Neighbor puppy
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Anonymous
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Why can't people read?!
"I live in townhouse & my next door neighbor got a small puppy a few months ago. Everytime any of my family members step out 9f front door, their puppy runs to us barking leashed or unleashed. If there are no 3 big steps before getting on my front porch, I think that puppy may want to bite us. My neighbor has to call puppy back or tighten the leash everytime because their puppy runs to out yard & bark at us everytime. I have 2 young kids, under 4, and I am scared of dog. I see that puppy does not often bark at other people, except us every time. Why? We have been neighbors for a few years, and we are friendly to each other." This puppy is NOT coming into physical contact with OP. This puppy IS on a leash. |
Anonymous
Uh, you may want to read yourself. It specifically says leashed OR unleashed. |
Anonymous
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Most townhouses around here have the front door set off center so that it's just a few feet at most from the neighbor's property line. If the neighbor is on her property with her dog on a leash, she and/or her dog could easily be just a few feet from the neighbor's front door. Is the dog owner neighbor supposed to keep her dog on just a portion of her yard just in case the neighbor decides to exit while she and the dog are enjoying the yard? That doesn't seem right to me. If you don't want to risk being a few feet away from your neighbor (human or canine) when you enter or leave your unit, you should buy a townhouse that has an entryway that is well within your property lines. Or put up a fence like the people in this picture did.
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Anonymous
Yes. SMH, how hard is this to understand. If you don't want to train your dog not to run or lunge towards people while barking, you should not be enjoying the front yard- go to the back. People like the OP's non-mask wearing, non-dog training neighbor are selfish and give dog owners a bad rep. |
Anonymous
Guess you missed the part about how the puppy can't climb the three steps and thus cannot reach them? |
Anonymous
Do you think it's always going to not be able to climb the 3 steps??  Poorly trained puppies become poorly trained dogs.
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Anonymous
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Op it would be best if you could let the puppy sniff your hand. I know that may not be possible though.
We have dogs we have trained to be polite and even then one of my friends was scared because she is scared of all dogs not her own and bigger than 10 lbs.. It is not something she can help and it is my job to be sure my dogs don't bother her. Do not kick your neighbor"s dog, and teach your kids these things - do not approach a dog without owner's permission, do not try to pet a dog without permission. Do not run away from a dog because they will think you are playing and chase you. If the owner says you can pet their dog, hold out your hand, palm up, and let it sniff your hand. Do not reach over their head/face to pet their head. Do not make sudden movements. If the dogs stays around around sniffing your hand you can pet their back. If they don't look comfortable them don't pet them. |
Anonymous
| They call you the neighbor from Hell. Puppies don't bite they nip but not to be mean. They are just being puppies. Tell the owners that you do not like dogs and please keep him away from you. |
Anonymous
Who cares if they are doing it “to be mean”. Some of us don’t want to touch your dog. Keep it to yourself. |
Anonymous
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Wow - so much overreaction. Not everything has to instantly be thought of at the extreme. Yes, the neighbor should lease and train the puppy and no, it is not OP's responsibility. However, there are things OP can do now, to make the long term relationship with the neighbor and the puppy (soon to be adult dog) agreeable.
OP - I think that you need to have an opportunity to get to know the puppy, and the puppy to get to know you when there aren't other people around or other things going on. Let your neighbor know that you are concerned about how the puppy behaves around you and that you want to be able to go in and out of your house without worrying about the puppy. Ask if the neighbor would introduce the puppy to you, on the neighbor's porch, with both you and neighbor wearing masks. If you are not comfortable with the puppy on the ground on the leash, ask the neighbor to hold the puppy. Give it an opportunity to smell the back of your hand, and maybe pet it or give it a treat. Then talk with your neighbor (6-10 ft away) for a little while and just let the puppy become used to your presence. If the puppy is under control by being held, maybe you can get a little more used to it. At a different time, do something similar with each of your children. While you are talking with your neighbor, you can discuss your concerns about the leash length or the puppy not being on a leash in the front yard. In the long term, your goal is to just be able to ignore the dog, and have the dog ignore you. As the puppy gets older, it will be less excitable. But now is the time to establish your relationship with it, and you need to be in control of that relationship (by knowing the dog and ignoring it) not letting the dog control you by reacting in fear or thinking you are someone to play with. |
Anonymous
+1 I love dogs, including mine, but many people do not and you shouldn't be forced to interact with them. Neighbor needs to maintain control of their dog. Sorry, OP. |
Anonymous
No, I didn't miss it. But OP clearly says the dog is not always leashed, and you argued that it was. That would be incorrect, whether the dog can reach them or not. |
Anonymous
| My neighbors just got a cute puppy but they let it out very early 6:30-7am, and go back inside. When the dog is done she barks and barks and eventually they come and let her in. I’ve been waking up to this and it’s very annoying. I don’t know them well but we’ve chatted before. How to approach this? Ask that they get the dog in sooner or walk it first thing so it’s not barking? |
Anonymous
| OP, ignore the dognutters. Tell your neighbour to get her dog under control. You don’t have to make nice with the dog. Everyone doesn’t like dogs, and it’s your right to enjoy your home without having to deal with an untrained animal because your neighbour is too lazy to train it to be respectful. A barking, jumping puppy will become a barking, jumping adult, so you need to speak to the owner now. |
Anonymous
| Some dog owners expect everyone to adjust to their dog and not the other away around. There are a lot of inexperienced new dog owners now given the surge in dog ownership during the pandemic. |