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Input: My husband and I just bought a house in a neighborhood and we have 2 young kids (toddler and infant). The other day I was loading my kids into the car when a very large dog appeared in our driveway. I don’t know much about dogs and it scared me. I jumped in the car and finished buckling my kids from the inside. The dog proceeded to walk around our yard like he knew the place. No collar. I’ve seen him a few times since and honestly it makes me nervous to even be outside with my kids not knowing when he’ll appear or if he’ll try to hurt us. Today I had a similar experience with a different dog (this one with a collar) which ran into my garage as I was working on a project in there, and sent me running back into the house. You can probably tell I didn’t grow up with dogs and have a bit of a fear.

I grew up in a different part of the country and I never saw dogs just running around, they’d either be fenced in or on leashes. We just moved across the country and are adjusting to a lot of cultural differences.  I’ve asked some of the people we’ve met here and they’ve said this is more normal here to just let your dogs run around. Basically the advice has been if the dog seems friendly, no problem. 

My gut is to call animal control (not on the dog with the collar, but on the other one which I’ve never seen with a person, just roaming). I’d like to be able to play outside with my children in my own yard without feeling like my head needs to be on a swivel. What makes me unsure about calling is that it doesn’t seem “wild”. It had a nice coat and looks decently well behaved and hasn’t actually bothered us. If I had to guess, I’d say a neighbor owns it. But I have no idea who. We moved in two weeks ago so I don’t know any of our neighbors yet. 

WIBTA to call animal control on what could potentially be a neighbor’s pet?

calling animal control on what could potentially be a neighbor's pet