Hi guys, I'm not sure if this is the right section for this topic, but here it goes. There are 2 stray dogs of medium/big size around where I live. Some people gives them food, and they wander around in different areas. The areas have lots of people around during the day.
The dogs seems calm and all they do is wandering around and resting around. But they can get a bit aggressive towards bicycles. They would chase them, jump a bit towards them and bark at them 'till they go away.
But well, one day, I've seen them acting the same with 2 women. They weren't walking together, the last one only walked by a few minutes later. But they were a bit aggressive towards these 2 women, and one of them which is an elder woman got scared and screamed. I'm not sure what triggered that, as these 2 dogs sees many people passing by during the day and they barely cares. It could be some scent, the way they walked, and so on.
But the problem is, can they someday actually hurt someone? Can someone react a way that can trigger further aggression like dog bite some day?
I'm not sure what to think. I'm thinking of calling a shelter (no kill ones), but then is it too extreme? They would lose freedom forever... And the shelters also has too many dogs. Also, I don't think that they look very adoptable (not exactly beautiful ones).
Also, we might be a bit selfish to send some dogs to forever confinement just coz we wonder if they might give a bite someday.
So what do you guys think?
The dogs seems calm and all they do is wandering around and resting around. But they can get a bit aggressive towards bicycles. They would chase them, jump a bit towards them and bark at them 'till they go away.
But well, one day, I've seen them acting the same with 2 women. They weren't walking together, the last one only walked by a few minutes later. But they were a bit aggressive towards these 2 women, and one of them which is an elder woman got scared and screamed. I'm not sure what triggered that, as these 2 dogs sees many people passing by during the day and they barely cares. It could be some scent, the way they walked, and so on.
But the problem is, can they someday actually hurt someone? Can someone react a way that can trigger further aggression like dog bite some day?
I'm not sure what to think. I'm thinking of calling a shelter (no kill ones), but then is it too extreme? They would lose freedom forever... And the shelters also has too many dogs. Also, I don't think that they look very adoptable (not exactly beautiful ones).
Also, we might be a bit selfish to send some dogs to forever confinement just coz we wonder if they might give a bite someday.
So what do you guys think?