Neighbor Wars·
OFF-LEASH JUSTICE
An apartment complex tale unfolds when a neighbor's off-leash dog relentlessly charges, prompting a risky chase, a wardrobe mishap, and a decision to share the incident online.
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The third time the neighbor's off-leash dog charged them, the poster decided to make him chase.
It started in a decent-size apartment complex with walking paths, where dogs were supposed to stay leashed in common areas. The poster walked a small-to-medium dog named Ozzy. The neighbor walked what the poster called a "Burmese Mountain dog (big ass dog)," and while the animal was friendly, the owner had already let it loose twice before.
Both earlier times, the dog had come barreling at the poster and Ozzy. Ozzy got freaked out, and the poster had to scoop him up fast while the neighbor showed basically no control over the dog. The dog kept trying to jump up until the owner finally got hold of him and clipped him back onto a leash.
After the first incident, the poster stayed irritated but tried to shrug it off. "accidents happen," they thought. After the second, the tone changed. Ozzy already gets anxious, and the poster told the neighbor to keep his dog on a leash. The neighbor, the poster said, "really don't seem to care."
Then came the night walk.
For a third time, the same dog charged them off leash. The poster tried to turn away, but the dog kept coming, so Ozzy had to be picked up again. This time, when the owner started calling after his dog, the poster had had enough.
The poster decided to "teach him a lesson."
They ran the other way, knowing the dog would follow.
Past one building, then another, the poster kept going and then cut back and waited about 50 feet out. The owner came up out of breath, still shouting for his dog, while the poster kept telling him that "if he can't control his dog it shouldn't be off leash."
The exchange turned nasty fast. The owner swore. The poster swore back. Then the poster ran again.
The dog kept chasing. The poster kept moving, pushing past more buildings while the owner tried to catch up. Then the chase took an awkward turn: the poster's shorts started falling. That stopped the run.
The poster finally halted, let the owner reach them, and "shood the dog back to him." The owner was clearly furious, but he got his dog and left.
Afterward, the poster's fiancé suggested posting the story to ask if they were the asshole.
The poster's own postscript summed up the whole thing in one line: "I'm gonna keep my shorts tied from here on out."