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Originally Posted by old-fart
We have a neighbor with a sheltie who barks everytime another dog goes down the path. So does my dog if she's outside (chocolate lab). So does our other neighbor's dog is he is outside (another sheltie). So do the two tiny yappy things across the back path and down a couple houses (yorkies maybe). Everytime we take our lab out for a walk, dogs in the backyards along the path bark. Whatever.
Our neighbor across the path though loves to scream from her window "shut that f'n dog up". Except she doesn't use "f'n" but rather the full word, often with a few other colorful adjectives added in.
Now, I have a 10 year old daughter and a 6 year old son and I don't appreciate them having to listen to her swear her damn head off while they are outside playing, just because she lives in a house that backs onto a greenspace with a path, and people enjoy walking their dogs down it. I mean it's not like they haven't heard the words before - I do watch Flames games afterall - but they don't need to hear it from strangers screamed from their windows.
F off lady.
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I don't really blame the lady, frankly. Dogs tend to bark, but there are ways to deal with that behavior. Defensive barking can be a useful trait, however, barking at everything that comes down the pathway - especially when there are dozens of innocuous people coming down the pathway - is not useful. Too many false positives and the nobody checks to see if the car alarm was actually triggered by a burglar, know what I'm saying?
We live in an area similar to the one you described. Our dog, a chocolate lab, rarely ever barks. Whines? You bet. Drools all over itself? Of course. But the only time it really barks is when someone comes right into our yard and he doesn't know them. UPS guys and kids running down the sidewalk don't bother him.
Anyways, whenever we take him for a walk down the green space, all the neighborhood dogs start barking and yipping. My dog doesn't make a sound but there is still a dog owner (or two) that yell at their dog to shut up and then give me such a dirty look. As though it is my fault your dog barks at clouds.