Hello,
I have neighbors on either side of me with barking dogs.
Dog 1 is a 1 year old Yellow Lab. I saw this dog as a puppy last year. Now this dog is confined to the yard and house only. This dog is NEVER EVER walked and the owner works from home! I have yet to see this dog physically since last year. Everytime I am out in MY yard working, she barks. I then hear the owner come out and in that pathetic voice says "No barking, we don't bark, come get a cookie". Before you suggest I talk with the neighbor, I will tell you she is a bit wierd. She is a divorcee and plays the victim all the time. She keeps junk in front of her house because she seeks attention. I have never said anything to her, but we are expecting a baby in october and if that dog wakes up a sleeping infant, we will have a problem. A mutual neighbor mentioned that the dog is now biting at the owners leg. I know that the problem is lack of socialization, and I truly feel bad for the dog.
Dog 2: Behind our house, I think it is a smaller herding dog mix. They let it out a few times a day in their backyard. It just barks constantly while it is outside. I can't say that it is never walked because I only see the back of their house, but my instincts are pretty good. When they want the dog to come in, they come outsied and scream its name followed by "come". This usually happens 3-4 times. If that doesn't work they take a supersoaker squirt gun and squirt the dog with water. Again, that mutual neighbor and I shake our heads. He then says to me, your dog (Rosie the GSD, best dog on the block) never makes a sound, why is that? I answer: I walk her at least twice a day and when I am outside, she is with me. She only barks when she's supposed to (doorbell, visitors, strange noises) and she stops when I tell her. She is socialized with other dogs and kids. She goes to doggy daycare every other week so the maid can come clean.
I want to call animal control, but I'm afraid it will punish the dogs. Knowing these people, why would they start caring for their dogs after AC comes. I feel they will just get rid of them.
I have thought about sending them each a copy of the Monks of New Skeete, How to be your dogs best friend. Seeing the GSD's on the cover, they will know it's me.
I have neighbors on either side of me with barking dogs.
Dog 1 is a 1 year old Yellow Lab. I saw this dog as a puppy last year. Now this dog is confined to the yard and house only. This dog is NEVER EVER walked and the owner works from home! I have yet to see this dog physically since last year. Everytime I am out in MY yard working, she barks. I then hear the owner come out and in that pathetic voice says "No barking, we don't bark, come get a cookie". Before you suggest I talk with the neighbor, I will tell you she is a bit wierd. She is a divorcee and plays the victim all the time. She keeps junk in front of her house because she seeks attention. I have never said anything to her, but we are expecting a baby in october and if that dog wakes up a sleeping infant, we will have a problem. A mutual neighbor mentioned that the dog is now biting at the owners leg. I know that the problem is lack of socialization, and I truly feel bad for the dog.
Dog 2: Behind our house, I think it is a smaller herding dog mix. They let it out a few times a day in their backyard. It just barks constantly while it is outside. I can't say that it is never walked because I only see the back of their house, but my instincts are pretty good. When they want the dog to come in, they come outsied and scream its name followed by "come". This usually happens 3-4 times. If that doesn't work they take a supersoaker squirt gun and squirt the dog with water. Again, that mutual neighbor and I shake our heads. He then says to me, your dog (Rosie the GSD, best dog on the block) never makes a sound, why is that? I answer: I walk her at least twice a day and when I am outside, she is with me. She only barks when she's supposed to (doorbell, visitors, strange noises) and she stops when I tell her. She is socialized with other dogs and kids. She goes to doggy daycare every other week so the maid can come clean.
I want to call animal control, but I'm afraid it will punish the dogs. Knowing these people, why would they start caring for their dogs after AC comes. I feel they will just get rid of them.
I have thought about sending them each a copy of the Monks of New Skeete, How to be your dogs best friend. Seeing the GSD's on the cover, they will know it's me.