Perhaps it was a problem that needed to be dealt with?
As the old joke goes: Ole and Sven are sitting on the bench outside Ole's barn, watching his old bird dog, who's lying under a tree, intensely licking his private parts as dogs are wont to do.
Ole: "By yiminy, Sven, I wish I could do that, you know?
Sven: "What's stoppin' ya, Ole....he's your dog, yah??"
Unless they're using my dog, it's not my problem.