
I am currently despairing of OH's parents neighbours....
Last year they acquired a Dalmation X ?? pup. They live on a very quiet country lane and made no effort to train/exercise/socialise/contain the pup and it was pretty much left to its own devices every day whilst they were at work and had freedom to roam wherever it pleased. A couple of months ago the dog bit a a passer by as he was walking along the lane - no provocation, the dog just flew out of the driveway and bit the person :( The person did not report the attack and the owners decided it might be wise to contain the dog. Two weeks later, on a rare occasion that the dog was being walked, it attacked another person. This time, it was reported...the dog was PTS and the injured party is claiming off the owners.
Less than a month after their Dalmation X was PTS, they got a Weimeraner puppy :(