Those details seem reasonable, I have a high prey drive dog, I have to constantly tell others, my neighbors think it’s ok to let their little dogs run free and don’t lease, you sound like you were in the right, very odd behavior of the dog especially since you are neighbors and have had interaction
I’m a dog person, so would rarely blame a dog. It’s the owner. He is a high anxiety, reclusive guy. Probably super shy in his youth, not a people person. He had imprinted this on the dog and as any dog owner knows they are highly in tune to our emotional state. Im guessing he was nervous about something and when he saw me in the front yard transmitted that to the dog who then viewed me as a threat. It happened so suddenly he pulled the leash out of his owners hand and just attacked. By the time I threw my last blow the owner had run into the yard, grabbed the collar and pulled him back. He was still standing up against the collar and jumping at me as he was dragged from the yard. Let me tell you it hurt like hell and I was permanently scared on my shoulder, elbow and hand. That arm was pretty useless for over a month from the damage, bruising etc. It kinda sucked.
Dogs take most of their cues from their owners. If you're nervous and apprehensive, your dog will pick up on that and go into defensive mode immediately. Sounds like the dog was in defcon 5 at all times, and was doing what he thought was his job, defending his owner.
Yes, that’s exactly what I thought. No blame on the dog. I don’t even blame the owner. It was an unfortunate 5 second attack that hurt like fucking hell, lol.
Those details seem reasonable, I have a high prey drive dog, I have to constantly tell others, my neighbors think it’s ok to let their little dogs run free and don’t lease, you sound like you were in the right, very odd behavior of the dog especially since you are neighbors and have had interaction
I’m a dog person, so would rarely blame a dog. It’s the owner. He is a high anxiety, reclusive guy. Probably super shy in his youth, not a people person. He had imprinted this on the dog and as any dog owner knows they are highly in tune to our emotional state. Im guessing he was nervous about something and when he saw me in the front yard transmitted that to the dog who then viewed me as a threat. It happened so suddenly he pulled the leash out of his owners hand and just attacked. By the time I threw my last blow the owner had run into the yard, grabbed the collar and pulled him back. He was still standing up against the collar and jumping at me as he was dragged from the yard. Let me tell you it hurt like hell and I was permanently scared on my shoulder, elbow and hand. That arm was pretty useless for over a month from the damage, bruising etc. It kinda sucked.
Dogs take most of their cues from their owners. If you're nervous and apprehensive, your dog will pick up on that and go into defensive mode immediately. Sounds like the dog was in defcon 5 at all times, and was doing what he thought was his job, defending his owner.
Yes, that’s exactly what I thought. No blame on the dog. I don’t even blame the owner. It was an unfortunate 5 second attack that hurt like fucking hell, lol.