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nobody else is complaining I've been living in the same house in Woodburn for at least 4 years, and during that time I've had a consistent issue with the neighbors across the street letting their bark, instead of going outside and seeing what's going on, quieting the animal, and maybe even spending a couple minutes actually being a part of the poor, lonely things life. These are the kind of people who get a and play with it for a few months but then it starts to become less a toy and more work for them so they put it outside and basically forget it exists. At first, the animal learns the only way it can get attention from the people that once loved it is to bark, because initially they’ll come outside to see what the ruckus is about. After a couple weeks of this, and perhaps a few false alarms just to get attention, the people either begin scolding the or ignoring it. Eventually it has no life, and slowly begins to go crazy from neglect. You see it in apartment dogs a lot, that wind up barking at every single noise and movement because they’ve basically gone stir crazy, or they’re determined to show their worth to their neglectful owners by being constantly in protective mode. It saddens me just to write about, but when it’s happening across the street from where I live it’s all I can do to ignore it - and then the begins to bark, and doesn’t stop for nearly an hour, and I’m forced to face the fact that I not only have neglectful asshole neighbors, but I can’t get any piece and quiet either. What a fucked situation. During my first couple of years here, I called the police and tried to get their assistance, but the end result was always that the officer went to the house, knocked on the door, and nobody answered. There was seemingly no follow up, or if there was, it was equally pointless. The incessant barking, day and night, went on undeterred. For a little while I managed to either ignore or escape it somehow, but recently it seems to have either increased in volume and intensity, or caught my attention with a vengeance. Either way, I had to start calling the police again, even though they still did nothing. Until a couple of nights ago, I was trying to convince myself that I was just going to have to get over it, and deal with it the best I could, but when I woke one evening to the sound of barking that didn’t stop for 2 / two hours I went ahead and made one more angry call to the police. I won’t give you too many details, but the next day an officer showed up and issued them a citation. He made me promise that I would show up in court if they tried to contest it and I told him that I would be there early if that was required. I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, but I watched the officer speak to the neighbor across the street through the window in my room. Spied on them, if you will. When they were done conversing, and the officer had written out the citation, he gave me a call to let me know he had done so, and to share a bit of what the neighbor had said. His general attitude was that everyone around him had no problem with his dogs barking so why was it bothering me? Isn’t that the perfect response from a truly uncaring scumbag? He wasn’t even going to take a second to admit he’d done wrong, or take responsibility for his actions (in this case, inaction) he was just eager to admit he was an asshole and point out nobody else cared. That’s the perfect defense and I’m sure he’ll win with it in court. These are the kind of people our society is chock full of, and certainly what the city I live in has in abundance. These are folks who, when told the barking of their was annoying replied, “Dogs bark.” as if they couldn’t possibly control or influence it. Dogs bite too, but I’m guessing you’ve trained yours not to bite you? Train it not to bark, or better yet, spend some time with it instead of leaving it outside and ignoring it. These are the folks who, as a solution to the problem decided to get another dog, of course, because they are inbred idiots. The is lonely, so they get it a friend, and of course it is a puppy very eager to learn from the example of the bigger, older dog. And what does that do all day and night? Bark at every noise, every movement. The new learns from the alpha and next thing you know you have 2 / two neglected and ignored animals in the backyard, barking at everything. That’s the kind of people I live around, and who fill this city. I’m happy to say things have already improved a bit. Thankful, really. It took multiple confrontations, most of them impolite. It took multiple calls to the police, most of them ineffective. It took roughly 5 / years for things to finally change. It took receiving an actual punishment for these people to finally act civilized, but they are making an effort. I’ll only raise one middle finger in their direction next time their starts barking, instead of both of them. See, I can change too! |
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I had a neighbor who had a couple of big dogs, and they'd bark at anything, and sometimes they'd bark for hours on end, especially when they were left alone for extended periods of time. I never called the police/animal control, but I wasn't the only one who was upset with the barking. The solution? They moved away (finally). Did you get your day in court yet? Have you tried to make friends with the animals? Since they're lonely, and not being able to be part of the familial "pack", maybe you can be a surrogate pack for the dogs. Just a thought.
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