[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Had a Lab many years ago.
Now they are truly professional food thieves!

Do you know how expensive lamb chops are? Do you know how many hands it takes to pry open an 85-lb retriever's mouth?


(And no, we didn't eat the chop)

[tonycirocco@me.com]

Originally Posted by Laker

No, I wasn’t “in their yard”. Their driveway is included in an easement which is how you get to a family members house.
Now I carry a 3-iron when I visit them. If they attack again and manage to survive, I guarantee you they will be eating Gravy Train the rest of their lives.

. I believe a 7-iron might be better...

[Spalumbos62]

Originally Posted by Mortal1

So a)just because there's an easement doesn't mean the owner of the house can't utilize the land per ordinances and it doesn't give you the right to go onto that easement b)you said it wasn't in the villages and this is a villages forum. The forum below this one is for general posts.

As to the big dogs...since you said it isn't in the villages you'll have to ask the town or county where the house resides to know if big dogs are allowed. The rules in the villages aren't necessarily the same as outside the villages.

Everyone likes to tell their dog stories, good or bad, many times to heed warning. Hence,location was not relevant.

[stebooo]

That licking thing is serious. Sometimes these creatures for for the face even

[kendi]

Originally Posted by Laker

I just read an article in the Sun about a couple who have 2 Great Danes, one of them recently acquired. They get to be 100+ pounds.
Two years ago I was attacked by 2 Great Danes, (not in The Villages) in front of their owner, who couldn’t control these monsters. One of them was on my back ripping at my shirt collar, while the other one was pulling my shirt. The one ripping my collar was taller than me, on his hind legs.
I was only able to escape because I managed to slowly make my way to the edge of the Invisible Fence that they had installed. I didn’t know it was there but I might not be here if it wasn’t, because I am on blood thinners, and although my arms were scratched I miraculously wasn’t severely bitten.
I of course reported the incident to the sheriff’s department and was referred to Animal Control. The owners were ticketed but the dogs are still there.
We just bought a house in TV after renting for several years, but I was under the impression that people could bring in a large dog they already had, but not get another large dog after moving in.

Has this policy changed? Because if it hasn’t then the 99% of us who don’t raise these “pets” shouldn’t be at risk for the inconsiderate people who do.

It's not right to accuse the owner in TV as being inconsiderate just because their dogs are large. And what were you doing trespassing the dogs' property?

[Carla B]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Well then, did you previously sell this guy with the dogs a property and retain the right to walk through it?


You shouldn't have been on his property, easement or no easement. He has the right to allow his dogs to be on his own property, properly contained. And dogs can be protective. Unless they're Goldens...

There is a lot of jumping to conclusions here for the OP having used the easement. Maybe his family member's property is landlocked and was granted an "easement by necessity," or some other formal agreement. And maybe the dog owner shouldn't have installed the invisible fence on the easement.

[Holpat39]

If you read further down on the post the poster states they just bought a home in The Village where she had a 2nd incidence with a Great Dane.

[Holpat39]

Bought in 2003 and 2 dogs allowed. No weight limit

[Carla B]

Originally Posted by Holpat39

If you read further down on the post the poster states they just bought a home in The Village where she had a 2nd incidence with a Great Dane.

No, no second incident, unless reading a story in "The Daily Sun" about two Great Danes who live here is a second incident.

[yabbadu]

Originally Posted by Laker

No, I wasn’t “in their yard”. Their driveway is included in an easement which is how you get to a family members house.
Now I carry a 3-iron when I visit them. If they attack again and manage to survive, I guarantee you they will be eating Gravy Train the rest of their lives.

If I understand your statement , you were walking on his property and attacked. You also infer it is an easement portion of his driveway.

You might wish to speak with the Village authorities as to what an easement entails.

It is not a walking path ! Easments in every town I ever lived (many) are developed for the public utilities should a situation occur that requires some type of repair or access.

The property owner still maintains that property and as long as they do not install some type restrictive entity that interferes with the utilities , it is theirs to maintain and is counted as their property when bought and sold. Not for your use!

So the fact you were walking on their property becomes an infringement by you.

I have seen before that people feel the easement area is for anybodies use. That is not the case. The property owner maintains that area.

Do you want people using your easement to let their animals drop their excrement because its an easement. I don't think so!

Again, Check with the authorities as to your rights on easements maintained by another property owner.

[Rosebud2020]

Originally Posted by Laker

I just read an article in the Sun about a couple who have 2 Great Danes, one of them recently acquired. They get to be 100+ pounds.
Two years ago I was attacked by 2 Great Danes, (not in The Villages) in front of their owner, who couldn’t control these monsters. One of them was on my back ripping at my shirt collar, while the other one was pulling my shirt. The one ripping my collar was taller than me, on his hind legs.
I was only able to escape because I managed to slowly make my way to the edge of the Invisible Fence that they had installed. I didn’t know it was there but I might not be here if it wasn’t, because I am on blood thinners, and although my arms were scratched I miraculously wasn’t severely bitten.
I of course reported the incident to the sheriff’s department and was referred to Animal Control. The owners were ticketed but the dogs are still there.
We just bought a house in TV after renting for several years, but I was under the impression that people could bring in a large dog they already had, but not get another large dog after moving in.

Has this policy changed? Because if it hasn’t then the 99% of us who don’t raise these “pets” shouldn’t be at risk for the inconsiderate people who do.

What happened to you is unfortunate but it sounds as though you were where you shouldn't have been!

Just as a point of information, Great Danes being the largest breed of all dogs along with Irish Wolfhounds, just happen to be one of the sweetest dogs on the planet. They are known as the "gentle giants." They are people dogs, love children, don't need an overdose of exercise in spite of their size, do well in apartments, and will back up to sit on your lap.

My guess is that you infringed upon their territory. What happened to you has nothing to do with their breed. You were simply in the wrong place, period.
Had it been a chihuahua your ankles would have been shredded to bits.
Any breed dog will defend its territory.

By the way -- why were you on their property??!

[kpd3062]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

I-t w-a-s-n-t in the v-I-l-l-I-a-g-e-s.

Which Village did you say it happened in?������

[jimhurtt@twc.com]

Golden's are God's best.

[jimhurtt@twc.com]

Sorry for your encounter. My daughter has a Great Dane who is the cudliest, sweetest ever. But he was raised from a puppy and trained with love. Any dog can be vicious under the right/wrong circumstances.