Woman Feuds With Neighbor After She Tries To Ban Her Good Dog From The Neighborhood, Turns To Reddit For Advice

A young single woman recently moved to her new house in a suburban neighborhood. She owns a Dutch Shepherd dog named Oaken, who is trained as a Personal Protection Dog (PPD), similar to a service dog. She loved her new town and felt everything was pretty nice until she came across a man who acted pretty creepy and crazy towards her and her dog.
But unfortunately, this isn't the end of the story. The woman then posted the encounter on the Neighborhood app, where Park Guy's wife read the post and recognized her husband immediately. Since then she's been spreading nasty rumors about the woman and her dog. His wife told the whole town that her dog was a danger to society and a threat to the neighborhood. She even got the local Home Owner's Association and tried to ban Oaken from the neighborhood. Scroll down to read the full story and to learn about exactly what the woman did in response to protect her good boy!

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That day, she was running in the neighborhood’s park and pond area with Oaken when she noticed in passing a guy on his bike on the same trails. The man waved to her and asked if she saw the keys that he dropped on the path. He then asked weird things that the woman felt annoyed with a definite hint of creepy.
"He waved us down and said he had dropped his keys, asked if I had seen them on the path, asked if I had a light on me because he thinks he dropped them in the grass, wanted to know if I lived in the neighborhood, which house was mine, if I was nearby because he didn’t see any cars in the parking area that he didn’t recognize, basically anything to keep us there and keep talking. Not scary, but annoying with a definite hint of creepy."

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Fortunately, Oaken is a trained protection dog, so he did anything aggressive and did exactly what he was trained to do. When the guy moved to get closer to he and his mom, he just standed and watched.
"The guy asked if he was friendly, asked to pet him, and I said I’d rather he not. He kept saying dogs loved him, blah blah, I again said no and we started to walk around the guy to go. That’s when he decided it would be a good idea to try to grab Oaken’s leash. (I have no idea why, your guess is as good as mine.) Oaken backed us up, low growl, showed his teeth. Didn’t snap, didn’t bite. We left."

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"Apparently, Park Guy's wife read the post and recognized her husband immediately, because since then she’s been telling every neighbor who will listen about my “aggressive attack dog.” I’ve now gotten a letter from the HOA and apparently the next homeowner’s meeting has breed specific bans on the agenda. While I believe Oaken’s response was appropriate and controlled, I’m feeling sad and disappointed that my new community has the wrong impression. I’m not out to terrify people."

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Here is how Redditors reacted when they read her story and her question:

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