I wonder if we live on the same street... this has been a situation on my street for my entire life. The lead is like 3 feet long. You can smell dog poo just walking by their house. Honestly, I don't even know if there's even still a dog there, as it's become a part of the "background" from being there so long. Animal Control has been called on numerous occasions and they don't care. They used to have a big rottweiler tied up there that would bark at all hours of the day. When I was around 6 years old, I was walking up the road to a friend's house. The dog was jumping and snarling and looked like he was going to pop off his lead. I could see that his collar looked a bit loose. I didn't know what to do, so, being a child, I screamed and just started crying. Then the owner started screaming at me for teasing her dog, when all I was doing was walking by and got scared. My mom would go for daily walks with a large stick to "protect" herself. One day, the owner threatened to shoot her if she touched his dog with her stick... okay? Crazy people.
