Fence aggression(kinda long)

[tuco]

Purchase some "No Trespassing" signs. I learned the hard way, this simple act will protect the property owner if a Trespasser is injured on your property.
If word gets out that some BAD dogs live at your home, so much the better. Those out to cause harm will always go the easiest route. They will steer clear of the BAD dog property.

[Zisso]

ttalldog...you are absolutely right...I only want them to stop when I tell them to. It never hurts to have the recall become That good You are also right about not wanting to train them against the idiots. At the end of June as school was coming to an end, there were two instances where I chewed out a couple of punks. The first one told my dogs to 'shut the H**L up' and I confronted the kid immediatly...told him in the future he could walk his happy little rude buns around the block. About a week later, another punk slammed his fist into his hand towards my dogs...he got the same speech as the first. Told them both they don't belong here anyways.

tuco...My yard is two levels; one is from the drive to front door and patio, then a lower yard which is where all the aggression comes into play. Both sections of the yard have gates and on each gate is a sign posted that says 'Dog On Premises' Prior to all of this, I did have two No Trespassing signs, and the local punks tore them down...this was before I put the fence up. I think I will add those to my gates too tho...thanks for reminding me (Also, the gate to the bottom yard is padlocked shut to prevent someone from opening it and my dogs getting loose)

Thank you both for the extra help and input

[doggiedad]

when i got my dog as a puppy i had people approach him
from the other side of the fence. i made sure my neighbors
played with dog through the fence. i also had people visit
us with their dogs. i would be in the yard with my dog
and i would have people come in our yard with their dogs.
now there's no fence aggression.

maybe you should have someone that your dog knows approach
your fence. have them pet and treat your dog. i would do that for a while. then i would have the person your dog knows approach the fence with a stranger. i would have them do the same thing,
pet and treat. then at some point i would have one of the
teenagers walking past throw a treat over the fence as they walk by. i would tell the teenager my dogs name. as they were walking
by iwould tell them to say "hello (your dogs name), throw the
treat over the fence and keep walking. then depending on how it's going i would have the teenager stop and throw the treat over the fence and then move. i would take it from there.

this isn't a proven method. this is just something i would do. i've
never had a fence issue, delivery person issue or mail person issue
with my dogs.

[Riley's Mom]

I have one neighbor that was more than happy to do what doggiedad said. It really helped for that neighbor but it seems to have been a temporary change. He's right back to doing the fence charging and acting like he's going to kill even that neighbor that was so good to do what she does. I cannot figure out his problem and it's ridiculous that he does this to people he sees several times a week.

To make matters worse, new neighbor on the other side tore out a huge section of high shrubbery that was hiding a yard and sidewalk on the other side of it. Now that's all open so the back yard barking and nasty behavior has increased because they can now see more people and dogs.

Sigh ....

[KristinEnn]

wow.. I had no clue there was another post like the one I just posted... heh I just posted this same topic about Kahn. I guess I should have looked through the threads first. My bad. ;/ sorry guys.

[Sashmom]

me, too Kristin, it was late last night and I saw your post had no answers lol but figured Id follow yours. Neek runs all over the yard with me in pursuit.....I dont like him barking at everyone who walks by he seems to think its his job but I think they have a right to walk down street without being barking at the entire time they walk past our yard, he has a very loud bark!
I guess I will try the treat thing, he doesnt have much interest in toys, he has a cuz ball but doesnt play with it and doesnt like tennis balls so makes it hard. Only when hes playing with the water hose will he ignore people. A whole gang of teenagers (nice ones) walked by one day and it was like he didnt even see them but the water thing got out of hand so oh 0 we are back to square one.