Local officials investigate neglect of porcelain dog

[Zoid]

Idiots!

Published: 8th January 2007 11:04 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/6020/

A man in Kistinge, a town near Halmstad in western Sweden, has a porcelain dog on the steps of his house.

There it sits, perfectly still, leaving postmen and neighbourhood cats to go about their business in peace.

But the local environmental health office received an anonymous tip that the animal was being neglected and went over to investigate.

Having received the complaint, an environmental health officer and a departmental manager failed in the onerous task of carrying out research on the breed of dog in question.

As a result, the office manager drove over to the man's address to size up the situation.

"We received an anonymous report and I went out to take a look.

"There was nobody home, which meant that I couldn't go up to the house.

"I observed from a distance from my car and could confirm that there was a dog sitting there absolutely still," the manager told Hallandsposten.

He confesses to being embarrassed upon discovering that he was barking up the wrong tree.

"It's not the first time we've been tricked by porcelain dogs. Once we got a report about a dog sitting out in a field," he said.

The 'dog owner' is none too impressed by the local council's animal recognition skills.

"It's a bit laughable that they couldn't see it was a porcelain statue," he said.

TT/The Local

[Dis]

no way this can be true. And it's not even a stupid american.

[LordShiva]

Dogs

[Zoid]

Dis, you´d be amazed at what nosy neighbours can do. In my old apartment building I had a nosy old bat for a neighbour that called the police when I burned incense, 'cos she thought I smoked pot.

[Dis]

but it can be good in ways. They will watch your house if someone breaks in.

My neighbors don't give a **** what I do. I could be out in the yard ****ing an inflatable sheep, and they wouldn't say anything. Not that I have done that before or anything.

[Zoid]

You´ve never done it in public before, you mean?

[Dis]

not to threadjack, but my friend from Saudi Arabia saw an inflatable sheep in a shop here in Vegas. She thought it was a pool toy. . She's so innocent when it comes to sex. It's so cute. It had to be explained to her that the sheep was not for use in the pool (though I suppose that is possible too). But I thought sheep ****ing was common in Saudi Arabia, so I was surprised she didn't know that. And I had no idea they sold those kinds of things in sex shops here in Vegas. Shows how innocent I am.

So the real question is if I had an inflatable sheep in my front yard for weeks. Would my neighbors call in for animal neglect?

[Zoid]

Oooh, you could get on that Animal Cops show on Animal Planet

[FrostyBoy]

Inflatable sheep?

Ok, that's it, I'm investing money into getting off this planet.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

I agree nosey neighbors can make ur life miserable. On asignment in oregon I had my dog and children there with me. One night he dog got out the door ad i went out yelling at the dog to come back to the house. his name is snickers. it was late at night bout 10 or so on a friday night. At 10 am the next morning i have a police trooper banging on the door wanting to know why i was calling my kids ******s and stuff. I thought wtf. The neighbor heard me callin the dog and thought i was saying ****** when i was saying nickers, so yes nosey neighbors are a pain.

[Ben Kenobi]

Wow. You'd think they would actually bother to talk to you first before calling the cops.

I've had good neighbours, generally if something happens we'll go over and talk it out before getting anyone else involved. I don't recall anyone on our block ever calling the cops on someone.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski
I agree nosey neighbors can make ur life miserable. On asignment in oregon I had my dog and children there with me. One night he dog got out the door ad i went out yelling at the dog to come back to the house. his name is snickers. it was late at night bout 10 or so on a friday night. At 10 am the next morning i have a police trooper banging on the door wanting to know why i was calling my kids ******s and stuff. I thought wtf. The neighbor heard me callin the dog and thought i was saying ****** when i was saying nickers, so yes nosey neighbors are a pain.

I'm sure parents would love to call them names. But I can't imagine parents calling their kids the n word.

[Dr. A. Cula]

Originally posted by Dis


but it can be good in ways. They will watch your house if someone breaks in.

You'd think so, but it's not true. I live in an appartment building with 51 neighbours. Everybody knows exactly how many people live in my apartment (there are maintenance fees based on that), how I redecorated the apartment (including paint type and color, furniture and kitchen/bathroom appliance make and model), how many times my water pipes broke, how many hours I spend in front of the computer every night, and all sorts of personal details I never cared to learn about them, but the night some idiot decided to break my car's window nobody saw or heard anything.

[Chemical Ollie]

Porcelain animals could be very life-like. We fooled our dog once, by placing a full-size porcelain cat, sleeping on a pillow, in the living room. The dog wen't bananas and barked for several minutes, until it understood it was a fake.

[Saras]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Dogs

My parents had to put my 11 year old darling German sheppard Arika to slepp a week ago