I have a neighbor whose dog barks non-stop (it’s a yapper) from 7 in the morning on. I nicely said something to her and was told “its after 7 am.” I told her this is what wakens us every morning. She told me too bad. Am I being unreasonable in asking someone to keep their dog quiet for a little later?
jason


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  1. Just wanted to comment from a dog owner. Our 2-year old pup has separation anxiety…has had it since we adopted him at 8 weeks old. He has been on anti-anxiety medication, and we do daily training with him to desensitize our comings and goings…with no medication or training he would bark for upwards of 3 hours at a time, drool incessantly, and paw at the door to the point that the door gets damaged and his paws get bloodied. We rarely leave him alone for more then a few hours (if that)…most days he stays in daycare. We are calm people who have an otherwise perfectly trained pooch, except for this. We’ve been working on this issue with him for about 1.5 years and are finally making some good progress.

    The reason this is relevant is that we had to deal with complaining neighbors in our last building. As soon as we found out his barking was bothering others, we immediately took action. The nuisance laws are fairly specific about dog barking. Between approximately 9am-8pm, dog barking is a nuisance if it’s continuous for 10 minutes or more (during off-hours it’s 5 minutes). There is a whole protocol for a landlord taking action on a barking dog complaint…they have to prove that it’s a problem under the nuisance laws and then give a warning that you have 10 days to remedy the problem, after which they can proceed to evict you. We ended up moving (they threatened us with eviction without giving any time to address the issue), and thankfully he is much better in our new place (and the building is more soundproof). Our neighbors say that they can’t hear a thing.

    If the dog is barking because he needs to be taken out at 7am, it is the owner’s responsibility to do so! You are completely within your rights to let her know (our previous neighbors never spoke to us…they just went and informed the landlord). If the dog needs training or extra walks, it’s her responsibility to shoulder the costs. If she can’t or won’t address problem barking, she probably isn’t fit to keep the dog. I’m super sympathetic to others with ‘problem dogs’, but only if they’re willing to work to fix issues. I’d suggest speaking with her about it more, and if she doesn’t indicate that she will work to prevent his barking, contact your landlord.

  2. “Acajou, shut it. The only one ‘heartless’ is the dog owner for not giving a damn about anyone else. And not taking proper care of their animal. Annonymous letter slipping is passive aggressive pansy ass bull crap!”

    Here! Here! There is no excuse for this. I’ve owned dogs for years and sorry an animals potty needs don’t supersede my need to get some rest to deal with the world the next day. To the person who says the dog is just telling the owner that they need to get in after the morning potty break bullsh*t. I always stood there and waited for them to go nudging them with the command “potty”. They are lazy, period and don’t give a sh*t about the neighbors.

    Dogs get there bad energy from their owners. I would stay away from those owners as they are surely out of balance and it has manifested in self in a high anxiety barker. Contact officials and let them handle it if the owners don’t want to be responsible pet owners then they shouldn’t have the dog. As much as the SPCA bamboozles people into taking rescues that haven’t been temperament tested or evaluated on any level this dog may be one of those.Too bad acupuncture for dogs is illegal in NYS.

  3. Ok, it was worse then that. the woman is a cranky old person and she did not tell me too bad. She told me go to Hell. I know I can make her life miserable and I also know that dogs who are taken out for excersice don’t bark. I have a dog and he does not bark. we run him every day.

    She came over and apologized today and I asked her if she could keep the dog in until 8 am and she said yes.

    I want to work with her cause I do things wrong to and don’t want her dropping a dime on me.

    thanks for the input.
    jason

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