Neighbors dog will not stop barking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not call animal control?

I’m on the verge of doing that. Already sent in one complaint to the county but am not 100% sure if they’re technically breaking the law. I read that the dog needs to be barking 10 minutes or more, what it usually does is bark in 20-40 second bursts with about 1 min break in between each burst, for about 10-15 min, and they let it out about once an hour about a dozen times a day (and sometimes at night). Do you think this falls under the 10 min rule?

So they’re letting their dog out for 10 mins at 11 pm or 1 am? Or their dog is outside from 11-1? The former is probably not illegal. The latter may be.

Not the entire 2 hour period from 11pm-1am, about 10-15 minutes at a time. Dog barks every time it gets let out and the barking is very audible, it wakes me up if I don’t have noise canceling headphones on (which is really annoying to sleep with as I am a side sleeper).

Try ear plugs? I’m not sure you have much recourse here.

I’ve tried earplugs but have issues with wax buildup caused by frequent use of them. Actually sometimes the dog is outside much longer than 15min, it’s been about 40min now. They let it out 10 times a day or more. It barks off and on every few minutes. Ugh.

Lady or man, I dgaf about your ear wax buildup. And if you approached me with that, I'd tell you so.

"Every few minutes" barking is not illegal. Given all your issues, it seems the problem is you and your specific sleep requirements. Get a white noise machine and turn that baby up. You won't even hear the dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean dogs are going to bark. A few barks when a dog is let out is only to be expected. If your neighbor is leaving the dog outside to bark for minutes at a time that is one thing, but you can’t complain about just a few barks.

My neighbor is leaving their dog out every day for hours at a time to bark. I’m ready to lob a poison treat over the fence.

Someone did that in Del Ray and got caught bc the dog owner had cameras. It was rat poison I think. Neighbors claim the owner let those dogs bark NONSTOP and people were super annoyed with her. That doesn’t excuse the man who threw the rat poison but the owner went to the news about it, gave tons of interviews and pressed charges. The man plead guilty. The dog owner didn’t get the warm reception she thought she would and has now moved to somewhere else that her dogs can continue driving everyone bat shit crazy. But don’t throw poison.

There was a dangerous unleashed dog in a country I used to live in. It was ultimately poisoned and died. The person got another dog. Same thing. Terrorized the neighborhood. Same result. Poisoned and died. She was told to get no more dogs. And the neighborhood lived happily in peace ever after.

I am 100 percent in favor of the poison option when it comes to bad owners and nuisance dogs. The owners are awful. The dogs are warped and miserable. The entire community suffers. End it. Absolutely everyone will be grateful. But I guess you need to be subtle about it in the era of cameras.

Have lived in too many countries where dogs are a terror and you can't leave the house without carrying rocks. Do not have American warm and fuzzy feelings towards dogs. If a dog is a menace or an annoyance and the owners are unresponsive, kill the dog. That's the way it works on most of the planet

You are a disgusting person. And I hope you get the karma you deserve.

+1

Don't mess with karma. Karma is real. (You or a close loved one will probably get cancer & suffer.)

[Anonymous]

Need to contact the dog's owners first, then animal control or local police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people think it’s ok to let their large barking dog outside at 11pm-1am to bark and wake up the entire neighborhood? Plus it’s starting to get cold outside so I can’t imagine it’s good for the dog. SO ANNOYING!

Call animal control. There are ordinances about leaving animals outside in cold weather as well as excessive barking me. The poor dog is probably barking because it is cold or lonely

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not call animal control?

I’m on the verge of doing that. Already sent in one complaint to the county but am not 100% sure if they’re technically breaking the law. I read that the dog needs to be barking 10 minutes or more, what it usually does is bark in 20-40 second bursts with about 1 min break in between each burst, for about 10-15 min, and they let it out about once an hour about a dozen times a day (and sometimes at night). Do you think this falls under the 10 min rule?

So they’re letting their dog out for 10 mins at 11 pm or 1 am? Or their dog is outside from 11-1? The former is probably not illegal. The latter may be.

Not the entire 2 hour period from 11pm-1am, about 10-15 minutes at a time. Dog barks every time it gets let out and the barking is very audible, it wakes me up if I don’t have noise canceling headphones on (which is really annoying to sleep with as I am a side sleeper).

This is not illegal. It's annoying but we all live with the annoyances of our neighbors. Sorry but this is something you are gonna have to suck up, imo. Your sleep issues are your own and not your neighbor's problem, either.

If OP lives in FCPS it is, and FCPS doesn’t have much else to do, so they will show up every single time you call and they will be annoyed at the dog owner and they will bang on the door the way the police do and they will give a good scolding and a ticket/fine if you don’t figure it out quick.

1 bark between 10pm and 7am is a violation of the noise ordinance. And no one should be kept awake or awakened because you or anyone else is too tired or lazy to collar or muzzle your dog between those hours.

You are welcome.

[Anonymous]

OP just live with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP just live with it.

This thread is from 2022

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not call animal control?

I’m on the verge of doing that. Already sent in one complaint to the county but am not 100% sure if they’re technically breaking the law. I read that the dog needs to be barking 10 minutes or more, what it usually does is bark in 20-40 second bursts with about 1 min break in between each burst, for about 10-15 min, and they let it out about once an hour about a dozen times a day (and sometimes at night). Do you think this falls under the 10 min rule?

So they’re letting their dog out for 10 mins at 11 pm or 1 am? Or their dog is outside from 11-1? The former is probably not illegal. The latter may be.

Not the entire 2 hour period from 11pm-1am, about 10-15 minutes at a time. Dog barks every time it gets let out and the barking is very audible, it wakes me up if I don’t have noise canceling headphones on (which is really annoying to sleep with as I am a side sleeper).

This is not illegal. It's annoying but we all live with the annoyances of our neighbors. Sorry but this is something you are gonna have to suck up, imo. Your sleep issues are your own and not your neighbor's problem, either.

11:00 PM to 1:00 AM? Yeah, it’s illegal. Very illegal.

[Anonymous]

The neighbor’s deformed dog is outside day and night barking because reportedly it isn't house broken. Wait until county animal control shows up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do people think it’s ok to let their large barking dog outside at 11pm-1am to bark and wake up the entire neighborhood? Plus it’s starting to get cold outside so I can’t imagine it’s good for the dog. SO ANNOYING!

Call animal control. There are ordinances about leaving animals outside in cold weather as well as excessive barking me. The poor dog is probably barking because it is cold or lonely

There are people in our MC neighborhood who leave this mostly feral dog outside for hours, sometimes through the night, any weather, and let it bark constantly at literally any hour. They could not care less. Then they wonder why no one in the neighborhood associates with them (screeds on ND don’t count).

[Anonymous]

People are so selfish and clueless. Call animal control and the police non emergency line every time it happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are so selfish and clueless. Call animal control and the police non emergency line every time it happens.

Selfish but not necessarily clueless. They know. It’s the ones who let it happen then spend their time on Nextdoor and here calling out every human transgression around them, real or not, that especially infuriates me. They can disturb half a neighborhood with their ratty backyard dog but no one else can use a yard implement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are so selfish and clueless. Call animal control and the police non emergency line every time it happens.

Selfish but not necessarily clueless. They know. It’s the ones who let it happen then spend their time on Nextdoor and here calling out every human transgression around them, real or not, that especially infuriates me. They can disturb half a neighborhood with their ratty backyard dog but no one else can use a yard implement.

+1

[Anonymous]

Last night the dog next door was outside at 2:30 AM barking for 20 minutes straight. This has been going on for months. Does anyone know how MOCO animal control handles these situations? I’m speaking with them on Monday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last night the dog next door was outside at 2:30 AM barking for 20 minutes straight. This has been going on for months. Does anyone know how MOCO animal control handles these situations? I’m speaking with them on Monday.

+1