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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, the dog senses your fear, and is reacting to it.  Maybe it thinks you're going to attack it if it doesn't attack you first.  Maybe, instead of treating the dog as a threat, try being nice to it for a change.  Give it a wave and a smile, and bring treats for it.  You'll gain a friend.[/quote]

Is this a troll post? OP ignore them. I really can’t believe there are idiots like this. The dog is not under the owner’s control. The OP doesn’t need to alter her own behavior, in particular, in her OWN yard, to avoid being attacked by a dog. I am a dog owner and the person who wrote this is crazy. If a dog isn’t under an owner’s control then it should always be leashed/tied up. [/quote]

If you're really a dog owner like you claim, and you treat your dogs the way you treat other posters, then you sound like an abusive owner.  [/quote]

DP. I just told my dog “I really can’t believe there are idiots out there who don’t leash their dogs. They are crazy. I am going to make sure you are always leashed”. She just wagged her tail then came over for scratches. Am I abusive? Does she just have a bad case of Stockholm syndrome?[/quote]

The so-called “troll” has it right. OP needs to look in the mirror. Just as parents are held to a higher standard than children, so too all of us humans must be held to a higher standard than dogs. [b]OP’s fear communicates aggression to the neighbor’s dog, and it responds in kind.[/b]

Here in Arlington the Animal Welfare League contracts with the County to provide so-called animal control services. But since AWLA answers to the pet-owner community, it always engages first in mediation before sanctioning the dog as a final resort. In mediation the dog owners can respond to hysterical anti-dog people in a supportive and understanding arena. The dog is truly innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It may mean occasional fence-hopping and biting and mauling occur, but most of the time things work out for the best.[/quote]

Dog trainer here. This myth needs to die. No, dog aggression is NOT caused by people being afraid. I've seen OP's scenario happen many times before. People get a dog, throw it in the backyard, and don't socialize it (COVID is not an excuse, I socialized MANY dogs during COVID). The dog develops something called "barrier aggression" or "barrier frustration", where they can't get to something due to the fence and they react out of frustration. Over time this escalates into full-blown aggressive behavior. Half of the houses in my neighborhood have dogs like this, you go on a walk and dogs are throwing themselves at fences, snarling, barking, if there's 2 dogs often they'll start attacking each other.

People with these dogs need to either keep their dogs inside and get training (which they won't do, because let's be honest, if they couldn't be bothered to socialize their dog, they're not going to train it) or surrender it. Throwing a dog in a backyard with no social outlets is CRUEL.

Dogs are not humans, they are considered property and do not have the right of innocent until proven guilty. Mauling is unacceptable. Children being scared to go in their own backyard and getting killed is unacceptable. It drives me absolutely crazy that so many people (and rescues are often the worst offenders) think that dangerous dogs can live alongside humans with no problems. If an animal is a threat to humans, it needs to be exterminated. If a bear or coyote or mountain lion was charging people in their backyards, it would be euthanized.

The so-called "pro-dog" people are insane. I've seen dogs where they were so aggressive they put their owners in the hospital, and they still refused to take any action, thinking that either being loving or being "alpha" will fix the problem. It won't. [/quote]

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