Misty has a low tolerance towards a group of noisy, screaming little kids, pre-school age, its not that she doesn't like them, she is really afraid of them like little yappy dogs. She is a perfect angel with one on one. My neighbor who lives two doors down runs a home daycare, and I think she is over the limit with the number of kids, she has, like 8. Well, they are loud, screaming, little children, they are so bad, that her neighbor put up a fence around his backyard with the chicken wire on the outside to keep the kids from climbing the fence and playing in his yard, I've seen him many times yelling at these children. O.K., this evening I was walking Misty, it was her last walk for the day, it was around 6:30, and two parents with their children, were outside in the driveway talking, not paying any attention to their children, who were running around with long sicks in their hands, well, when we were approaching the house, the kids came running towards us yelling, dogie, dogie. I saw Misty becoming very alert, ears straight up, her tail, out and she was very focus on these two kids, she was getting into her defending mode, I pulled her out into the street and of course the kids ran out into the street after us, I was reassuring Misty by telling her, its o.k. baby, relax, lets just walk, and finally I yelled at the parents, she is not fond of kids, she may snap at them, the parents just looked and said oh, really, Jason, Amanda come here. My concern is, that Misty may one day be really quick and snap at one of these brats, so, what is the best thing for me to do, and what is the best statement to make to these parents who that care if their kids are playing with sticks, running after dogs, and into the street. I don't want anything to happen to Misty, because, I am a very responsible pet owner and I want to protect her from these kids. I blame the parents, for letting their kids run wild because they are so engrossed in their conversation, and seem like they don't care. Any suggestions would be wonderful. I know she would never mean to hurt anyone of them, but, in her mind, she is protecting me, seeing these kids, running with sticks and screaming. She is doing her job. She is such a good dog, but, she is very protective, which is a good thing. Thanks.

Could you maybe walk Misty in the morning? I know it is not fair for you to only be able to walk in the morning, but I find this works well for Shadow. He hates loud noises by children and trucks in the evening. I wish we could walk in the evening, but Shadow just gets very nervous. It is really stupid of the parents to ignore the fact that you told the children not to approach the dog. What makes me even more angry is the fact if the dog bit one of the kids, your dogs life is in jeopardy. You will get fined for their negligence and stupidity. You need a license to own a dog, but not a kid.

I would go a different way on the walk or wait til the kids are picked up by their parents.

Actually we walk in the morning and its almost 7 for our last walk, she doesn't like to walk the other way because of Nemo, the dog that try to attack her last year. Its the same two parents who just stand out by their cars yaking, now, I don't know about you, but, after a long day at work, and picking up my child, I would want to get right home. Its not fair to Misty for her last walk of the evening to change her routine. I think what I'll do is just cross the street and walk on the other side. She usually is asleep by 8 in the evening, she is an early riser and she asleep by 7:30, 8:00.