People can be pretty weird when it comes to their pets.

From dressing them up and pushing them around in strollers, to feeding them human food, there seems to be no end to the way in which people can be precious about their little dog.

And when someone treats them any other way, the consequences can be dire.

Take the guy in this story, for example. When there was a problem with his neighbor’s dog, he found a solution after her repeated refusal to act.

But he wasn’t prepared for how she would react.

Read on to find out how he crossed her boundaries.

AITA for “vandalizing” my neighbor’s dog’s winter coat?

My neighbor (an 87-year-old woman) and I (a 28-year-old man) live in a rural area. We access our driveways through a wooded back road shared with two other houses.

We live up north, and in the mornings it can stay dark until almost 8 am.

My neighbor is older, nearly blind, and very stubborn. She has a “support dog” that helps her see, although he is not registered by any means.

He is a friendly black lab and she has dressed him in a dog coat for warmth for as long as I can remember.

Let’s see how the neighborhood drama got started.

The problem is, she lets the dog out in the morning to defecate and he has freedom to roam the shared road.

Being a black dog and wearing a black coat, he is almost impossible to see in the winter months. Between my neighbors and I, we have nearly hit this dog over eight times in the past two months.

I have talked to the neighbor about getting him a new coat or fixing bells to his collar or something, but she is attached to his coat for some reason.

She refuses to go with bells as they are too noisy and would be difficult for her to remove in her condition.

Read on to find out how he ended up infuriating his neighbor.

Eventually, I took matters into my own hands after nearly smoking this poor pup when backing onto the shared road in my truck.

I took the coat off of the dog and doused it in reflective spray paint.

He sticks out like a sore thumb in the woods now, and my neighbors agreed it is much easier to see him.

It took awhile for the neighbor to notice.

My neighbor had no idea for a few weeks until her step-nephew visited to help her with a plumbing issue and commented on the coat.

She asked me about it, I owned up to it, and now she’s furious – talking about vandalism and lawsuits.

I admit I could’ve got a separate reflective coat for him or used reflective tape or something, but I really think I helped more than I hurt the situation.

AITA?

Look, what he did maybe wasn’t the best way to tackle the situation, but he had the poor dog’s best interests in mind.

Which is more that can be said about the neighbor.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this.

This person agreed that the guy did the right thing in a tricky situation.

Meanwhile, this commenter provided some clear guidance about the role of a working dog.

And this person suggested that perhaps the woman could do with a reality check.

His kindness should be more appreciated.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.