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Birdie1483
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Ozzie update
Well I just got a call back from the vet and his red blood cell count was nice and high, so he's not anemic (yay!). However, he had elevated liver enzymes (or something like that, she was using a bunch of medical terms). She said this was indicative of him eating a mothball, so at least now we know and I can convince FI this vet trip wasn't in vain. 
She's prescribing him some medicines to hopefully bring these down and will check him again in two weeks.
And I hate our neighbors.
She's prescribing him some medicines to hopefully bring these down and will check him again in two weeks.
And I hate our neighbors.
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Re: Ozzie update
Also, I think you should throw dog poop in your neighbor's yard. Preferably some with mothballs in it.
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Part of me wonders if it's because we have a bird and squirrel feeder in that part of the yard and he doesn't like them getting near his shed or something.
I would probably go to the neighbor and start the conversation in a friendly tone saying that just so they knew, your dog had been very sick due to their littering on your property. Any resistance or anything other than "oh my god, I am so sorry" would get rid of the friendly tone in about .2 seconds.
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I do hope that k9 whats her name doesn't try to take credit.
I must have missed the story, but your neighbors must suck bigtime.
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[QUOTE]Well, we've found the mothballs on multiple occasions. FI's just picked them up each time and Ozzie usually doesn't get back that far so we haven't worried too much about it yet. <strong>Now I'm going to be a mothball Nazi!
</strong>Posted by Birdie1483[/QUOTE]
I'm glad Ozzie's better, Birdie!
No mothballs for YOU.
Is that too passive-aggressive?
My hillbilly neighbor with 900 outdoor cats tried to tell me that my GS needed to be put to sleep because she goes after his cats that wander on my property and I lost every ounce of self control that I had.
[QUOTE]I think you should present the vet bill to your neighbor and inform him/her that if it's not reimbursed to you in full you'll not only take him/her to small claims court, you'll also contact police about animal cruelty, vandalism, and littering charges for throwing the mothballs in your yard.
Posted by lisarose7[/QUOTE]
<strong>I think lisarose gave you a great suggestion (but I am a confrontational kind of person)
You want to at least say something to the neighbor because *gosh forbid* something happens again - you gave them a warning once, after that it is on</strong>.
[QUOTE]I think you should present the vet bill to your neighbor and inform him/her that if it's not reimbursed to you in full you'll not only take him/her to small claims court, you'll also contact police about animal cruelty, vandalism, and littering charges for throwing the mothballs in your yard.
Posted by lisarose7[/QUOTE]
I have to agree 110% with this.
[QUOTE]Gosh, I'm so glad he's okay! If you are sure that it's the neighbor doing something, perhaps you could just go over there and say nicely "I don't know if you were aware, but the mothballs seem to be getting into my yard. My dog ate one and was really sick. So if you could watch and make sure they don't come onto our property, I'd be very grateful. Thanks!" Is that too passive-aggressive?
Posted by MattsPenguin[/QUOTE]
Too passive, needs more aggressive. ;)
If neighbor guy doesn't seem remoresful, I'm going to tell FI to threaten calling the police the next time we see something in our yard. I won't be afraid to accuse of him purposely trying to poison our dog then.
This happened to me last year, our stupid neighbor kids threw over a full bottle of blue pool dye (I don't really know what it is) but my dang dog ate the whole bottle. It was in his water, on his tongue, and stained all over his body. The bottle said poisonous and you are only supposed to use like 1/4 bottle for the whole damn pool, so I was freaked out. I called my vet friend and she said to just watch him. I stayed up all night staring at him and he just slept like a little angel
BUT after all that text- neighbors are assholes
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