posted 07-15-2004 04:42 PM         

Neighbor behind me has 2 little "yip-yip" dogs that bark all day about 2 times a week. She locks them in a 6X6 kennel in the back yard, and they go nuts ALL DAY. I have told her of this on mutiple occasions, to no avail, nothing cahnges.

I have 4 dogs of my own, trained not to bark, unless is is needed (Like person looking over fence, etc) Well, this morning the little sh*ts are going at it for about 2 hours. I stick my head outside and tell them to shut up, but the dont. This continues throught the morning. As I am spraying down the pool patio, I cant take anymore, I've reached my limit, I find a knothole in the fence, poke the nozzel of the hose through, and squirt the little Bast*rds. The owner sees me. Goes nuts, calls the homeowners assoc, etc. After I get a call from the HOA, I decide I need to go and say sorry. She answers door, yells at me, say to get off her property, ans slams door in my face.

Then her husband comes ove. Apparently she called him at work, and made him come home for this ! I explain to him, he acknowledges the problem with barking, and asks me not to deal with her, but to call him on pager if problem comes back..Said his wife hates me, and probably wont get over it...

I talked to a COP buddy of mine, he laughed and said in Texas, most people shoot barking dogs.

My question: Is spraying the dog with a water hose really that bad to you?

Thanks for your reply, either way.

Regards,
Dr. Mike
"Dali"

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posted 07-15-2004 05:18 PM         

The fines start off low, but climb pretty quick if the owner does not follow the court's instructions.

Oh by the way, if you shoot the dogs and they were not on your property and you were not protecting yourself, your family, or your animals from imminent attack, you will probably be arrested, as that is what the Texas Penal Code allows.

Call your non emergency number and ask for the local Animal Control Authority. They will tell you if it will be ACO, The Police or Sheriff.

If she can prove to the court that you antagonized the dogs by spraying them, he will likely dismiss the ticket.

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posted 07-15-2004 05:28 PM         

Two wrongs won't make it right... and especially not in court. And I WOULD take up the guys offer on paging him EVERY time those lil suckers even so much as 'yip' !

I'm with you... but ya gotta handle it right or it'll blow up in your face.

One other thing... might wanna go to Wally World and spend 15 bucks or so and get a cheap recorder... and play it back to him when he arrives after you've paged.

posted 07-15-2004 10:59 PM         

I had dogs next door that was able to run free. they would come over and eat my cats food. I had to make a house to feed the cats in. I decided to get a BB gun to shot them when they came into the yard. This made them run when I came out and helped with the problem. I explained to my neoghbor if he saw me shoot his dogs with the bb gun and why. He told me I should have gotten a BIGGER GUN

Go the legal route, call the husband, sounds like maybe the husband doesn't like the little yappers either

posted 07-16-2004 12:45 AM         

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Originally posted by TLRandall:
Most jurisdictions in Texas have a "Nuisance Animal Ordinance" specifically for barking dogs that their owners will not control. The Police, or in most instances, Animal Control, can be called out and, at least here in Brazos County, will cite the owner with a written warning initially, and if the problem persists, can actually write them a ticket and compel them to appear in court.
The fines start off low, but climb pretty quick if the owner does not follow the court's instructions.
Oh by the way, if you shoot the dogs and they were not on your property and you were not protecting yourself, your family, or your animals from imminent attack, you will probably be arrested, as that is what the Texas Penal Code allows.
Call your non emergency number and ask for the local Animal Control Authority. They will tell you if it will be ACO, The Police or Sheriff.
If she can prove to the court that you antagonized the dogs by spraying them, he will likely dismiss the ticket.

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I have had numerous problems with neighbors and their pets. Chickens, cats, rabbits, & dogs. They get in my back yard by digging a hole, then dig another to get out, breaking fence boards in the process. I used to have a rott of my own that took care of things for the most part, but he is now gone. He did get 3 cats, 1 rabbit, and 2 chickens tho. *S* He was also a casualty of a loose pit bull attack, and 2 weeks later, attacked by a chow. I have been attacked by rotts and by pit bulls in my own yard, both front and back. I have sat on the HOA board and can tell you they won't and can't do anything. Animal control won't come out unless you have the animal confined or after some human gets bit, maulled, or killed. The judge says he won't do anything unless the dog actually consumes flesh. Our sherriff has even been attacked by the pitt bulls when going to tell their owner to keep them confined. The last time, I called him and told him that I was going to shoot them instead of calling him and he told me I should have. On NUMEROUS occasions, he has told me (in front of others) to shoot them... or to get a BB gun and shoot them. (I had another sherriff tell me that I can if they are on my property destroying my property, ie. digging holes and breaking my fence boards). Guess who goes to jail for animal cruelty if I do... Once, I got fed up with yapping dog next door and BANGED on their door at 5am to tell them that if they don't keep that dog quiet, that I will see to it that he stays quiet. (They called cops on me.) I have a question... I know that we are to obey the police when they tell us to do things that would normally be illegal. If I shoot the dogs as instructed by the local sherriff, even if they aren't destroying my property, but are on my property, will you come bail me out and testify that as long as I was doing what the police told me to do, that I am not to be held guilty?
As far as the yapping goes, I have even tried the after hours quiet laws and got nowhere. There are decibal levels to consider, that have to be measured. The dog has to still be barking 3 hrs after you call the police out (it takes them that long to show up) or there's nothing to measure, and what it amounts to, they simply won't do anything. Its up to you and your neighbors to resolve... Good luck. I had to wait for the neighborhood gangs to "eliminate" my neighbor's son, enticing them into moving, to solve the problem... Now, if I can only get my other neighbors to croak... AC, whats the going rate?

posted 07-16-2004 07:47 AM         

Well said Chuck!

posted 07-16-2004 09:28 AM         

Maybe you can get the neighbor's husband to put the collar on his wife and give you the remote. Then when the dogs bark you can zap her...

Good fix I think.

posted 07-16-2004 06:04 PM         

I'd try talking to the owner politely. If that didn't work -- or if you thought it had no chance of working -- I'd fight fire with fire.

I lived in an apartment in Memphis once where the neighbors would play their music too loud. In response, I'd put my stereo speaker right up against the wall facing their apartment and crank up the volume. A few minutes of that and there would be only golden silence from their apartment.

Maybe you could hook up some kind of microphone that would pick up the dogs' barking and then broadcast it at an amplified volume toward your neighbors. Then it would be in their interest to shut their dogs up.

You could also send some "adult" magazines to his house, paying for the subscription in cash so there is no paper trail back to you, and then hope that in the resulting divorce, she gets the house and he gets the dogs.

Call the local chapter of PETA and tell them that the owner beats the dogs on a regular basis. Be sure to wave and smile in the background when the local news channel covers the protests.

Have a female friend call after 9:00 pm and ask for the guy by his first name. If the wife answers and asks who it is, have your friend say, "Uh...I think I have the wrong number" and then hang up abruptly. Notice how the wife's screaming completely drowns out the dogs' barking?

posted 07-17-2004 12:34 AM         

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