Do invisible fences work for aggressive dogs?

[Anonymous]

My neighbor has a very large, very aggressive dog that comes charging at anyone walking by the house. I'm talking snarling, growling, and barking. It scares the daylights out of people despite the invisible fence. Based on things I've read in the local police report, this guy is not anyone I'd ever consider approaching. What recourse do we in the area have?

[Anonymous]

No, the invisible fence will not stop the dog if it decides that it wants to run through. Unfortunately, until it does, you can really only file a noise complaint if it barks enough to violate your local ordinance. Maybe man up and speak to your neighbor, though. He may not be as scary as you think.

[Anonymous]

If it stays on his property then it isn't really aggressive at all. Just protecting its territory, which all dogs do.

A real fence would be better of course. Perhaps consider offering to pay 50% of a nice fence if he'd like to go in halves on one. Build up concern about his own dog. Say stray dogs or coyotes are attacking pets in the area, and that shock collar invisible fence won't stop them from coming into his yard.

"Good fences make for good neighbors."

Walls work wonders at preventing intrusions and attacks.

[Anonymous]

You could move to the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could move to the country.

Yes, but out there, the dogs haven't got even a radio fence to restrain them.

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

If the dog is entirely contained on the owner's property, I don't know how much you can do.

If the dog can get its face over the sidewalk, you may be able to file a report for "unwanted contact" violations, depending on where you live. MoCo's law is:

Unwanted Contact -

The pet owner must prevent unwelcome or unsolicited threatening physical contact or close proximity to a person or a domestic animal that occurs outside the owner’s property that may cause alarm in a reasonable person, such as biting, chasing, tracking, inhibiting movement, or jumping. ($500 fine)

But given how you've described the dog's owner, it might be best to just walk on the other side of the street. Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could move to the country.

Wait until you run into a pack of pit bulls or coyotes that are hungry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, the invisible fence will not stop the dog if it decides that it wants to run through. Unfortunately, until it does, you can really only file a noise complaint if it barks enough to violate your local ordinance. Maybe man up and speak to your neighbor, though. He may not be as scary as you think.

I generally think this is good advice but someone who is making noise on the local police blotter isn't the one to mess with. Nothing to do with animals.

[Anonymous]

Walk on the other side of the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could move to the country.

Wait until you run into a pack of pit bulls or coyotes that are hungry.

Lordy jaysus... a pack of wild pit bulls? You are an insane person. Go touch grass and come back to reality, pp.