Sorry it’s another dog question again, but there has been some new development in this story.

So I have been trying not to trigger the dog as much as possible: riding slowly, stop when I see the dog, etc… I don’t see the dog face-to-face that often. And when I do, the dog just barks at me a little then runs away doing other things.

This afternoon I was pulling my motorcycle out to work when I saw the dog outside my door. It saw me, but it was busy sniffing things so it basically ignored me. Weird, I thought, but I paid little attention to it and rode away. In the evening when I finished work I rode back home. When I was near my house I saw the dog again. It was with another dog. It looked at me intensely while walking slowly toward me. I was standing still on my motorcycle, hoping it would move away like the other time. Suddenly the dog grabbed my leg, as if it was trying to climb on me. It just kept holding onto my leg and didn’t let go. I was so shocked and confused at what happened that I called my dad out to scare the dog away, and he did.

When I was finally inside my home, my dad laughed and said the dog was just trying to be friendly with me. He said that the dog was now used to me and it was just trying to be my friend. Now I feel so conflicted. How could a dog that wanted to eat me alive some months ago want to be my friend now? And if that is true, that makes me so confused. On one hand, I want to be friendly with the dog and have a positive experience with it; but on the other hand, I’m not sure if it is ok to interact with the dog. What should I do in this situation?