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Originally Posted by Andrea3051
Hi All,
looking for an option that I have not already explored. I am living in a courtyard villa mostly to enjoy the backyard with my pup. My next-door neighbor also has a dog that is reactive every time we are outside with growling and mind-numbing barking to the point where my sweet pup can't even do her business in peace. Not to mention my enjoyment of my yard as well.
yes, I have already spoken to the neighbor, she has a doggie door since she is out a lot so its great for her but for the neighbors listening to barking day and night, not so much. I told her how bad it was but she could care less.
I also contacted the villages customer service and they directed me to animal control. not sure this elevates to that level since the barking is intermittent, i.e. he reacts to activity around his area.
Is this just my luck? why do people leave barking dogs out when we are all living so close to each other? not the experience I wanted here for sure as a newbie....
any suggestions welcomed....
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As i'm sure you are aware, you can talk to people about so many things. But their dog,
do not expect people to be reasonable. Surely the villages people are aware of this.
Like most things there is a proper way to complain. A phone call is easy to dismiss.
A letter return receipt cannot be denied that they got it.
We typically only hear one side of the story. It seems your neighbor does not care and has no intention of dealing with it. The dog is barking because it is probably bored. There are devices that sense a dog barking and issues an ultrasonic burst. The good ones are like 30-$40. I had one, it did not seem to work. The dogs bark did change-perhaps he was laughing.
You can as I did, get a silent dog whistle. You train the dog to bark when it hears the whistle. Fairly easy to do. Then you blow it a few times at say 1am and they will solve the problem when it is bothering them.