I was bothered about the incident yesterday so much that I had a sleepless night. It really bugged me that a neighbor could be so ornery toward me and my dog, who just wants to play. I am not accustomed to getting verbally attacked and it did a number on me.
This afternoon, I saw Chuck (Lacey's owner) and he told me that the bitch (neighbor) also went to his door last night to bitch him out as well. It sounds like he handled it better than me, because he did not let it get to him and he actually managed to aggravate her more by directing his responses to her boyfriend instead of her. I was so shocked by the verbal assault that I went into pure defensive mode.
Anyway, after he told me his version, we decided to just ignore her threats and continue letting our dogs play on the front lawn unleashed. However, from now on, we will do it on my lawn, which is further from her house and gives us more time to react if we see her coming. Ideally, it would be to prep piles of dog crap to throw at her, but realistically it is to ensure the dogs are properly restrained when she goes by.
We are over it now (for the most part). But I doubt she is. Stay tuned....
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