Neighbor's Barking Dogs Trigger $25K Lawsuit

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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

I'm dealing with the same issue right now. The police have come, animal control has come. These people have no regard for their dog let alone their neighbors.
4 degrees outside and the dog is barking. The dog barks constantly and tries to climb in the window of the house the owners live in. It doesn't want to be outside, it wants to be with it's owners.
And yes, I am recording and seriously considering suing also. Maybe then they'll get the message.

wendy of MI 8:50PM December 24, 2010

Am i the only one here not interested in being lectured by a lazy citizen IE teacher.
You have to love these clowns. they never quite made it to adulthood. 3 months off in the summer , they got hooked on the idea.........................Its laziness diguised as professionalism.............then these clown complain about there pay...........lmao..........you chose a field to work in suffer the consequences loser.
Oh by the wat get a real job.......anyone can teach.......lmao

bob 6:19AM November 07, 2009

If he is following all the rules......such as fenced in yard.....not letting them run the neigborhood...and such...then what is the fuss...seems to me the neighbor who filed the suit...should get a great big tall fence.....and big locks on a gate...and lock themselves in it so they cant see the world around them...wake up people...there are those who mindlessly let their dogs and cats and whatever...loud motorcycles, cars, yelling and screaming while they are standing in the middle of the road.....playing loud music....whatever! This is the world around us....i think if someone took the time to take a few dogs off the streets..or even from our overcrowded shelters...*if your looking go there there are many) and put up a fence....and takes care of them...then leave him alone to have his dogs.....maybe that neighbor should adopt a dog then and the others too...and have a big bbq in the summer.....if not move to a quieter neighborhood...geez!! or how about this....take the money ur spending on this senseless law suit and do something good with it...like donate to a charitable organization!

jancin of FL 5:18AM November 07, 2009

I have a neighbor who lives less than 150 feet from me, these people have 12-14 dogs, 2/3's of those who are tied up outside and the others are kept inside. They rent a small mobile home which has had no running water for almost a year, the smell from the place is horrid. The grass has never been cut this summer at all & its almost 2 feet high. These dogs bark almost 24/7. I have video & audio clips of the dogs of different times of the day. We can't sleep, I've been late for work on many occasions, last week, I had a headache for 3 days. Its almost impossible to sit on the porch & enjoy a summer evening, if the smell doesn't get to you, the barking dogs will. I've been to the Sheriff's Dept, the County Health Dept,I've been in contact with the Dog Warden. They tell me there is nothing they can do because we live in a rural area The Health Dept sent a letter to the renters who own the dogs and the property owner over a month ago, giving them 2 weeks to restore water or vacate the premises. Lot of good that done. Now they say there is very little they can do for me. I'm so fustrated This has been an issue for almost 18 months.

Tom of OH 8:15PM September 23, 2009

Speaking of poor grammar, let’s see what I found wrong with your writings, John of CA
Error number 1, sentence number 1, is “you’d” even a word?
Error number 2, sentence number 5, never end a sentence with a preposition “We are all fortunate to not live next to someone such as yourself either.” Wow, no comment!
Error number 3, sentence number 6, “dont” is spelt don’t and should never be used in formal writing.
Error number 4, sentence number 8, “WILL” all caps, what is that?
Wrote as you would put it, I cant take this anymore either. I will stop righting this so I can learn how to reed better.
Educate yourself before you educate others.

Jon of CA 12:32AM September 23, 2009

its a shame some of the dog owners cant be shot....dont use a bb gun use a real gun to kill the damn thing.

zeek of OH 12:25AM September 10, 2009

Do as I did I shot the dog after calling the cops 16 times and nothing was done, yes I went to court over it but won my case…now I have a law suite with the police for not enforcing the law……..control your stinking dogs! some of us dont want to hear barking all night we have Right to you know!!

zeek of OH 1:45AM September 08, 2009

Not only does my neighbors dog bark at us all the time, but he barks for hours relentlessly. We put up a $1,400 7 ft fence so that he could not see us and he still barks. Animal control has been out 4 times and I have filed a complaint with the police. Also, this little weeny dog from hell has viciously attacked my son, bitten him repeatedly and tried to bite all of my children's friends. My children do not want to go outside and play because of his barking. In my opionion, anyone who lets their dog keep barking at a child that it has attacked and bitten to the point that he does not want to play outside is guilty of mental child abuse! These people are nuts!!! Any ideas - short of hiring a hitman - can't shoot him - I'll go to jail - figure that one - the dog has more rights than me or my children!

Wendy Bujrrow of TN 10:31AM August 26, 2009

Some of the responses about barking dogs not being a big deal are obviously made be people who are not suffering from listening to their neighbors dog barking non stop for hours on end. I envy you. It wasnt until I sent a video/audio clip of my neighbors dog barking and contacted animal control 2 times that they finally got the hint. Force fed noise of any kind, but especially of a lonely, bored, unloved, unexcersied dog will drive anyone crazy. To the point where the stress of not being able to hear yourself think causes physical problems. To these people making the ridiculous statments, give me your address so I can come sit in front of your house when your trying to relax, sleep, enjoy family time so I can do something freaking annoying to you. Playing my music loud, flood lights in your yard, reciting poetry at the top of my lungs. Unreasonble, unnecessary, prolonged force fed noise of any kind is a nuisance.

JStack of NV 7:57AM August 25, 2009