*Rant on dangerous pets and their owners*

[Menarker]

Had a bad run in with someone's PITBULL.

No leash, no muzzle, Entire driveway with 3-4 meter sliding fence open as possible as it could be.

Dog instantly and aggressively charge towards me on sight despite me not actually being on his territory.

I dunno if I was brave/smart or stupid/mistaking my "dog lore", but I stood my ground and didn't run (despite being a fast runner myself) so as not to encourage it to chase after me (it slowed down still growling insanely as I slowly moved backwards). Its owner finally shouted and ran to pull the dog backwards (and she ran off into the house so as to avoid me catching her face... which is pointless since I live 3-4 houses away from her!)

Good news is, I'm untouched. Shaken, but nothing worse.

But I'm pissed off as hell. She lives near 3 schools, several bus stops, a senior center, 2 centers of worship. Someone else much more panicky or weaker could have easily been severely injured, especially those younger or weaker than I am.

Now, I've walked that path for 5 years, and never seen it before, so it's possible that dog belonged to someone visiting them or they... *Shudder* bought an aggressive dog all the sudden and have the gall to not take the proper measures to keep it in the yard...

I've always had a distaste for dogs (and a fondness for cats). This event only made the feeling much stronger.



So yeah, I hate owners of pets who are unable or unwilling to properly take actions to restrain their pets, especially if it has a history of aggression. Makes me want to advocate destruction of said animal and to charge owners in the same way as if they used a weapon.