Neighbors Dog...

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stan686

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What do you do when your neighbor won't keep their dog put up? I have a lab that I keep in my fenced back yard and in the house at night. We live out on 2 acre tracts where there is plenty of room for big yards and your dog should have plenty of room in his own back yard. My neighbors little rug rat dog got ran over a while back and they replaced it with a pit bull pup. Well, guess what? Pit bull pups grow up! They don't keep this dog in any better than they did the rug rat. Problem is now, he spends all of his time at my back fence,,,barking!! When we are in the back yard, that dog is running my fence barking his head off. It's getting tougher even getting to my truck without him wanting to approach me while barking. I'm afraid this is not going to end well, first for the neighbors dog and probably my relationship with my neighbors. I really don't want to have to be an ass, but my patience is running thin.
 
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I've been working on that. Our schedules don't ever seem to match up. I'm home, they're gone or vice a versa. I know that some communication is needed here and that is going to happen. I just hope they will be more receptive and cooperative than I think they will. I'm sure it will all work out for everybody, it's just a pain in the butt.
 
Couple options ... If you're within city limits, contact animal control and they'll come right tickets to that person for not having their dog in a fence (and probably not tagged) or take the animal.

If you're outside city limits, either talk to the neighbors or get rid of the dog yourself. And I don't mean kill it necessarily, though you could, but load it in the back of your car and drop it off at a rescue shelter. Dropping it at a rescue will get it a better home and after a few dogs disappear maybe they'll figure out they need to keep it fenced.
 
I know a couple of tricks that involve chain link fence, alligator clips and extention...

Well... I heard about those anyway.....

Hang around Saturday or Sunday... they have to be home sometimes.... and take a Korean "cousin" along for the diplomatic talks!
 
I have had pretty good luck getting nuisance barking stopped by using the Dazer. It emits a high frequency sound that dogs can hear, but not humans. I am careful to put my own dog in a back room, or the opposite side of the yard, making sure she isn't in the path of it, because she does react; she does NOT like the sound. It's fairly inexpensive, and does not harm the animal. Anyway, just my .02.

This is just one website I found. You can google Dazer and see that it's available at several online stores.

http://www.positive-works.com/dazer/
 
You might leave a note on their door explaining the situation and that you haven't been able to catch them in person?
 
I like Bear spray. They will learn that being near you causes INTENSE pain and avoid you like the plague(This is if all Diplomatic options fail)
 
That Dazer thing really does work. My dad worked for Southwestern Bell/AT&T for 30 years and towards the end of his career they issued installed with those things because of all the dog bite issues. He told me he was going up to a house one day when a giant rottweiler charged him. He just reached down and hit the button on his Dazer. The dog actually skidded to a stop, turned and ran about 75 yards out into this field behind the house. Apparently it just sat there and watched him until he finally left with no more issues.
 
i personally would make the dog disappear.

but have you tried making friends with it, feed it some chicken or steak. work your way up to petting it, then maybe it will stop barking at you all then time???
 
Scott Hearn said:
You might leave a note on their door explaining the situation and that you haven't been able to catch them in person?
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Congratulations Scott Hearn for suggesting "act like a human being"!

These threads always have like 5 people like this:

Adam Striegel said:
If you're outside city limits, either talk to the neighbors or get rid of the dog yourself. And I don't mean kill it necessarily, though you could, but load it in the back of your car and drop it off at a rescue shelter. Dropping it at a rescue will get it a better home and after a few dogs disappear maybe they'll figure out they need to keep it fenced.
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Because really, that's what a well-adjusted person would do. A well-adjusted person would kidnap a dog and either kill it or leave it to an unknown fate at a shelter, where it might be destroyed if it's not adopted, rather than make a basic effort to contact the owner and let them know about the problem.

I know that lots of the "eat the dog, hurr hurr" responses are probably jokes but sometimes I wonder if people are really so socially inept that they would resort to animal cruelty before something drastic like leaving a note for the owner or finding their phone number in the phone book and leaving a message on their answering machine.
 
It is likely that your neighbor is a poor owner/idiot who isn't giving the dog what it needs. I would put on my diplomatic hat, write them a letter detailing the issue, include some tips on how to fix it, and wait a week or two before resorting to dirty deeds.
 
poopgiggle said:
Congratulations Scott Hearn for suggesting "act like a human being"!

These threads always have like 5 people like this:



Because really, that's what a well-adjusted person would do. A well-adjusted person would kidnap a dog and either kill it or leave it to an unknown fate at a shelter, where it might be destroyed if it's not adopted, rather than make a basic effort to contact the owner and let them know about the problem.

I know that lots of the "eat the dog, hurr hurr" responses are probably jokes but sometimes I wonder if people are really so socially inept that they would resort to animal cruelty before something drastic like leaving a note for the owner or finding their phone number in the phone book and leaving a message on their answering machine.
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Never in a million years would I EVER hurt an animal, nor support someone else doing it. I went quail hunting once when I was younger, got one bird, and felt bad about it for weeks. I haven't hunted since. I didn't intend for my message to come off that way.

And as far as shelters go, unless it's a city shelter the vast majority of them do not ever destroy an animal unless it's an extreme circumstance. Hell, no a days a lot of city shelters don't even do it unless the animal is really sick, injured, or crazy aggressive. The animal is obviously not being taken care of properly where it's at now, so I fail to see how taking it to a rescue is going to be any worse.

And if you'll note, I did suggest talking to the neighbor. But, as I'm sure you know, not everyone out there is a really joy to talk to. If they're letting their dog run wild, it doesn't seem real likely that they're going to be the kind of neighbor that would give a crap about you leaving a note on their door.
 
After you have left a note. Host a BBQ have the neighborhood over (except barky dog neighbor).
When your guest ask if the dog barks all the time? Tell them: Just on days that end with a "Y".
Ask for their suggestions.

If you disappear the dog, the next one going to be just as neglected and barky as this one and the one before.
HTH.
 
poopgiggle said:
I know that lots of the "eat the dog, hurr hurr" responses are probably jokes but sometimes I wonder if people are really so socially inept that they would resort to animal cruelty ...
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Just because your personal belief system and/or the common mores of your particular group of friends does not treat all animals as food, does not mean that there are others who believe exactly the same way. Maybe I spent to much time in the orient during my service time which made me understand that all are not like us, but there are many cultures where an animal that is not on your particular meal card is on theirs. And not all of them are outside of the USA.

Following your logic, eaters of beef are engaging in animal cruelty. At least within the Hindu community. Or the Vegans.
 
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