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Sounds like your neighbor is a real piece of work and needs the professional guidance of a therapist to deal with his passive agressive tendancy to hurt/injure animals. Does he realize teh legal consequences to such...it's called animal cruelty and is punishable by law, as well...I'd definately keep him away from your children and build a very tall fence.

You should definitely complain to the local authorities. The personality of your neighbor seems like he does not like animals. I am surprised how his dog can live with him! Definitely let all the other neighbors know about the situation so that you have people to back you up in the future these scenes happen again. Good Luck and keep your sweety away from this guy!

Stuff happens. If your dog was in your yard you are in the alpha position. If not you are in a more bata or even a omega position. Were the dogs playing? It sound like they might have been given that you didn't stop what you were witnessing from your window.

Put your dog away and talk to your neighbor. If that is not an option look at fencing your yard and giving both your children and your dog a safe place to play.

Is it OK that your neighbor hurt your dog? No, but getting to understand why he did is the at the root of you all getting along.

If your dog was off-leash and it was in the neighbor's yard, you are in violation of the law. It doesn't matter if you were watching from the window. He could have called Animal Control and filed a trespassing complaint against you for your dog. Enough complaints and Animal Control will take your dog.

If the neighbor's dog was in your yard, he was in violation of the law and the same applies.

Pushing a dog is not animal abuse. You say the neighbor hurt your dog. Did your dog require medical attention? If you really feel it was abuse, you should have called the police and filed a report. I do think it is foolish for anyone to get between two dogs who are "playing".

I've been around enough dog owners who have untrained animals that are not under voice control to know that many of these owners can't tell dominance and aggression from "playing".

You provide very few details here other than that you are mad at your neighbor for "hurting" your dog. I can't make any judgment about your neighbor, you or the dogs because you haven't provided much other than opinion and feelings.

If someone hurts my dog, they better pray I don't see them, because I would probably end up in jail!

I will have to agree with RDO. keep your log on a leash or fenced in your property and this wouldnt be a problem.

I would egg his house and auction off his belongings on ebay.

I would talk to your neighbor and let him know respectfully, but FIRMLY that he is not to put his hands on your dog in any aggressive way. Especially if all this was happening in YOUR yard.I think it's silly to suggest that Animal Control could get involved...dogs who are under voice control and have a history of getting along with dogs should be allowed to play with a neighbors dog off-leash as long as both parties are OK with it.

You know your dog and what he sounds like if he's just playing versus being aggressive with other dogs...hopefully you,like any responsible dog owner, would intervene to the best of your abilities if you saw your dog becoming aggressive.

Talk to your neighbor and explain your frustrations about how he handled the situation. If he doesn't see eye-to-eye on how he was wrong, that should be the last time the two dogs play together.