Originally Posted by RonTheDon

Fun or not, people shouldn't do that, especially to dogs. My dog, for instance, is very friendly, people person and loving. Now that this old man has taunted him, my dog probably sees him as a threat now.

What if my dog got out, saw the old man and attacked him? It pisses me off because you hear of these types of stories all the time, where the friendly dog attacks a kid.

The conversation I had with him was necessary. It probably would have been a different conversation if he wasn't so old. I just brought it up again to my wife and told her that I feel bad in a way because it was like I was scolding one of my kids... She said he's probably just feeling isolated, hermit-like; a lot of older folks get that way.