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Originally Posted by sniper7
I totally I agree with this. I have two dogs. Big dogs. 90 pound yellow lab/golden retriever and a 135 pound blood hound. I put them in their dog run(20'x15') daily, and from time to time the squirrels torment the bloodhound. Hey howls and howls etc. I spoke to all my neighbors when I moved in and asked them if the bloodhound ever gets on their nerves to just let me know. 1 year after I moved in I get a written complaint from the animal control people. To sum it up, this was my freebie for him barking, next time is a fine, the time after that time to goto court. Needless to say I was pretty pissed that my neighbors couldn't knock on my door, leave a note - whatever. So now he goes to his dog kennel with his bark collar on.
Moral of the story - face to face non-confrontational is the way to handle in my opinion.
Man thats some bulls*** right there. I can't stand people like that, cowards. If someone came to my door and complained I would most likely apologize, thank the for being a good neighbor for coming to me instead of calling the animal control and invite them in for a beer.
/Agree
go talk to the guy, let him know what your concerns/issues are.
If after you speak with him it happens again, Go to him and offer suggestions for a resolution. (Collar, No bark electronics.)
Then if it happens again, call the City/PD and you can look him in the eye knowing you came to him and he failed.
Government mandated a bittering agent be added back in the mid 90s, so it is now unpalatable to man or beast.
If a 3 year old is screaming and making a scene in a restaurant, are you going to be annoyed with the kid or the parents?
It ain't the dog's fault, its your neighbor that's the problem.
So if you're going to put ethylene glycol in something, put it in the leftovers in their fridge not in the dog food
Seriously though, just go talk to them. If your roles were reversed how would you want your neighbors to handle it? No need to call HOA/Animal Control or whoever until AFTER you've talked to them and still haven't seen results.
As everyone said, talk to him. I often work nights, and one of my dogs began proclaiming his dissatisfaction (loudly and repetitively) late at night. He'd never done it before, so I had no idea. It bothered my neighbor, so he mentioned it to me. I was really appreciative that he did the right thing. I bought one of the sonic devices mentioned above (about $60 I think), and it worked. (If it hadn't, he would have gotten a collar next, and then an indoor crate.) The neighbor also has permission to turn the hose on my dog if barking for no good reason. Problem solved, no police, no hard feelings.
Had he tried to poison my dogs? Very, very bad and irreversible things would have occurred. That was an asinine suggestion.
Yup, not the dog's fault, it's the moron that owns him/her. Make an ethylene glycol martini for the moron! Just joking!
This should be part of the guidelines for the board. May i use it as a sig line?
Sure. Didn't copyright it LOL.
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