Is this to over the top

[HugDoggy]

Hi all, So I travel past a house regularly on a country road with a 100km/hr (63 miles/hr) speed limit and more often than not I see a GSD race out the front gate to chase whatever is passing. He only goes about 100m or so down the road before returning back to his house. It's a quiet road normally, but I am really concerned for his safety. Today he almost caused a major accident when a car was following the Motorbike the dog had taken off after. The car locked up all 4 wheels and only just stopped in a huge cloud of smoke before they hit him. I was coming the other way and knowing of his games, I had already slowed down before I got to the property gate so I was able to stop safely myself without difficulty. I called to the other driver to make sure they were ok, as I ran accross the road to the dog. The young girl behind the wheel was shaken, but fine otherwise. I managed to get hold of the dogs collar and check him over. He didn't have so much as a hair out of place. I told the girl "He's fine, I'll take him back to that house there, I've got a few words I want to say to them, about letting him run loose like this." She offered to come with me and I waited till she moved her car off to the side of the road. There was no answer at the door so we left the dog and I closed the front gate.

So when I got home I wrote what follows, and was going to put it in their letterbox next time I pass later this week. My question is, is the ending to descriptive? I really want to drive home the point that I was making, but I don't want to be too rude or scary the dog was still fine this time.

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A message from your dog.

Dear Human family members, can I please ask you to remember to close the front gate as I keep getting these urges to run out onto the road chasing bikes and motorbikes and the occasional car if it looks interesting.

Why just the other day I almost caught a car, well actually it almost caught me. Upon thinking about it, I have decided that I would look pretty silly squished flat with my insides on the outside. After all Red would clash with my coat colours.

˚Thank you for listening.

Love D. Dog
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[Disanima]

It could sound a little intimidating in the last part, but I like the idea. Maybe something like a playing dead joke would be equally effective without being too crude?
Well, it also depends on what kind of owners they are and if they really care about their dog...

 

[YIMBY]

Personally I would've just gone with "Your dog is a hazard to traffic and eventually somebody, human or canine, is going to get hurt". Your creative writing might get a more empathetic response, but if it doesn't you'll probably just confuse them.

 

[ryirkil]

Or add a "P.S. Really, do something or there will be an accident eventually." to emphasize this is for real. Otherwise, just go with it, good idea.

 

[Kristy]

Great idea! However, might some people take it as a threat by you to hurt their dog? You would not, of course, but the dog's owner, getting mad and/or defensive, might say you are threatening their dog when you are not. A few changes in words use and verbiage would prevent that.
Thank-you being so caring about animals, and stepping up.

 

[HugDoggy]

Thanks for your input everyone, I have toned it down a bit. Hopefully this is better

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A message from your dog.

Dear Human family members, can I please ask you to remember to close the front gate as I keep getting these urges to run out onto the road chasing bikes and motorbikes and the occasional car if it looks interesting.

Why just the other day I almost caught a car, well actually it almost caught me. Upon thinking about it, I have decided that if any of my red stuff comes out, from the car hitting me; that would probably be very not good. And I want to be a good boy, so if you could help me fight my car and bike chasing addiction, by keeping the gate shut that would be great.

˚Thank you for listening.

Love D. Dog
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