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Neighbor's Barking Dogs Trigger $25K Lawsuit

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Sick of your lousy neighbor's dogs barking all night? Ever consider suing? That's what two brothers in Ohio reportedly did after their neighbor was allegedly unable to keep his dogs from yapping.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

The brothers [Tom and Joe McDaniel] have sued Dan Ullman, claiming the relentless yapping of his dogs has created anxiety and compromised their standard of living. They are seeking more than $25,000 in damages.

Ullman believes the men are all bark and no bite. He filed a counterclaim, saying the men ridiculed and harassed him by making baseless claims and turned neighbors against him.

The McDaniels were prepared to go to trial last week, armed with audio and video tapes and witnesses, including a dog warden. But their attorneys and Summit County Common Pleas Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer agreed to delay the trial until February to see if the problems can be resolved...

Ullman, an Akron police officer, owns at least two dogs, including a pit bull. The back yard of his Tampa Avenue home is fenced. But the McDaniels claim that since August 2005, they have been unable to get Ullman to control his dogs.

Tags:: courts,; pets,; anxiety,; animals

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By the way notice the dog owner in the comments who suggest people who have a problem with their non stop barking dogs either wear earplugs all the time or just die!
This is the typical attitude of the savage like cave-man behavior of bad dog owners.
These people expect you to just wear earplugs 24 hours a day in your own house. This person should be charged with domestic terrorism against his neighbors.

bob of HI 1:16PM February 01, 2013

The owner of the barking dog is a great example of the problem barking dog victims face. Notice how the dog owner makes the entire thing into a conspiracy rather then taking personal responsibility and shutting his dogs up or having them trained by a pro. 99% of the time it is always the same with the owners of non stop barking dogs. Many of whom are total psychopaths or often drug dealers.
Quite frankly we have a barking dog epidemic in this country and it is high time that the bad dog owners start paying the price for their idiocy and failure to govern themselves an their properties.
Dog owners should be given one warning, and if the problem is not fixed they should be arrested, and their dogs taken from them. Quite frankly some of these dog owners should be charged with domestic terrorism against their neighbors.
Barking dogs need to be made ILLEGAL (except in the case of a home invasion). These savages who think that "dogs bark" are idiots. There are dogs who can direct a thousand cattle and know an entire sign language!
Dog ownership needs to be a licensed affair where owners must have their dogs trained and tested before they are given a license. These license need to make it very clear that dog barking is illegal, roaming dogs are illegal, etc etc.

bob of HI 1:07PM February 01, 2013

I consider it animal cruelty to not acknowledge your dogs barking for over 15 minutes or 6 hours. I call it neglect. Obviously the neighbor with the barking dog has no respect for their neighbor or neighborhood nor thier dog. People in the neighborhood don't want to make a complaint because then they are subjected to bullying by their neighbor using their barking dog against the poor person who cannot sleep when the disrespectful neighbor lets their dog bark at 6am or lets it bark for an hour.
If barking dog owners are worried about predators, try turning an audio tape on of people talking because predators don't come around when they hear voices.
Good way for someone growing pot is to have a barking dog.

Anon 2:02PM June 15, 2011

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