My neighbors half pit bull bit my foot and would not let me move. I was frozen. He kept growling and coming closer. Owner had trouble getting him to respond and let me go. I now keep a gun in my pocket all times when in my yard
That just isn't right to have to have a gun on you in your own yard. I never went back to my friend's house unless I called first and they put the German Shepherd in a pen in their bedroom. Where I live now, in the middle of 61 townhomes, no dog is allowed in our common area unless on a leash. There are no large dogs in here, they are all smaller. However, there is a dachshund across the street and that lady is a friend and had that dog outside so I went to talk with her and had my Yorkie and the dachshund started lunging at Prissy and pulling back and lunging again. Prissy got flat on the ground as small as she could get and was trembling. I had to pick her up because she was scared to death. I had never seen her do that. She is afraid of that dog. One of you dog people who know what that was about, tell me.
When I take her to the groomers she is around dogs and has no reaction to them except being friendly.
You ought to consider the possibility of moving.
Some years ago I had a run in with a renter on my street (the problem house for 20 years) over his two rottweilers getting loose when my daughter was outside in our own yard. I (in my 50s) told the arsehole (about 30 and 30 pounds heavier than I) that I would shoot his dogs if they came after my daughter. He went ballistic of course. So I then told him I would, with my bare hands, rip his head from his shoulders and roll it down the street. I said you have no idea of what a father will do to protect his child. Scared the crap out of him. LOL.