Apartment dogs lunging and growling

[Anonymous]

They sound cute!

[Anonymous]

OP you've had a lot of hostile responses on this thread and I just wanted to say I hope everything resolves ok for you, your dog, and the neighbors. It sounds stressful and I would be feeling threatened and intimidated if I were in your shoes. Well done for going the official routes to try and fix the situation.

[Anonymous]

I appreciate you reporting them OP. Too many people got dogs during the pandemic and did not train them. I see so many people walking their dogs and they lunge at folks. I cannot imagine having to deal with this on a daily basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you've had a lot of hostile responses on this thread and I just wanted to say I hope everything resolves ok for you, your dog, and the neighbors. It sounds stressful and I would be feeling threatened and intimidated if I were in your shoes. Well done for going the official routes to try and fix the situation.

OP seems to have triggered the irresponsible dog owners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a lifelong dog owner and would absolutely have done the same thing.

One of my German shepherds became reactive after being attacked when he was young, and I had to be very careful with him.

There's a couple in my neighborhood who also had a large German Shepherd. It bit dogs and, most recently, a human when it was allowed off leash in a public park -- it jumped up and bit a guy in the shoulder from the back side. Haven't seen the dog since and I heard that HRA finally got called to assist. Poor dog was most likely a rescue, and certainly did not belong with that young, inexperienced couple.

Unforgivable--that couple is inexperienced but also grossly irresponsible if they let a dog off-leash outside a dog park. As a result, a person was injured and the dog might have paid with its life. I hope they are barred from ever owning pets.

[Anonymous]

Well bred GSDs are terrific dogs, but only in the hands of experienced dog owners. The majority of GSDs in USA are not well bred and are in the hands of idiots which is why GSDs rank so highly in the dog bite statistics etc.

Lazy and/or inexperienced dog enthusiasts need mutts with <30% pitbull genes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well bred GSDs are terrific dogs, but only in the hands of experienced dog owners. The majority of GSDs in USA are not well bred and are in the hands of idiots which is why GSDs rank so highly in the dog bite statistics etc.

Lazy and/or inexperienced dog enthusiasts need mutts with <30% pitbull genes.

No lazy dog owners need bulldogs!

[Anonymous]

We have a GSD and (lunging and barking at other dogs) and reactivity to other dogs is not uncommon but needs to be addressed through training. Ours did some of this as a puppy- does not anymore (even if another dog is lunging at her, she follows our redirection).

The above generally has no relation to other humans/kids btw…that is a totally different thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t tell someone else where to walk their dog. And if this is all happening outside, it’s not the building manager’s jurisdiction.

Yes, I most certainly can. There are breed restrictions in this apartment. German Shepherds are not allowed.

And there is a good reason why German Shepherds are not allowed in your apartment complex. Pitbulls, Rottweilers, and German Shepherds are the most common biters. (Just ask President Biden's Secret Service team.)

I have been a dog owner--all large breed dogs--for over 5 decades. German Shepherds just cannot be trusted around another dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A young couple who live in my apartment have two large breed dogs that look more like German Shepherds than Huskies. This couple cannot control their dogs. The dogs are growling and lunging at my 12 pound 13 year old Havanese dog.

It happened 3x today.

I don't want to, but I will have to talk to the apartment manager tomorrow. I am seriously worried the dogs are going to attack a child.

Dogs are probably anxious. Apartment living is not great for big anxious dogs. I would avoid when you see them

[Anonymous]

Why didn't you lead with German Shepherds are not allowed in your first post? There's not need to discuss anything else if that's the case.

Do not write lengthily about other stuff. If you start writing about how they should walk elsewhere, you are implicitly accepting that they have a right to stay. Which they don't.

See how it works? Straight to the heart of the matter. Facts that are pertinent to the rule.

[Anonymous]

Love GSD. Such smart dogs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t tell someone else where to walk their dog. And if this is all happening outside, it’s not the building manager’s jurisdiction.

Yes, I most certainly can. There are breed restrictions in this apartment. German Shepherds are not allowed.

And there is a good reason why German Shepherds are not allowed in your apartment complex. Pitbulls, Rottweilers, and German Shepherds are the most common biters. (Just ask President Biden's Secret Service team.)

I have been a dog owner--all large breed dogs--for over 5 decades. German Shepherds just cannot be trusted around another dog.

dp that is unfair because the White House is a very stressful place even for humans! I imagine President Biden wasn't able to spend too much time with Commander and he was under extreme stress. What President Biden needs is a very social dog like a golden