An owner is on her side of the street, no children outside, e-collar on the dog and walking up and down the street playing fetch. The dog has absolutely nothing but the ball in her sites and is doing no harm to her surroundings.
A neighbour from across the road comes outside to speak to said owner. the conversation goes something like this;
Neighbour: Do you think you could move down the street?
Owner: Um, pardon me?
Neighbour: Do you think you could throw the ball down the other end of the street? (still no please)
Owner: Why?
Neighbour: My dog is going insane inside watching your dog play with a ball out here. He is staring out the window going nuts because he sees your dog.
Owner: (stunned, dumbfounded) Oh hmm, ok. (turns and goes back down the street)
My observation on this is that the neighbour does not see her error in this scenario and acted quite entitled. I was exceptionally proud of the owner for not losing her cool and telling the neighbour off.
In this case the owner and dog are not the problem. The neighbour and her dog are. She has not put any boundaries in place for this poor dog not to be getting upset at a window. It is our responsibility to teach our dogs not to bark in the house, at the window or anywhere else it is unacceptable. There are many things this neighbour could have put in place to help her dog and herself. Putting our inaccuracies on someone else never fixes a problem.
In my experience if you want your dog to behave in your house, you need to teach them the skills to do so.
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