Why does everyone hate that woman? Even as a kid I didn't get it. I mean they refuse to put Toto on a leash and then he trespasses in her garden, digs it up, and bites her. The dog is clearly a danger to others and his owners refuse to train him or tie him up, what was she supposed to do besides going for the sheriff? As someone who has had a dog who was hard to train and has been attack by a dog that belonged to someone else I can tell you she did what she was supposed to do. Dorthy and her Aunt and Uncle were completely in the wrong, they do not have the right to destroy Gulch's property and in most states any dog that attacks people will be put down. This seems to have been a problem for a long time, Gulch wanted them to control their dog and they refused, what was she supposed to do if she didn't want to get attacked again?

I am sorry but going to the law to have a problem taken care of after you are attacked has never struck me as an act of pure evil, i just don't get how she is the bad guy.