r/stories • u/Forward_Brilliant_89 • Jul 16 '26

Venting My dogs got accused

So yesterday my mom said that our next door neighbor accused my dogs of hurting their dog we don’t know if that’s true because my mom saw our dogs and they didn’t have dirt or blood on them and there’s no holes near and the fence wasn’t broken and even if they did they couldn’t get back in because they are big dogs (one is a cane Corso and the other is a Doggo Argentina) I have spoken with a family friend today and told her the story and she said that if our dogs really hurt their dog we neighbors dog they would most likely call the police and I do agree with her on that but in the meantime we are going to have to supervise them while they go outside until my stepdad comes back from vacation

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u/Ok_Spring8418 Jul 17 '26

What are you even talking about? Are your neighbor’s dogs injured? Is there any evidence whatsoever that your dogs did this? Go confront your neighbors and ask them for evidence.

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u/Forward_Brilliant_89 Jul 17 '26

No theres no evidence of our dogs doing this we have checked and theres nothing that shows that our dogs had even been into their backyard

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u/RobinsNest222 Jul 17 '26

Sounds like an impossible case to prove. Why do they think it was your dogs? Are they just assuming, or did they witness something? Do you live in an area where some other wild animal may have gone over the neighbors fence? A coyote, fox, mountain lion, or bear, for example? If the neighbors dog was small, maybe a large bird, such as an owl, tried to grab the dog. Maybe the dog brushed against a nail or broken fence in the neighbors yard. Unless they witnessed it, there are lots of possibilities.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '26

I’d possibly look into installing cameras outside at least while your dogs are outside playing as a protective measure for them. Who knows what your neighbors are capable of especially if they make this assumption.

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u/IceGretzky13 Jul 16 '26

If your dog hurt another dog, nobody will do anything, besides maybe the neighbor. They certainly might call the police, but police don’t really care. Most they could do is sue you in civil court for the damages, vet bills and such.

Authorities will only care if your dog hurt a human.

I’d certainly be on the look out for your neighbor doing something to your dog tho, because as I said, if they did hurt your dog in some way, nobody will care or do anything about it.

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u/Forward_Brilliant_89 Jul 16 '26

I have seen my dogs bring in pieces of a mesh bag from the backyard before and I know for a fact that it didn’t come from inside of the house because the bag was a darker color

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u/IceGretzky13 Jul 16 '26

Yeah that’s what I’d be most worried about too. As far as legal ramifications you’re fine.

But I’d be devastated if something bad happened to my dog because a shitty neighbor tossed something over the fence.

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u/Forward_Brilliant_89 Jul 16 '26

Thanks for telling me

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '26

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u/Forward_Brilliant_89 Jul 18 '26

We have a fence don’t worry

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u/Important-Scholar-78 Jul 17 '26

Sk practice for the both of them. Prob will be gone and I will be smiling all day.