{"id":856216,"date":"2026-06-09T23:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/856216\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T23:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:54:26","slug":"neighbors-in-jacksonville-fear-aggressive-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/856216\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors in Jacksonville fear aggressive dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Neighbors in one Westside Jacksonville neighborhood are speaking out after they say two dogs are terrorizing their streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cYou never know when they\u2019re going to sneak up on you and they will,\u201d neighbor Gilbert Miller said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Miller said he walks with an ax handle outside to protect himself from what he said are his neighbor\u2019s aggressive dogs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve been attacked at least four times, not viciously, but they get your pants, they shake your pants, nip your fingers and just come at you like they\u2019re going to tear you up,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office records show that Miller has called them four times since January, each time he said they were about these dogs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>RELATED: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/its-absolutely-insane-woman-speaks-out-after-dogs-attack-her-cat-magnolia-gardens\/HHDNAUMREFE7PPWQAPO4DGRHDE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/its-absolutely-insane-woman-speaks-out-after-dogs-attack-her-cat-magnolia-gardens\/HHDNAUMREFE7PPWQAPO4DGRHDE\/\"><b>\u2018It\u2019s absolutely insane\u2019: Woman speaks out after dogs attack her cat in Magnolia Gardens<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Miller said he\u2019s also reached out to Animal Care and Protective Services several times about it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">But he is not the only neighbor concerned about the dogs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re actually climbing the fences coming to people\u2019s yards,\u201d neighbor Jeffery Cunningham said. \u201cYou can\u2019t feel safe out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>RELATED: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/dog-next-door-is-so-aggressive-beach-haven-neighbors-report-ongoing-issues-with-loose-dog\/DLB36M423BAF7DYLOMHNP4OBDM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/dog-next-door-is-so-aggressive-beach-haven-neighbors-report-ongoing-issues-with-loose-dog\/DLB36M423BAF7DYLOMHNP4OBDM\/\"><b>\u2018The dog next door is so aggressive\u2019: Beach Haven neighbors report ongoing issues with loose dog<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cThey are in my yard all times of night, the morning,\u201d neighbor Mary Woods said. \u201cI don\u2019t ride my bicycle no more.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">In the past two weeks, we\u2019ve reported two other cases of aggressive dogs scaring neighbors in other Jacksonville neighborhoods. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">We reached out to ACPS and we asked them what\u2019s the threshold for them to respond and collect dogs if they are being aggressive. We\u2019re still waiting to hear back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>] <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">As for Miller, he just wants something to happen soon before its too late. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re not that bad yet, but they\u2019re getting there,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThey are getting more and more aggressive.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Miller notes ACPS has responded to his requests, but he said he just wants the situation resolved before someone gets hurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Click here<\/b><\/a><b> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><b> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/video\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><b> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Neighbors in one Westside Jacksonville neighborhood are speaking out after they say two dogs are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":856217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[24536,12189,5229,3188,723,29918,349540,11561,13819,7310,8423,425,29917,30170,18127,57513,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,69719],"class_list":["post-856216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-acps","tag-action_news","tag-america","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-foglio","tag-gilbert_miller","tag-jack","tag-jackson","tag-jacksonville","tag-jso","tag-local","tag-madison","tag-madison_foglio","tag-miller","tag-tanika","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-west_side"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116722852693549069","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}