently the wack job animal rights activist has never heard of crate training.
 

They'll be running the country before we know it. They can already get the police to pay you a visit for doing nothing.

[robodad]

I would have said, I'm glad to see you officer I'd like to press theft charges on this lady, she went into my crate and took my dog out and was attempting to leave when I stopped her at the door !! 

[Walab]

That sucks you had to go through that. However its a good thing that they do check on the animals. They apparently know the differnce between a rant from a tree hugging hippy and the confiments of a safe dog.

[NW-GSP]

That sucks you had to go through that. However its a good thing that they do check on the animals. They apparently know the differnce between a rant from a tree hugging hippy and the confiments of a safe dog.

yes that is very true, the officer was a really nice guy and was very familiar with the animal laws. And I am glad that they do check on these things but I wish she would have gotten in trouble for opening his crate to begin with

[Walab]

Thats the sad part. If your dog would have bitten her he would have been put down. If she would have opened the crate and he got hit. You mabye would have won a judgement in small claims court and not have been paided. Sad part is we need to lock our kennels and boxes now to protect our dogs from these "people" who know whats best for OUR dogs.

[Ray]

I had a neighbor like that - nosy and said I was abusing my dog by leaving him on a runner chain all day. He had shelter food and water. When my dog escaped the yard half a dozen times and was hit by a car I had to keep him on that or he'd be dead. I already paid 1500 dollars in medical bills from the car accident. Lucky he was not dead. Then I have this old lady pestering me about containing my dog. Stupid people should mind their own business. Cops should charge her money for sending them out for nothing.

[boneaddict]

Glad it worked out.  This crap is out of hand.

[Happy Gilmore]

I bring my dogs to work every day. They are in the back of my truck in kennels. They get let out 3-4 times a day, go on walks with the ladies at lunch and have random people giving the pats on the head all day long. It is a lot better than leaving a dog home alone in any sized yard / fence with no interaction with anyone. they love being here and look forward to seeing everyone who gives them attention here at the office.

Some of the ladies here give me a little crap about the kennels but, everyone knows how much time I spend with my dogs everyday.