Jen sent us a note about a huge dog she saw roaming the neighborhood all alone. Do you know who he belongs to?
There is a gigantic, black and white male American Bulldog or Pitbull roaming around. Ran in to him with my dogs on 70th and Dayton, had a squabble (my dog is a grumpy old man) and he moved on. I put my dogs in the house and went after him for a few blocks. He crossed paths with a small dog on a leash and didn’t have a problem at all, so I don’t think he is aggressive or anything. I couldn’t get a leash on him, he was a little skittish (although pretty friendly), seemed like he was on a mission. Last I saw, he was trotting north on Fremont (around 74th). If anyone tries to get a leash on him, they may want to bribe him with cheese or something.
12 responses so far ↓
1 Cherl // Jan 16, 2011 at 5:16 pm
There’s a pit that got loose that lives on 85th around Fremont. I know he gets out of their yard sometimes.
That’s if it’s the same dog.
2 Whopper // Jan 16, 2011 at 5:16 pm
Comes on my property, I’d shoot it…
3 sezdog // Jan 16, 2011 at 6:14 pm
Thank you taking the time to report this. I’ll keep an eye out for him on our walks.
4 Daniel // Jan 16, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Whopper, you’d shoot one of your own? I thought so.
5 iheartgreenwood // Jan 16, 2011 at 9:13 pm
I’ve seen him, too, near the Fred Meyer on 87th. Don’t know whose he is, though. He had a collar, but I didn’t want to get that close to a strange dog.
6 meme // Jan 17, 2011 at 1:05 am
There’s a guy that lives or lived in an apartment near 97th and Greenwood that has two big bulldogs that are frequently wandering around the alley completely unsupervised. One is a brown and white female who is very well-mannered, the other is male, and I’m pretty sure he is mottled black and white. The guy has claimed that they are both friendly, trained service animals, but he refuses to accept the leash laws of Seattle.
7 Too Muchmoney // Jan 17, 2011 at 7:08 am
Dogs! Bah!
I don’t get why so many people suddenly (a couple years ago) decided it was a good idea to get 2 (and sometimes 3) dogs! Barkbarkbarkbark!
8 greenwoodgreenlake // Jan 17, 2011 at 11:06 am
He has been on 79th and Linden twice in the past month – not very friendly. I tried to get him along with another person – he makes me very nervous, we have a bunch of children on our block.
9 sezdog // Jan 17, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Meme, I think that guy used to live on our street. He has impaired vision. The male dog is something like “Dojo” and I can’t remember the female’s name. She’s very sweet with people. The male is kind of skittish. The female suffered severe injuries after falling out a pick-up—you don’t put a service animal (or any) in the back of a pick-up. He is very well known to Animal Control. More than once I saw him yelling and threatening them. He doesn’t care what his dogs do—they were loose all the time.
10 SPG // Jan 18, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Hey everyone, program this number into your phone: 206-386-PETS
That’s the number for the animal shelter. If you see a dog on the street running around without a leash they’ll come right over and pick ‘em up. They’re pros and know how to catch even “HUGE!!!!” dogs like Dogzilla that recently destroyed large swaths of Phinney (at least according to the headline).
That number again is 206-386-PETS. Did you get that? 206-386-PETS isn’t that hard to remember and even easier if you program it into your phone.
11 meme // Jan 19, 2011 at 10:16 pm
@sezdog – Yeah, that sounds like him. I think the female dog’s name is something like Niko. Sad that she was hurt. I think the guy does care about his dogs, but makes bad choices.
@SPG – Thanks for the info. That sounds like the best course of action for people.
12 Tiktok // Jan 19, 2011 at 10:56 pm
I believe it was Dojo that fell out of the pickup. He’s fine with people, but very aggressive with dogs.
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