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neighbor harrassing us over dog
To anyone who has been harassed by neighbors over barking dog.
We have been living at this condo since 2001. A man and his son, who is in his twenties have inherited a condo opposite us last November. Our first confrontation came last November, when a group of about 7 people were talking loudly outside our door. We ventured out to take her outside, as there is a door opposite my place to go down stairs and out. The young chap threatened to kick the dog a lhasa Apso, who barked. I dared him to. I am close to 70. We later went down south for a few months. This past week, after we returned, he met my wife on the stairs leading outside and said to my wife "You people have no respect for residents". We have always got along with our neighbors. When she told me that, I was in a mood to slit his throat or somewhere in that vicinity. My wife is not well and has had numerous treatments for a uncurable aneurysm. She told me, "Its no good if you do something, that will put you in prison for a few years". My question to anyone who reads this letter, What would you do short of some violent act? I woud appreciate a diplomatic solution. I have a short fuse and not being able to fight at this age, I might take a pair of pliers to his teeth. Roger |
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In article . com,
wrote: The young chap threatened to kick the dog a lhasa Apso, who barked. I dared him to. Way to put your dog in harm's way. Way to try to lower the temperature and find a solution. Geeze. It's not clear if your dog is barking or your neighbor is an asshole or both. The absolutely first thing I'd do is find out what your local law actually says about barking and whatnot. There's a lot of variation from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. I live in a very rural area and even here you can get ticketed if your dog barks for more than 15 minutes out of an hour. You might also want to check into what would happen to your dog if it bit or even menaced someone. You might also want to check into what the local law says about harassment. If your neighbor us bugging you because he simply doesn't like dogs you may have legal recourse, yourself. Barking is really, really annoying, and I'm a dog person. When I've had people nearby who had a dog that barked constantly I talked with them about it. They apologized and made an effort to get it under control. It wasn't perfect but they tried, and I thought that was great. If they'd gotten up in my face about it I'd have called the sheriff. There are ways you can respond to make things better and there are ways you can respond to make things much, much worse. I have a short fuse and not being able to fight at this age, I might take a pair of pliers to his teeth. For example ... -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - If you can't say it clearly, you don't understand it yourself -- John Searle |
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neighbor harrassing us over dog
On Feb 25, 9:57 am, wrote:
To anyone who has been harassed by neighbors over barking dog. We have been living at this condo since 2001. A man and his son, who is in his twenties have inherited a condo opposite us last November. Our first confrontation came last November, when a group of about 7 people were talking loudly outside our door. We ventured out to take her outside, as there is a door opposite my place to go down stairs and out. The young chap threatened to kick the dog a lhasa Apso, who barked. I dared him to. I am close to 70. We later went down south for a few months. This past week, after we returned, he met my wife on the stairs leading outside and said to my wife "You people have no respect for residents". We have always got along with our neighbors. When she told me that, I was in a mood to slit his throat or somewhere in that vicinity. My wife is not well and has had numerous treatments for a uncurable aneurysm. She told me, "Its no good if you do something, that will put you in prison for a few years". My question to anyone who reads this letter, What would you do short of some violent act? I woud appreciate a diplomatic solution. I have a short fuse and not being able to fight at this age, I might take a pair of pliers to his teeth. Roger Hi Roger, I also have a problem with my neighbours over my three dogs. They do tend to bark but only if there kids are hanging over my fence. I have tried everything you could think of. I have tried to approach them to try and work somethink out. They were not interested and i have come to the conclusion that they are ignorant and not animal lovers. So i let my three bark all they want now. My sister on the other hand just moved to a new house and on her seceond night there her neighbour complained about her dogs barking I was there when he called me over to the fence and told me to shut the dogs up or he would not be responsible for what he would do, I took this as a threat and contacted the police. They came out and spoke to him but this seemed to do nothing, so my sister booked her dogs in to be debarked. It is somethink i would only do as last resort and it is not to everyones liking. As for your neighbour I don't know what you can do but to hope he gets hit by a bus? |
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neighbor harrassing us over dog
My dog does not bark when left alone. He marks when somebody suddenly
appears in front of him, like a door of an elevator opening. She barks sometimes when she gets out to let people know she is there or at people she senses that dislike her. Rarely at small children. This particular neighbor has a dislike for dogs. Roger |
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neighbor harrassing us over dog
On Feb 24, 5:17 pm, (Melinda Shore) wrote:
Barking is really, really annoying, and I'm adogperson. When I've had people nearby who had adogthat barked constantly I talked with them about it. They apologized and made an effort to get it under control. It wasn't perfect but they tried, and I thought that was great. If they'd gotten up in my face about it I'd have called the sheriff. That would be nice. In my case, my neighbor called the sheriff repeatedly before talking to me about it, and again after I was working to correct it & had made concessions to his demands, and then again after we had made even more concessions. Harassed my very- pregnant wife to the point of tears. Hinted that something bad would happen to them when I wasn't around. It especially frustrating when you have 2 dogs who bark maybe 3 minutes at a time, maybe 8 times a day, on a 2-acre lot, at actual targets (deer, pedestrians). It's not what I would hope for, or my final goal, but it isn't bad. Having originated from a close-lot neighborhood where other dogs barked all the time, all day and night, at imaginary things, I don't feel like my dogs are being "graded on a curve". I've even polled my other neighbors and can't find anyone else who will agree that there's a problem with my dogs. Where I grew up, calling the cops was a last resort, not the first. We used to chat all the time over the fence last year; his wife told my wife he's "high-strung" and not to take him too seriously (wish she'd tell the sheriff that). Now I don't plan to talk or even look at the guy when he's outside. Our son was born 2 weeks ago; I'm a little curious who my neighbor intends to call in a few years when he starts playing outside & making noise. |
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neighbor harrassing us over dog
Darryl wrote:
On Feb 24, 5:17 pm, (Melinda Shore) wrote: Barking is really, really annoying, and I'm adogperson. When I've had people nearby who had adogthat barked constantly I talked with them about it. They apologized and made an effort to get it under control. It wasn't perfect but they tried, and I thought that was great. If they'd gotten up in my face about it I'd have called the sheriff. That would be nice. In my case, my neighbor called the sheriff repeatedly before talking to me about it, and again after I was working to correct it & had made concessions to his demands, and then again after we had made even more concessions. Harassed my very- pregnant wife to the point of tears. Hinted that something bad would happen to them when I wasn't around. It especially frustrating when you have 2 dogs who bark maybe 3 minutes at a time, maybe 8 times a day, on a 2-acre lot, at actual targets (deer, pedestrians). It's not what I would hope for, or my final goal, but it isn't bad. Having originated from a close-lot neighborhood where other dogs barked all the time, all day and night, at imaginary things, I don't feel like my dogs are being "graded on a curve". I've even polled my other neighbors and can't find anyone else who will agree that there's a problem with my dogs. Where I grew up, calling the cops was a last resort, not the first. We used to chat all the time over the fence last year; his wife told my wife he's "high-strung" and not to take him too seriously (wish she'd tell the sheriff that). Now I don't plan to talk or even look at the guy when he's outside. Our son was born 2 weeks ago; I'm a little curious who my neighbor intends to call in a few years when he starts playing outside & making noise. Are your dogs outside by themselves when this happens? Sounds like they need to be inside more of the time. Or, if you want to leave them outside and unsupervised, you should have room to put a good-sized fenced dog run (with a dog house) somewhere and screen it with plantings and/or buildings/privacy fence so that the dogs do not see the street or the neighbors, and vice versa. That would probably cut down on the barking significantly. |
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neighbor harrassing us over dog
I would document each incident and call the police or sheriff's
department. judi |
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neighbor harrassing us over dog
On Mar 10, 11:10 pm, (judith reichwein) wrote:
I would document each incident and call the police or sheriff's department. judi I recently approached the gentleman at the mail box and asked him if I could have a few words with him. He did not want to talk.. I mentioned his son was rude to my wife the other day, when she was exiting the back entrance of building, as dogs are not allowed on main floors. he said do not talk to me again, if you see me. Do I have any legal recourse with this matter, so I "can put it to bed". In summary, these people do not like dogs. Roger |
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