Neighbour has dangerous dog - options?

There is a little of the usual divurgence into Thai 'bashing/complaining' and Thai "apology/suck up' on this issue - how unusual.

However, there are some great ideas of how to 'peacefully' deal with the situation, and there are some great ideas on how to 'forcefully' deal with the situation.

What I suggest is that you try to peaceful solutuons first, and if they fail then leave enough time/space, and then take forceful action.

Let me tell you a story: Many years a go a work colleague of mine and I became close friends and both our families would get together on a regular basis in each other's house. Then one day he got a dog - from the local pound. I am a bit of a 'dog whisperer' and I have been able to control/talk to any dog since I was young. But this dog was a problem - clearly it had been abused and was 'screwed up'. Now whilst I had the knowledge and ability to re-train and 'fix' this dog, my friend had never had a dog before. I tried many times to tell him the dog was a problem and dangerous to children, but he would not listen (insert Thai mindset). In the end I would not let my children play in their backyard with the dog, unless I was there as well. And that is the problem - children - they sometimes do stupid things to dogs and also their 'fear' can actually cause a 'bad' dog to attack. We started drifting apart after that, and then one day a month or so later he stormed into my office at work acusing me of killing his dog. What I was able to ascertain is that the dog has been poisoned, but had in the week previous to that got out of the yard and had attacked two young girls - one was very badly injured. Despite me trying to tell him that I didn't do it, he continued to believe that it was me that killed his dog. That was until a neighbours dog was also killed a few weeks later. When he came to apologise I told him 'very loudly and forcully' what sort a of <removed> he was, and never to come near me again. PS - I did not poison it, but I was thinking about it.

Moral of the Story: 1. Some people are <removed> in the head when it comes to dogs - they cannot and will not understand - my 'friend' was more concerned about me killing his dog, than the damage the dog had done to the two girls. 2. Some dogs are <removed> in the head - they can attack a child and once that happens the child's life can be forever damaged. 3. If you cannot solve a violent dog problem peacefully, and your children are at risk, take action or you may regret not doing so for the rest of your life (remove yourself/child from danger, or remove the danger).