doggie nuisance..
 

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....

So very grateful we did not go with a courtyard villa like we initially wanted. We don't have a fur baby, but because of the issues we have heard of from those that did go with the lower maintenance yards with similar issues. You don't need to own a fur baby for the one next door to be an issue when he/she hears/sees/imagines a threat they think they are protecting their beloved owner from.

Dogs will smell another dog even from behind a fence. They will also smell the dog's owner. You don't have to make noise for it to bark.

We were dead set on buying a CYV in 2010. Our TV salesperson put us in one for our visit. I could hear the nice lady 2 doors down entire conversation every time she took a phone call.

People behind us had their TV on the lanai, no picture for us but we could hear every program they watched clearly. Those with doggie doors, have no idea how much their dogs bark. By morning 3 we were so glad our rep opened our eyes to CYV living. I would imagine many are quite, but didn’t want to gamble.

If a property has a fence assume there is an annoying animal nearby. First rule of real estate here

Such a ridiculous reply to a person with a valid concern # 2 post

Courtyard villas can be perfect depending on what your doing.. My neighbor complained that my music was too loud , so I understood and turned it off. Then he went into his Lania and I listened to a 1 hour conversation with him and his West Virginia friends in the most loud obnoxious southern slang voice I ever heard. Much worse than my music ,

Fences do not insure good neighbors in courtyard villas. Buyer beware

It is a shame that you neighbor is not a kind person. Most people will take care of the issue like locking to doggie door when out or take the dog with them. If needed, crate the dog when they are out. Since they do not seem to care about anyone else I would call animal control and be sure you and your dog are outside so they can hear what is going on. As for the comments about fences, some don’t understand that not all homes with houses have dogs and homes without fences are not allowed to add them. Good luck and hope it works out.

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.

As posted elsewhere. When we decided to retire and where to go, I became aware of an island off North Carolina, it had a nice home, it was several acres, it had a small herd of wild horses and was offered for one million. I was teasing when I told my wife I would be king and she could be queen. HUM Immediately there was discontent from the only other resident.

Your rights end where the other persons rights begin. That is truly simple and covers most complex issues. This place can and will become hell when all think ME ME ME.
That includes a barking dog.

Oooh, yeah!
 

And the annoying animal might not be the cat or dog!!!

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They sell bark deterrents on Amazon and other sites. It emits an unpleasant tone when barking is detected. Put it close to your neighbor's yard. Trigger the barking a couple times while your dog is inside. The devices don't seem to work for all dogs, but I used one ( a fake bird house) for my neighbors large dogs. It worked very quickly. It may be worth a try...

Here's an example product:

https://www.amazon.com/Yunboo-Ultras...%2C171&sr=8-18

Record the "excessive" dog barking and file a complaint with The Villages, animal control and the Police. Other then that you would need to move.

Not the cheapest method but get a frequency generator, set it to dogs threshold, point it towards offending dog and turn up the volume until it stops barking. When it stops, turn it off. I've trained several neighbor dogs using the method and I'm happy to say that within a week, all have been 'trained' to shut the heck up with no humans other than I knowing anything happened.