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Posted: 10/14/2023 9:03:35 PM EDT
I live in a townhome. The neighbor next door has a dog that barks at every little noise. Now the weather is awesome but opening the windows/sitting on the porch is unbearable. The neighbor won’t do anything about it despite attempts to ask her to prevent the barking. I don’t want to hurt the dog & I don’t want any LE attention so what does the brain trust recommend? I wish they still sold m-80s but they don’t.
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There are you tube videos out there with silent dog whistle sounds.
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Townhome? A handheld ultrasonic device would work great. My dogs run for cover when they see me pull mine out.
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Quoted: There are you tube videos out there with silent dog whistle sounds. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Townhome? A handheld ultrasonic device would work great. My dogs run for cover when they see me pull mine out. I like these. Or put stereo speakers against the wall and blast death metal every time the dog barks. |
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People who let their dogs bark nonstop are shitbags.
And the people who defend those people are also shitbags. |
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Quoted: Get one of those air horns. When ever Fido starts barking, give him a blast. It'll scare the shit out of him and alert your inconsiderate neighbor that the dog is being annoying. https://i5.walmartimages.com/seo/Ozark-Trail-Boat-Accessories-Sports-and-Marine-Safety-Air-Horn-8-oz_75676abd-0ee1-48d3-8a1d-63477c7db1d5.c21324b3141411013d613b22e1f62b17.jpeg?odnHeight=2000&odnWidth=2000&odnBg=FFFFFF View Quote |
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I can tell you from experience that LOUD Mexican Dancing Music played on a loop 24/7 at 79.5 db will bring the shit bag to the table for negotiation. Our county had rules stating anything above 80 db was not allowed. I had a $2K device against the plastic db meter the cops carried. Pretty clear case. Guy was a judge. Fuck him.
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There are not many things more annoying than an undisciplined barking dog. It does grate on the nerves. My sympathies to OP.
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Neighbors yapping mutts are let out around 7am every morning. They bark nonstop for at least 1 hour straight.
It's my weekend end alarm clock. Not thrilled but trying to pick my battles. |
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Quoted: I can tell you from experience that LOUD Mexican Dancing Music played on a loop 24/7 at 79.5 db will bring the shit bag to the table for negotiation. Our county had rules stating anything above 80 db was not allowed. I had a $2K device against the plastic db meter the cops carried. Pretty clear case. Guy was a judge. Fuck him. View Quote Jeramiah Johnson meme with nodding head of approval here. |
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I moved. You just can't reason with other's "pursuit of happiness"
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Apparently yapping dogs are one of the curses of the western suburbs. :/ At least the burbs in NY were quiet.
The Utahns in the burbs are super nice and quiet, except for the dogs |
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I say record the barking and play it back to them...on repeat.
I feel your pain. I've lived in apartments, townhome and even a house with a big backyard - where unless you go rural or semi-rural (but even they have asshole dog owners), it's hard for your average person to put distance between them and noisy neighbors. That being said, if the dog whistle and/or noise deterrent is a thing, do that. Cuz unless you try to sue them civilly - good luck with getting a HOA, cops, code, etc. to enforce shit. |
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Quoted: There are not many things more annoying than an undisciplined barking dog. It does grate on the nerves. My sympathies to OP. View Quote agreed. We have a new neighbor that came with a barker and another on the other side that just got a dog that goes nuts at their backdoor for longer than should be necessary. Just let your dog inside, its not taking a shit, it's barking every two seconds at your back door! It's a bit annoying. |
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Quoted: Bark controller View Quote I wonder if those really work as advertised? I've got a neighbor that has 5 or 6 hunting dogs and has for the 43 years I've lived here. Every now and then one of the current batch of hounds will be a constant barker. There is one now that has had me reaching fir the rifle more than once. But he is just doing dog stuff which includes barking. Maybe an ultrasonic emitter would be the ticket. I may give that a shot instead of the dog. |
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Quoted: I live in a townhome. The neighbor next door has a dog that barks at every little noise. Now the weather is awesome but opening the windows/sitting on the porch is unbearable. The neighbor won’t do anything about it despite attempts to ask her to prevent the barking. I don’t want to hurt the dog & I don’t want any LE attention so what does the brain trust recommend? I wish they still sold m-80s but they don’t. View Quote Have your boyfriend talk to the owner |
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Do you have a noise ordinance where you live? Check with your city or county. Don’t feel bad about getting some peace and quiet. There is nothing worse (besides loud pipes) than a barking dog.
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You bought an apartment and now have neighbor problems?
Sorry, I cant get you out of the stupidity you bought yourself into. |
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Get off your patio chair, knock on neighbors door, invite puppy and owner over.
Discuss an achievable outcome like responsible adults? |
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For the OP.
An ultrasonic bark stopper is the way to go, but depending on how far away they are you may need to homebrew up something better. There are some people on YouTube who have built devices that may work. Many of the commercial ones are not that good unless the dog is close by. Non-trashy people do not allow their dogs to bark to the point of annoying others; And if you think it's OK to have a barking dog then you're probably a trashy person. |
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Quoted: CoC 4 View Quote It will kill the dog…. Sounds like he just wants it to not bark so much rather than die. Can’t help you op. I got my dog as a service dog and to alert me when my neighbor is borrowing my back porch furniture for their guests. She seems to have the same issue as you now but her just helping herself to my shit wasn’t an issue. |
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Been in the same house for 27 years. The whole time the neighbors behind me have had five dogs that will bark for hours if a leaf falls or a cricket twitches.
They can't be the same dogs in all that time but they sure look the same. It's like they replace a dog with an exact copy when one dies. Most of the neighbors like pets and have dogs so we have been very tolerant of them, but when they go on for hours, I just walk outside and shout "shut the fuck up." They won't make the dogs quiet down but at least they put them in the basement so that it muffles the dogs enough to keep them from bothering the neighbors. I have spent 27 years telling people that move into the neighborhood that the Barkers live in that house even though that's not their real name. The Barkers are not sociable so no one knows otherwise. It's my legacy to the hood. |
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Have a similar problem with new neighbors that moved in a few months ago. Their two dogs bark at almost anything they see from their back yard. Recently they put up a privacy fence around their back yard and it does muffle the barking some. Have considered getting a bark controller similar to the one advertised in this thread.
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Quoted: Quoted: People who let their dogs bark nonstop are shitbags. And the people who defend those people are also shitbags. no firewall, the builders should he hung dogs are annoying as f, including the ones that immediately when set outside they bark non stop |
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Quoted: https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/julia/58/613758/H0019-L128560031.jpg just kidding, I would never really suggest shooting the owner. View Quote |
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Quoted: Get off your patio chair, knock on neighbors door, invite puppy and owner over. Discuss an achievable outcome like responsible adults? View Quote This is all well and fine. But you’re not dealing with a responsible adult. Only a complete POS neighbor sharing a wall with somebody allows it to happen in the first place. |
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OP there is a real, nonviolent, science-based solution. Get a dog of your own of the exact same type, but face it the opposite direction. This will invert the phase of the barking and cancel the sound out. You will SEE two dogs barking but you will HEAR none.
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