Why do people think it's okay to let their dog shout at people who walk by?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Dogs gonna dog. If you don't like it, walk a different route, like I do! Once thing I would never do is tease the dog, because then you can be liable. If the home/dog owners have cameras, the teasing will be shown as evidence.

Ha! NO

Why not?

Our neighborhood newsletter used to post a request that people not walk their dogs past houses with dogs that barked at passing dogs. But my dog didn't care that she was being barked at, and someone else's barking dog is not my problem.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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?

Dogs bark, babies cry, birds chirp, sirens wail. Even my toddler’s books describe this. This is normal life. We don’t all desire to live in a monastery, some of us prefer a lively neighborhood.

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Right? It is like people without kids who constantly complain about them having fun in their own yard. WTH?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

In the yard or on a walk? Trying to understand your complaint.

In any event, I don't really care. I have the nicest dog. But she is protective and barks on walks. And she's loud b/c of her breed. She is trained and only barks in/near our home, on walks in our neighborhood. She is a perfect angel in training.

I will not use a bark collar.

You will have to deal with it. Sorry/not sorry.

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If OP had a dog, OP would probably cut its vocal cords right out. My god.

[Anonymous]

Curious how many dog owners let their dogs out to bark more or longer since OP's posts?

[Anonymous]

Barking dogs is a reflection of barking owners. It’s a crazy world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Dogs gonna dog. If you don't like it, walk a different route, like I do! Once thing I would never do is tease the dog, because then you can be liable. If the home/dog owners have cameras, the teasing will be shown as evidence.

Ha! NO

Why not?

Our neighborhood newsletter used to post a request that people not walk their dogs past houses with dogs that barked at passing dogs. But my dog didn't care that she was being barked at, and someone else's barking dog is not my problem.

WTH? How on earth could people make sure they didn’t walk their dogs past houses inhabited by barking dogs? Were the owners of barkers asked to mark their house in some way so other dog owners would know which houses to avoid? Were dog owners supposed to take notes on which houses had barkers? Were dog owners who live in your neighborhood supposed to drive their dogs out of the neighborhood and then walk them somewhere else?

There are barking dogs on both sides of my house, on both sides of our (short!) street. There’s a barker who lives along the footpath behind my house. There are barkers on every street in my neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Barking dogs is a reflection of barking owners. It’s a crazy world.

I don't even know what this means, and not so sure I care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Dogs gonna dog. If you don't like it, walk a different route, like I do! Once thing I would never do is tease the dog, because then you can be liable. If the home/dog owners have cameras, the teasing will be shown as evidence.

Ha! NO

Why not?

Our neighborhood newsletter used to post a request that people not walk their dogs past houses with dogs that barked at passing dogs. But my dog didn't care that she was being barked at, and someone else's barking dog is not my problem.

WTH? How on earth could people make sure they didn’t walk their dogs past houses inhabited by barking dogs? Were the owners of barkers asked to mark their house in some way so other dog owners would know which houses to avoid? Were dog owners supposed to take notes on which houses had barkers? Were dog owners who live in your neighborhood supposed to drive their dogs out of the neighborhood and then walk them somewhere else?

There are barking dogs on both sides of my house, on both sides of our (short!) street. There’s a barker who lives along the footpath behind my house. There are barkers on every street in my neighborhood.

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Same here, which is why I do not understand OP's posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious how many dog owners let their dogs out to bark more or longer since OP's posts?

I didn’t. But, I had someone I didn’t know think it was ok to sled with their 6 yr old in my front yard. I let my dog bark aggressively until they left

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Curious how many dog owners let their dogs out to bark more or longer since OP's posts?

I didn’t. But, I had someone I didn’t know think it was ok to sled with their 6 yr old in my front yard. I let my dog bark aggressively until they left

Wow, that’s brazen. (The sledders, not you.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious how many dog owners let their dogs out to bark more or longer since OP's posts?

I didn’t. But, I had someone I didn’t know think it was ok to sled with their 6 yr old in my front yard. I let my dog bark aggressively until they left

Wow, that’s brazen. (The sledders, not you.)

WTH sleds in other people's yards? WTA...?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious how many dog owners let their dogs out to bark more or longer since OP's posts?

I bring my dogs inside if they start barking in the yard.

But I absolutely encourage them to bark when inside and someone approaches the home.

Outside and inside are different rules and they know it.

[Anonymous]

My dog is 7.5 pounds and the definition of all bark no bite. Even if she could get through the door, she is doing nothing, but part of her entertainment is people watching at the front door. Since she is in my house and on my property and you aren't and shouldn't be, I don't care how you feel about her barking OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dog is 7.5 pounds and the definition of all bark no bite. Even if she could get through the door, she is doing nothing, but part of her entertainment is people watching at the front door. Since she is in my house and on my property and you aren't and shouldn't be, I don't care how you feel about her barking OP.

Just curious pp if barking at strangers meant that your dog was stresses. Would that change your opinion?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My dog is 7.5 pounds and the definition of all bark no bite. Even if she could get through the door, she is doing nothing, but part of her entertainment is people watching at the front door. Since she is in my house and on my property and you aren't and shouldn't be, I don't care how you feel about her barking OP.

Just curious pp if barking at strangers meant that your dog was stresses. Would that change your opinion?

Many dogs are bred to bark. If PP has a chihuahua, which is likely, that breed is developed to be a guardian dog. Not an attack dog, but an alerting dog. It isn’t necessarily stressed at all. I had one and he would always bark a couple of times if someone pulled up to the house, then snooze off again on the couch.

My beagle is bred to be a hunting dog. She barks at squirrels, never people. She isn’t stressed—she LOVES hunting and wants to go chase them, is letting me know there is something to hunt. Excited, not stressed.