Amethyst
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The barking dog thread reminded me of something I've been meaning to ask.
We are in a 3-5 acre zoning subdivision, with a horse boarding establishment about 1,000 feet directly behind us. When it was owner-occupied, the owners had a series of nice dogs who policed their own property, and paid the occasional quick, friendly visit to ours for a pat on the head.
The owners sold to an absentee landlord who rents the farm to tenants who have a horrid, stinky, part-beagle mutt (bigger than a beagle, though). This creature doesn't tresspass regularly, but when it does it makes a huge racket and behaves in a cowardly/aggressive way, like it wants to attack but doesn't quite dare. It sneaks up behind me when I'm working in the garden, and startles me with a "BOOWW-OWWW-OWWW" so loud, it hurts my ears. It plants its feet, glares at me, growls, yells, and won't give ground. In fact, it keeps getting closer - that's why I know how bad it smells. Being nice to the thing doesn't help. Shouting "GO HOME" doesn't work. It goes away when it's good and ready, but only after my peace has been thoroughly disturbed.
Is there some secret of canine behavior that can make this dog go away on my, not its, schedule? Dealing with the owners is a separate issue, which I don't want to address in this thread.
Thanks,
Amethyst
We are in a 3-5 acre zoning subdivision, with a horse boarding establishment about 1,000 feet directly behind us. When it was owner-occupied, the owners had a series of nice dogs who policed their own property, and paid the occasional quick, friendly visit to ours for a pat on the head.
The owners sold to an absentee landlord who rents the farm to tenants who have a horrid, stinky, part-beagle mutt (bigger than a beagle, though). This creature doesn't tresspass regularly, but when it does it makes a huge racket and behaves in a cowardly/aggressive way, like it wants to attack but doesn't quite dare. It sneaks up behind me when I'm working in the garden, and startles me with a "BOOWW-OWWW-OWWW" so loud, it hurts my ears. It plants its feet, glares at me, growls, yells, and won't give ground. In fact, it keeps getting closer - that's why I know how bad it smells. Being nice to the thing doesn't help. Shouting "GO HOME" doesn't work. It goes away when it's good and ready, but only after my peace has been thoroughly disturbed.
Is there some secret of canine behavior that can make this dog go away on my, not its, schedule? Dealing with the owners is a separate issue, which I don't want to address in this thread.
Thanks,
Amethyst