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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can't "sue" over something like this.  The worst that can happen to them is that they are fined.  There is no private cause of action for you.[/quote]

Not sure.  I would record the dog.  If it constitutes a nuisances under the law that interferes with the ability to live in their house, they may have grounds.  Similar to if a person plays music very loud, or smokes in a house that has a common wall.  Just as OP is expected to be tolerant if living in s row house, the new neighbors also are expected to be considerate.  This is an animal control, noise ordinance issue.  If the dog is barking nonstop, he obviously isn't happy and is under extreme stress which is s horrible thing to do to a dog as a dog owner,

When I called animal control over a constantly barking dog in my neighborhood, animal control came but no one answered their door.  He left s notice and said if they didn't respond in 24 hours he could come back and take the dog.  Turned out the dogs were tied in the back yard while the people went out of town.  One of our other neighbors ended up breaking into their yard and taking the dogs back to their house to care for them,  when the owners came back into town, their excuse was "well we work in the White House and had to go out of town in a hurry". They put their house on the market 2 weeks later.

I would ask your neighbors other neighbors, the ones who live on the other side of them, if they can hear the dog too.  Sometimes their is power in numbers,  [/quote]

Do not mob your neighbors.  It could bring legal ramifications, even if you think you have a legitimate claim.  I learned this the hard way, in close in VA.  Just because I don't like what someone is doing, does not mean I have a right to mob them.  Expensive lesson learned.

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