Why do people think it's okay to let their dog shout at people who walk by?
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Anonymous
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I don't allow my children to sit at the front windows/door of my home screaming threats and cursing at ever person who walks by...
Why do people think it's okay for their dogs to do this? I'm a dog lover. I have a 2-year-old, high-energy dog, who would love to bark at every person/dog/squirrel/mailman. But I don't allow him because it's rude and he is not allowed to threaten people. Yet, it never ceases to amaze me on a walk through our neighborhood how many dogs are aggressively barking at us as we pass - low-pitched, rapid barking, often jumping up on the windows/doors. They bark at me, my kids, my dog... I feel especially annoyed at people who allow their dogs to do this to the mail carriers. Mail carriers do a really hard job anyway, they shouldn't have to feel terrified because your dog attacks the door when they drop off your Amazon package. One time, I saw a UPS driver leap down a neighbor's front steps, sprinting away from a house with an aggressive-sounding dog lunging at the glass door and barking. Not to mention the people who just leave their aggressive barking dogs out alone in the yard to surprise terrorize anyone who walks by... You think your just walking by another fence and then cujo is suddenly right next to you! I can't imagine why their owners think this is okay and they don't train their dog? Maybe just that they don't realize what their dogs are "saying"? Do they realize and they just don't care? |
Anonymous
| You’re equating a screaming/cussing kid with a barking dog? Really? |
Anonymous
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Because their dog is special and "friendly" and just saying "hi" and they're too lazy to train their dog.
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Anonymous
What do you think the dogs are saying when they are low-pitched, rapidly barking at lunging at the door or fence? Come on in, let's be friends! 
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Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| This is so annoying. I judge neighbors who let their dogs do this. |
Anonymous
| I think this is annoying as well, but this is one of the more ridiculous posts I've seen on DCUM. |
Anonymous
| M dog is a small terrier and she DNGAF about training for barking. She barks because she thinks she's protecting her family. |
Anonymous
Bark collar |
Anonymous
You have to be really consistent. Every time she barks, she has to have a consequence. Either she gets put in her crate or gets put on leash. Every. Single. Time. It's exhausting, especially if they've been doing it for awhile already and it's a habit, but after a few months she will stop. Or, just put a bark collar on her. |
Anonymous
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It is the strongest instinct in a dog to guard it's people and the hardest to train out.
Just ignore them. They aren't biting you, following you off leash through town - so who cares. We pass a house (walking our dog) where 2 dogs throw themselves at the glass and bark. I just find it funny. My dog doesn't care and often pees on their lawn while watching them go insane. It is irrelevant. |
Anonymous
| bark collars are cruel |
Anonymous
| Yep this is so annoying. I don’t get how people live with these dogs. If it is that loud I can hear it clearly outside imagine how it sounds in the house? |
Anonymous
Why? |
Anonymous
+1 |