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Anonymous wrote:M dog is a small terrier and she DNGAF about training for barking. She barks because she thinks she's protecting her family.

You have to be really consistent. Every time she barks, she has to have a consequence. Either she gets put in her crate or gets put on leash. Every. Single. Time.

It's exhausting, especially if they've been doing it for awhile already and it's a habit, but after a few months she will stop.

Or, just put a bark collar on her.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't allow my children to sit at the front windows/door of my home screaming threats and cursing at ever person who walks by...

Why do people think it's okay for their dogs to do this?

I'm a dog lover. I have a 2-year-old, high-energy dog, who would love to bark at every person/dog/squirrel/mailman. But I don't allow him because it's rude and he is not allowed to threaten people.

Yet, it never ceases to amaze me on a walk through our neighborhood how many dogs are aggressively barking at us as we pass - low-pitched, rapid barking, often jumping up on the windows/doors. They bark at me, my kids, my dog...

I feel especially annoyed at people who allow their dogs to do this to the mail carriers. Mail carriers do a really hard job anyway, they shouldn't have to feel terrified because your dog attacks the door when they drop off your Amazon package. One time, I saw a UPS driver leap down a neighbor's front steps, sprinting away from a house with an aggressive-sounding dog lunging at the glass door and barking.

Not to mention the people who just leave their aggressive barking dogs out alone in the yard to surprise terrorize anyone who walks by... You think your just walking by another fence and then cujo is suddenly right next to you!

I can't imagine why their owners think this is okay and they don't train their dog? Maybe just that they don't realize what their dogs are "saying"? Do they realize and they just don't care?

I have a related question: why do people think leaf blowers twice a week, three hours at a time is acceptable to your neighbors/neighborhood?

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Anonymous wrote:I had no idea people were so annoyed. I view it as a dog’s instinctual behavior and if they are inside their home who am I to judge?

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The dogs are protecting their territory.
The right answer here is to walk on by and then the dog is a good boy who defended his turf. That’s his whole raisin d’être. Stop making this about you, Barb.

The 10 pound lap dog that goes insane when my 75 pound dog and I are across the street, two houses over and walking away doesn’t understand that we’re not in his territory, and he has provided no actual defense. We’re not a threat and if we were, that little fluff ball couldn’t stop us anyway. He’s barking at us because he’s reactive and stressed out by how outmatched he’d be if he had to take on my dog for some reason. Meanwhile, my dog is silently wagging his tail in an attempt to be friendly.

Loud, aggressive barking is always miserable to listen to, no matter where your dog is.

Dogs don't judge size. A JRT can outface a bear. That 10 lb terrier can outface your lab.

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PP who thinks that Lap Dog isn't defending his turf is not that bright. Heck yes, he's barking to scare you and your stupid 75 lb doofus off. He's not necessarily reactive and stressed, oh Pet Therapist. If he could get free he'd TAKE YOU OUT.

Then it should be euthanized.

All terriers should be euthanized? What?!?

Just don't go into their house unauthorized. You'll be fine.

Not all terriers; dogs that would TAKE OUT nearby pedestrians if they ever got out.

Anonymous wrote:How to say you are "not a dog person" without saying you are "not a dog person".

Anonymous wrote:I don't allow my children to sit at the front windows/door of my home screaming threats and cursing at ever person who walks by...

Why do people think it's okay for their dogs to do this?

I'm a dog lover. I have a 2-year-old, high-energy dog, who would love to bark at every person/dog/squirrel/mailman. But I don't allow him because it's rude and he is not allowed to threaten people.

Yet, it never ceases to amaze me on a walk through our neighborhood how many dogs are aggressively barking at us as we pass - low-pitched, rapid barking, often jumping up on the windows/doors. They bark at me, my kids, my dog...

I feel especially annoyed at people who allow their dogs to do this to the mail carriers. Mail carriers do a really hard job anyway, they shouldn't have to feel terrified because your dog attacks the door when they drop off your Amazon package. One time, I saw a UPS driver leap down a neighbor's front steps, sprinting away from a house with an aggressive-sounding dog lunging at the glass door and barking.

Not to mention the people who just leave their aggressive barking dogs out alone in the yard to surprise terrorize anyone who walks by... You think your just walking by another fence and then cujo is suddenly right next to you!

I can't imagine why their owners think this is okay and they don't train their dog? Maybe just that they don't realize what their dogs are "saying"? Do they realize and they just don't care?

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Anonymous wrote: Actual letter carrier here. So, I don't mind the dogs that bark when I walk up on the porch-if they are inside, they are not threatening me.

I do have a couple who not only bark, but bodily fling themselves at the door and windows as I deliver their mail. THAT is weird. I take it as aggression. One broke out a pane of glass one day. I've had a coworker have a dog crash through a glass storm door-injuring both the mailman and the dog. I don't understand why people keep aggressive dogs like this! The ones whose dog broke the pane of glass, they just had a baby, and they've got that aggressive dog in there with her.

That is really scary. I’m sorry you have to deal with this.

Our mailman carries a big box of treats. You can see it in his mail truck as he passes. Smart guy!

Anonymous wrote:I grew in a very anti-dog family and my mom even refused to walk past houses where dogs were kept out on the electric fence.

However, complaining about dogs barking from inside their own home is a new one to me. New change DCUM, never change.

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Anonymous wrote:I have two dogs and both will bark for about 10 seconds when they see someone, then they stop. If they continued to bark I would try to train them to stop but as other posters have said, training is not always successful.

To answer why people think it's okay, I have no idea. I'm the poster who wrote about having neighbor dogs run onto my property barking at me while the neighbors are outside watching this happen. I will never understand some people.

you don't see a HUGE difference between a dog barking from their own window inside and one who runs on to your property?