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Chico, our 8-pound Chihuahua, and I were on our morning walk recently, which follows much the same route daily. At the corner of Seventh Avenue South and Walnut, a work crew enjoyed Chico for a minute. One worker said she “loved to work in Edmonds because there were so many dogs and friendly people."

Six blocks later, on the sidewalk in the 400 block of Sixth Avenue South, a fellow came up his driveway and aggressively threatened me within inches of my face after Chico – on his leash – sniffed a bush bordering the sidewalk.

I tried to calm the fellow, but...