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Originally Posted by dalnna  You may feel your pittys are fine loose in your front yard (off leash) but your neighbors may not feel the same way. There is an aggressive lab, yes...lab down the street from me who is allowed to lay in the front yard unleashed. EVERY time I go by there, he comes after my two yorkies. I've spoken with the owner and she just states that he's afraid of little dogs and maybe I should carry them when passing her house! I've seen this same dog go after another small dog while they were both on leashes. The dog is unpredictable. But regarding yours, I've stopped taking my girls out to the neighborhood mailboxes because I have to walk by her house. It's not fair to those of us who obey leash laws when someone in the neighborhood doesn't.
Just thought you might like to hear from the other side of the coin. |
I totally agree with this. I never used to be able to walk my old chow mix in our neighborhood. She was dog aggressive, but trained well enough to stay on leash and at my side.
Unfortunately, my neighborhood was full of Maltese, Bichon Frise, Shih Tzus and other small dogs who were allowed to go off leash in their front yards. The small dogs would either a) bark aggressively at my dog from a safe distance, driving my dog into a frenzy, or b) come right up to her, tempting her to gnaw their cocky little heads off.
It got to where I just didn't walk my dog at all, because if these people only had their dogs on a leash, I could safely move mine to the other side. But because the dogs were always charging up to me full speed, every encounter turned into a game of keeping me between the little dog and my chow mix.
That got old pretty quickly.
In my opinion, dogs should always be on leash when they leave the confines of their yard or home. It protects them, other dogs, and other people.