One of the neighbors down the street from us is a town police officer.  He owns a couple of dogs that he lets run throughout the neighborhood, completely ignoring the leash laws.  I really wouldn’t mind that very much because normally his dogs are very friendly.  Having said that yesterday I looked out the living room window and saw one of his dogs in our yard running around (no big deal normally) and noticed that the dog appeared to be suffering from an advanced case of mange!

I can’t understand why someone who supposedly cares about their pets would allow their dog to have mange to this degree.  Mange is treatable.  People can get itchy rashes from being around dogs with mange.  I tried calling his house to talk to him but only got his answering machine.  I left a message for him to call me back, but I don’t expect he will.  I’ve called his house in the past and left messages for him to call me back and he never does.  If I see his dog running around my yard again today I think that I will call the animal control department.  I hate to turn in a neighbor for ignoring the leash law, but there is no excuse to neglect your pet like that.