Dog barking complaint from county...advice

[tkdguy]

23 years ago neighbor moved in (while I had two dogs) and his wife informed me that husband can not tolerate barking. In his wife's presence the dogs bark at him. 6 animals later my dogs bark at him. He has shouted at them "no bark"; his daughter has done the same. Over the years, against my advice, the dogs bark through a chain link fence at the family and namely him. He has teased the dogs with a chucker with his barkless dog (which I observed verbally punishing for barking and may have had its' voice box removed) in his back yard and he caused the my dogs to bark. He has phone called over with a threatening voice that the dogs...6 animals must stop barking; and once in '23 he came on my property driveway in a fighting stance throwing his fists in the air and shouting at me that the dogs must stop barking. (I recognized his fighting stance as I am a 4th degree black belt at the time). He complained of his anxiety, headaches, ADD and insomnia and failing health because of barking. This is my east side neighbor. My north side neighbor had two small girl dogs that love to fence fight and they get called in my myself and the neighbor. This is a frequent occurance. Neighbor to the north or west neighbor never ever complain about the barking. They have dogs that bark; he has a barkless. dogs. Only the east neighbor with hearing/noise/sensory/hearing problems. I am not responsive for him reinforing the barking behavior, nor the north neighbors dogs fence fignting nor his medical conditon that caused him to have symptoms. He puts his dogs in the back yard and my dogs bark at his dog but his dog does not bark back.

I researched but this guy have some sort of super sensory hearing and neurospcyhistric condition which caused decompenstion (I am ph.d. in forensics/criminal). At one point he came over to me angerly instructing me to teach the dogs not to bark. I think I saw him once with a hearing device. He never mowes the law and lets this wife, daughter or grounds keeper mow the law. Several days ago I posted a no tresspass sign on my east side; the wife periodically and rarely complains of the barking; but caught me on the street wanting to talk butI learned it makes no sence to talk to her. Several days later I received a notice complaint from animal control with the officer to contact after I posted the no tresspass notice on my east side. I think the wife and her husbund are hiding his hearing sensory condition and projecting his symptom impairment into my privacy.

Over the years they have stimulted and conditioned my dogs barking tro them: they complain of the barking and prompt me to bring them in the house (thus reinforing the barking); they appear in the back yards, the dogs bark at them and they call to bring them in. They built an elevated porch and have porch parties or gathering and the dogs bark at their disturbance.

I get thank you text notes from the wife that I stopped the barking when I did nothing.

Both she and he admitted he has a condition, they have threaten my 6 dogs at one time of another, countless annouyance calls form them and thank yous. The wife is a mediator who carries water for her neuro psych husband. No neighbor on my north or west ever complained.

As an aside my garage was robbed at one time and the Washington County Sheriff's office instruicted me to have an outside dogs. How do I respond to animal control...thinking they are not wiz kids? I have multiple witnesses to my accounting. My dogs can smell him when he enters the driveway and bark at him. Your advice pleas. Thx.

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[tkdguy]

PS. I have ring recording records

 

[Camelfilter]

Just because no one else complains, doesn't mean someone's barking dog(s) are ok & not a problem.

It's pretty simple really, dog owners are responsible for their dogs. Which includes dogs barking.

I believe our city ordnance is currently 15 minutes, after which any noise complaint is valid. Noise complaints include (but aren't limited to) music & barking dogs. Plus there are certain time frames where ANY length of time is a valid complaint. Sometime at night to sometime in the am.

Edit adding: I've only personally known 1 person to get evicted, and that is a co-worker for her dogs barking…she shared. A lot. She also didn't give a rats behind that her dogs were bothering anyone, until legalities ensued & she had to buy a house because no one would rent to her…

 

[mrblond]

Also, when I had noisy neighbors including barking dogs, I was informed there has to be multiple people complain before anything might be enforced.

 

[kmk1012]

I dispose dogs that bark constantly, make them mind. We have two dogs that are well behaved, they get lots of attention though. That is normally all they want is attention.

 

[tkdguy]

The primarily point is that the nuance neighbor admitted to his hyper sensory hearing while he has admitted to his mental illness and the wife mediates his complaints. He has threatened me, and my dogs over 23 years. They have conditioned barking at them by reinforcing their barking with entertainment in my home. How does he know for certain that the barking does not come from the nice north neighbor or the neighbor to the west?

 

[CO136]

Having a pack of barking dogs ain't a good thing. Not saying you have a pack, but you may wish to research this:

KREIN v. SZEWC (2017) | FindLaw

Case opinion for OR Court of Appeals KREIN v. SZEWC. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.

caselaw.findlaw.com

https://isb.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/anmmat2_20171010.pdf

There is SOLID case law here in the state of Oregon regarding barking / nuisance dog(s). It *will* work against the owner of the barking dog(s), guaranteed. I am intimately familiar with the case noted above. This was in Jackson county and your county may be different, but it is my understanding that Jackson county mimicked Oregon state law regarding nuisance dogs.

No BS ... I would not want to have an Animal Control Officer contacting me regarding a barking dog(s). In the above noted case the barking went on for years, folks got tired of it and took legal action. Ultimately the jury awarded the plaintiffs almost $250K.

In keeping with the intention of this forum it is notable that threats with firearms were discussed during the trial.

Advice? Control your barking dogs as it can go sideways for the owner of those dogs.

My $.02

 

[tkdguy]

If he did not file a complaint to the north or west neighbor then this is harassment?

 

[tkdguy]

Having a pack of barking dogs ain't a good thing. Not saying you have a pack, but you may wish to research this:

KREIN v. SZEWC (2017) | FindLaw

Case opinion for OR Court of Appeals KREIN v. SZEWC. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.

caselaw.findlaw.com

https://isb.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/anmmat2_20171010.pdf

There is SOLID case law here in the state of Oregon regarding barking / nuisance dog(s). It *will* work against the owner of the barking dog(s), guaranteed. I am intimately familiar with the case noted above. This was in Jackson county and your county may be different, but it is my understanding that Jackson county mimicked Oregon state law regarding nuisance dogs.

No BS ... I would not want to have an Animal Control Officer contacting me regarding a barking dog(s). In the above noted case the barking went on for years, folks got tired of it and took legal action. Ultimately the jury awarded the plaintiffs almost $250K.

In keeping with the intention of this forum it is notable that threats with firearms were discussed during the trial.

Advice? Control your barking dogs as it can go sideways for the owner of those dogs.

My $.02

Thanks. I doubt this is the case because the surrounding neighbors are not complaining. He has been a physical threat to me and my animals. I posted a no tresspass notice on my property and he or wife retailated; so I think by calling animal control.

 

[Certaindeaf]

You have six dogs that bark. In feudal Japan if someone disturbed someone elses inner peace for any reason it was justified to remedy the cause of that, to include bloodshed.
You should reconsider your hellish situation.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

How do I respond to animal control...

Call them, let them talk, ask questions, do not answer any questions and depending on how that goes, maybe get a lawyer

 

[TTSX]

I can't imagine how awful it would be to live next to 6 barking dogs. If the authorities are getting involved, you've got an actual problem on your hands. Two sides to every story, your neighbor's side could be interesting. Not sure how his mental illness if any exist makes him the bad guy?

 

[Barefootdog]

I had a barking dog problem with a neighbor who refused to control their 2 barking dogs.

I called animal control and let them listen over the phone to the barking dogs. I told them it had been going on for months. I let them listen to the barking dogs a little longer. Asked if they could help.

Neighbor was cited for barking dogs within hours.

The problem is not your neighbor.

The problem is your failure to control your dogs.

Also, many communities have regulations regarding how many dogs can be housed on a single site. Beyond that number a kennel license is required. That assumes the location conforms to kennel placement regulations. If it doesn't you could be forced to dispose of a number of dogs.

Your neighbor is not the problem.

And while you're getting ready for the visit from Animal Control you might as well pull out the current dog licenses and current shot records for each of your dogs. Animal control will want to see the records for animals not on their computer records..

...and just for the record, I like my dog better than most people I've met.

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

@tkdguy probably wanted the member name @bumpus but it was already taken.

 

[Alexx1401]

Dogs can be controlled. Sadly a LOT of people own dogs and do not want to take care of them. If you ignore this long enough you will most likely end up in court over it. He has had a problem with your dogs for 23 years? So I have to guess you have been through a few dogs since I doubt the same ones are now that old. Keep ignoring it and some black robe will help out sooner or later.

 

[tkdguy]

So the fact that he has physically aggressed against me, my dogs as well as his daughter physically aggressing against my dogs carries no weight? Nor that his wife informed that he he is hypersensitive to noise and barking carries no weight? Nor that they have reinforced the barking behavior across 20 plus years? 6 of my animal;s over the past 25 years do not like him or his family. Nor that he admitted to a barking condition that causes his decompensation: anxiety, ADD, fatigue, insomnia inability to work. He has been cruel to his dog because of normal barking. There is no medical etiology that causes him to be triggered specific to barking. However, there are hearing pathological conditions specific to barking and loud noises. Their behavior has been the stimulus for the barking. My dogs ignore the behavior of my neighbors on the north and west and do not bark at them.

 

[arakboss]

@tkdguy probably wanted the member name @bumpus but it was already taken.

View: https://youtu.be/lqM2nCTW-PI?feature=shared

 

[arakboss]

Problem solved

https://www.chewy.com/bousnic-auto-bark-control-electric/dp/518486?

 

[Certaindeaf]

So you accept that you're in the wrong and have caused great distress to your neighbors for the last 26 years.








lol

 

[Koda]

23 years ago neighbor moved in (while I had two dogs) and his wife informed me that husband can not tolerate barking. In his wife's presence the dogs bark at him. 6 animals later my dogs bark at him.

You can sum this whole saga up with this ^
So your solution to your dogs barking was to add 4 more barking dogs over the years.