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If you are uneasy with this person (and I can certainly understand why you would be!!!!), she may be picking up on these vibes from you. Our dogs are very tuned into our emotions and body language, and they can smell fear. However, I have to wonder, as Luvs said, that maybe this person has come into your home when you were not there, and that may be part of the reason for her intense dislike of this particular person.

All I can say is that your landlord is pretty stupid. I don't know about where you live, but we have "Make My Day" laws here, where anyone coming into your home unannounced and uninvited can be assumed to have violent intent and be met with deadly force. My husband is a certified range officer, certified personal firearms instructor and an avid hunter, so our home is like an arsenal. I pity the individual that decides to come into our home uninvited.

Although I haven't had this experience with Max, for the most part, the only people that Reno took an immediate dislike to were those that Bill and I didn't like or were uneasy with. In retrospect, I wouldn't go so far as to say he was a good judge of character as much as he picked up on our bad vibes. In a controlled environment, such as an invited guest in our home, any form of aggression would not be tolerated. However, if someone were to come into my home uninvited, on some level I'm inclined to say whatever aggression our dog sees fit to display is ok by me and that I would not discipline him for it, but how does he make that determination? Is he smart enough to know the difference? I'm not completely sure that he would be, so I would still expect him to listen to me no matter what.

Good luck to you in finding a new place to live. Renting can be the pits, especially if you have a sucky landlord.