I would like thank you for your post because it did alert others. In the future please call then post and mention it was called in.

I just have to chime in here -- the mental image of two marauding hot-dog dogs ... well, I've had a good laugh. Thank you, and good luck!

If they are not up to date on their rabies shots or if they bite a dog or person and it causes an infection it wouldn't be a laughing matter.

Oh, come on, XYZ. Lighten up. Of course I get it that there are risks here. But it's Friday, and doesn't the mental image touch your funny bone a little???

Who are you? City government employee?

Long n Mean

I know dachshunds to be a pretty aggressive breed, and actually wish I could find something funny about these dogs, but I can't, and I've been trying for months now.
I don't know who XYZ is, but I know who I am, and I know my aunt-by-marriage, who was bitten in the face by an ill-trained dachshund, and I tell my daughter to steer very clear of these two dogs on Orange Street. They *have* bitten another dog of my acquaintance, the owners clearly need to get a tighter rein on these animals, and I worry, seriously, about something really bad happening here. I'm glad someone posted this issue to SCF and hope some not-horrifying solution to the issue can be arrived at before something very unfortunate happens. Signed, Jewish Mother who is, ok, a bit of a worrywart, but who really seriously loves dogs but has deep reservations about these two.

This is so interesting. I had no idea dachsunds were known for being vicious! Maybe it's analogous to the short-man syndrome?

I think it is illegal in New Haven to leave dogs unleashed. If these dogs are running around unleashed on Orange Street, they are going to be flattened, killed, by a car. I don't understand why dog owners don't get this simple fact.

cute, neighbor, same here (re: the first part of your comment)

just wondering, you say they are often unleashed... unleashed on the property they live at just out in the open (e.g. on the front steps or walkway) or like unleashed behind a fence and barking? i mean, in what such way were other dogs/people bitten by them in the past, if anyone knows? you get to close to the gate or do they literally jump out of the bushes at you?

I have seen many aggressive Dachshunds. They have been used to hunt badgers.
I hope someone has called animal control and public safety because the city has yet to acknowledged this and they have to know there is a problem before something is done. See Click Fix is a good tool but it has to be used correctly. When you see a problem like this you have to use the phone first , you can then post to alert others and to have a record it was called in. Your post should mention what department it was called into. I am not calling this in because I have not witness an attack

While I am not original poster, I have had the experience of dogs being in the back yard - unleashed & unfenced - and tearing out to the front sidewalk to attack my dog. While they are small they worked as a pair to leave my rather big dog with nowhere to go. Owner was apologetic but unable to control them.

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