I have a 12 month old mastiff x staffy. Have had her about 8 months. I was talking to a friend this morning & apparently someone, actually 2 people, have called the RSPCA on me!

I'm stunned. Apparently she barks all the time, & I went away for 4 days & left here with no water or food. People were supposedly jumping over my fence to feed her & they found her curled up in a ball shivering one time.

WTF?? For starters, she doesn't bark. If a dog walks past she will, & every time she does I go out & see whats up & its lucky to last 5 minutes. There've been a few times where there's been a frog out there & she won't shoosh, but even that wasn't an all night thing. Maybe half an hour or something! & not late at night.
I buy an 8 kg bag of dog food every fortnight, plus she gets all scraps & left over bread. I have a tap that drips constantly into a bowl for her so she's always got water & why on earth would someone jump my fence too feed her when there's a gate at the side of the house? Actually on both sides.

None of this makes any sence to me. The last time I was away was just after christmas & at that time there were 2 dogs here, not just one. & there was plenty of food & water left for them!
The only neighbours houses that can see into our yard are holiday houses, so there are only people there for a weekend every few weeks. How on earth would they know my where abouts all the time? One is across the road & one behind us. TBH other than our next door neighbours I don't even thing anyone else knows we have a dog! We have 6 foot fences & she doesn't go out of the back yard very often.

I'm just in a bit of shock. I grew up where dogs are kept on 4 foot of chain & going mad coz they aren't let off at all. My dog may not be allowed inside, but she has a huge yard & access to under my house to get out of the weather. I think she's very lucky TBH. I just said, oh well, they can come knock on my door anytime. Doesn't bother me!

But why? There are no other dogs in the neighbourhood that bark non stop, so I can't see how someone was just confused. I'd expect a call to DoCS sometimes, with the way my kids sometimes are, but not the RSPCA!

I'm making a million excuses, but I'm trying to make sence of all this.