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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Oh, goodness, you don't have to be plain-spoken or even abrasive to tell somebody how much you value your baby's safety if you don't want. You just begin explaining the meetings with her baby have to stop because Wallee's safety is at risk and your now worried he's becoming so fearful that her dog might start to turn him into a fear-biter himself as he ran and hid last time and there is no way you can chance ruining his sweet personality and how that would kill your heart if you did allow that to happen.
Then add that as sad as it is that you can't help her anymore, she'll understand that that sweet baby of yours always comes first and foremost and you'd die to keep him safe and healthy and happy. But whatever happens, that baby of yours is your main responsibility and no power in earth would make you risk his well being again - so no more sessions that might hurt him ever. And you know she understands and can find better help with a real dog behaviorist that can actually help her dog get better. At some point, your voice will waver a bit because you are sincerely trying to keep your Wallee safe and keep a friendship with her and then you'll smile really big and bright, letting her know you fully expect she understands that Wallee means everything to you. If your defending your baby's right to stay safe from her aggressive dog doesn't touch her heart, maybe she's not quite the good neighbor you might have thought she was. |
I agree with all of what you have to say. It certainly needs to be put so that there is no doubt that this woman will not be able to experiment with her dog's socialization issues on little Wallee but in the same token she's a neighbor so the OP has to be careful about how she approaches the problem since they live in the same neighborhood and she could make things hard on the OP forcing her to have to move if the neighbor is offend and she turns out to be psycho or something, you just never know, lol. Just say it in a way that means business but isn't completely downright mean. Sometimes there's no way to not insult someone when it comes to the whole I don't want your dog to play with mine even if it's said in the nicest way possible so the OP should prepare for there to be some potential backlash from the neighbor.