Neighbor's barking dog.

[First-light]

I live in a residential area. Only there two weeks now. My next door neighbor has two dogs. They are out most of the day when they are at work or on the weekends.

There is a 6 foot vinyl fence between the properties. The bigger dog barks all day long. The dogs were out on saturday all day. I think I went to sleep at 11 and they were still out. As soon as these people get home they let them in and the barking stops. Sunday I went in my backyard and the bigger dog knocked out a panel in the fence. His head was through the opening barking away at me. At this point I went over and introduced myself and told the guy what was going on. He said the dog was friendly and introduced me to it. He was correct and the dog seemed fine. I told him about the all day barking and jumping on the fence on saturday. He said there is nothing he can do about it. At that point I didn't press the issue. I could call code enforcement and put a complaint in. I'm thinking about talking to neighbors, as I get to know them, to see what they have done. It will get unbearable for me at some point. Anyone have any luck going down this road. Clearly the owners fault here.

[Doewhacker]

We had neighbors leave dogs out before, we called the dog warden and he handled it. A year later the house was forclosed on and those people are long gone.

Personaly we have bark collars for our dogs, they go nuts when someone walks by and even crazier when someone comes in the drive way.

I can't beleive there is nothing the owner could do, he could crate his dog in the basement, by a bark collar, or try to train it out of him. Sounds like a lazy pet owner to me, the worst kind.

Edit to add, after the warden talked to them they got rid of the dogs in my case.

Edited August 19, 2013 by Doewhacker

[growalot]

Mail him a few adds for both no bark collars and the no bark ultra sound devises.....suggest that he may want to look into those options of his own accord...before he's required to do so by law...Good Luck

[First-light]

Thanks Grow and Doe. I want to see how the next few weeks go then I may take up some of these options.

[growalot]

good luck...one other option to give him a better point of view on whats happening....tape a day in your life with his dogs noise in the back ground......sometimes only a small brick needs to fall on ones head to get the point...lol

[MACHINIST]

Video tape about an hour of the dogs doing that and give it to him and ask again if he can do anything.If it doesn't do anything for you play that recording out your window when you leave everyday as loud as you can when they are home and give them a taste of their own medicine.

[phade]

How has nobody typed the three most famous letters in such situations yet? HuntingNY forum FAIL.

[jjb4900]

I would venture to guess that if he said there's nothing he can do about it, then he also has no intention of trying to do anything about it.........

Edited August 19, 2013 by jjb4900

[First-light]

I would venture to guess that if he said there's nothing he can do about it, then he also has no intention of trying to do anything about it.........

That is what I'm afraid of. I like the idea of recording and playing it back.

[Paula]

Benadryl

[phade]

Oh come on people...

 

SSS!

[Paula]

NO

 

[mmkay]

Just be direct with the guy. Don't play games,  Tell him to fix the problem.  Tell him to get bark collar for the dogs.  Give him a due date...get the dogs to stop by X day or you will need to get the court involved.  It sucks that he's making you be the hard ass, but if it truely bothers you, you need to take the lead

 

My dogs barked all the time,  the collars corrected the behavior in minutes.    

[thphm]

Where I lived in the past,If a persons pet animal made whineing or barking for more then 15 minutes continous you could call the police,1st. time they would get a worning. 2nd. time they would get a fine.After that the animal would be taken from them and put in a pound and the owner woul have to pay for there upkeep.

[phade]

My dog has learned to spin the collar. Dog is dumber than a box of rocks sometimes, but smart when he wants to be. When he spins the collar the contacts don't set off, and we bought a pretty high end unit.

[Woodcock]

Your neighbor will either be reasonable or not....I've had this situation myself and several friends have also. When you approach the person, be polite yet firm and be certain that the conversation ends with you asking for a resolution. If the person responds "hey, they're dogs and dogs bark" then you're in for the long haul. Document everything and go immediately to the town authorities. There are some miserable and very selfish dog owners out there. Continuous barking is unacceptable and you have every right to take action. Just remember that you want to have a good relationship so you need to try your best to work this out. Once a relationship with a neighbor goes bad, it's probably done for good.

Edited August 19, 2013 by Woodcock

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Oh come on people...

 

SSS!

I thought you meant EGP

[First-light]

All good info you guys put out there. I think one more conversation needs to take place before the law gets involved. 

 

"Where I lived in the past,If a persons pet animal made whineing or barking for more then 15 minutes continous you could call the police,1st. time they would get a worning. 2nd. time they would get a fine.After that the animal would be taken from them and put in a pound and the owner woul have to pay for there upkeep." 

Same in my town. That will be my course after the next conversation.

 

[jjb4900]

All good info you guys put out there. I think one more conversation needs to take place before the law gets involved. 

 

"Where I lived in the past,If a persons pet animal made whineing or barking for more then 15 minutes continous you could call the police,1st. time they would get a worning. 2nd. time they would get a fine.After that the animal would be taken from them and put in a pound and the owner woul have to pay for there upkeep." 

Same in my town. That will be my course after the next conversation.

Hopefully it won't have to come to that......nothing worse than being on bad terms with a neighbor......a few years back we had a dog that was a barker, we bought a small hand held device that when the dog barked, you would press the button and it sent out a high pitched sound, that couldn't be heard by humans, that made the dog stop barking and it worked......it definitely had the range to affect a dog next door.

[Jeremy K]

I wonder if I can record the neighbors kids screaming and play that back for them, I'd rather listen to a dog bark then kids scream, wanna trade?

[Deerthug]

FL. I suggest something like this

http://www.pestnoproblem.com/product/bark-stop-pro

I was in your shoes once where my neighbor's dog was constantly barking. So I bought one similar to the one in the link and after a few days the dog stopped barking. No promises but it worked for me.

[jjb4900]

FL. I suggest something like this

http://www.pestnoproblem.com/product/bark-stop-pro

I was in your shoes once where my neighbor's dog was constantly barking. So I bought one similar to the one in the link and after a few days the dog stopped barking. No promises but it worked for me.

that's similar to what I suggested...worked wonders for us.

[ELMER J. FUDD]

You need me to stop by and say "hello" with steve, doewhacker, and the rest of the crew?

[josephmrtn]

You need me to stop by and say "hello" with steve, doewhacker, and the rest of the crew?

Im happy just being a gunman ya"ll can do the talking... LOL

[josephmrtn]

Oh BTW i also offer private services

1000 for a hit and run (dog)

2000 to make it look like an accident...

lmao