I’m writing a letter to my neighbor
TLDR; my neighbor lets their massive lab outside, no fence, no leash, free roaming, and their dog has aggressively lunged, followed, and even attacked me & my dog during our walks.
My first encounter was probably 3 or 4 years ago. I was walking my 2 dogs, they're chill and I make sure they walk side by side or behind me. SOOOO I walk by this house, kids in the front yard in a blow up pool, mom figure sitting in a chair nearby, and theres a fat lab, chillin in the driveway. They live in the 2nd house from a corner, so coming around the corner, I did not see that the dog was unleashed. The dog immediately sprints towards me (owner unaware) and I scream out “HEY HEY HEY” and the dog was unfazed and lunged at Lula, who was my more dominant / protective dog. So they're fighting & I drop the leashes and my focus is getting the lab away from us, by kicking it and it finally backs away and my dogs are way off on the side. Then I see the mom run up to us and the lab tries lunging again but i put my body between my dogs and the lab and the mom is screaming the dogs name (not doing a damn thing)
Owner apologizes and grabs her dog by it’s neck skin (no collar) and tries walking away, but cant because the lab is dead set on staying there.
Lula has no blood coming from anywhere so I walk away, shocked.
So i avoided that house and area for months, and months later, I carefully make my way to that house again, and the dog was outside, no fence, no leash, NO OWNER PRESENT, just hanging out in the driveway, and the dog sees us and begins barking and walking towards us. I immediately turn the fuck around and leave.
so for the last 3 or 4 years, Ive run into that dog a good 10-15 times, always the same situation, no fence, no leash, & no owner....
30 minutes ago, I went for a walk with my dog, and it’s pitch black outside and I rounded that corner to find the obese lab outside, not in his driveway, but a good 20 ft from me and my dog (no leash, no owner, and def not in his driveway anymore). I froze and the dog sprinted towards me & mine. So I stand firm and scream “HEY HEEY HEY, NO, NO NO” a bunch and the dog stopped just short of me, still barking, all his spine hair STRAIGHT UP (indication of hella alertness)
and thank fucking christ some other neighbors were outside putting christmas lights up because they walked over and started screaming “git” and stuff to get the dog to walk away because the dog kept following me, barking, when I started to back away.
im over it, im dropping a letter off tomorrow. I want to file a complaint to the city, but cant find any info about neighbors allowing their dogs roam free. Shit i have 2 neighbors on my block whose wieners and chihuahuas find their way into my backyard all the time, but they dont attack my dog.