In my neighborhood, there are two homes with dogs that are the epitome of annoying.

Neighbor #1 lives two houses to the right and has a large mixed breed dog that they have on a "run" from morning to night, and sometimes late at night. This dog barks at everything that passes by from cars, to squirrels, to blowing leaves.

Neighbor #2 lives 5 houses to the left and has a pure bred little white dog like a Maltese or a Bichon Frise. The owners of this dog let it go out and it "yips" at everything like the big dog for hours and hours.

I like to go out onto my deck and enjoy the outdoors. Except my neighbors and their F*ing dogs are ruining the experience for me. In addition, my autistic son is so bothered by the sound of the "yippy" dog, that he will go inside the minute he hears it. I don't know why the lower pitched big dog's bark doesn't affect him, but that's immaterial.

I have talked to both neighbors about their dogs, and things changed for a little while, then reverted back to the state we are now. I am considering calling the animal control and reporting them for noise polluition. I don't know if there is a law against this, but there should be.

Do you have neighbors that are "un-neighborly" with their dogs? What if anything did you do about it?

 

One thing I would advise is to keep your neighbours informed of every time their dogs bark; if the dogs are barking when they're out, they won't be aware of it!!

Try to keep calm about it; explain to the owner of the dog that upsets your son, the effect it has on him. They probably don't realise (and may well be mortified about it). You could also lie to the owner of the other, bigger dog, telling them the same thing - what are they gonna do, come round and interrogate your son?).

Thing is, if you've mentioned this to them in the past and things ease up for a while, then they are probably trying to curb this behaviour; if you don't keep going back and letting them know, they'll think that whatever they're doing is working. Not their fault or the fault of the dog either.

You could suggest that the dogs be kept indoors, away from any stimulus that could potentially set them off; dogs can start barking at something relevant, then seemingly 'forget' how to stop - it can be a sign of boredom, of too much energy both signs that the owners haven't considered the wellbeing of the animal being suited to their lifestyle.

The main thing you have to consider is to remain on good terms with your neighbours, allowing communications back and to. They are less likely to try to curb their noisy hounds if you approach them with anger (or even set animal control on them...and they will probably know it's you). Perhaps you could ask other neighbours how it affects them, perhaps there's someone else who is simmering at the noisy intrusion into their daily routine.

You could maybe suggest the dogs get walked during the day by professional dog walkers, if there are any in your neighbourhood, this may help curb noise caused by too much energy waiting to be released.

I'd be very hesitant at involving any outside agencies unless or until every other avenue has been explored though; there may come a time when you need to rely on those very neighbours for something

 

State and Local Laws - you need to do your research.

If the situation doesn't improve after your efforts to work something out, it's time to check your local laws and see what your legal options are. Armed with this knowledge, you'll be better prepared to approach your neighbor again or go to animal control authorities, the police, or a small claims court judge.

In some places, barking dogs are covered by a specific state or local ordinance. For example, Massachusetts law allows neighbors to make a formal complaint to the town's board of selectmen (city council) about a dog that is a nuisance because of "excessive barking."2 The board holds a hearing and makes whatever order is necessary to stop the nuisance - including, in some cases, ordering the owner to get rid of the dog.3

Similarly, state law in Oregon declares any dog that disturbs someone with "frequent or prolonged noises" is a public nuisance.4 The county investigates complaints.

Keeping a dog whose barking is a nuisance may even be a minor criminal offense. A woman in Connecticut, for example, was convicted of violating a local law that prohibited keeping a dog that was an "annoyance to any sick person residing in the immediate vicinity." The neighbor who complained suffered from migraine headaches. The penalty for a first offense was a fine of up to $100, up to 30 days in jail or both.5

If there's no law aimed specifically at dogs, a general nuisance or noise ordinance will make the owner responsible. Local law may forbid loud noise after 10 p.m., for example, or prohibit any "unreasonable" noise. And someone who allows a dog to bark, after numerous warnings from police, may be arrested for disturbing the peace. (Dealing with the police is discussed below.)

A Tennessee judge imposed a fine of $6,200 on a man whose dogs - up to 19 of them, at times - disturbed his neighbors. The steep fine came after the dog owner said, in court, that he didn't care what the neighbors said.6

To find out what the law is where you live, go online or to a law library and check the state statutes and city or county ordinances yourself. Look up "noise," "dogs," "animals" or "nuisance." You can probably also find out about local laws by calling the local animal control agency or city attorney.

 

Wanna see me do it again?

 

I know this feeling very well got a neighbour next door who has 3 dogs when 1 barks all three bark and they are selfish to leave them out all day until sometimes 2am.
I tried the direct approach one time at 2am when I went round and asked him to bring the dogs in ...... 3days later I had the police at the door to say he claimed I placed him in a state of fear and alarm by knocking on his door so late !
next time I tried writing to him only to have a response that its not his dogs that are barking (maybe he cant hear them from inside)

we do not speak at all now and the situation only got better after we involved the police once night at 2am due to the dogs being out and barking, luckily the policeman was a dog lover and was disgusted that the owners were leaving them out so much.

you should not have to suffer but if the neighbours are as arrogant as mine its better to move !

 

Geez those poor neighbors having to live close to a whiny bitch like you, there must be a law to report people like you so that these dogs can be protected and have a normal life. Lady if you don’t like it then move. People love their pets and having animals is part of living in community. Between your parties and the dogs bothering you it sounds like maybe you need to move far away or check yourself into the mental hospital for a while until you can get yourself stable again. Maybe the cold has eaten away at your brain cells. I wouldn't be surprised if the next thing you post will be making a thread about the finger nail that you broke. It seems that being voted for mod has gone to your head since now you are making thread after thread just grasping for attention. Fucking quit while you are head.

 

A lot of times that's because the dog is unbalanced and you can counter that by putting just a little piece of lead in it's right ear. And the way you administer that is by sticking a .22 in his left ear.

 

I get what's so annoying about that, and generally, it sucks that your son suffers. Although where I live (Europe), it's quite normal for that to happen. I mean, dogs bark.. it's their nature. Plus they're hardly, hardly ever brought into the home, unless they're some smaller dogs (let's say pugs). I've had a dog, he barked, neighbours have dogs, they bark.. it's just the way it is (at least around here). And personally, I'm generally fine about that (I wouldn't want us to get to the point where a police is necessary for such.. silly things - they'd just laugh anyway).

Anyhow, I got off the point. Talk to them again, explain your situation. Threatening them (not that you did / will) wouldn't have a good effect, it would just make things worse, in my opinion. Calling the animal control would probably do the same :?

Personally.. "Noise pollution.." Damn, we're becoming so spoiled (as species).

 

So then its really no big deal is it? You know except to moderators and minor gods and such.

 

I'm so glad you started this thread, I thought you might have been joking.

I have dog and cat problems where I live. The lady next door has two dogs that bark constantly when she's at work. Of course she works in the daytime when I'm trying to sleep. Usually the fan I have in my bedroom drowns out the noise, but last Saturday afternoon, the power went out at my place. Some idiot wrecked his car into a transformer about a mile from here. I woke up because the fan stopped spinning, and the neighbor's dogs were barking. I couldn't get back to sleep, so I took the opportunity to abuse myself for a while, but I would have preferred some sleep.

And the fucking cats! All the old ladies around here feed the feral cats, so they're all over. Sometimes I hear the cats fighting outside and it sounds like a baby screaming. I hate cats.

I'm not an animal lover, if you couldn't tell.

 

The apartment complex where I live at has problems with barking dogs, and feral cats being fed. So from one perspective I can understand (my own cat is fixed, and indoors, plus is spoiled rotten)

Our manager and two assistant managers do their best to handle the situation, and Phoenix does have noise ordinances on the books, yet in addition to what everyone else has stated (save for Stumbler) I might add this: document everything so you have a running list of what has occurred, who you have talked to, and so forth.

The reason for this is practical experience: we had a person going around disturbing the dogs in one part of the complex, and then reporting the 'disturbance' to the management. It was discovered that he was the source of it, via disturbing the dogs first, when some of the residents began keeping notes and then comparing them.


AZ Mother Lover: I can understand why such a problem with the local cat feeders could lead someone to hate cats. Anyone who has one needs to be responsible for them, including getting them fixed at the earliest time possible. Many of the local shelters and animal doctors have programs for seniors and in-need families who have pets in which fees are waved for having their animals fixed.

At least with the heat coming back the snowbirds are finally leaving.

 

NEW - I'm sorry to hear your son cannot enjoy the outside due to the one dog barking.

The area of Phoenix I live in has wild chickens, they are considered under local ordinance to be 'free range fowls' according to the city official who came out to explain the matter to our residents and the management a few years back.

Most people tolerate their presence save for the one annoyance: they make a mess all over the place with their pooping.

Personally I have an ideal solution: call in Colonel Sanders.

 

Everyone has a problem with their neighbors over something. It can be barking dogs, loud music, cats, kids, cars, or just about anything. The truth is people just live too close together. Something you love your neighbor hates. The only way to cure that is to move to an area where it isn't crowded. If you can't do that you will just have to grow a thicker skin. Not very much you can do except make the problem worse.

 

(sigh)
Now it's yapping dogs and screaming cats.

I mean I get that it's YOUR place, and YOU want to enjoy it in peace and solitude, and the world should allow YOU to do that YOUR way.

Here's the thing. Perhaps the neighbors LIKE the dog barking, or they don't hear it, or they just don't care. You come along climbing in their face telling them they got to control their dog(s) barking.

So now, instead of them enjoying THEIR little kingdom, they have to worry that their dog is upsetting you.

I can tell you from experience it takes a lot of work to train a dog not to bark and it really never stops. We have a yappy little dog who barks at just about everything, but since I work out of my home and need to talk to customers, yappy doesn't work for me.

Every time she barks I shake a plastic bottle of rocks (makes a loud noise that gets her attention) and call "OUT" which is supposed to mean, in her little doggie brain; SHUTUP!. If she does, she gets a treat. If she doesn't, she gets to sit on her rug in a kind of time out.

6 months, and she responds to out about 90% of the time.

The point is, you live around other people and they're gonna do shit that you don't like. Their kids are gonna run over your lawn, or play pranks on you, or they're gonna work on their cars all hours of the night, or their dogs are gonna bark, or they're gonna leave their trash cans out all week, or not do their yard work.

Step back, and see do you maybe irritate them sometimes. If not, maybe you ought to start.

I mean, it's life people. You can count yourself lucky if your worst problem is a yapping dog.

 

It looks like the bitchy whiny OP has been owned!

 

We own a yapping dog, a Maltese squalk box. It is the nature of the breed, they bark at everything from birds to UPS trucks. Guess what, we think of our neighbors and immediately bring the dog into the house when she gets bitchy.

I think it's called responsibility, my neighbors deserve peace and quiet.

So fuck you Stumbelina (I fucking love this nic) and freakyone.

 

What a manly dog to own, suits you perfectly.

 

I found an interesting and informative website called "barkingdogs dot net". Lots of good info there.

 

I love cute things, don't you?

 

E coli does not bother dogs. Just look at what a dog eats when given the chance.