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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is not okay for a dog to bite an unthreatening old lady. Barking at her, yes... biting, no. I say this as the owner of German Shepherds. I'm feeling very judgy towards these obnoxious high-strung doodle dogs.[/quote]

I hear where you are coming from, and I am not a fan of the breeds, but reaching across a fence is dangerous. Dogs are super territorial. It's not a defect; it's their instinct.[/quote]

So it's okay for dogs to bite the Amazon delivery driver when he comes onto someone's property to deliver a package? Because it is their instinct?

I will reiterate my opinion -- dogs should not bite a non-threatening person who comes onto their property. Period. Barking is fine, biting is not. [/quote]np here,

No it's not ok for a dog to bite an Amazon driver delivering packages, but at least the Amazon driver has a reason to be on your property. If you know you're going to get a delivery, then secure your dog. But there's no way to secure your dog if someone is going out of their way to pet your dog when they have no business doing so. Let's say that OP had put their dog inside their house but the neighbor opened the door to pet it and got bitten. Would you still blame the dog or OP and say that the dog should not bite a non threatening person? [/quote]

I do blame OP for not socializing and/or training their dog appropriately. But plenty of dogs in this world are biters. I do not like them and would never own one, but I have no problem with other people owning one as long as they deal with their problem dogs correctly. They need to loudly announce that their dog is a biter whenever the situation warrants such caution. [/quote]
They shouldn't have to announce anything when their dog is on their own property minding its own business.

It's a shame the neighbor got bit, I get it. But it's more the fault of the neighbor than OP and her dog. My neighbor had a Rottweiler that used to poke his head up over my wall. You would have had to offer me a fortune for me to stick my hand out and try and pet it, because DOGS BITE! [/quote]

Dp. The dog was barking and growling and OP was standing 10 feet away. I think OP has some responsibility, now that she knows her dog is a biter, to intervene in future situations where someone might get bit. [/quote]

She did intervene. She has a fence. That’s the intervention. [/quote]

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