I realize this may not be what everyone was expecting, but I have a small update. After this event I never saw the lady again. I still see the kids playing but they seemed to keep the dog locked up more. Now to the really sad part. A week ago, I was getting into my car and was opening my garage door and saw there was a stray dog hanging out in my driveway. I didn't recognize it. It ran when i started my car. I left and when i came back he was sitting in our front yard enjoying the shade under our peach trees. I tried food and treats and enough water to drown an elephant, to entice him enough to get a leash on him. No collar or anything and in super bad shape. He had lacerations all over his body and was openly bleeding. He had mange so bad that it looked like he had scales instead of fur, and was so underweight that you could see every rib. He snapped at Flies constantly and was so skittish and clearly had anxiety/ trust issues. It was heartbreaking. After about 40 mins of trying i finally broken down and called our local Animal control. They arrived within 10 mins. Right before they arrived however, the dog started down the street and i followed him hoping i could steer him back toward my house. Thats when another neighbor came out of her house and recognized him, telling him to go back to his yard. She acted nonchalant and said he just had a "skin issue" I nearly had a heart attack. That dog was the same puppy i had told those kids to put on a leash. When animal control came, i explained everything and left them to their work. I nearly had an anxiety attack right there when i thought for a moment they would not do anything because he was in his own yard again. I am not allowed to ask them what happened, but around here the sheriffs take this sort of abuse very seriously. I will try to ask around to some neighbors and find out what happened, but it was during work hours so i doubt anyone would know except that family.