At around 10am this morning I was upstairs having a wash and getting dressed when I could hear my dog barking like mad downstairs. Now when I'm there I always leave the back door open so he can run in and out of the house as he likes, I always keep the gate locked to stop someone coming around the back when he's there. He's not a nasty dog and has never bitten anyone but he does bark when strangers come to the house, he's a big dog and his bark is quite loud when he starts.
Anyway I hear him barking so I come downstairs and I find a woman standing practically in my conservatory. She was stood there rigid, with the dog in front of her barking like mad. She was obviously delivering something and I'd obviously not heard her knocking becaue I was upstairs. She was clearly terrified of the dog, now like I said he's not nasty but I understand lots of people don't like dogs. But this is his territory and when someone unfamilar comes he's going to bloody bark at them! She'd also left the gate wide open behind her meaning he could have got out.
I apologised and said I'd not heard her knocking, and then asked her how she'd got around the back. She was a bit stroppy with me said that she'd put her hand over the gate and unlocked it herself! The dog would have strarted barking as soon as she'd done this. So I took the parcel off her signed for it and she ran off make a silly shuddering noise as she did. I should say that he stopped barking as soon as he saw me and realised she wasn't a threat.
AIBU to think firstly she'd shouldnt have just let herself in anyway? And secondly you don't let yourself into a property where there is a loose dog? I used to do leafleting as a student and we were always told not to go into a property where there was a loose dog for our own safety! He's not a nasty dog but I believe any dog can turn when threatened and protecting its territory, my Uncles dog is as docile as they come but he nipped the postman.
Sorry of this sounds ridiculous, but I love my dog so much and I would hate him to bite anyone and have to have him put down.
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To think that you don't just let yourself onto someone else's property? Especially when there is a dog there?
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NeonStarfish · 26/05/2015 11:43
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