The next-door neighbor seems to have acquired 2 extra dogs on top of the two
that were already resident. I don't know if these are permanent or just
visiting, but it's really stirred up the neighborhood. First problem is that
now the dogs -- all four of them -- seem to be spending an awful lot of time
outdoors, unattended. Hours at a time. Bark, bark, bark, bark. And the rest
of the neighborhood joins in. Even with multiple dogs in most houses on the
block, it's never been this noisy. Mailman comes by, a few dogs bark.
Stranger going door to door, you hear the dogs barking, which is good. But
this is a bit much.

I work from home now, and when the weather's nice enough, I leave doors open
so my dogs can choose to follow me in and out, house to garage, or not, as
they choose. But now, if my dogs are on *that* side of the yard, the two new
dogs are barking up a storm, and mine answer back. I can call mine and
they'll come, or we play for a while and they lose interest in the other
dogs (who keep barking), or we go inside and close the door. Which is fine,
but a bit annoying as I tend to go from place to place a lot, and if the
dogs are following me, I have to make sure I'm not accidentally locking one
in or out.

I hope they're just visiting dogs. Or that they calm down or go inside.
Aaargh....

Donna

"D.Currie" wrote in message
...

I work from home now, and when the weather's nice enough, I leave doors
open
so my dogs can choose to follow me in and out, house to garage, or not, as
they choose. But now, if my dogs are on *that* side of the yard, the two
new
dogs are barking up a storm, and mine answer back. I can call mine and
they'll come, or we play for a while and they lose interest in the other
dogs (who keep barking), or we go inside and close the door. Which is
fine,
but a bit annoying as I tend to go from place to place a lot, and if the
dogs are following me, I have to make sure I'm not accidentally locking
one
in or out.



The people behind us have 2 dogs, relatively new, and they tend to bark a
lot at just about anything. It's not annoying enough to bother us but if we
were the next door neighbours it may be irritating. Sam and Roz couldn't
care less though, the other dogs bark away and our 2 don't even flinch let
alone bark back. The only exception is if the other dogs barks suggest the
whole neighbourhood may be under threat then Roz may give a couple of
warning barks to alert any would be intruders.

Paul

"D.Currie" wrote in message
...

I work from home now, and when the weather's nice enough, I leave doors
open
so my dogs can choose to follow me in and out, house to garage, or not, as
they choose. But now, if my dogs are on *that* side of the yard, the two
new
dogs are barking up a storm, and mine answer back. I can call mine and
they'll come, or we play for a while and they lose interest in the other
dogs (who keep barking), or we go inside and close the door. Which is
fine,
but a bit annoying as I tend to go from place to place a lot, and if the
dogs are following me, I have to make sure I'm not accidentally locking
one
in or out.



The people behind us have 2 dogs, relatively new, and they tend to bark a
lot at just about anything. It's not annoying enough to bother us but if we
were the next door neighbours it may be irritating. Sam and Roz couldn't
care less though, the other dogs bark away and our 2 don't even flinch let
alone bark back. The only exception is if the other dogs barks suggest the
whole neighbourhood may be under threat then Roz may give a couple of
warning barks to alert any would be intruders.

Paul

"D.Currie" wrote in message
...

I work from home now, and when the weather's nice enough, I leave doors
open
so my dogs can choose to follow me in and out, house to garage, or not, as
they choose. But now, if my dogs are on *that* side of the yard, the two
new
dogs are barking up a storm, and mine answer back. I can call mine and
they'll come, or we play for a while and they lose interest in the other
dogs (who keep barking), or we go inside and close the door. Which is
fine,
but a bit annoying as I tend to go from place to place a lot, and if the
dogs are following me, I have to make sure I'm not accidentally locking
one
in or out.



The people behind us have 2 dogs, relatively new, and they tend to bark a
lot at just about anything. It's not annoying enough to bother us but if we
were the next door neighbours it may be irritating. Sam and Roz couldn't
care less though, the other dogs bark away and our 2 don't even flinch let
alone bark back. The only exception is if the other dogs barks suggest the
whole neighbourhood may be under threat then Roz may give a couple of
warning barks to alert any would be intruders.

Paul

"D.Currie" wrote in message
...

I work from home now, and when the weather's nice enough, I leave doors
open
so my dogs can choose to follow me in and out, house to garage, or not, as
they choose. But now, if my dogs are on *that* side of the yard, the two
new
dogs are barking up a storm, and mine answer back. I can call mine and
they'll come, or we play for a while and they lose interest in the other
dogs (who keep barking), or we go inside and close the door. Which is
fine,
but a bit annoying as I tend to go from place to place a lot, and if the
dogs are following me, I have to make sure I'm not accidentally locking
one
in or out.



The people behind us have 2 dogs, relatively new, and they tend to bark a
lot at just about anything. It's not annoying enough to bother us but if we
were the next door neighbours it may be irritating. Sam and Roz couldn't
care less though, the other dogs bark away and our 2 don't even flinch let
alone bark back. The only exception is if the other dogs barks suggest the
whole neighbourhood may be under threat then Roz may give a couple of
warning barks to alert any would be intruders.

Paul

"Paul B" wrote in message
...

"D.Currie" wrote in message
...

I work from home now, and when the weather's nice enough, I leave doors
open
so my dogs can choose to follow me in and out, house to garage, or not,
as
they choose. But now, if my dogs are on *that* side of the yard, the two
new
dogs are barking up a storm, and mine answer back. I can call mine and
they'll come, or we play for a while and they lose interest in the other
dogs (who keep barking), or we go inside and close the door. Which is
fine,
but a bit annoying as I tend to go from place to place a lot, and if the
dogs are following me, I have to make sure I'm not accidentally locking
one
in or out.



The people behind us have 2 dogs, relatively new, and they tend to bark a
lot at just about anything. It's not annoying enough to bother us but if
we
were the next door neighbours it may be irritating. Sam and Roz couldn't
care less though, the other dogs bark away and our 2 don't even flinch let
alone bark back. The only exception is if the other dogs barks suggest the
whole neighbourhood may be under threat then Roz may give a couple of
warning barks to alert any would be intruders.

Paul



Well, I haven't seen people or dogs next door so far today. The noise is one
thing, but I feel bad for the dogs who are outside for 3-4 hours at a
stretch and are stress-barking. Barking at squirrels or the mailman is one
thing, but three hours of the constant bark...bark...bark was setting my
teeth on edge.

Dogs in this neighborhood pretty much ignore each other, unless, like you
said, it's that bark that says there's an intruder. But there's ONE dog,
that when it barks, it can set of most of the neighborhood dogs.

It was sort of funny, though, one of the new dogs was barking up a storm,
charging the fence, etc., and my two were looking at it, like "what the heck
is YOUR problem?" and one of my dogs sort of bounced up to the fence in a
playful gesture and the barker spun around and retreated. And here's my dog
sniffing the fence and play bowing.

"Paul B" wrote in message
...

"D.Currie" wrote in message
...

I work from home now, and when the weather's nice enough, I leave doors
open
so my dogs can choose to follow me in and out, house to garage, or not,
as
they choose. But now, if my dogs are on *that* side of the yard, the two
new
dogs are barking up a storm, and mine answer back. I can call mine and
they'll come, or we play for a while and they lose interest in the other
dogs (who keep barking), or we go inside and close the door. Which is
fine,
but a bit annoying as I tend to go from place to place a lot, and if the
dogs are following me, I have to make sure I'm not accidentally locking
one
in or out.



The people behind us have 2 dogs, relatively new, and they tend to bark a
lot at just about anything. It's not annoying enough to bother us but if
we
were the next door neighbours it may be irritating. Sam and Roz couldn't
care less though, the other dogs bark away and our 2 don't even flinch let
alone bark back. The only exception is if the other dogs barks suggest the
whole neighbourhood may be under threat then Roz may give a couple of
warning barks to alert any would be intruders.

Paul



Well, I haven't seen people or dogs next door so far today. The noise is one
thing, but I feel bad for the dogs who are outside for 3-4 hours at a
stretch and are stress-barking. Barking at squirrels or the mailman is one
thing, but three hours of the constant bark...bark...bark was setting my
teeth on edge.

Dogs in this neighborhood pretty much ignore each other, unless, like you
said, it's that bark that says there's an intruder. But there's ONE dog,
that when it barks, it can set of most of the neighborhood dogs.

It was sort of funny, though, one of the new dogs was barking up a storm,
charging the fence, etc., and my two were looking at it, like "what the heck
is YOUR problem?" and one of my dogs sort of bounced up to the fence in a
playful gesture and the barker spun around and retreated. And here's my dog
sniffing the fence and play bowing.

"Paul B" wrote in message
...

"D.Currie" wrote in message
...

I work from home now, and when the weather's nice enough, I leave doors
open
so my dogs can choose to follow me in and out, house to garage, or not,
as
they choose. But now, if my dogs are on *that* side of the yard, the two
new
dogs are barking up a storm, and mine answer back. I can call mine and
they'll come, or we play for a while and they lose interest in the other
dogs (who keep barking), or we go inside and close the door. Which is
fine,
but a bit annoying as I tend to go from place to place a lot, and if the
dogs are following me, I have to make sure I'm not accidentally locking
one
in or out.



The people behind us have 2 dogs, relatively new, and they tend to bark a
lot at just about anything. It's not annoying enough to bother us but if
we
were the next door neighbours it may be irritating. Sam and Roz couldn't
care less though, the other dogs bark away and our 2 don't even flinch let
alone bark back. The only exception is if the other dogs barks suggest the
whole neighbourhood may be under threat then Roz may give a couple of
warning barks to alert any would be intruders.

Paul



Well, I haven't seen people or dogs next door so far today. The noise is one
thing, but I feel bad for the dogs who are outside for 3-4 hours at a
stretch and are stress-barking. Barking at squirrels or the mailman is one
thing, but three hours of the constant bark...bark...bark was setting my
teeth on edge.

Dogs in this neighborhood pretty much ignore each other, unless, like you
said, it's that bark that says there's an intruder. But there's ONE dog,
that when it barks, it can set of most of the neighborhood dogs.

It was sort of funny, though, one of the new dogs was barking up a storm,
charging the fence, etc., and my two were looking at it, like "what the heck
is YOUR problem?" and one of my dogs sort of bounced up to the fence in a
playful gesture and the barker spun around and retreated. And here's my dog
sniffing the fence and play bowing.

"Paul B" wrote in message
...

"D.Currie" wrote in message
...

I work from home now, and when the weather's nice enough, I leave doors
open
so my dogs can choose to follow me in and out, house to garage, or not,
as
they choose. But now, if my dogs are on *that* side of the yard, the two
new
dogs are barking up a storm, and mine answer back. I can call mine and
they'll come, or we play for a while and they lose interest in the other
dogs (who keep barking), or we go inside and close the door. Which is
fine,
but a bit annoying as I tend to go from place to place a lot, and if the
dogs are following me, I have to make sure I'm not accidentally locking
one
in or out.



The people behind us have 2 dogs, relatively new, and they tend to bark a
lot at just about anything. It's not annoying enough to bother us but if
we
were the next door neighbours it may be irritating. Sam and Roz couldn't
care less though, the other dogs bark away and our 2 don't even flinch let
alone bark back. The only exception is if the other dogs barks suggest the
whole neighbourhood may be under threat then Roz may give a couple of
warning barks to alert any would be intruders.

Paul



Well, I haven't seen people or dogs next door so far today. The noise is one
thing, but I feel bad for the dogs who are outside for 3-4 hours at a
stretch and are stress-barking. Barking at squirrels or the mailman is one
thing, but three hours of the constant bark...bark...bark was setting my
teeth on edge.

Dogs in this neighborhood pretty much ignore each other, unless, like you
said, it's that bark that says there's an intruder. But there's ONE dog,
that when it barks, it can set of most of the neighborhood dogs.

It was sort of funny, though, one of the new dogs was barking up a storm,
charging the fence, etc., and my two were looking at it, like "what the heck
is YOUR problem?" and one of my dogs sort of bounced up to the fence in a
playful gesture and the barker spun around and retreated. And here's my dog
sniffing the fence and play bowing.