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OP here, I wouldn't mind the occasional ticket, but that's not the point.  What I mind is that the friendly gathering place has turned into conflict.  As her neighbors we can't let a situation continue that scares her children or causes her to go nuts.  That's not fair to her.  I am just totally sad that five families that really enjoyed an area (exclusive really to just our homes) are going to have to quit meeting with our dogs because of one family.  Like I said, we will try and work it out with her, but I kind of resent that some of you posters are assuming that we don't care about our neighbor's feelings.

My four year old cried before he went to bed because he was convinced she was going to kill our dogs.  I don't understand why people can't work things out instead of threatening to call the police and scaring my kids.[/quote]

Yes, it's unfortunate, but the leash ordinances were created for a reason.  Even the most reasonable dog when startled or feeling threatened may lash out.  And a person or child who has a problem with dogs, or is startled or frightened may lash out, perhaps trying to keep the animal away with a stick, umbrella or whatever, and cause the normally reasonable pet to respond and bite.  There are many instances of where a normally rational and completely friendly pet will lash out and bite and that is why leash ordinances were put into place.  It's good that you realize that the neighbor has a right to feel safe and to feel that her children are safe wherever they roam, including into the woods.  And when they hear the noise and fun going on, her children probably just thought to join and came down and then were surprised and frightened by the dogs.  It's definitely unfortunate.  Hopefully you can talk to the neighbor and work something out, whether to schedule a time for the dogs to play (if she's willing to stay out of the area and keep her children out of that area at that time).  If not, then perhaps you and the neighbors can work something out to set up some area to cordon off for dogs to play.

As for why people can't work things out, perhaps this new neighbor had no idea that there were people that would just ignore leash laws out there.  She and her kids heard neighbors playing and having fun and thought to join and then were startled by dogs who are supposed to be leashed approaching unleashed.  Unless you warned her in advance, why would she assume that there would be unleashed pets running around and scaring her kids?  I'm a dog lover (don't have one because my spouse is severely allergic to dog dander) but I would never assume that there would be unleashed dogs around here in any area that was not a fenced in area without any prior warning.  [/quote]

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