Dog Problem

[corvus]

Scary! I certainly wouldn't be doing anything that could be interpreted as remotely threatening. He's a guardian breed, after all. He's meant to take threats very seriously and meet them courageously. A cattle prod could just drive him into a frenzy and put you at the top of his "threats to take care of" list from now on. I know someone that was having such problems with local dogs that she bought herself a cattle prod, and tried it on herself first so she knew what it would do. She said it hurt A LOT.

I can only think that if you can get the owner to visit with you as suggested that would be the best outcome. But sounds like it's a long shot. It's scary. There was this dog that used to live down the road from me that would launch an attack EVERY time someone walked past his house. He was a Boxer, and he would come at you and jump up and bite and go again and again. Scared the crap out of me. The only way to avoid him attacking was to make sure you were on the other side of the road well before you got to his house and studiously look away as you passed. I was so scared of that dog, and a Maremma is bigger!

Someone I know had neighbours with a pair of Maremmas. They would spend most of their time at her house on her porch, but the moment someone came around they would scoot back to their property and guard it. Funny, they never seemed to consider her house as part of their territory despite spending so much time there. I guess their chicken flock never went there, but it offered a good vantage point.