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[Darth Lefty]

Huh?!

What is your planned note for? Is it really anything to do with her dogs or is it revenge for her note? If you are really concerned about her dogs why don't you confront her now? Instead of saving it up for some fantasy future where you get to act against her with no consequence?

[fromhnl]

What is your planned note for? Is it really anything to do with her dogs or is it revenge for her note? If you are really concerned about her dogs why don't you confront her now? Instead of saving it up for some fantasy future where you get to act against her with no consequence?

Yeah I don't understand why the wait mentality...coward? If you have a problem with
this neighbor, man up now and not lie in wait. Maybe your wife could settle the problem
if you are unable to at this point. She just left you a freakin' note. Obviously this has
affected your life and is factored in your future planned events too. Just how important
is it in terms of the big picture? Also instead of throwing your opinions of dogs being
social pack animals...not all dogs prefer to hang outside through the change in weather
temps isolated from the rest of their human family. Not everyone believes that dogs
belong outside void of human contact. Not all dogs prefer to socialize with only other dogs. Not all of your opinions mean jack to anyone else. Don't you think this woman could use your same analogy. Kids are social beings...what are the affects of raising one child households long term. Lie in wait til one of you moves...

[Bill Z]

What is your planned note for? Is it really anything to do with her dogs or is it revenge for her note? If you are really concerned about her dogs why don't you confront her now? Instead of saving it up for some fantasy future where you get to act against her with no consequence?

No, I don't really think owning one dog, if you give it lots of attention is that bad, but yes, someday I want to let her know her letter to us wasn't as anonymous as she thought it was and that we have known the whole time.

And no, I don't carry the anger in my gut on a daily basis, but sometimes the sweet taste of revenge can be well savored. You know they say, "Patience is a virtue"

[azncsoul]

Thanks for the note from the anonymous neighbor about our dog barking while we are gone. We are looking into dog sitting services for him and will take care of the problem asap.
We were a bit confused on the part that said he barks late hours of the night, as he sleeps inside everynight and we go to bed around 9pm (with the exception of our wedding, which was 2 months ago- he did sleep outside that night by himself).

Thanks again!

ambrno33

Do you live on Dysart way? I posted a message about dog bark in the morning around 8am that waked me up in the morning, and i did put a note on neighbor's door, but i left my address, so it is not really anonymous. If you live on Dysart way, can you let me know.

Thanks

[ambrno33]

ambrno33

Do you live on Dysart way? I posted a message about dog bark in the morning around 8am that waked me up in the morning, and i did put a note on neighbor's door, but i left my address, so it is not really anonymous. If you live on Dysart way, can you let me know.

Thanks

No this is not us, I'm sorry. I'm not sure where this street is.

[laceykc]

I agree with Darth Lefty - if you want to deal straight with people, you don't do it anonymously. Giving someone a chance to say, "Hey, my dog doesn't bark at night - you must have the wrong house" is an absolute must when it comes to good relations. Having worked as a journalist for five years, I quickly learned the need to let someone speak for themselves. You can't ever assume you know what's going on.

Really, is an anonymous note so much better than a call to the police? First of all, the dog owners would have been able to clarify to the authorities that the dog doesn't bark at night, which means the wrong person might be pinpointed. Second, maybe the dog's bark is within the acceptable decibel range limit - and maybe the dog owners don't have to bend over backwards for an oversensitive neighbor. I don't really know what the noise regulations are in these parts - the point is, the note-leaver is not taking true action to find the culprit and alleviate the problem by simply leaving a note, because they're dealing with the problem sideways, and assuming they know the situation, when they don't.

[POConnor]

I for one have a huge issue with barking dogs. I live at the end of a court and the neighbors two houses over back up to a street, and on this street there are 3 different houses that have barking dogs. There is one dog however that takes the cake, it barks all hours of the day and night. My neighbor works from home and is constantly interrupted by the dog barking. He has gone over there and left notes, he's gone over there and talked to the people and nothing worked, now we just take turns calling animal control.
The neighbor directly behind me has 2 dogs that try to come through the fence and bark constantly when we're in the backyard...and all he does is tap on his glass from inside the house to stop he dog from barking (which doesn't work) after leaving notes and going over there and getting no reaction from them they also get animal control called on them.
Frankly I'm tired of dog owners that don't take responsibility for their dogs. Obviously the dog is bored or lonely and that is why it's barking. Thank you ambrno33 for taking the note seriously and doing something about it. I don't know if you're my neighbor or not but maybe other people that have barking dogs will learn from your actions.

[ambrno33]

I for one have a huge issue with barking dogs. I live at the end of a court and the neighbors two houses over back up to a street, and on this street there are 3 different houses that have barking dogs. There is one dog however that takes the cake, it barks all hours of the day and night. My neighbor works from home and is constantly interrupted by the dog barking. He has gone over there and left notes, he's gone over there and talked to the people and nothing worked, now we just take turns calling animal control.
The neighbor directly behind me has 2 dogs that try to come through the fence and bark constantly when we're in the backyard...and all he does is tap on his glass from inside the house to stop he dog from barking (which doesn't work) after leaving notes and going over there and getting no reaction from them they also get animal control called on them.
Frankly I'm tired of dog owners that don't take responsibility for their dogs. Obviously the dog is bored or lonely and that is why it's barking. Thank you ambrno33 for taking the note seriously and doing something about it. I don't know if you're my neighbor or not but maybe other people that have barking dogs will learn from your actions.

I don't think I'm your neighbor, we back up to open space...so there are no neighbors behind us. Sorry about your situation though!