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shopgirl82 · Chanel

I'm SUCH a Dog Lover, but...

Collette · Chanel

I'll speak on behalf of the dog owners here. When we first moved to our new place our dog barked more than usual. He was settling in and just adjusting to the new house. However, he did not bark all day and all night. And it stopped after a week or so. I would mention it to them because there are training methods for them to control their dogs barking. Keep in mind they may be emberrased about it. It's like having a child that doesn't behave. You think it's your fault.

Are there any condo laws about noise after a certain hour? You could mention that, or the best way to do it is drop some cookies off as if you were just saying "hello new neighbor" and when the dog comes up just say something like. "oh I was wondering where all that barking was coming from"

shopgirl82 · Chanel

Collette wrote:

I'll speak on behalf of the dog owners here. When we first moved to our new place our dog barked more than usual. He was settling in and just adjusting to the new house. However, he did not bark all day and all night. And it stopped after a week or so. I would mention it to them because there are training methods for them to control their dogs barking. Keep in mind they may be emberrased about it. It's like having a child that doesn't behave. You think it's your fault.

i know, that's why i feel bad about bringing it up. they've been fine neighbors so far, but this dog is STILL barking. i swear, it doesn't sleep. i guess i wouldn't be so annoyed if there were breaks in the barking. i mean, if there a breaks or different tones, i would know that the owners are there either doing something about it, or there dealing with it too (maybe not doing anything about it). i really really want to give thme the benefit of the doubt, but i can't wait a week. i mean i feel like if had music too loud or something, i would want to know because there's a good chance i don't even realize it's too loud. maybe it's the same thing with the dog? maybe they're not home and don't realize it? at this point i'm just going through all the "What ifs". i've even wondered if maybe something's wrong in the house?!

Cortney1982 · Chanel

I would suggest a muzzle! Just kidding! If their is no noise rule, I would have to work up the courage to confront them on the issue.

But I do think I have something to top that. My sister says the neighbors across the street have 4 grown dogs. All they do is bark at everything and anything that moves. To top that off, they don't realize they should get their dogs fixed because they have 11 half grown puppies. Why can't they get rid of them?!! Sad but true, most people prefer to get dogs when they are small, not almost grown so more likely than not, when these dogs end up at the pound they will probably be euthanized. And she just found out the other female dog had 11 puppies! They have 26 dogs! Holy crap! She is just tired of the large dogs barking and the pups yelping all day long. There should be a law against having that many dogs, but they live out of city limits. And I do mention, in the past 4 years, they have had I think 3 other litters of puppies. Bob Barker would not be too happy.

shopgirl82 · Chanel

the dog either:

left

fell asleep

or died (maybe another neighbor killed it) j.k.

time for me to nap before work tonight. ahhhhhhhhhhh.

it's only been 8 hours of non-stop barking!

shopgirl82 · Chanel

JUST KIDDING! AHHHH! I SPOKE TOO SOON!!!

scarlett · Marc Jacobs

This would drive me crazy! I really think it would be fine if you went next door and talked to them about it. You could say something like "Hey, I'm really sorry to bother you, and you may not have realized this but your dog has been barking non-stop and we've been unable to sleep because of it. Is there anything you could do?" Be friendly and understanding and I think they'd have to work with you on this.

shopgirl82 · Chanel

i e-mailed my bf and he said we'll have to do something if the dog is like this tomorrow. i feel so tired and i have to work 12 hours tonight.

he joked that we should print a picture of this with the website www.ultimatebarkcontrol.com... and leave it on their door.

ok, enough venting (btw, it's still barking).

joy0302 · Kate Spade

Since you live in a condo I imagine there is some type of neighborhood association. If so could you let them know so that they could contact the neighbor with the barking dog? That way you would not have to feel bad putting the note up there and possibly getting into an awkward situation with them. If not, you could always take him a ton of rawhide bones as a housewarming gift and hope that he spends hours chewing on them. He can't bark if he is chewing!!! LOL!!!

boobaby · Kate Spade

Maybe the dog is visiting and is scared and anxious. My friends came with their puppy once. The first night we went out for dinner and drinks, leaving the puppy in his crate. When we got home, there was a not so nice note on my door basically telling me to shut my damn dog up. He barked the entire time we were gone. The rest of the weekend was spent in the house or doing things the dog could do with us. It was annoying for everyone involved.

I kind of pitied the dog because he was so afraid and clearly had some separation issues, but I was so relieved when they finally left. He also woke up every 2 hours in the night and barked, yelped and whined to be taken out. I think I called in sick to work the day after they left just so I could sleep!

Anyway, just leave a note. Or if it is their dog, a list of doggy daycares in the area...

-- Edited by boobaby at 20:51, 2006-06-26

Cortney1982 · Chanel

Well, have you seen the dog owners yet? Somebody has got to be feeding the dog. If there is no activity in the home in days, perhaps they are dead inside and the dog is trying to tell somebody! I do think you could call the cops for a noise nuisance.

shopgirl82 · Chanel

Cortney1982 wrote:

Well, have you seen the dog owners yet? Somebody has got to be feeding the dog. If there is no activity in the home in days, perhaps they are dead inside and the dog is trying to tell somebody! I do think you could call the cops for a noise nuisance.

the insulation is pretty good, but i did manage to hear drawers being shut at 5am this morning between the barking which makes me even angrier because it means they're home when the dog is barking and not doing anything. i've been busy for the last couple of days so i didn't hear it much, but my bf and i heard it last night again and this morning. i am feeling extremely sleep deprived so my bf is sending an e-mail to the condo association.