Why don't you train your dog?

[Anonymous]

NP. This is how most cities attempt to regulate this...

900.6 No person owning, keeping, or having custody of a dog in the District shall
permit the dog to be confined in any yard or other enclosure, or on any private
property, or in any automobile or other vehicle, in a manner that allows the dog to
bite or menace persons lawfully using any public street, highway, or public space.

But the menace part of this is largely unenforced since it assumes a dog is "unreasonably aggressive" and many will argue that a dog barking to protect the homes property is not unreasonable, but natural and normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. This is how most cities attempt to regulate this...

900.6 No person owning, keeping, or having custody of a dog in the District shall
permit the dog to be confined in any yard or other enclosure, or on any private
property, or in any automobile or other vehicle, in a manner that allows the dog to
bite or menace persons lawfully using any public street, highway, or public space.

But the menace part of this is largely unenforced since it assumes a dog is "unreasonably aggressive" and many will argue that a dog barking to protect the homes property is not unreasonable, but natural and normal.

By definition, this would also ban having your dog in your car with the window down slightly. You won't find this being enforced except in extreme circumstances... not when Bob and Janes yellow lab is barking at passer's by through the fence.

[Anonymous]

What should I be trying to train my dog to do? My beagle is pretty dumb but he knows basic commands like sit, shake, down, touch, etc. He probably isn’t going to learn to juggle. He just wants to chase squirrels in the backyard and roll around in dirt. I let him live his life and don’t worry about what I *could* train him to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To those saying you're okay with your dog's half-trained behavior(s): Do you keep them away from other people, or do you expect other people to accept mediocrity from you/your animal(s)?

I hope you stay away from other people and animals because yikes! you lack awareness

I'm actually painfully aware of how mediocre (at best) some DC-area dog owners can be. Would that I wasn't; my life would be a lot happier if I didn't see y'all clowning the way you do, with your rude dogs and their "enthusiastic greetings" running all up on other people because you don't know how to use a leash correctly.

I can say the same for parents who let their kids run up to my dog demanding that they pet them RIGHT NOW! I control my dog who is afraid of kids and you control your kids to stay away from us.

Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What should I be trying to train my dog to do? My beagle is pretty dumb but he knows basic commands like sit, shake, down, touch, etc. He probably isn’t going to learn to juggle. He just wants to chase squirrels in the backyard and roll around in dirt. I let him live his life and don’t worry about what I *could* train him to do.

Well said, pp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What should I be trying to train my dog to do? My beagle is pretty dumb but he knows basic commands like sit, shake, down, touch, etc. He probably isn’t going to learn to juggle. He just wants to chase squirrels in the backyard and roll around in dirt. I let him live his life and don’t worry about what I *could* train him to do.

Honestly? If your beagle isn't a whiny, yappy, baying bag of jerk, you've done a great job training him!

[Anonymous]

That PP above is truly stretching the meaning of what’s illegal. Sure, if your fence is 3 ft tall and big chain link, and your dog is a mastiff, it might jump over and shouldn’t be out in the front yard lunging at people passing by. But a 6 ft, wooden fence, and the dog hearing a walker and barking at them is perfectly fine. The dog is alerting the owner of a potential stranger

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That PP above is truly stretching the meaning of what’s illegal. Sure, if your fence is 3 ft tall and big chain link, and your dog is a mastiff, it might jump over and shouldn’t be out in the front yard lunging at people passing by. But a 6 ft, wooden fence, and the dog hearing a walker and barking at them is perfectly fine. The dog is alerting the owner of a potential stranger

Actually, if your dog is doing this every time someone walks by, you're also likely to face a noise complaint at some point.

Or...

You could train your dog.