Question...what would you do?

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  • KandGRanch
    KandGRanch Posts: 131 Member
    nothing to report. we don't have leash laws either. I keep my three on leash (ironically, I have a pit bull mix and two huskies) and just try to make the widest circle I can with them -_-

    don't bother talking to them about it, everyone who lets their dog run loose unattended "has the FRIENDLIEST DOG EVER" and if YOU have a problem its DUH, YOUR mean dog causing it.

    I found another hour/area to walk in (although my favorite is when I walk out my front door to find a dog IN MY YARD and im STILL in the wrong for telling it to go away....)
  • MomTo3Lovez
    MomTo3Lovez Posts: 800 Member
    She has dogs rushing people as they go by, she leaves them unattended and unleashed, she tells a small child to "shut up", she doesn't apologize the second time around and let there be a second time, voiding the first apology and apparently is "off" enough for this poor girl trying to innocently walk her pet seek advice on a completely unrelated forum. It just sounds like the precursor for an episode of COPS.

    ....nevermind
  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member

    Poor dog socialization too. Most owners properly socialize their dogs, a few don't, and do things like hold them and prevent them from properly greeting other dogs.

    Dogs that run straight at another dog are not "well socialized". A direct approach is very rude in dog language (an arced approach without direct eye contact is a polite dog approach). We don't all have labs. Also we're talking about one little dog being approached in a rude manner by three larger dogs. I don't think her concerns are an "entitled" point of view, rather she is concerned about the safety of her dog, like any good dog owner would be. It's not "entitlement" to expect to be able to walk down a public sidewalk without having off leash dogs running up on her. The neighbor may be within her rights to have her dogs off leash in her own yard, but not if they are not well trained enough to stay in their yard. The second they are cross the property line, that neighbor is a bad dog owner.
  • spirytwynd
    spirytwynd Posts: 141 Member
    There have been lots of comments. I will leave it at that. You are the one who is there and has deal with the situations, and the consequences. I recommend, before anything else, you go talk to your neighbor. Try to do it when things are chilled out and she isn't trying to watch her three dogs and child in the yard. Taking dog treats would be a nice gesture, I suggest that they be in a sealed, store bought box so that there is absolutely no question of your good intentions. See what you can do to work things out and see if you can socialize the dogs, preferably one dog at a time at first, and then build to multiple dogs at once. You can tell her when you usually want to walk your dog as a courtesy, though not as trying to change her behavior or limited her - that is disrespectful. Hey, disrespect usually ends up going both ways. :-) Frankly, at this point, she probably already knows when you walk your dog. A little respect and cooperation often goes a long way. Good luck. Hopefully, it never reaches the point where the police get involved.
    That is rarely a good thing.

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