Kristen Cabe

Jessie is stupid. Ok seriously, she is. Our next-door neighbors have a Boston Terrier who, whenever they let her out to go to the bathroom, will bark and charge the fence if I and/or my dogs are out in the yard. When they let her out, they open the door, she goes out, they close the door - their yard is not fenced, but there IS an old wire fence (the kind with the big squares - I think they're 6 inch squares) between my yard and theirs, with two strands of electric wire on my side to keep my dogs off of it since it's not all that sturdy. The only time their dog is outside is when they boot it out to go to the bathroom. After it charges the fence barking, it does its business and goes back to the door, but in the meantime, MY dogs are excited about this little black and white thing that's acting like a badass, and are usually running back and forth a few feet away from the fence. By this time, the neighbor's dog is sitting on her front porch barking at us.

If Jessie's out there, she's barking back, charging the fence herself, hackles on shoulders and butt raised, acting like a complete idiot (she would play with this dog if we actually ever let them interact - she's only acting out because the other dog is).

To be honest, I could care less if my dogs bark at the little turd, because SHE starts it, and she's only outside for about 1 minute total. Here's where the annoying part comes into play...




When I let Jessie out now, she immediately hackles and goes charging towards the fence barking (as if there was something over there, even when there is nothing), skidding to a stop about 3ft away, and then running down the fenceline barking. It's as if she's saying "I DARE you to come out, you little bitch!" Then, she trots back to me, huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf, I remind her that she's out there to go to the bathroom, she does, and then we go back inside, or for a walk, or whatever. I've thought about putting the prong and long line (or electric) on her so I can correct her, but I haven't yet.

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