My Very Own, Personal, Selfish Rant

[shlingdawg]

It's time I got something off my chest. I don't like barking dogs.

When I moved up here nearly 3 months ago, I didn't think I'd have to fight the battle for peace and quiet, but it's gotten ugly.

Neighbor #1
Has two dogs. A shorthair and a hound. The hound actually belongs to his injured brother [insert sob story here] and barked, non-stop, all day long. Since I work out of my house, this just didn't work. I was walking by the house where the hound was running loose when it attacked me. I fended it off enough that it did not bite me. So, I did the "neighborly" thing and went and talked to the dogs owner. He said he'd keep it tied up as well as keep it quiet. That lasted about 2 days.

I'm not a person that gives many chances. In fact, I'll give you one to get your shit together. So, I got Animal Control involved. They have a 3 strikes then you get fined policy. After two, he bought a shock collar for the hound. Ahhhh...........quiet.................almost.

Neighbor #2
Single lady in her late 40's? (Looks like hell from a-far, could stop a raped locomotive up close) with 3 yellow labs. Met her when we moved in....seemed nice. About once or twice a week, she'd stay out late and leave her dogs outside. When it got dark, the dogs would bark. And bark and bark and bark until she got home. I got to listen to this until 12:30am. Having done the "neighborly" thing before and not wanting to confront a single lady (can you say confrontational) about the only 3 living things that can stand to live with her......I let Animal Control issue a warning. No harm, someone else just had the pleasure of talking to her.

A couple of days later, we're walking by her house and she asks if I called Animal Control on her dogs. Why lie? I told her that I did and she went absolute ape-shit on me. It really answered every question about why she's living alone with 3 dogs. I won't go into the details of the conversation, but it ended with her turning her back on me and walking away. Not to mention the unmentionables she vocalized in front of my little kids. Class. Vast amounts of class right there.

Back to Neighbor #1
So the hound doesn't bark anymore or else it gets shocked. Now, the shorthair decides to bark for no reason.................non-stop. The people are home......I can hear the dog..........I know it's barking...........I know they can hear it barking if I can hear it barking......................I really don't want to give them strike #3...............so I take matters into my own hands.

This evening, I'm listening to the dog bark. And bark and bark and bark. They come home, it barks. Typically, they bring the dog in from being tied up all day when they get home: but not tonight. So I listen to it bark. Finally, reason goes out the window and I'm really not into confronting another person about their dog. I send them a message.

Horn in a can. You know, the kind dipshits take to sporting events. VERY VERY LOUD horn in a can. Something like 5 million decibels. Every time the dog barked, I shot it with the air horn. You'd have thought I just whipped it with a wet towel. YIPE! and off it went. 5 seconds later, it comes back barking and I hit it again (with the air horn, not physically). YIPE! Repeat this 5 or 6 times until the dog learns and wimpers in the corner.

Now, I sent this message more to the owner that is sitting in their house making me listen to their barking dog more than to the dog. Turns out, the dog was smarter than their owner in this case. It shut up LONG before they come out to collect their cowering pet. 30 minutes after the barrage of noise was coming from MY house instead of THEIRS - they figured it out.

So, Bogley - that is how shlingdawg is these days. Pissed off at the world. Well, perhaps not the world, but definitely my little corner of it.

[JP]

Feels good letting it out :2thumbs:

[DiscGo]

You should totally salt their plants J/K.


:haha:

[denaliguide]

too funny, this is the ad at the borttom of this post. coincidence? hmmmm........ :roflol:

[JP]

Wow, that's freaky :lol8:

[abirken]

THAT IS CLASSIC!!!!!!!!! Blow horn everytime dog barks. I find this hysterical at your expense (I'm sorry) but you handled that with one of the most creative ways I've ever heard of. AWESOME!!!!! Reading your dilema reminded me of a Chevy Chase movie. HAHA!! Hope it works out for you. However, I'm glad you aren't my neighbor. My birds are worse than barking dogs. :haha:

[Sombeech]

camcorder + lawsuit = peace and quiet. Good luck.

[denaliguide]

i saw this joke somewhere. maybe in the joke forum.

a guy and his wife are in bed one night. the neighbors dog won't stop barking. the wife asks her husband to go do something about it. he comes back 15 minutes later. the dog is still barking and the wife says "i thought you were going to do something about that dog?" husband replies "i did. i put it in our backyard. lets see how they like it."

[JP]

Buy a BB gun and when they're not looking, make sure the dog sees you and shoot the thing in the rear. It will soon come to learn, as it barks and it sees you, it will feel pain. It will stop barking, just by showing your face :lol8:

[donny h]

It's time I got something off my chest. I don't like barking dogs.

I feel for ya, here in Springville, barking dogs are my personal hell.

The 5 closest houses to me have all had dogs since I moved here some 8 years ago. Here's how they keep/kept them:

Neighbor #1 5'x10' kennel with an Akita, who barked non stop during daylight hours. Loud barker. It wasn't good with kids and pets, and never left the kennel.

#2 Hunting dog on a 10' chain for the first 5 years, then upgraded to a 20' chain since. I've never seen this dog off the chain and under control, it barks (somewhat softly) around the clock 24/7/365 (it's barking right now), it's only been hunting once.

#3 10'x10' kennel with 2 yellow labs. He used to let them out to play, then he didn't for the last few years.

#4 10'x10' kennel with an insane rotty that moved here from an apartment in Moscow. Barked around the clock, huge bark, I saw it out of the kennel one time, barely under control on a short leash, scary dog.

#5 10'x10' kennel with a hunting dog, this is a new one, he didn't bark at all at first, now he goes insane every time someone walks down the sidewalk. His new kennel looks out at 200' worth of sidewalk.

Between the dogs and the thumping stereos, I am so moving out to the sticks on some acreage.

So, nice rant, shlingdawg, and here I've added to it. The expanding rant.

[Gutpiler_Utahn]

I generally hate neighbors (and I live in a duplex :roll: ) and when I lived in Missouri, the cops knew my neighbors and I pretty well. White trash and their dogs... It's a $500 fine for discharging a firearm in the city limits... I thought about it a few times. :twisted:

[Skylinerider]

Man do I know where your coming from. So my quiet neighbor with 2 cats moves out and rents to a single mom with 2 kids and a huge loud annoying dog. It barks into the night, 11:30, 12:30 etc etc. My wife and i put up with the dog barking for almost 2 months, I even tried talking to her, but of course when the dog barks, she's not home (or not answering the door) Eventually I had it and called the Sherriff's office, a deputy comes out at 12:30am, but all he can do is leave a note onthe door, because of course she's not home. So I go to Petsmart and buy one of those ultrasonic bark controller things, just to see if it works, I install it and the next day my wife calls and says the cops are at OUR house, this lady thought I was recording her! Good thing I still had the box to show the cop. That little bark controller really has worked though

[rockgremlin]

When we moved to Green River, one of the things we were very careful about was WHICH neighborhood to live in. We found an affordable house that we really liked, but the backyard neighbors had three VERY ANNOYING and overly aggressive dogs that would bark non-stop every time our back door was opened. That was the deal-breaker. Loved the house, hated the neighbors damn dogs, so we moved on...


I feel your pain bro - I HATE being kept awake at midnight, 1:00, 2:00, etc by the sound of stupid dogs yapping. What I can't understand is if I can hear their dogs, I KNOW that they can too -- so why don't they do something about it? Even more galling is that when confronted about the problem, the dog owners always get so offended. They always gotta take it so personal that everyone else doesn't just love love love the sound of their dogs non-stop barking.

I really liked your air horn solution. Very creative, and clearly very effective.

[theking648]

air horns are for telemarketers (after you have asked them to put you on the do not call list, if they continue to call then use it.) and bb guns are for barking dogs. and for cats that come into your yard, throw them up on your neighbor's roof.

[accadacca]

What I can't understand is if I can hear their dogs, I KNOW that they can too -- so why don't they do something about it?
EXACTLY! WTF man.

Great story shling. I had this problem from time to time in my last house. I don't talk to them first, I just pick up the phone. If they can hear it and don't do anything, chances are they wont fix the problem on their own anyway. Friggin' common sense you would think. My new house has no dogs around and a huge farmers field in the back. :cool2:

[Udink]

I used to hate dogs that bark incessantly, but since becoming a dog owner last year I've learned to just hate the dog owners. Dogs are pretty easy to understand, so when they're barking non-stop they're likely in need of some attention. I do like the air horn idea. Gets the point across to both the dog and the owner. :lol8:

[sparker1]

Buy a BB gun and when they're not looking, make sure the dog sees you and shoot the thing in the rear. It will soon come to learn, as it barks and it sees you, it will feel pain. It will stop barking, just by showing your face :lol8:

Better yet, use a 30-30. You only have to shoot once.

[moabfool]

Buy a BB gun and when they're not looking, make sure the dog sees you and shoot the thing in the rear. It will soon come to learn, as it barks and it sees you, it will feel pain. It will stop barking, just by showing your face :lol8:

Better yet, use a 30-30. You only have to shoot once.

I had a neighbor's Chow that is dang lucky I keep my BB gun in the same case as my .308. The dog and I had a run-in while I was trying to keep it away from another neighborhood dog, a Boxer that I really like. Anyway the Chow came after me so I backed slowly into my house.

A few days later I was tying down my boat for winter when the Chow came around. It saw me and started coming over. I called Animal Control but was informed that they weren't open weekends. I went inside to get my .308. I was not going to be intimidated by a dog in my own yard. I opened the case and saw the BB gun. I opted for the BB gun, deciding that I'd have a better chance of fighting any criminal charges. Besides, BB guns don't go BOOM.

I cracked open the garage door (the one from the garage to the house) and the freaking hairball was in my garage! I made sure it saw me and I shot it right in the shoulder. It ran like crazy. The best part was watching the little Daschound that was the Chow's sidekick. It was really confused about why his buddy was running off, so I gave him a BB gun education too. All it took was one shot each. After that I had absolutely no problem with either of those dogs. All I had to do was show my face and they were both off and running.

[Gutpiler_Utahn]

One house I lived in had a damaged gate to the back yard that would swing open pretty easily. One day the neighbors rottie and golden retriever came on in and when I tried to usher them out as kindly as I could, they came after me. Walked to my room and got out the .22 and a box of CCI CB Shorts. Bout as loud as a pellet rifle but with more oomph. Walked onto the back porch and let the dogs watch me load a round in the chamber. That rottie musta known what I was gonna do cause he suddenly learned how to climb chainlink fencing and his little friend followed suit.

[Mooseman70]

Thanks for sharing your feelings on the matter! I'm right there with you all. Heck, thanks to all of you who've shared on this thread! I've just spent the last 20 minutes laughing my ass off at the ideas and methods of dealing with barking dogs, etc. :roflol:

I, too, have had to deal with my neighbor's barking dog over the past couple of years. The guy lived there before my house was built, but he didn't own the dog when we moved in 3 1/2 years ago.

Anyways - the family buys a chocolate lab puppy and it's cool at first. But at about the 6 month mark, the dog starts to bark up a storm, which it kept up. So, I decided to do the "neighborly" thing also and I talked to him up at church about it. I was mellow, but dropped the subtle hint of "So what are we going to do about your dog barking all the time?" He didn't act too concerned and gave me the cold shoulder after that.

Dog barking continued on for many more weeks, mainly when they weren't home. Their house was dark when it was happening in the evenings, so I called them up and played the good neighbor - "Just making sure everything is OK - Your dog has been barking non-stop for the past couple of hours. Call me back please." Of course, they blow me off. Never call me back.

Thanksgiving 2006, the neighbor's dog barks for 3 hours straight. My visiting family wants to know what the deal is with the dog, so I tell them about the whole deal, up-to-date.

Christmas 2006 rolls around, and same scenario as Thanksgiving. Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day - bark, bark, bark - several more hours of incessant barking. My wife's family is visiting and keep commenting about the neighbor's dog. I call my neighbor again, who isn't home of course, and leave another message about their dog's barking and that I wanted to speak with him about it. I get blown off again.

Early 2007, the dog is barking again and I am at my wits end. So, I decide to call my neighbor again and since they aren't home, I leave a message relating my frustration over the dog's barking and their lack of cooperation in helping control their pet and tell them that I will report it to Animal Control next time it's an issue.

In the meantime, I call Animal Control for our City and am told that the dog has to bark over 20 minutes consecutively - Check. A/C also says that I need to get 2 of my other neighbors to sign a complaint with me stating the dog's barking is a nuisance to them. NO GO. Nobody is willing to go that route. I'm pissed, 'cause I KNOW they can hear it. :frustrated:

An hour goes by and my neighbor calls me back and flames out. :eek2: But, rather than talk about the dog, he goes off on me about how I'm not the type of guy he'd hang out with ( :ne_nau: ), how he's never liked me, how his family has done my family all these favors (who's keeping score?) that I don't care about him, and that I'm hyper-sensative to the dog's barking 'cause I work for a local cop shop. The whole time we're on the phone, he's ping-ponging back and forth between being on the verge of tears and a psycho lunatic. He tells me he's not getting rid of the dog, which I never asked him to do in the first place, so I told him to get a bark collar for his dog or I'll go the Animal Control route. So he tells me he doesn't want to see me, speak to me, or have anything to do with me or my family, and then hangs up on me. :kboom: I was FURIOUS.

So my next call is to our Bishop (church), and explain what just happened. I ask if he would mediate for us, and he says he's glad to. So the next night the 3 of us sit down and explain our sides of the situation. My neighbor is still pissed off and won't listen to reason. He says that a dog barking for an hour straight isn't a nuisance ( :eek2: ), and that I need to be more tolerant of his dog. :lol8: This dude hasn't a clue as to how tolerant I've been. Anyways - I waste an hour of my life sitting there trying to come to a resolution with the Bishop finally telling me that I need to understand that there are a lot of dogs in the neighborhood, so just be more tolerant. :roll: Great.

My neighbor ended up buying a bark collar for his dog, and I get heavenly peace and quiet for about 6 months. Too bad it didn't last long. The collar was removed eventually and the problem started up again. It's not nearly as bad as when it first started, but the problem still remains.

I know why the dog barks. It's attention starved. I have watched the dog sit in the backyard for the past 2 years with very little interaction from its owners. I watched the dog sit in the freezing cold temps we've had the past 2 winters - no enclosed shelter. AH! The dog must know I'm typing this up - it's just started barking! :nono:

To top it all off, he's got 2 cats that love to come drop a deuce in my backyard. Somebody ratted me out that I toss rocks towards the cats when I catch them crapping in my backyard, 'cause he flamed on me for that too. Guess I'll just rent a couple of traps from Animal Control and remove them to say........the West Desert? :haha:

Believe me - I'd love to go the air horn, BB gun, etc. routes, but I'm hesitant to since he knows where I work and he'd the kinda sphincter boy that would file a beef with my Department. So for now I get to live behind Mr. :asshat: and his damn dog and cats. At least he's still abiding by his wishes of not having anything to do with me. :lol8:

[moabfool]

Yah, being a cop can certainly hamper your creativity in the retaliation department. I've heard that shining a monster spotlight on a barking dog will get it to shut up. If anybody gets a chance to try this one let me know. You could also just write him a ticket if it's outside and barking after 10:30 PM.

Of course I've been on the other end too. My last dog barked and barked and barked. Started right about the six month old mark. We took him to obedience school and it seemed to help. I think that if a dog is part of the family it's less likely to bark. There's no reason to have a dog if it's going to spend its entire life chained to a tree.

[sparker1]

The giant spotlight sounds good. Aim it at the house for good measure. A super loud boom box might add a little pain for the neighbor, who is the real problem.

[chickenlicken]

This thread is great! I don

[Rev. Coyote]

Buy a BB gun and when they're not looking, make sure the dog sees you and shoot the thing in the rear. It will soon come to learn, as it barks and it sees you, it will feel pain. It will stop barking, just by showing your face :lol8:

Better yet, use a 30-30. You only have to shoot once.

As long as you use it on the dog's owner. The barking issue is the owner's fault, so put retribution where it belongs.

LOVE the horn idea!!!

[Gutpiler_Utahn]

Buy a BB gun and when they're not looking, make sure the dog sees you and shoot the thing in the rear. It will soon come to learn, as it barks and it sees you, it will feel pain. It will stop barking, just by showing your face :lol8:

Better yet, use a 30-30. You only have to shoot once.

As long as you use it on the dog's owner. The barking issue is the owner's fault, so put retribution where it belongs.

LOVE the horn idea!!!

Oh yeah... Shoot the owner and leave the dog to keep barking... :lame: :roll:

[Rev. Coyote]

Buy a BB gun and when they're not looking, make sure the dog sees you and shoot the thing in the rear. It will soon come to learn, as it barks and it sees you, it will feel pain. It will stop barking, just by showing your face :lol8:

Better yet, use a 30-30. You only have to shoot once.

As long as you use it on the dog's owner. The barking issue is the owner's fault, so put retribution where it belongs.

LOVE the horn idea!!!

Oh yeah... Shoot the owner and leave the dog to keep barking... :lame: :roll:


You missed the point by many a mile my son. Many a mile indeed.

[shlingdawg]

A lot of people in this thread have touched on a good point.

Why have a dog, only to keep it locked up all the time?

I have another neighbor, next door, that has two dogs. He keeps them quiet, takes them out and runs them. Walks them regularly, plays with them and otherwise cares for them. I've never had one single bad thing to say about the neighbors or their two dogs. The only thing I worry about is the "invisible fence" that is the only thing that keeps them on his property. They are big dogs and I worry for the safety of my children when they are out in my yard. But, if they are outside I'm usually with them.

I'm not a dog person. But I don't hate all dogs either. What I don't like is when people get a dog and put it in exile for the rest of its life - either in a cage or eternally tied to a leash. Then, they leave the house every day and force ME, who chooses NOT to have a dog, listen to their never-ending cry for liberation.

Now - if a dog EVER goes after one of my kids.............it's game over for the dog and owner alike.

[Mooseman70]

I heard that raisins and dogs don't mix. Anyone know more about this?

[accadacca]

Mooseman70 your story takes the cake. :roflol:

[shlingdawg]

I heard that raisins and dogs don't mix. Anyone know more about this?

Snopes calls this one "True".

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/raisins.asp

[Sombeech]

peanut butter balls and sleeping pills. chuck 'em over the fence.

[Rev. Coyote]

peanut butter balls and sleeping pills. chuck 'em over the fence.

Now that's a thinking man's approach. Me like.

How about ExLax?

[Sombeech]

How about ExLax?

Then the owner's got problems coming out of both ends!

[rockgremlin]

--Take a walk when it's dark outside -- wear dark clothing, a hat and keep your head down. When you near the barking dog, discreetly pitch it a hersheys chocolate bar covered in bacon grease. Irresisitible and very effective. :twisted:

--Be sure to crush the sleeping pills into a powder before adding them to the peanut butter or meatballs or whatever else you're gonna use as bait.

[Mooseman70]

Mooseman70 your story takes the cake. :roflol:

I can say that the one good thing that has come about as a result of the whole mess is that when they leave town for several days in a row, they take their dog to a boarding kennel. They did it this Memorial Day weekend, so we had a nice, quiet holiday minus the dog & its owners. :lol8: I'll give them at least that much credit.

[RedMan]

I'll try to make this one short.

Neighbor has beautiful black lab. Well trained, went duck hunting with him and I was stunned at how sharp this dog was.

Of course its a yard dog and it knows me. When he is not home and I am it barks. Smart dog starving for attention.

He comes home one day and the dog is in my yard sleeping on my deck.
Yes, I let it off the chain and it followed me home. He comes over and gets it.
Back on the chain its barking. He ignores this for hours, I figure its partly my fault. After three days I let it off the chain again.

He comes over and starts in about me letting it off the chain. I say "Dude, your dog hates you and loves me. It never barks at my house even when I ignore it."

Best dog I never owned.

Now he comes over to my house and borrows his dog to go hunting. I usually go with him.

Please don't hurt the dogs folks, they are innocent. Owned by dumb animals in many cases.

[moab mark]

I've got to admit Bogley's has some quality stuff on it at times. These stories are hilarious. :2thumbs: Now that I think about it, i can't believe i live in a neighborhood without a single barking dog.

[Mooseman70]

Where did you live again? I'll be sure to tell my neighbor to move into your neighborhood since he claimed to have wanted to move away after our disagreement! Problem is that he hasn't followed through with that as of yet. :haha:

What's holding him up? I dunno! I told him "Don't let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya!" :flipa: