This sounds like a tragedy waiting to happen. Four foot fences are a joke with a dog like this. They can jump over them sideways from a standing still position - I've seen it happen. Chances are this dog will run off, get stolen to become a fighter or bait dog or get itself run over or worse, will kill a dog or hurt someone badly and will be gone before too much longer with his history and with no more oversight than this one has, together with his owner's cavalier attitude about allowing his dog off-leash freedom out front. All you can do is keep your dogs safe and protected from him - they can come through screens and glass windows - and whoosh open that big black auto-open umbrella if he looks your way and have real protection on your person, ready to use it. I would not become or let my dog become this dog's victim so forewarned is forearmed.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |