Near-by neighborhood report of a dog chasing walkers, runners, bicyclers and even cars. Owner has been contacted repeatedly. Problem is this dog repeatedly gets away with the behavior and now thinks he's all powerfull and is entitled to his expanded circle-of-domain. Anything intruding into this circle is seen as a threat that must be warned off and confronted. He wins 100% of the time because they always retreat in fear rather than turning the tables.
Another neighbor has 'saved' a head-case just like the above except it's confined. Still exhibits the same behavior: very vocal, must confront, always wins, etc. I always turn the tables on it by walking straight up to the open fence, extending my arms and telling it to STOP. It immediately backs up, then begins dancing left, right, left, right. After about 5 min, this dog retreats. Oddly enough, there's another dog that trots up wanting attention, which I extend. This royally confuses psyco-dog. Owners are both clueless about how dogs think. Worse, neither dog is thoroughly excercised on a daily basis. Result? Too much energy and bored-to-death.
I don't understand anyone adopting a psych-dog, much less when they already have other animals + kids. Makes no sense to me.
Another case made-the-news: Police were called for an aggressive dog going after neighbors. It did as it always had (and gotten away with) and was shot by the officer. Film crew showed plenty of footage of woman in tears about her 'precious precious' having been shot. Must be completely clueless, self-centered and -absorbed. And no sense of shame nor respect for others. What about them? Their right to walk, bike and play in their yards and neighborhood? She was just shocked (SHOCKED) that her dog was SHOT.
Same song a couple of counties over....this time the dog got to the officer before she could fire. A couple of deep, puncture wounds. She regained her balance though and killed the dog. Sheriff stood behind her. Evidently had been lots of calls to this residence.
Out of curiosity, I made a trip to a local pound while close by. I began counting Pitbulls and mixes while walking past the pins. More than a few lunged at the chain-link. Rather un-nerving for a big guy like me. I thought about some small child with their parents who would be much shorter, having a big, loud pit fling himself into the gate! That would be terifying at such a young age.
The longer I was there, the more uncomfortable I felt. The place was run-down, smelled, very, very few mild, pleasant dogs. What's going on here? At the end of my walk, I counted 46 Pits/mixes! Woah....about 95% of all dogs! What kind of joint is this??
Turns out it's run by all-volunteers, mostly older women, is no-kill, and they recruit 'unadoptable' dogs from across the state + nearby states. IOW, the worst-of-the-worst. Mostly psycho-dogs people are afraid of, much less want to bring into their families.
What a weird, sad, depressing place. I noticed many of the volunteers were just odd & weird. No one asked me anything once inside. They must all be hard-core-no-killers to volunteer at such a joint with equally hard-core, unadoptable, aggressive dogs.
Later, I looked them up and read some reviews. Evidently, I'm not alone in my opinion nor experience.
Needless to say, I won't be visiting again.