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I rent what you could call a small 1 bedroom "cottage" (a small stand alone house) and my neighbors have this sad little Chihuahua with a napoleon complex literally tied to it's crate door with a 3 foot leash, right outside their front door. It barks every single time I go outside my door, which makes it challenging to take my own two dogs (a Lab and a Sheppard mix) out to do their business or for walks, because little Napoleon goes nuts! It's become a regular occurrence that their dog will actually pull so hard that it RIPS the door out of the crate and comes chasing after me or my dogs, crate door and all. Now, it's a normal sized Chihuahua, but I'm sure you folks know how aggressive they can become despite their size. Thankfully, it's still pretty much chicken because if you take an authoritative posture with it it will back down, and it also isn't brave enough to mess with my dogs. Still, it's very irritating to have this little beast chasing you down every time you use your own front door. The family that lives there very well knows it gets free from it's "area" on an almost a daily basis but don't do anything about it resolving the issue. If they are outside, or notice that the dog is loose they react pretty quickly in "fixing" the situation (that is, re attaching the flimsy door to the crate).

It's actually really sad. I'm very much a dog lover, and I feel bad for it. It pulls on it's restraints and barks so much that often times when it tries to bark, it literally makes these sad gasping noise instead of barks as it's almost like it's lost it's voice. The people just leave it tied up and it can't move more than a few feet in one direction. It never gets walked or taken inside. I'm contemplating calling Animal Control about the issue. Unfortunately it's difficult to talk to the neighbors due to a language barrier. In general, a pretty large amount of the people in the small town I live in don't really take care of their dogs.They pretty much just let them roam loose wherever they want and don't maintain them. Walking my dogs and encountering what almost amounts to a 'feral' dog is pretty much a consistent thing that happens every day. With that said, I do carry OC spray with me now in addition to my Firearm, just in case. I've never felt threatened by the dog next door or most of the others I've encountered, but you never know. The one next door actually was biting at the heel's of a friend whom walked to my house the other day.

By the by, if you walk your dogs often, practicing how you would draw and present your firearm while doing so is crucial. I'm still not sure how to most efficiently clear my cover garment, and draw while maintaining around 150lbs of dogs' .