This woman is very unreasonable about her dog?

[Changethelot]

There’s a woman in my street who leaves her dog out in the front garden a lot, she leaves her front door open and the dog comes and goes, neighbour is at home.

Whenever I pass the dog is jumping, growling, barking and snarling quite angrily, I was so pissed off the last time I told her she should have the dog under control, she told me if it bothers me cross the road. She said the dog won’t bite but I don’t think I’d like to chance it!!

Should I just be avoiding passing or should she be controlling the dog? Dog is a large breed, unsure what breed though. I think it’s an accident waiting to happen!

I’ve got a small old toothless Jim, too. Every now and then he spots a squirrel and throws himself around in a frenzy of fury and barking. The rest of the time he only has the energy to doze in the sunshine and wag his tail if a passer by talks to him. He weight half a stone, if anyone said they were fearful of him barking at squirrels from behind the safety of a secure fence and gate then I’d laugh at them. And I can’t believe any ‘authority’ would take that level of neurosis seriously either, despite what the barrack room lawyers in here are posting about ‘control’ and ‘distress’

As pp have said, it really depends on whether there's a chance that the dog could jump the fence. If it's safely enclosed, then she is NBU with regard to ordinary passers-by such as yourself, though there is still a problem for posties and delivery drivers. If it could jump the fence, then YANBU.