I'm going to kill...

KevinKevin
edited April 2009 in General
...the dogs next door. Two juvenile German Shepherd dogs allowed to run around in their tiny downtown backyard and bark like crazy at everything that walks past. A block away, there's an elementary school, so every kid that walks to or from school has to put up with this. They can probably clear the fence, so every time I take my dog out, I have the pleasure of hearing them scream their untrained heads off.
The hatred, I know, shouldn't be directed at the dogs, but holy cow.
Oh yeah. I forgot to mention they're allowed out at seven in the morning.

Comments

  • dlrobertsdlroberts
    edited November -1
    Make a complaint with animal control. There are "public nuisance" laws (at least where I live) that apply.
  • JessicaRabbitJessicaRabbit
    edited November -1
    If you really want to "high road" it (I have gone through this with one neighbor and this is what I did) volunteer to walk them now and then. You can then train them a bit and burn of some of their obvious frustration.

    I also am now adored by my entire neighborhood for pacifying this dog.
  • KevinKevin
    edited November -1
    Ooh. Good thought. That certainly is a higher road than killing them myself!
  • JessicaRabbitJessicaRabbit
    edited November -1
    And you get to be a hero
    plus the quieter pleasure of making the owner look like a lazy dick
    Unless we find out he is crippled and then you get to be a saint....
  • TsheehanTsheehan
    edited November -1
    I have complained to animal control about the exact same situation. I don't have time to go over and negotiate with the neighbor or do I feel that it is my responsibility to walk/train their dogs. I have two dogs of my own that require my time and energy. Where I live on the 3rd complaint you have to go to court and the owner ends up having to pay a fine. The first call they get a letter sent to them, the 2nd an animal control officer goes to the property to speak to the owner in person. I have never had to go to step 3 yet but I would if it came to that. In both cases that I called it was just a lazy/negligent owner that didn't care that their dogs wanted back in or that their dog was just barking non-stop at anything that move be it a blade of grass or a person walking by.
  • KevinKevin
    edited November -1
    Yep. They were up and barking away when it was still dark out this morning. The sun comes up at around 6.30. This is early.
  • TsheehanTsheehan
    edited November -1
    That is uncalled for. I am sorry that sucks!
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