02-22-2011, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by NaNa
To be honest, no. It's like people with kids - those are much louder households than mine. And when you have a loud life, you have no idea what quiet is. So nah, I don't think your neighbors understand how annoying that can be to you. That's why I prefer the face to face sort of sugar coated approach early on - before I am so spun I start to sound like Donald Duck in a windstorm. But hey, that's me. Not only do I lock my dogs down when I am away, they are reprimanded for barking when I am home and I have a couple of bark collars that blast them in the face with a citronella spray EVERY time they bark.
It isn't that I'm insensitive to your situation. I had a neighbor's dog bark at me the minute I would go into my backyard. My solution was to buy the biggest rawhide chewy I could find. I tossed it over the fence and then let the owners know I had done it and the chewy was "safe". It took a couple of chewys, but the owners got it and the dog started staying in more.
Sounds like you are already too far down the path. If I were in the position you are now, I would waste no time in calling in Animal Control. It is a pretty easy guess your neighbors must be expecting it by now. I would certainly call the owner of the property, if the folks with the barking dogs are renters. Sounds like you need to be "barking dog" to the property owner.
Are you the only two neighbors on the block? I would think if you have other neighbors the dogs must be disturbing them. You might try talking to them to too.
Good luck!
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While I appreciate the suggestions, I can't agree that they are deaf to the noise and it is therefore up to the neighbors to "sweetly approach them and ask on bended knee that they make their dogs behave." Yes I took big liberties in paraphrasing there...
If it was just the dog situation I might be able to lean a little more your way, but after them ignoring the complaints from the neighbors about the parking, I am quite sure they are aware and willfully ignoring the dog situation just as they did the cars.
Why is it that you are not deaf to your dogs, and act when necessary? Why haven't you become oblivious to your own annoyances? I would have to say it is because you are not an inconsiderate person to begin with.
There are people who just ignore the effect of their dogs in the yard, their kids crying in the theatres, and their radios being too loud in the streets. They are encased in their own world and I think it is because people have tried to "be nice" to them for so long that they think they are entitled to disturb the peace.
So far, after talking to them, their dogs have stayed inside for the past two days. I am pretty sure they will sooner or later return to the yard, but I will enjoy the quiet while I can.
Thanks again for the suggestions. If the barking resumes, I will just let the county handle it [or not]. I asked and have been made aware that there are $1000 fines that are enforced in this area.
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