nice neighbour with loose big dog..

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just a bit of a moan. nice neighbour further up the street often out the front with her large dog roaming free. friendly dog (ie not scary, to me anyway) although gets too fresh/friendly (always comes up and starts barking to people walking past). i have mentioned in passing to her in the past that dd is scared of her dog (she commented on why does she always run away) but when telling her this she laughs and adds how friendly the dog is. truth is, i don't like dogs although i am not scared of them. dd just burst into tears as when walking past her house just now the dog barked and went started to bound over to us. she (the women) gave a kind of pissed off look because dd burst into tears (i was a bit shocked at dd tbh) however not everyone likes dogs (i don't want to feel i have to stroke it and don't want it licking me). dd is ok with other dogs, just this particular one is rather enthusiastic and free to run out of the house/come over. my sister has three of the buggers, dd should be used to them but is scared of them too. i like the lady but wish she didn't expect me to enjoy the excitement of her dog as much as her. dd is really small, the dog is HUGE compared to her

Like Donnadoon, my mum and I both have dogs who are rarely on the lead because they are well trained enough to leave other people alone (well people they don't know anyway). Mum's dog is big and mine is absolutely huge so if we see people looking a bit unsure we will cross the road with them, in my opinion this is how all dog owners should act.

Have a word with the lady and just say she needs to keep the dog away from your dd as she's scared and you don't want her to deveop a fear of all dogs. is there at least a gate they could keep closed so the dog doesn't get too close to your dd?

there is no gate. it is quite a manic dog. it is cute (if you like dogs) ie friendly but a bit crazy ie it never seems to do as it is told and runs off. i have often seen her/her partner chasing the dog which tbh is quite funny. i know the dog means well but i don't like touching dogs on the hole and feel i am expected to pat the dog/coo over it if a dog owner has their dog come up to me which pisses me off. i never do though (touch it) which may get up their noses a bit. not my intention, i just don't like the 'dog' smell on my hands and doggy licks make my skin go red/itch as i am allergic to them

Oh you'd think they'd find a way to stop it getting out the garden to save the effort of chasing it. I thought you meant it was reasonably obedient and they just weren't bothering to call it back/didn't see the need to.

Have you tried telling her you are allergic? a lot of dog owners take that better and make more effort than just if you don't like dogs.