Because the neighbor will give you trouble too. I tried your way. The lug nuts on my car were loosened and the brake lines cut. I’m lucky my husband noticed it before I left for work.
I never said to use force. I said to make animal control’s life a living hell until they take the beast out of the neighborhood.
I lost two cats and the neighbor woman lost her cute little dog and you think I should say, “Hello neighbor, would you mind not letting you dog kill my cats again?”
I swear the post on FR are getting so absurd these days. The guy had a freaking killer pitbull for goodness sake!!!
Your story is the very reason to, perhaps, not discuss the situation, but take action. No point in painting a target on your back.
We aren’t talking about your situation, nor was the OP talking about your neighbor. The OP asked about his neighbor’s dog roaming free, and unless I missed it, the neighbor’s dog had not killed his cats. In civilized society, neighbors talk to each other, and then things escalate if that fails. I’m sorry you don’t live in a civilized neighborhood. I’m also sorry about your cats.
And, no, if my neighbor’s dog had killed two of my cats, I would have gone over and told the owner that if he didn’t get rid of the dog, the dog would disappear anyway.