Dog barking complaint from county...advice

[TTSX]

I would hardly call getting into a "fighting stance" whatever that means, is grounds to say he was being physically aggressive to anyone. He's probably fed up with it after several decades and is on edge. My understanding of your post is that nobody, including your dogs, has been shoved or hit by this man. You put up a no trespassing sign and he obliged, however that only prevents him from legally stepping foot on your property uninvited. You did not get him a cease and desist order.


I would really like to hear both sides.

 

[1911Fanatic]

My dog constantly barks at the neighbors when their dog is outside barking. My dog is big and loud and theirs is a little yippee. I always bring my dog back in when it starts.

My dog also barks when their neighbors are in the back yard having a screaming match with their crackhead daughter. She screams, threatens, and calls her parents names and cusses at them. I haven't called on them. I try to mind my own business. They let her stay there because they don't want their little granddaughter to wind up living on the street. That's my neighbor on the west side.

My neighbor on the east side of the house likes that my dog barks, cause she only does it when there is a person or animal trespassing. She woke my neighbor up at 2 am awhile back, and he chased some guy trying to break into his shop out with a shotgun.

Then I have my back door neighbors at the south of my yard. This thug beats his girlfriend outside of their apartment in front of everybody. Nobody likes that. Police have shown up countless times and the thug boyfriend always slips away before the cops arrive. She keeps taking him back.

It;s summer and I leave the back screen open for my dog to go out. If anybody trespasses in my yard, the dog will get them. If they enter my house, I will take care of them. For the most part, the three of us have each other's backs. But none of us are going to get involved with the circus going on behind our properties. Eventually, the problem neighbor will be evicted. She pays her rent, but the thug just gets high and plays video games all day when he's around. Can smell the weed really strong. His apartment is only about 25 yards from my back door.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Historically, homicide over animals holds the #2 position while #1 is over property lines.
I'm always in for a good Hatfield and McCoy drama.

 

[CougarMtn]

Hearing all this, glad I don't live in town...

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

Probably OP right now

 

[Koda]

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.

well Im not a lawyer but IMO not a single one of those things carries any weight. If anything they bolster his complaint as your admitting to 20 plus years of letting your dogs bark.
The problem is your dogs bark. The solution is to stop them from barking.

 

[Camelfilter]

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.

Again...

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...

To reinforce my post: consider that your dogs barking are the problem. Nothing & no one else are the problem.

Fix that problem, as you are the dogs owner...

 

[Catfishmoon]

How does he know for certain that the barking does not come from the nice north neighbor or the neighbor to the west?

For all I know you are a great guy, but I am glad you do not live in my neighborhood...
You admit you have six barking dogs and yet you question whether the neighbor who has lived next door for 23 years is correct in stating the barking is coming from your yard?
Even if his house is surrounded by dogs, after that long he can certainly recognize the bark of individual dogs and the direction it is coming from.

 

[tkdguy]

I would hardly call getting into a "fighting stance" whatever that means, is grounds to say he was being physically aggressive to anyone. He's probably fed up with it after several decades and is on edge. My understanding of your post is that nobody, including your dogs, has been shoved or hit by this man. You put up a no trespassing sign and he obliged, however that only prevents him from legally stepping foot on your property uninvited. You did not get him a cease and desist order.


I would really like to hear both sides.

I know what a fighting stance is; I do criminal forensic evaluations for 40 years. I know when people are dangerous. The question is how to you respond to animal control under these circumstances?

 

[Certaindeaf]

don't make me draw a picture

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

I know what a fighting stance is; I do criminal forensic evaluations for 40 years. I know when people are dangerous. The question is how to you respond to animal control under these circumstances?

You didn't like my suggestion?

 

[Koda]

The question is how to you respond to animal control under these circumstances?

by showing them your dogs do not bark.

 

[Certaindeaf]

I know what a fighting stance is; I do criminal forensic evaluations for 40 years. I know when people are dangerous. The question is how to you respond to animal control under these circumstances?

do you have some mirrored aviator sunglasses? they'll like that

 

[Catfishmoon]

The question is how to you respond to animal control under these circumstances?

That's probably the question your neighbor is asking himself. If the authorities won't deal with the problem, at what point does he take care of it himself?

 

[TTSX]

I know what a fighting stance is; I do criminal forensic evaluations for 40 years. I know when people are dangerous. The question is how to you respond to animal control under these circumstances?

Because you're a 4th degree black belly yada yada... Whatever. You're frightened of an old man shaking his fists at you about your mismanaged animals, I guess...

You need to recognize when you and yours are, in fact, the problem. This may will be one of those times.

 

[Tlock]

Popcorn anyone?

 

[edzz]

I know what a fighting stance is; I do criminal forensic evaluations for 40 years. I know when people are dangerous. The question is how to you respond to animal control under these circumstances?

Ever think his stance may be in response to something you are projecting?

Any chance that you have ever had any training on the art of de-escalation? I'm guessing not...

With the vast experience you profess to, I am amused that you can not answer your own questions.


I once had a neighbor that did not see fit to train / control her dogs barking, I bought some electronic / sonic dog bark deterrents, part of me felt bad about the obvious pain they caused the dogs, the other part of me was grinning from ear to ear. Sweet silence.

 

[edzz]

Popcorn anyone?

Yes Please
Thanks in advance.

 

[Camelfilter]

Popcorn anyone?

Hoping for zero drama.

Hopefully @tkdguy will recognize that their barking dogs are the problem. Nothing else, nor no one else is the problem.

Just barking dogs.

Will take time, effort & work to fix. Dogs are awesome & well worth the effort to correct problems!

If he chooses not to recognize his dogs are the problem, then drama may ensue. Which would be pretty sad...for all involved. AND his dogs.

 

[Tlock]

Yes Please
Thanks in advance.

Please speak up the neighbors dogs are barking! Dam bumpus hounds!