My neighbors stupid dog woke me up at 4:45

zarrdoss
zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
edited July 2009 in The Clubhouse
I owned dogs for allot of years and never put them out at 4:45 unattended to just bark and disturb the neighbors. Granted its very rare to ever hear that dog bark but it has happened before. After staying up past 11 trying to solve computer problems and now this I'm in a bad mood. Just getting real sick of all the inconsiderate dog owners around here, time to move I guess.
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited July 2009
    So next time your neighbor puts the dog out to bark that early in the morning, just shoot him. The neighbor, not the dog.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited July 2009
    zarrdoss wrote: »
    I owned dogs for allot of years and never put them out at 4:45 unattended to just bark and disturb the neighbors. Granted its very rare to ever hear that dog bark but it has happened before. After staying up past 11 trying to solve computer problems and now this I'm in a bad mood. Just getting real sick of all the inconsiderate dog owners around here, time to move I guess.

    I have the same problem every day of the week here. My surrounding three neighbors all have dogs that they leave outside at least 20 hours a day, and don't pay attention or discipline them. So naturally, they bark constantly.

    I work 5:30am-5pm most days. I get up at 4:30am every day. If the dogs are out there barking until midnite, i don't function very well, and i get rather grumpy. I've talked to the neighbors, i've screamed out the window at 2am to get them to shut their dogs up, i've called the cops, nothing.

    So.... i'm moving. I gave up.

    Good story huh? Sorry i couldn't do better, i'm running on my 4th consecutive night of less than 3 hours sleep.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited July 2009
    Well the thing is they're really nice people but this just will not fly I guess I'll go talk to them later on. I already got into it bad with my other neighbor has two of the stupidest dogs ever so I'm trying to avoid that.
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,849
    edited July 2009
    http://www.ultimatebarkcontrol.com/ds_pro.htm

    they work..............
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited July 2009
    concealer404 wrote: »
    I have the same problem every day of the week here. My surrounding three neighbors all have dogs that they leave outside at least 20 hours a day, and don't pay attention or discipline them. So naturally, they bark constantly.

    I work 5:30am-5pm most days. I get up at 4:30am every day. If the dogs are out there barking until midnite, i don't function very well, and i get rather grumpy. I've talked to the neighbors, i've screamed out the window at 2am to get them to shut their dogs up, i've called the cops, nothing.

    So.... i'm moving. I gave up.

    Good story huh? Sorry i couldn't do better, i'm running on my 4th consecutive night of less than 3 hours sleep.

    Sorry to hear, We have a city ordinance forbidding dogs barking but in order to enforce it I have to get the address a description of the dog time of day and then they will mail out a complaint, OH how scary and I have to do their damn job for them, what a joke! I just don't understand how some people can be so goddamn inconsiderate. We will be looking to move ASAP out to the country or mountains where the nearest neighbor is 1/4 mile away!
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited July 2009
    I'm up at 4:40 every morning now (yuck). It sucks. But I also let the dogs out at that time. Luckily at that hour theres nothing to bark at and my dogs are small so they're easy to control.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited July 2009
    NotaSuv wrote: »
    http://www.ultimatebarkcontrol.com/ds_pro.htm

    they work..............

    I got an el-cheapo version of this a long time ago and it worked pretty good until it craped out and was going off all the time then all the dogs were barking and howling for days before I figured it out. I might have to give this another try, Thanks
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited July 2009
    my lab does NOT bark. You can teach a dog to behave
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited July 2009
    zarrdoss wrote: »
    Sorry to hear, We have a city ordinance forbidding dogs barking but in order to enforce it I have to get the address a description of the dog time of day and then they will mail out a complaint, OH how scary and I have to do their damn job for them, what a joke! I just don't understand how some people can be so goddamn inconsiderate. We will be looking to move ASAP out to the country or mountains where the nearest neighbor is 1/4 mile away!

    Yep, that's what i'm doing. It's going to give me an hour commute, but i don't mind driving. But it's far enough out in the boonies that i have to drive on a dirt road to get there. I'm excited. :)

    I don't even know if i have the option to take action like you do. The police simply tell me "We don't do barking dogs."

    Really? Then who does? Because i sure don't.

    But yes... i definitely feel ya.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited July 2009
    I wake up at 5AM every day, I have a 2 hour commute to get to school and another 2 hours to get back.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited July 2009
    If possible move to a restricted community where no dogs are allowed
    although you may encounter a new issue or problem unexpectedly
    .....grass is greener

    Have a good civil talk with the dog owners. Hope they will listen
    or
    try SoundProofing, Ear Plugs to minimize the disturbance.

    BLAST ultra high frequence sound thru your stereo and see if the neighbor's dogs react....need to protect your puppies though

    all else fails.... time to move
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,044
    edited July 2009
    IMO...I never could understand why someone would want a dog just to keep it outside all the time...dosn't seem like a pet to me.
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited July 2009
    jvc wrote: »
    BLAST ultra high frequence sound thru your stereo and see if the neighbor's dogs react....need to protect your puppies though

    Anyone ever try this? I don't have dog problems but this could be something to keep in mind if I ever do.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,997
    edited July 2009
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    IMO...I never could understand why someone would want a dog just to keep it outside all the time...dosn't seem like a pet to me.

    Same here. Or people who don't walk their dogs...come on! Willow is walked first thing in the am @ about 5. let out for a pee 645 then walked again at 430pm. Out for a pee at 9pm. Sometimes she will spend hours outside in the eve. If we hear her bark she gets in trouble ( depending on the reason of course)
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2009
    nguyendot wrote: »
    my dogs are small so they're easy to control.

    I find the smaller dogs are the ones that I hear yapping all the time.... my neighbors across the street leave their dogs out all day and all they do is yap yap yap. Even with the owners standing right there next to them!
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited July 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I find the smaller dogs are the ones that I hear yapping all the time.... my neighbors across the street leave their dogs out all day and all they do is yap yap yap. Even with the owners standing right there next to them!

    Mine know better. Otherwise they get the hose, or the airsoft rifle.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited July 2009
    SURPRISING there are alot of devices claiming to control dog barking including the neighbors......
    one example:
    http://www.ultimatebarkcontrol.com/?gclid=CMGdtMvw3JsCFQxM5Qod3iqbAg

    lots of gadgets out there
    ? snake oil ?
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  • SivaNevets
    SivaNevets Posts: 303
    edited July 2009
    the frequency range of dog hearing is approximately 40 Hz to 60000 Hz. so play something between 20khz-60kgz
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,044
    edited July 2009
    nguyendot wrote: »
    Mine know better. Otherwise they get the hose, or the airsoft rifle.

    Just don't send them over to the Mike Vick Dog Training School.....(rim-shot)
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  • dracoskeeper
    dracoskeeper Posts: 142
    edited July 2009
    I have two Olde Bulldoggee's so I am a dog lover, that said mine are trained not to bark unless somethings up. I had the same problem with two neighbors and got tired of calling the police at 4 am. I picked up a train air horn off of ebay along with a remote control air switch (45.00 total) and ran a extra air hose from my garage compressor under my deck to where I mounted the air horn. It only took two times of unleashing 145db of train horn before they got the point and learned to be considerate.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited July 2009
    just be careful... 145 db. spl may violate noise laws and you will get busted and not the dogs !

    the High Frequency only the dogs will react
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited July 2009
    Start going to your town council meetings and try to get a barking dog ordinance adopted.

    Jimmy
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited July 2009
    jimmydep wrote: »
    Start going to your town council meetings and try to get a barking dog ordinance adopted.

    Jimmy

    We have one that states dogs are not aloud to bark at any time, but trying to get them to enforce it is another thing
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited July 2009
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    Just don't send them over to the Mike Vick Dog Training School.....(rim-shot)

    LOL

    nah airsoft just scares the crap out of them.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2009
    I like the train horn idea. Even if it's 145 db, they aren't going to have a cop sitting out there waiting with an SPL meter.
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited July 2009
    jvc wrote: »
    SURPRISING there are alot of devices claiming to control dog barking including the neighbors......
    one example:
    http://www.ultimatebarkcontrol.com/?gclid=CMGdtMvw3JsCFQxM5Qod3iqbAg

    lots of gadgets out there
    ? snake oil ?




    I don't know what it is exactly your looking at.


    But anything from Innotek is SOLID. Any of there Anti Bark Collars WILL do the job.

    So will there remote shock collar. Which is what I am using now to train my dog.

    For a hard headed dog like mine. There amazing and I don't know what I would have done with out one...




    Also. And the most important. Do not buy those cheapo jobs off ebay. Get a name brand and pay for it. You'll be glad you did in the long run...



    Nik
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,952
    edited July 2009
    Maybe it's your neighbors way of telling you at 10 pm,when he wants to sleep,your blasting ac/dc and keeping him up.Who knows....best to just talk to them,if you go the city complaint route,you just made an enemy for as long as you live there.Invite him over for a beer and a hotdog,show him your a decent guy,then down the line mention the barking.Of coarse,I am assuming you are a decent guy.:p:)
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2009
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited July 2009
    nikolas812 wrote: »
    I don't know what it is exactly your looking at.


    But anything from Innotek is SOLID. Any of there Anti Bark Collars WILL do the job.

    So will there remote shock collar. Which is what I am using now to train my dog.

    For a hard headed dog like mine. There amazing and I don't know what I would have done with out one...




    Also. And the most important. Do not buy those cheapo jobs off ebay. Get a name brand and pay for it. You'll be glad you did in the long run...



    Nik
    It was me being cautious with the advertising claims.

    Thanks for the info. I'll check out INNOTEK.
    rather go with something that has been experienced and found to be "SOLID"
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited July 2009
    tonyb wrote: »
    Maybe it's your neighbors way of telling you at 10 pm,when he wants to sleep,your blasting ac/dc and keeping him up.Who knows....best to just talk to them,if you go the city complaint route,you just made an enemy for as long as you live there.Invite him over for a beer and a hotdog,show him your a decent guy,then down the line mention the barking.Of coarse,I am assuming you are a decent guy.:p:)

    I never play it that loud, and stop after 10pm even on the weekends, and I have all my stuff in the basement. Another reason I want to move to the country so I can blast it and not worry about disrupting the neighbors. Now my other jackass neighbor with the two stupid dogs will blast his stereo at 730 in the morning. I mean LOUD, but he is a dick.
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