Thread:Pamster315/@comment-26424426-20160813220118/@comment-32738051-20160828012216

First, Pamster, I say bully for you reporting the woman. It's perhaps less worrisome that it was a Boston Terrier than if it had been a Boxer, though both breeds are supposedly naturally friendly (maybe not your neighbor's though...could be like owner like pet). But lots of pet owners have had issues where their pet was mauled by another's dog...one of our members here even told me not long ago that she lost her dog when a neighbor's dog mauled it. So, yes, absolutely there is a reason for the leash laws and your neighbor needs to understand that she was wrong and why and to not ever let her dog out loose again. It's actually for her dog's protection as well as protecting other pets and people. Hopefully, the police can get through to her if your words didn't before she loses her own dog through a tragic confrontation. Law of averages, if she keeps taking chances with her dog's life. I don't know about where you are but where I am there have been lots of issues with feral and stray dogs going up and down my street. Some of them quite large. And I did have to call the cops about one of them once because it was barking profusely and was bigger and probably weighed more than me (it was stocky like a Rottweiler but the size of a Great Dane). I've been bitten by a dog before (a neighbor's German Shepherd and I still have the scars) and I wasn't about to get close to it so I don't know if it was dangerous or just vocal. I think it was picked up before anyone...or any pet...could find out the hard way.

Anyway, hopefully you won't have any more encounters with this woman or her dog (or worse). And know that you were right and she was wrong and you did the right thing.