We are on our 4th Dobe and all of them would rather lick you and lean against you to be petted than anything else. That said, we live on 8 acres on what used to be a rural area now turned into suburbia. We have 2 neighbors along the back treeline of our property. The one is on his second Doberman and he has invisible fence around his 1 acre and she never leaves his property even without the collar on. The people on the other side of him had one dog that kept running away so they sent it to the SPCA. Like it was dog's fault they made no effort to train it or put a fence up. Then they were idiotic enough to get another one, a female chocolate lab who was about 1 year old. Shortly after the got her, everytime I walked Dobergirl Dax around our property, this dog would come barrelling through the treeline after me or Dax with her hackles up and teeth bared. Keep in mind Dax was trained not to leave our property. She would chase deer, rabbits, whatever, and never, not once left our property. Of course the lab couldn't catch Dax who was already headed towards the house as soon as she heard the lab barking. After about the 4th episode, my husband and I put a fence up along their property and ours so I didn't have to worry about walking my dog on my own property and having it bite me or Dax. We also have people directly next to us who have a 6 year old Jack Russell who is very nasty. They have invisible fence up but sometimes don't put the collar on it and is subsequently ends up on our property. I would not even think of bending down to pet it. She is so nasty and aggressive. Another case of people having no time to train a dog. They both work long hours, have 4 small kids, and the dog is crated most of the time in the garage.
Think what it all comes down to is that it is, for the most part, the human's fault not the dog's. Thanks for this post, I needed to rant about our rude neighbors!
