Smitty
Well-Known Member
I have never given it a second thought. I walk on a footpath where 4 little dogs come to the gate and bark, my dog just completely ignores them and carries on going, but if he did go to the gate and engage them, he would go straight on a lead and be dragged away.
I walk down the terrace where I live and there is often a barking dog in the front room at the window. Never bothered me nor dog, much the same as one walk where there are various guarding breeds patrolling the fencing and we run a gauntlet down the lane, he doesn't bother, I just hope the fencing is adequate!!
Another walk does pass through a farmyard (well, it is actually a lane in the middle of outbuildings) and we are often followed at very close quarters by a couple of collies, not so great, and further on there is sometimes a loose Springer whose owner apparently laughs if it goes for your dog... But hey, that's what walking sticks are for
My parents actively encouraged the Alsation x I found roaming to patrol the front of our farm's driveway! Any bird, dog or person was met with a hearty Get Out Of It from my father, which Billy enthusiastically joined in with, as added muscle
I have lived in a semi rural property and never stopped the dogs from barking. We were burgled before we had a dog, and twice attempted after when the barking deterred the thieves once during the night and on another occasion, alerted a lady down the lane.
I live in a Victoria terrace now with a garden surrounded by other gardens. I don't let my dog bark in the garden, although other people let theirs, and he only barks at the front door if someone knocks.
But no, he would not be allowed, if he were so inclined, to gob off at a dog on the boundaries of its own property.
I walk down the terrace where I live and there is often a barking dog in the front room at the window. Never bothered me nor dog, much the same as one walk where there are various guarding breeds patrolling the fencing and we run a gauntlet down the lane, he doesn't bother, I just hope the fencing is adequate!!
Another walk does pass through a farmyard (well, it is actually a lane in the middle of outbuildings) and we are often followed at very close quarters by a couple of collies, not so great, and further on there is sometimes a loose Springer whose owner apparently laughs if it goes for your dog... But hey, that's what walking sticks are for
My parents actively encouraged the Alsation x I found roaming to patrol the front of our farm's driveway! Any bird, dog or person was met with a hearty Get Out Of It from my father, which Billy enthusiastically joined in with, as added muscle
I have lived in a semi rural property and never stopped the dogs from barking. We were burgled before we had a dog, and twice attempted after when the barking deterred the thieves once during the night and on another occasion, alerted a lady down the lane.
I live in a Victoria terrace now with a garden surrounded by other gardens. I don't let my dog bark in the garden, although other people let theirs, and he only barks at the front door if someone knocks.
But no, he would not be allowed, if he were so inclined, to gob off at a dog on the boundaries of its own property.
