DOG BARKING and YOUR NEIGHBORS

We have animal control in our town.....there's a dog officer who will take care of those problems.....thats terrible.....take them to court.....

Ricki how do you really feel?  Kidding I really do understand as our neighbors would go to Friday night football games and their two dogs would bark from 6-11 pm like clockwork every friday.  It would wake up my baby and I would feed them milk bones to get them to quit down for a bit but that is what it was only for a short time.

I agree with you...I think it's so rude to not take other people into consideration when you have pets.

Hope you have a great day!

Hi Ricki,

We had that problem when we lived in California (for years). We finally solved it by moving away from there. Even animal control didn't seem to help. They said they had to catch the dog howling and barking and since it only happened after 10pm, how was that going to work? It's a hard thing to deal with. How about milk bones with a sleeping pill in them. Just kidding!

Wouldn't you love to have a coyote as a pet? 

I so agree.  I think a dog that barks all the time is a problem anyway.  Clearly the dog is not getting enough attention.  I have a border collie living next door and routinely will bark 3 or 4 hours during the day.  I am angry with you, and I love my dog.  He only barks when he is letting me know something important.

Ricki,

Shows a total lack of respect on their part.  I also would call them every time the dog barks.

Ricki sorry you are going through this. You may have to have a sit-down with the neighbors and the dog. One positive thing, you got to stay up and write a blog. It was probably a skunk or raccoon that made him bark. Time to get out the BB Gun and go hunting.

Ricki-  I'm a dog lover, I have 3 dogs.  A giant black Lab, a Pug and a Puggle.  My big Lab can bark, he can even sound pretty scary.  He guards my home and also sleeps on his own leather love seat in my room at night.  If I think I hear something downstairs at night, I'm pretty sure it was nothing if this big guy doesn't wake up.

If your neighbor has a dog outside in this weather, I feel sorry for the dog. 

My dogs might bark in the yard sometimes and it is usually because a squirrel was taunting them on the fence.  I would never allow my dogs to bark all night, what kind of people are they?

Ricki - We are lucky that we don't have that issue in the middle of the night, but we do have neighbors with a dog that barks MOST of the day. I dont understand why they bark so much. Our neighborhood is relatively quiet and the dog is in the backyard. I could understand if there were kids running around and the dog barked at them protecting the house... but I really think it barks because it wants to come in the house. Either let the dog in the house, strap a collar on it, or give the dog away to a family that will give it the attention he/she needs. Its a good idea to wake them up also.

Ricki,

I sympathise with you. In the last house we lived in we couldn't use the backyard as whenever we went out there my neighbors dog would bark non stop. It was one of those high pitched barks that meant you couldn't even hear yourself think with all the racket going on.  

I don't know of any cure for a yapping neighbor dog, particularily when the owners won't even do anything about it. Although perhaps next time you are up in the middle of the night record the dog, even if it's a three or more hour recording and then give it to your neighbors so that they can hear for themselves the neverending noise.

In the meantime if you have their email address, just send them a copy of this post. Maybe they will realise then that this is an issue that needs a longterm solution.

Best of luck to you!!!

:)

Howdy there Ricki

Actually be happy it a puppy dog, I've been haven to fight with skunks. Doing their best to get into the crawl space under the house. They actually rip the wood apart to get under there. I went out and got a painr ball gun, to put some color in their life. Their friend will think they have gone punck. As of tonight there is one runny around, thats black white and red.

Hi Ricki... this is simply indicative of the total lack of respect that many people seem to have for others in this day and age.  I hope this is a not too frequent occurrence.