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Anonymous wrote:DC property line ends at your front door. Freckles was off leash in public space. The other dog was on leash. Only one person was in the wrong here.

Is this true? What is the source?

NP. I know that my property line was about five feet out from the front of my house and it cut my driveway in half. My best guess is that the five feet that belonged to me was due to the position of the original townhouses, which were demolished and rebuilt in the 50's. But this article seems to explain the rest:

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/dc-res-ticketed-for-parking-in-own-driveways
"Any area between the property line and the building restriction line shall be considered as private property set aside and treated as public space under the care and maintenance of the property owner."

Anonymous wrote:I have a Chihuahua. He is getting on my last nerve. Where specifically was this attack?

bring it. My aunt will sit on that mofo.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a puppy that does this and I yank her away from people when she jumps without engaging the person because it just makes her jump more. I'm sorry. My dog is extremely cuddly looking and people sometimes just reach right down and scoop her up into their arms. It's really annoying as it completely breaks her training about not jumping on people. It also makes me look like a mean jerk when I yank her and just say no and turn away. It's a training method, sheeple.

Can't you use a shorter leash so it isn't able to jump on people in the first place? I'm asking because if this is happening, yanking away after the fact doesn't help the people who've already been imposed upon. Firmer control is your responsibility so your animal doesn't bother other people. I'm not talking about deliberate touchers, but about people just trying to get past you on the sidewalk.

she lunges out and up without warning. sorry. retracetable leashes are the worst.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a puppy that does this and I yank her away from people when she jumps without engaging the person because it just makes her jump more. I'm sorry. My dog is extremely cuddly looking and people sometimes just reach right down and scoop her up into their arms. It's really annoying as it completely breaks her training about not jumping on people. It also makes me look like a mean jerk when I yank her and just say no and turn away. It's a training method, sheeple.

Can't you use a shorter leash so it isn't able to jump on people in the first place? I'm asking because if this is happening, yanking away after the fact doesn't help the people who've already been imposed upon. Firmer control is your responsibility so your animal doesn't bother other people. I'm not talking about deliberate touchers, but about people just trying to get past you on the sidewalk.

We had trouble with our dog on this issue and he ALWAYS wanted to meet people but not everyone was so happy to meet him. So we were told to pull him to the side on the grass to the side of the sidewalk and say "sit and greet" so that he wasnt permitted to meet anyone unless he was seated. It also left it to the people as to whether or not they wanted to say hello. He eventually got it. If he wouldnt sit at all, we simply turned in the opposite direction of the person he was so keen on meeting and walked that way for a block. He still sits to the side and just wags when he sees someone he wants to say hello to even when he knows them now on walks. I think it took about a month for him to be reliable but it was well worth it.

Anonymous wrote:I have a Chihuahua. He is getting on my last nerve. Where specifically was this attack?

This is horrible but it made me laugh - LOL.

Anonymous wrote:What if it was a cat that was killed? I suppose you would not care. You probably throw the cats for dogs to kill and eat. Just for the raw meat diet, you would do this!

huh?

A cat would never be stupid enough to put herself in the face of a big dog. If a dog is off leash and attacks our cat, I will kill it.

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Anonymous wrote:DC property line ends at your front door. Freckles was off leash in public space. The other dog was on leash. Only one person was in the wrong here.

Is this true? What is the source?

Yes, it is true. I totally forgot about this fact but YES, they told us this when we bought our rowhouse. I dont have a source but this is definitely the case. I wonder if it will make a difference here.

I have a Chihuahua. He is getting on my last nerve. Where specifically was this attack?

What if it was a cat that was killed? I suppose you would not care. You probably throw the cats for dogs to kill and eat. Just for the raw meat diet, you would do this!

Anonymous wrote:DC property line ends at your front door. Freckles was off leash in public space. The other dog was on leash. Only one person was in the wrong here.

Is this true? What is the source?

My anted accidentally killed a chihuahua by sitting on it and snapping it's little ribcage and neck. She was hard of hearing and fat, and did not notice at all. Everyone felt very bad--but why do you have a dog that is so fragile? They should be kept in birdcages. This happened in Sweden--no one was pr secuted but Xmas dinner was more depressing than usual that year.

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Anonymous wrote:seriously?

get a grip.

That's what I'll say when this vicious dog mauls a toddler.

Dogs that KILL other dogs are usually not well adjusted and can react with little provocation - with people or dogs. The owner needs to be found.

Possibly. But to a larger dog this chihuahua was more like a squirrel than a dog. Many dogs would shake a squirrel to death if they could catch one.

I read the flyer posted in GP and according to the owner of Freckles (the small dog), the owner of the larger dog didn't even react when the large dog was assaulting Freckles. He just let his dog kill Freckles and then he walked away. It's one thing if the dog was off leash shaking a smaller animal, but it wasn't.

The owner behaved badly. That doesn't mean this dog is dangerous.

Look, you have a tiny dog, you need to protect it from other dogs.

Did you READ this? The dog IS dangerous, it killed another dog.

Hate to break it to you, but dogs are carnivores. If they can't kill anything they aren't actually functioning dogs.

DC property line ends at your front door. Freckles was off leash in public space. The other dog was on leash. Only one person was in the wrong here.

And I get that you're training, but physical control is also your responsibility.

Anonymous wrote:I have a puppy that does this and I yank her away from people when she jumps without engaging the person because it just makes her jump more. I'm sorry. My dog is extremely cuddly looking and people sometimes just reach right down and scoop her up into their arms. It's really annoying as it completely breaks her training about not jumping on people. It also makes me look like a mean jerk when I yank her and just say no and turn away. It's a training method, sheeple.

Can't you use a shorter leash so it isn't able to jump on people in the first place? I'm asking because if this is happening, yanking away after the fact doesn't help the people who've already been imposed upon. Firmer control is your responsibility so your animal doesn't bother other people. I'm not talking about deliberate touchers, but about people just trying to get past you on the sidewalk.