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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
It bugs me that many dogs seem unable to grasp the concept of neighbor. Let alone "neighbor who doesn't think he should have to 'get to know' you in order for you to quit freakin' barking outrageously each and every time you see him."
That is all.
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In a former life, before we moved out of the city and into what is, for our neck of the woods, a very rural environment (minimum 1.25 acre lots, all uniquely-built homes, etc.), we suffered through a time when we had a guy across the street (kitty-corner to us) who had
a dog that barked more than 2700 times per hour. This went on for hours every day, sometimes
8-10 hours, until the "guy" would get home. Day-in, day-out. The City decided that they weren't going to enforce the noise ordinance about "dogs," at about the same time, and this went on for YEARS. This was a nice, relatively upscale suburban environment. This asshat was the Prez of the HOA, so he simply ignored every complaint I filed. It's the closest I came to seriously considering harming an animal.
Finally, I recorded the dog. I kept a noise diary. I put together everything over the course of several weeks, and then I went to the HOA meeting with a legal complaint already drawn up, for having ignored over 21 complaints to them over a 3-year period. Told them that not only would I sue the Association, but I'd sue each one of them personally for breaching their fiduciary and legal duties to all residents--me included. I played the recording at full sound, and made them sit there for an hour and listen to it. Somehow, magically, that made them decide to do something about it.
Before this? I used to
love dogs. Had dogs most of my life, although not at this time. Now? I loathe dogs. Positively
loathe them. Hearing a dog start barking practically gives me a nervous tic. That's what listening to over 20,000 barks a day will do to you.
You know what slays me? If you stood out in your yard and barked 2700/hour, the cops would come and cite you. No hesitation--disturbing the peace, and if you kept it up, you'd be more than cited, eventually you'd be defying a bench order and you'd be jailed. A dog does it? "Oh, it's just a dog. A dog doesn't know any better." No, that's right--
its owner does. Even where we live now, people just let their dogs outside (assuming that they had them in at night to begin with) at 5:00 a.m., and if the dogs bark and bark at coyotes and such, "oh, well." Utterly and thoroughly inconsiderate, and EVERY dog owner you meet thinks that that isn't THEM, of course. How would they know? They leave their houses and leave you at the mercy of the damned dog. And god forbid that they TRAIN them, or better yet, EXERCISE them so the poor mutt isn't neurotic. That would take effort--so of course, THAT ain't gonna happen.
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Hitch