Dog days in Struthers

Dog days in Struthers

Since March of this year, I have been a prisoner inside of my own home on Charles Street in Struthers. My neighbors possess two — maybe more — large, fast and aggressive dogs. They are constantly barking, unleashed and uncontrollable.

These animals are loose almost every day. They attempt to attack me and my family. They are constantly running aggressively at me onto my property and onto my front porch. I expect to be able to go into my yard and outside of my home, on my property without being attacked by large unleashed dogs at all times. I have to look out of my windows and around my house and my yard to make sure that it is safe to go outside every day of my life. I have been contacting the Struthers police department about this matter; all I am asking for is to be safe on my own property, so my family, my children and my grandchildren can come and go and enjoy my own property like normal people usually do.

Thank God one of my grandchildren or one of my girlfriend’s grandchildren was not outside when I told my neighbor her dog was loose and attempted to attack me on my front porch. She threatened to let him out right then and used an obscene expression to say he would mess me up.

The Struthers police were contacted and said they will make a report. This has been occurring for nine long, sad months.

Chris Donatelli, Struthers