I more than understand your feelings. I was out in our front yard with Kira, who was on a leash. Several of our neighbors have dogs, all who are nice dogs. However, I'm surprised that they allow there dogs to roam free when they are out with them. One of them came bounding over to meet Kira.

Kira has only been with us a couple of months... she is a rescue. Her previous owner kept her tied out side all the time... no matter what the weather conditions were. Granted, she's a newf, but she lived near Lake Erie, and it gets might cold and nasty up there during the winter.

Well, this dog comes into out yard. Kira sees it, and gets very very excited. When Kira gets very very excited, she screams and howls, and makes the most awful noise. It's embarassing, and people look at us as though we're hurting her. But we're not.. we're just trying to calm her down.

The funny part was that my husband was out with Kira this particular time... Thank DOG!!! So, our neighbor (a very nice guy) comes over to retrieve his dog. While in our yard, he stepped in a dog pile... and wasn't tooooo thrilled. Oh well, I thought... we werent too thrilled that his dog was off leash (even though she is sooooo sweet)... that's the price he had to pay! It could've been worse... a car could've been coming......