I keep mine leashed and the larger one is muzzled anytime she is out in public. They are NEVER loose. The one time my larger grabbed somebody came as a shock, she was my little angel and went ballistic at the park. It was awful. High energy dog on quarantine for 10 days, a few hundred in vet bills on my healthy dog- all around a great time, and she only nicked the guy- he literally just needed a bandaid and some peroxide.
It is hard to own dogs like that. Especially because both of mine are so sweet the vast majority of the time. The one is hard to predict, the other, just terrified of strangers and both can be reactive to dogs when they are on leashes due to being attacked so much. It can be a pain, so in a way my heart goes out to your neighbor, but at the same time- he really needs to get the dog controlled, since it sounds like a serious, ongoing issue, not a one time thing.
In fact the only one of my three who isn't aggressive is the yorkie mix (my service dog). The other two were SD failures, who did really well and then turned aggressive suddenly.
So sorry you are dealing with this. |