Barking, lunging, leaping dog in yard next to narrow side street
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Anonymous
| Neighbor has a large standard poodle/doodle dog with unrestricted access to dog door & fenced yard. The beast is hugely reactive to people & other dogs. Hurls itself against a 6' high solid fence, clawing, growling & barking its head off every. single. time. someone walks by. There is a non-solid gate in the middle of it all, giving it full view of the street. Owner works from home (even pre-pandemic) and never calls the dog in or interrupts. What would you do if this were in your neighborhood? |
Anonymous
| Try telling the owner that you’ve noticed how incredibly scared and distressed the dog becomes whenever you walk by and then recommend a reputable animal behaviorist. |
Anonymous
| MYOB. The dog is secured in its yard. Don't like it? Walk somewhere else. |
Anonymous
X100000 |
Anonymous
| This sounds like a dog in my neighborhood. I've even seen little kids start crying when walking past, scared by the dog. I don't expect they'd be open to feedback, though, so I haven't said anything. |
Anonymous
Oh my, let me guess what kind of neighborhoods you all live in. |
Anonymous
The Doodle is a beast? Lol! Get over your self OP. Take a different route. |
Anonymous
| Is this the same OP of the other thread complaining about dogs barking inside their own homes? Try getting a life. |
Anonymous
| No I am not. You however... Are you one of the the pit bulls are misunderstood people? |
Anonymous
| Does calling animal control help in such situations? Will they talk to the owner and will the owner know I called? I am a DP but have been in a similar situation |
Anonymous
Nope, but I have enough sense not to whine about everything that causes me the slightest inconvenience. Snowflake. |
Anonymous
| Some dogs are fence/barrier reactive. Take away the fence and they are big goofballs. |
Anonymous
| There was a dog like this in my neighborhood. Also a doodle interestingly. The owners had to eventually have her put down. |
Anonymous
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I am compiling a DC dog map that will include known aggressive/reactive dogs (such as the one described), dogs that have bitten other dogs or children, and other such information. I hope to turn it into a free crowdsourced app people can use to navigate their walks. My own motivation is a recent attack on my dogs during a walk where a dog was able to breach its fence and leave the property to come at us and latch on to my dog. If I had known that this type of dog was there (as other neighbors seemed to know) I would not have had this block on my route. With DC being such a transient city and so many of us moving during the pandemic and not having the opportunity to speak to our neighbors about such information, I think this will be an invaluable tool. Feel free to email me at dcdogbitemap@gmail.com. The information will be confidential. I plan to have different colors signifying the intensity of the issue associated with a particular dog. For privacy, we are planning to put the dots as a marker based off the block but will not be identifying the particular house. If you have the address, please provide it confidentially - if not, cross streets or a pin on Google map will be sufficient. |
Anonymous
My area has a rule on aggressive dogs being confined to the back area of the home and blocked from street view by a fence so maybe? |