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I felt he crossed the line

Yeah - sounds to me like he did too...

But if my dog got out and was running, I would be asking everyone I saw outside, including kids that are riding bikes around and such if they had "seen a black and white spotted dog this morning".

Asking them to accompany me and look is a different thing... and would be crossing the line.

There are some nice, but bored, kids in my area, and two of the boys have shown a lot of interest in my horses. I see them, they come and kinda hang around outside my gate. When I am in the mood to, I go talk to them, and have even brought Bay or the pony over for them to pet and feed. I would hate to think that I can't talk to them.

I got into horses because a neighbor farm was willing to let me hang around.

Sure, you can talk to them! They know you and know where you live. Their parents probably know of you at least. I'm talking complete strangers coming up to little kids. If I saw a complete stranger talking to one of my boys over the fence, I'd come out of the house with some sort of weapon.

I only look like a slightly pudgy housewife...