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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. The dog is clearly aggressive. Several weeks ago, the neighbor was telling me that if I just made friends with the dog, it could work out. I held out my hand for the dog to sniff and she snapped at my hand. I told the neighbor, I was not going to try that again. A few days later, she was walking the dog on a leash. I was passing by with my daughter. We said hello and tried to have a chat. The chat was cut short because the dog was eyeing my daughter and trying to get over to her—not in a friendly way. The neighbor had to grab her dog by the collar to keep her away from my child.

The dog can see us through the glass doors at the back of our house and barks at us while at are in our kitchen. And we we exit the kitchen door to the driveway she barks at me daughter. My daughter keeps saying I’m scared I’m scared and doesn’t want to come out the door to get in the car. The dog is barking and snarling behind the fence watching us. When my mom comes over the dog harassed her as she gets out of the car. My mom came inside shaken a few weeks ago and told me that dog is not right. I think the neighbor is delusional that this dog is okay.

I tried to tell the neighbor this dog is a liability and to please take a couple of days to think about keeping it. She shut me down and wasn’t receptive. I find it mind-boggling she wants to keep this dog. [/quote]

Nothing about this is ok. DH was mauled by a dog like this as a child, similar situation where neighbors continued to make excuses for a family pet that was aggressive towards DH's family but there were really no grounds to do anything until it was too late (dog was never aggressive towards its owners). If their dog came into your yard, I think you have grounds to call animal control and you should. It's going to make it tough with your neighbors but they have already shown they are not going to take their pet's behavior seriously. Anyone who knows and cares for dogs needs to be able to acknowledge when their animal's behavior is dangerous towards anyone - it's heartbreaking when your pet is aggressive to outsiders when they have never been aggressive to you, but it's part of being a responsible pet owner. If you can't keep other people safe, you can't keep the pet.[/quote]

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