Wondering if I could get some advice and I think this is the appropriate place to put it.
To make a long story short, my roommate's dog is making my life miserable. If he sees me leave my room, he goes crazy bellowing at me (he's quite a large dog), and running towards me. I don't think he'll bite, but he'll try to jump on me and his claws are pretty long. When my roommate isn't home, he's put in a crate in her room, so I don't have to deal with him then; but if she's out in the common area, she usually has him with her and keeps a good hold on him when I come out, though this isn't always possible.
Anyways, this morning she lost her grip on his leash while I was leaving for class, and did his usual running and bellowing at me. It frightened me how fast he moved this time, so I ran back into my room and got a nice claw mark on my leg in the process. While escaping, my backpack knocked my tv off its stand and onto the floor. It still works, but the screen is cracked and a strip on the upper part is white and gray.
My roommate takes him to obedience school, but I'm seeing no progress. I constantly hear her tell him "No!" or "Stop!" I've never raised my voice at it, looked at it wrong, or done anything to make it dislike me; it was actually okay with me when she first got the dog (without asking me if it was okay first). I don't think I can ask her to get rid of it, my lease ends in a few months and I'm not staying here, and she got it from the animal shelter so sending it back sounds cruel.
I'm at my wit's end with this latest incident and am getting sick of not being able to leave my room without getting barked at half the time (and that's if she's able to keep a hold of him). Does anyone have any suggestions for this situation? I know she feels bad about what's going on, but nothing is changing.
