I would have to agree with Chelsea on this. I've lived in the GCC with as many as 3 dogs at a time. Never once has a neighbour complained (and I have lived in stand alone villas in mostly local/arab neighbourhoods. In fact, I have had good Arab neighbours help me with problem kids (ringing the bell to get the dogs to bark and then running away)by helping me communicate (my Arabic is not great) the problem to the parents of said children. I rarely had a second problem with the same kids.
Keep your animals under control, treat everyone you might meet as someone who has a fear or dislike of dogs (I do this in North America, not everyone likes dogs) until they indicate obviously otherwise. My "pet" peeve is the idiots who bark at my dog. She already knows how to do that - if I'm feeling particularly annoyed I ask them "Hey great! Can you do a cow?"
I would have to agree with Chelsea on this. I've lived in the GCC with as many as 3 dogs at a time. Never once has a neighbour complained (and I have lived in stand alone villas in mostly local/arab neighbourhoods. In fact, I have had good Arab neighbours help me with problem kids (ringing the bell to get the dogs to bark and then running away)by helping me communicate (my Arabic is not great) the problem to the parents of said children. I rarely had a second problem with the same kids.
Keep your animals under control, treat everyone you might meet as someone who has a fear or dislike of dogs (I do this in North America, not everyone likes dogs) until they indicate obviously otherwise. My "pet" peeve is the idiots who bark at my dog. She already knows how to do that - if I'm feeling particularly annoyed I ask them "Hey great! Can you do a cow?"
Signature line > "You can't fix stupid"