MR.CJ-7
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- Woods Cross, UT
How would you guys handle this situation.
Backyard neighbor has at least 4 small dogs (I think 5) and 3 or 4 cats. The dogs bark their a$$es off anytime I step out my back door. Now with it 10* outside neither me nor the dogs are out much, but when it is summer time and I'm having a cocktail out on the deck it gets damn annoying!
I have talked to the neighbor about it quite a few times. At first I thought he would take it serious, because he bought a couple of bark collars and rotated them between dogs. It worked for a while, but then he felt it was mean to make the dogs wear them. The barking started again. So he found the two primary offenders and sold them.
Things were tollerable now, then they got 2 new puppies. I asked about that, he said they were chihuahuas and are small inside dogs and wouldn't be outside. Well as of late fall the pups were no longer pups and guess what, they ran with the pack of dogs and they are barkers. The dogs have a pet door so they can go in and out when they want, but in the summer they are outside all the time. The neighbor has a high raised deck so the dogs sit there and look around as dogs do. So when I'm outside the always see me and bark like no tomorrow. I've tried to ignore them, but they don't stop, I've yelled at them, nothing. I've even taken my garden hose to them, that works but they run out of my range. Maybe I'll buy a pressure washer and pin the little bastards to the wall. All the time neighbor says he can't hear them, but won't answer my calls when I call to tell him about barking dogs.
Now for the cats. Only one is a real offender. Short story is one cat comes in through our cat door and eats our cat's very expensive prescription diet. Neighbors cat is slightly retarded so our cat won't beat it down, its kind of funny to see, our cat runs over like there is hell to pay, sees the retard then feels sorry for it. Neighbor knows, but doesn't care.
The city ordinance says 2 dogs or apply for kennel license so he is illegal to begin with. The neighbor is a good guy, we have drinks together quite often and I consider him a friend, so I don't want to call the city and complain.
What would you do? Sorry for the long post
Backyard neighbor has at least 4 small dogs (I think 5) and 3 or 4 cats. The dogs bark their a$$es off anytime I step out my back door. Now with it 10* outside neither me nor the dogs are out much, but when it is summer time and I'm having a cocktail out on the deck it gets damn annoying!
I have talked to the neighbor about it quite a few times. At first I thought he would take it serious, because he bought a couple of bark collars and rotated them between dogs. It worked for a while, but then he felt it was mean to make the dogs wear them. The barking started again. So he found the two primary offenders and sold them.
Things were tollerable now, then they got 2 new puppies. I asked about that, he said they were chihuahuas and are small inside dogs and wouldn't be outside. Well as of late fall the pups were no longer pups and guess what, they ran with the pack of dogs and they are barkers. The dogs have a pet door so they can go in and out when they want, but in the summer they are outside all the time. The neighbor has a high raised deck so the dogs sit there and look around as dogs do. So when I'm outside the always see me and bark like no tomorrow. I've tried to ignore them, but they don't stop, I've yelled at them, nothing. I've even taken my garden hose to them, that works but they run out of my range. Maybe I'll buy a pressure washer and pin the little bastards to the wall. All the time neighbor says he can't hear them, but won't answer my calls when I call to tell him about barking dogs.
Now for the cats. Only one is a real offender. Short story is one cat comes in through our cat door and eats our cat's very expensive prescription diet. Neighbors cat is slightly retarded so our cat won't beat it down, its kind of funny to see, our cat runs over like there is hell to pay, sees the retard then feels sorry for it. Neighbor knows, but doesn't care.
The city ordinance says 2 dogs or apply for kennel license so he is illegal to begin with. The neighbor is a good guy, we have drinks together quite often and I consider him a friend, so I don't want to call the city and complain.
What would you do? Sorry for the long post
