[DBlain]

some of the situations others have posted about are sort of a double edge sword because I am not always in agreement with having dogs unattended while outside no matter the size because often their natural instincts will cause people not to like them. Unless you have a 7 or 8 foot wall type fence around your property line IMHO you should not have a chain link type fence or an invisable fence butt up to the sidewalk or street, if so you are inviting trouble.

There is not one dog in my neighborhood that when I walk by with Lola that does not cause a barking fit before we approach and long after we pass. Many of these dogs react the same even if I am without a dog. They come charging at the fence, some up on their hind legs barking like they are ready to attack, I hate it and even avoid certain streets but can not avoid them all. While it annoys me when I walk by I can't imagine what it would be like living next to these people because there are lots of walkers all the time so the barking is frequent. There is a basset and a Boviare (sp) that are about 8 houses away they practically live outside and bark at everything that walks by and I can hear them at my house so I bet the neighbors are not to happy with these dogs, one told me she can't wait for them to die! A few doors from them lives a lab and a min pin with an invisible fence that I swear runs a little past their property line into the street. Sometimes when walking by they are in the back or the garage which is left half open, but they sense us there and bam out they come charging and barking like on attack, even though I know they live there it still scares the crap out of me. Many people hate those dogs, I have told the owner that he should do something like move the fence way back because a lot of people don't like his dogs and someone might be mean enough to poison them, but he seems to think it is funny scaring people. I live next to someone that has a mid size black dog, I have talked to the dog given it treats, but even if it me alone on her side of my yard she runs up and down barking and growling her head off, the owners are nice people and try to get her to stop and then bring her in, but it still sometimes scares me and quite frankly because of that I don't like that dog and am always afraid for Lola so she is never on that side of the yard without a leash. I am a dog lover but there are still dogs I don't like, I would never do anything to harm them, but not everyone is dog lover and frankly should not have to put up with walking past houses with dogs charging at them, even if behind fences.