Mad at your neighbor

[gerti]

We are in the county and there is no leash law or anything like that. We have quite a few friends who are in law enforcement and have said we are not breaking any law with letting our dogs roam around. As a matter of fact just in our little neck of the woods within about 6 acres of neighbors there are 4 or 5 other dogs that run around and are not any better than our dogs.

If we were in the city then I probably wouldn't have a dog because there is no room for them to run around.

That makes sense, and I did not mean to imply anything! We live in the suburbs, it is amazing how many people just let their dogs out (unobserved) in their unfenced yards to do their business, who then promptly charge our dogs when my wife happens to come by on a dog walk. And our Alaskan Malamute ***** insist on showing any dog that gets in her face who the boss is. My wife has to arrange her walks to avoid quite a few properties...

[lrr]

We are fortunate to have good neighbors now. But, when we lived in California in the 70s, we had neighbors like many of you described. When I retire, I want to downsize from our 2 story to a ranch style home ... BUT, on a HUGE lot or acreage so I know I will not have to deal with neighbors, especially with the large outdoor shop that might have a table saw running into the evening.

Non of that townhouse / condo / retirement community life for me!