Local Karen Tries To Ban Woman's Pet Dog From The Neighborhood: Reddit Storytime

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Ellie Dunn
Jan 31, 2022 5:00 PM EST

Moving to a new neighborhood can be scary. It's easy to get lost, or lose belongings, we even heard a story once of a cat who got stuck in an armchair while her humans were moving and ended up being rescued just in time from a thrift store before she was given away by mistake! What a roller coaster of a story that was! Anyway, today we have the story of a young single woman who moved by herself to a new home in the suburbs. Her new town seemed pretty nice, until she came across a man while jogging who decided to act pretty creepy towards her and her dog in a shocking incident (unfortunately this is not the first time we've heard of that). Fortunately, this woman's dog was a trained protection dog, similar to a service dog, but unfortunately, this isn't the end of the story…

You see, after talking about the incident on the community's local online forum, the man who behaved creepy towards her was defended by his wife. His wife told the whole town that this young woman's dog was a danger to society and a threat to the neighborhood. She even got the local Home Owner's Association involved and issued a notice that this protection dog needed to be banned from the neighborhood! So what happened next? Read on to learn about exactly what the woman did in response to protect her good boy!

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  • 01
    Font - For some context, I (F28) just moved from my city to my first house in a suburban neighborhood about six months ago. Just me and my dog Oaken, a Dutch Shepherd. My dog is trained as a Personal Protection Dog (PPD).
    via u/mydoghatesyou917

    Awww, dutch shepherds are the cutest. Also, Oaken sounds like a pretty awwdorable name for a young pupper. We're happy this duo found a new home. We wonder where this suburban neighborhood is where all of this drama started in the first place. Perhaps now that the story is going viral we'll find out…

  • 02
    Font - I'm a runner and Oaken runs with me. We were running in our neighborhood's park and pond area, I had my AirPods in, it was just getting dark.
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    Oh no, this is starting to sound like a scary story, we wonder how exactly this will end up going for everybody involved…

  • 03
    Font - I'd noticed in passing a guy on his bike on the same trails, and as we were coming around the pond he was stopped on our path. 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
    via u/mydoghatesyou917

    Don't tell them where you live OP! It's a trap!

  • 04
    Font - 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 definite hint of creepy.
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  • 05
    Font - After he forgot his initial story and said "I'm gonna be so pissed at myself if I lost another earbud, that's my third pair and they're nearly 300 bucks a pop" I moved to leave and he stood in the path and started asking about Oaken. Oaken
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  • 06
    Organism - wasn't doing anything aggressive at this point, no hair raised no growling or barking, he was doing exactly what he was trained to do and every time the guy would move to get closer to us he would just stand between me and him.
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  • 07
    Font - 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.
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  • 08
    Font - 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.
    via u/mydoghatesyou917
  • 09
    Font - The encounter was strange enough I posted in the Neighborhood app. Nothing accusing the guy of attacking us or anything over the top like that, just that my dog and I had gotten stopped by a stranger out running and a reminder not to grab at a person's dog or dog leash without permission.
    via u/mydoghatesyou917
  • 10
    Font - 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
    via u/mydoghatesyou917
  • 11
    Font - 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.
    via u/mydoghatesyou917
  • 12
    Font - AITA for posting what I posted to the Neighborhood app and apparently starting a feud with my new neighbor? Was I wrong for calling out Park Guy publicly?
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  • 13
    Font - Sparkling_Clover Nta Make sure to tell everyone about her "aggressive predator husband."
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  • 14
    Font - FuckUGalen Remember she chose to out her creepy husband, not you. Without her outing him he could have been a non resident, but she decided that defending him when she had plausible deniability was the best choice.
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  • 15
    Font - mydoghatesyou917 OP I don't know if I really want to escalate this into a full- fledged war of words, but I'm tempted to jump into the fray and defend myself and my dog.
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  • 16
    Font - Einsteinnobeach Exactly this. This story is riddled with red flags right from the beginning: - Men who understand women, safety, and power dynamics do not stop a woman running by herself, especially at dusk, regardless of the reason. - Asked inappropriately detailed information of her, including specifics about where she lives - Literally blocked her from leaving the situation - Changed his story about what he lost - Ignored and pushed against an explicitly stated boundary (not petting th
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  • 17
    Font - CJsopinion Not to mention his story of losing his keys changed. Something isn't right here. If you end up responding, it would be good to mention that. Ear buds. Keys. Totally different items.
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  • 18
    Font - EDIT 1: Yes, I have a home security system and cameras. The previous homeowners had a couple of collectible cars in the detached garage/apartment, and put in an extensive system.
    via u/mydoghatesyou917
  • 19
    Font - Park Guy's questions about where I lived, etc. didn't immediately set off crazy red flags because I've been asked very similar questions by multiple women multiple times in the neighborhood too. I'm getting the impression I'm the youngest person in the area by a good 20 or more years because people have asked me who my parents are, who I'm visiting etc.
    via u/mydoghatesyou917
  • 20
    Font - It seems like the only "young people" hanging around are ones who drive in from other places to get to the park and this neighborhood seems weirdly territorial about their park. I will definitely talk to an officer about a report.
    via u/mydoghatesyou917
  • 21
    Font - EDIT 2: Thank you very much Reddit for the kind support, and the overall objective and outside look into the situation. I did contact the local police department and they sent two officers out yesterday. I walked them through the situation, at what point I felt uncomfortable, and exactly how the neighbor then unknown to me stood to block me and reached for my dog's leash. I gave them my written account and a couple of pictures of exactly where everything happened. I showed them the post i
    via u/mydoghatesyou917
  • 22
    Font - The officers went to speak to the neighbor and also his wife, and he admitted to chatting me up because he didn't recognize me and wanted to know what I was doing there, but he denied he was actually trying to detain me. He said he saw that my dog had embroidery on his leash and was looking to see if it was an address. The officers gave him a
    via u/mydoghatesyou917
  • 23
    Font - how inappropriate his behavior was, and how lucky he was he didn't actually put his hands on me or get the leash and how lucky he was he hadn't tried to intimidate me further with a weapon or threat etc. They advised him it would be a good idea if he steered clear of me in the future, and if he has an actual concern about someone in the neighborhood or in the park, to leave it up to LEOS.
    via u/mydoghatesyou917
  • 24
    Font - His wife apparently tried to convince the cops that I should be thankful people in this neighborhood "look out for one another" and the officers said they very professionally laughed in her face.
    via u/mydoghatesyou917
  • 25
    Font - Everything is on record now, and I plan on penning a preemptive letter including the police report as an attachment and sending it to the HOA letting them know that if breed specific motions are on the agenda next meeting I would like to present said information in person.
    via u/mydoghatesyou917

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