Well the neighbor called animal control and they made a visit to our house. He asked some questions, looked at the dogs kennels and our house. He then wanted to see our dogs and my wife with nothing to hide let Bailey and Chloe out in the yard and let them be themselves. The animal control guy tried everything he could to get them to leave the yard and my wife even tried coaxing them with their favorite ball but to no avail they stayed put. He then played with them and deemed then not viscious. Who knows what will happen next. Oh and I spoke with my attorney today as well.

He told me that they really don't have a leg to stand on. The city has dog ordinances which they did not follow and they were neglegent and irresponsible. Hope the animal control is the end of it.

I feel sorry for the neighbors and the loss of their dog, but at the same time, if they end up getting fined by the City and Animal Control...
They deserve it for the way they have handled the situation.

Blaming your dogs and then calling Animal Control on you for a situation they themselves caused?

They are the reason this whole tragity happend. If they were responsible owners, the dog would never have been on your property.

So, so sorry to hear of all the pain, aggravation and sorrow you going thur over this unfortunate incident.. My heart just breaks for you. On the brighter side, I can give you a solution to avoid this and any other unwanted neighborhood issues from happening again.  Put in a section of your backyard a 6 foot wooden privacy Doggy yard fence. We did that 5 years ago with for our Rocky boy and has worked just great. Winning reasons: I donot have to worry about unwanted dogs ect. from wandering in my yard. Prevents GSPs from barking out the fence at passer-bye people, skate boards, bikes ect. (Our backyard faces a rural road with fields for dogs to run in so every dog in our neighborhood is walked back there.) Rocky is a high lifted so prevents him from wandering over to neighbors plants. Gives us the power to pick and chose who can come into our fence. Also on a happy note I have been able to invite my Saluki Friend and her dogs to come over to play with Rocky. Been able to keep my son's Lab, Jackson who runs away over with ease of not worry about him running away. A six foot privacy fence is an investment. But well worth it to keep our GSPs and other dogs safe and secure. 

Wrong time of the year now, But here is a good pic of our fence. You can see in the background the road and fields where everyone run their dogs. Rocky has no issues of barking with this fence

Well animal control came last night and took our dogs. The were deemed high risk and we have to appeal their decision. It seems the neighbor (not the owner of the dog) said I told here at a 4th of July get together that people better not any dog's come in my yard or my dog's will kill them and she also told animal control that my dogs were standing in our yard barking constantly and acting very agressive toward any body that would come near. If this goes to appeal I will make her take a lie dectector test. She is make this very personnal because she is a friend of that family. The lies keep going on and on.

Oh my gosh - I am so sorry for all that you're going through   First of all, I definitely think you did nothing wrong with the whole Bear situation.  Now I do NOT understand how they could have come and taken your dogs after the animal control guy who was there played with them and witnessed that they were not dangerous, aggressive, etc?  Please keep us posted on the status of getting them back.  If your current attorney isn't moving things fast enough, I would move onto a second attorney and so on until I found one that did.  My heart seriously breaks for you.

Hope they come home soon.

Build a secure privacy fence in your backyard so you can prove to the judge, your dogs will be in a secured   invironment at all times. Do not allow your dogs in open areas in your yard where a neighboring dog could wander and be at risk. Only allow your dogs out when you are physically taking them on walks with a leash. Your dogs will be no threat to the neighbors dog as the neighbor dog will not physically be able to go in your dog's fenced yard. Sad it has to come to this. Life is not fair  When you think about it, many of us know of dogs who would be a threat to kids, other dogs ect. But our neighbors have these dogs in a secure fenced backyard, never letting them run free in their yard. Many of us walk by with our dogs on leash and here barking dogs in their fenced backyard. We donot worry about these dogs running out at us as they are in a secured fence. Plan of correction for the Judge: "We are going to build a secure fence in our backyard to secure our dogs and prevent other dogs in the neighborhood from wandering in our yard." Should have your dogs back in no time with plan.  My heart just breaks for you. Hope you get your dogs home soon. You are deep in my prayers.

Oh TessaGA.!!! I saw my retired dog loving neighbors go thur a sad similar tragic thing. Their Greyhound mix, bit the UPS delivery guy in the leg causing puncture while he was delivering a package to their house. This couple was able to keep the dog as they proved to the judge, they had a secure fenced backyard. Would not let the dog run free out front in their yard. Finally would only take their Greyhound mix on leash walks when out in the neighborhood. They never lost the dog, kept the dog for years afterwards without further incident.