How to Deal with Neighbor's Barking Dog?

[olds]

Our neighbors dogs used to do that to me. Till I started taking the hose and squirting them every time they did it. It cured them.

 

[pradeep1]

Originally posted by: Riverhound777
I have a similar situation. There is a crow that sits on my neighbor's chimney and wakes me up every damn morning at 5am. I am very tempted to get a pellet gun and take him out. I don't think it is a pet or anything, just a damn annoying bird. Think that would cause problems?

I'd do the same. Killing a crow is not the same as killing another's pet.

Then again in some cultures, Hindus for example, they believe that the crow incorporates the soul of a beloved relative that has passed and therefore a crow waking you up in the morning is a good sign.

 

[SirStev0]

Why are there numerous posts suggesting violence to the dog? It isnt the dog's fault the owners choose not to train him. You future serial killers need to chill out.

 

[DrPizza]

Barking or growling? Maybe the poor thing just wants some attention, especially if it seems like a nice dog with the neighbors kids. Try a couple of dog treats... see if you can pet it. Ask your neighbors to introduce the dog to you so it might stop its endless barking at you... (hinting to the neighbors that you don't like the barking)

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Reno 911! Season 2:

Guy went into a neighbors yard and cried that his dog was sick and that he couldn't afford the medicine. The dog was suffering and he didn't have the heart to have it put down. The cops shot the dog for him. Then he went home.

 

[0roo0roo]

check your cities website for barking dog complaint phone number.
i guess make a report, and a recording.

 

[gamepad]

get a bigger dog

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: pradeep1

Originally posted by: Riverhound777
I have a similar situation. There is a crow that sits on my neighbor's chimney and wakes me up every damn morning at 5am. I am very tempted to get a pellet gun and take him out. I don't think it is a pet or anything, just a damn annoying bird. Think that would cause problems?

I'd do the same. Killing a crow is not the same as killing another's pet.

Then again in some cultures, Hindus for example, they believe that the crow incorporates the soul of a beloved relative that has passed and therefore a crow waking you up in the morning is a good sign.

I don't like killing intelligent predetor animals - dogs, cats, birds of prey, etc. If it was a pigeon I'd kill it.

 

[jme5343]

Originally posted by: SirStev0
Why are there numerous posts suggesting violence to the dog? It isnt the dog's fault the owners choose not to train him. You future serial killers need to chill out.

Yup. And we're all serious too. I would hope that in your 3+ years here, you'd have realized ATOT is rarely serious...

case in point: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...ht_key=y&keyword1=aids

 

[Howard]

It's probably just lonely.

 

[dbk]

Sounds like the dog is being neglected. Poor dog

 

[Oceandevi]

I have a similar situation. There is a crow that sits on my neighbor's chimney and wakes me up every damn morning at 5am. I am very tempted to get a pellet gun and take him out. I don't think it is a pet or anything, just a damn annoying bird. Think that would cause problems?

You need grackles or mockingbirds. That crow will haul ass.

Around the suburbs here crows are afraid to leave the parks.

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Reno 911! Season 2:

Guy went into a neighbors yard and cried that his dog was sick and that he couldn't afford the medicine. The dog was suffering and he didn't have the heart to have it put down. The cops shot the dog for him. Then he went home.

Oh hell yes, get the cops to deal with it for you. Follow this video -

Reno911 - Jones and Garcia are called to help a dog.

 

[imported_Imp]

Tell me what you end up doing.

Same situation for me, but x20. One is a little dog that does not shut up during the morning hours. On a weekend when I can actually sleep in, it starts barking at 7am and doesn't stop until the owner brings it inside. When it's brought outside again by 10am, same thing goes on. Once, I just yelled 'shut up' out the window. I'm not man enough to knock on their door, but someone else was; it's been happening less.

Situation #2. There's a little kid directly across the street from me. It wakes up and goes outside with the parents by 8am or so. This little POS starts crying every day I'm around to hear it, and wails like a little girl (it's a boy), crying 'mommy' or some other bull. Somehow, it has the energy to do it for 20 minutes straight at a time. Once again, I just yelled 'shut up' out the window...

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: pradeep1

Originally posted by: fLum0x
feeding it will just encourage it to bark more IMO. It is like rewarding the dog for barking.

I think what I'll do is go over there this weekend and see if they'll bring that dog out to my yard to play. I'll have chewies and maybe a toy or two. Maybe if he spends time with me and my family, he won't go batsh*t when he sees us. That would be a way to solve my problem and also keep my neighbors as friends.

I don't own any dogs, and fLum0x said that feeding him might encourage him to bark more. What do you guys suggest I do with that dog to make him get used to me?

Good for you for being sensible and level headed. Ignore the Neanderthals suggesting violence to the dog. Let us know how your gadget works out.

My parents have two very noisy small dogs and sometimes I wonder how the neighbors put up with it. They have never received a complaint but I can't see how they're not bothered by it. When I'm at home I sometimes find it kind of embarrassing but my folks won't do anything about it if no one complains, and even then I have my doubts

 

[pradeep1]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Barking or growling? Maybe the poor thing just wants some attention, especially if it seems like a nice dog with the neighbors kids. Try a couple of dog treats... see if you can pet it. Ask your neighbors to introduce the dog to you so it might stop its endless barking at you... (hinting to the neighbors that you don't like the barking)

The dog actually seems angry with me. And I've noticed he gets especially angry only with me. He snarls, bears his teeth, and looks like he is ready to tear down that fence to get at me. He does not behave this aggressively with others. When my wife or mom goes outside, he just stands on his owner's deck and barks from the comforts of his little space there. But when I show up, he goes crazy. Maybe he was abused or something by someone who looked like me? I remember my neighbor got him not as a puppy, but as an almost full sized dog. He has hated me since day one, which is about 1.5 years now.

My friend used to have a cat that when she saw a bunched up fist, would run across the room, jump up on anything she could find and vigorously attack the hand. My friend told me that this kitty had been abused, so whenever she saw the semblance of a fist, she would go crazy.

Maybe the same thing with this dog.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: pradeep1

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Barking or growling? Maybe the poor thing just wants some attention, especially if it seems like a nice dog with the neighbors kids. Try a couple of dog treats... see if you can pet it. Ask your neighbors to introduce the dog to you so it might stop its endless barking at you... (hinting to the neighbors that you don't like the barking)

The dog actually seems angry with me. And I've noticed he gets especially angry only with me. He snarls, bears his teeth, and looks like he is ready to tear down that fence to get at me. He does not behave this aggressively with others. When my wife or mom goes outside, he just stands on his owner's deck and barks from the comforts of his little space there. But when I show up, he goes crazy. Maybe he was abused or something by someone who looked like me? I remember my neighbor got him not as a puppy, but as an almost full sized dog. He has hated me since day one, which is about 1.5 years now.

My friend used to have a cat that when she saw a bunched up fist, would run across the room, jump up on anything she could find and vigorously attack the hand. My friend told me that this kitty had been abused, so whenever she saw the semblance of a fist, she would go crazy.

Maybe the same thing with this dog.

This is classic ATOT.

 

[pradeep1]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant

Originally posted by: pradeep1

Originally posted by: fLum0x
feeding it will just encourage it to bark more IMO. It is like rewarding the dog for barking.

I think what I'll do is go over there this weekend and see if they'll bring that dog out to my yard to play. I'll have chewies and maybe a toy or two. Maybe if he spends time with me and my family, he won't go batsh*t when he sees us. That would be a way to solve my problem and also keep my neighbors as friends.

I don't own any dogs, and fLum0x said that feeding him might encourage him to bark more. What do you guys suggest I do with that dog to make him get used to me?

Good for you for being sensible and level headed. Ignore the Neanderthals suggesting violence to the dog. Let us know how your gadget works out.

I would never hurt that dog, even though sometimes I am tempted to shoot it, for convenience sake. Once, the edge of their fence had given out a little and that dog saw me and was trying to tunnel under the edge to get to me. I thought that if that dog got out, I'd hit it with the shovel I was using, to avoid getting bit. I told the neighbor and they fixed the fence, but not the dog.

 

[NiteWulf]

Get a bag of the really small dog biscuits and toss one over every time you're outside. He'll work up the courage to come meet you at the fence when he wants the treats enough. Once he starts doing that, let him smell your hand every time you're outside. Gradually try to pet him. Once he lets you pet him, give him the treats less frequently but continue to let him smell you/pet him. Once the treats stop completely gradually reduce the physical contact, but continue to acknowledge him once in a while

 

[ShockwaveVT]

Give your neighbors one more warning to keep the dog indoors when it is unsupervised, and after that call animal control on them. Simply tell animal control that there is a dog constantly barking in the back yard and causing a disturbance and the owners are ignoring it. In some jurisdictions you may need to file a noise complaint with the police rather than calling animal control.

It is a dog owner's responsibility to keep their dog from disturbing the peace. If they are letting the dog run around unsupervised (even in a fenced back yard) after it has proven that it will bark excessively then they are failing to uphold their responsibilities.

 

[j00fek]

.22 caliber

 

[GenHoth]

Originally posted by: NiteWulf
Get a bag of the really small dog biscuits and toss one over every time you're outside. He'll work up the courage to come meet you at the fence when he wants the treats enough. Once he starts doing that, let him smell your hand every time you're outside. Gradually try to pet him. Once he lets you pet him, give him the treats less frequently but continue to let him smell you/pet him. Once the treats stop completely gradually reduce the physical contact, but continue to acknowledge him once in a while

This is a pretty good idea. Basically you want to provide the dog with positive associations with you. First with bribes, and later with physical contact. Don't spoil it too much, or Flumox may turn out to be right!

 

[Mxylplyx]

Originally posted by: pradeep1
I have a neighbor that leaves their little dog in the backyard all day long. That dog is probably about 3 years old and he barks continuously if I go out in my backyard to do anything. So if I am out there mowing the lawn, picking up leaves, or just sitting out there whittling, that dog goes crazy, jumps up at the fence (almost to the point of hurting himself, it seems), and goes at me through any cracks it can see at full tilt. I usually get sick of this and I go knock on the neighbor's door and tell them to tie up the dog because it has been barking so much.

What bothers me is that the neighbor will take no action with that dog barking until I knock on their door. I mean, they'll let that dog bark for an hour continuously without once coming out to check on him. Now if they are not there and I go in my yard to work, that dog is basically torturing itself by barking so much. I remember once, it barked at some kids playing in our backyard for almost 3-4 hours, only to stop to drink some water and catch its breath. I was afraid the dog would die with the amount of exertion that he was putting out in the hot weather.

So what to do? Obviously the neighbors are oblivious to their dog barking and are oblivious that it is bothering me. I've probably gone over to tell them about their dog at least 4-5 times in the past month. Once I tell them, they promptly tie up the dog, but you'd think that little dog would have gotten used to me by now.

I was thinking of actually one day going over to their house and spending time with that dog and befriending it so it would recognize me and not bark. But the neighbors are somewhat weird and I only see their eerily quiet kids playing in the yard sometimes.

Any thoughts?

The solution is staring you right in the face...

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: shinerburke
Call Michael Vick

:thumbsup:

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Take Pills And Drown?

j/k

The ultrasonic device is a good idea, if bringing the dog over to grow accustomed to you doesn't work.