OT: - Loud Neighbor - what to do

As much as I hate HOAs, talk to them - they should be able to help some. If not, invite all the Ferrari's in Austin and host a Rev Off.

 

First, check your covenants. Unless you're in a gated community, there is likely nothing that the HOA can do to help you (and even then, since this is defined as a civil matter, they probably can't do more than you have already). You need to start calling the police and check with local agencies to see what the noise laws in your area are.

Good luck.

 

This ^^^^. Usually there is a specific time set when loud music or otherwise become a public nuisance.

 

City of Austin Ordinance on Animal Noise

Source: 1992 Code Section 3-3-6; Ord. 031009-9; Ord. 031211-11.

§ 3-2-2 NOISY ANIMALS. An owner or handler may not keep an animal that makes frequent or long, continued noise that is disturbing to a person of normal sensibilities.

I am not sure this is current, but may be a start.

DRG
Jerry

 

Dogs have been known to "run away"

 

Ha ha nice one!

 

I have the same problem with my next door neighbor. Only my lot isn't one acre and their back yard shares a fence with my back yard. The dog is a Great Dane and barks at EVERYTHING.

The problem is that the neighbors are really nice people, and they pay my kid to dog sit when they leave town. They got the dog from a rescue and it had led a tough life. She's extremely skittish and won't let anyone pet her, and she barks. She barks when I walk around the kitchen. She starts at 7am, and ends about 9pm.

No idea what to do.

 

I had a similar situation at my last place (shared fence, loud dog). I walked around the block and knocked on the door. The guy got on defence right away, but I tried to just be reasonable and plead with him. I was like, "Look man, I wanted to come over and see if you could do something rather than just call the police with a noise complaint..." and he cuts me off with, "If you call the cops, I'll sue ya!!!" At this point I laugh in his face. (After that he went on a rant about how his dog protects the neighborhood from 'Katrina people' (his exact words) and we should thank him.

I basically ended with, "Fine, at this point, if you can't shut the dog up, I'll just have the police deal with it." After that it got 'better'. Not completely silent, but I got the sense he tried to keep the dog in the house more.

 

offer to buy a bark collar for the dog - at your expense?

 

I've about had it, too, with my neighbor's two Boxers. They keep the dogs outside totally, and really don't show them any love. They refuse to put up a fence and use the collars that are with an RF system to deter going past the range of the transmitter. It's failed a few times and the dogs have come into my yard and rushed at me. This guy does not believe in positive reinforcement for training...only punishment and is such a poor pet owner. I'm also a dog owner...I have a Doberman. Yes, she barks occasionally (she's a dog, after all), but not like the neighbor dogs who will bark anytime I'm outside or even if the wind blows. One of these dogs bit one of the neighbor kids and the owner's response was to beat the dog. I hate to cause a neighborhood tiff, but, for the good of the animals AND my relief from the constant barking, I'm tempted to call the sheriff. I'm out of the city limits in a rural neighborhood with all the lots at least 2 acres. Enough allready!
Steve

 

Man, you need a Full-Auto Dog Whistle.

 

Depends on the dog. My son's neighbor had an Irish Wolf Hound that would bark too much. He would click the thing once and the dog was instantly silent.
I have two dogs, one dog responds instantly to it. The other dog doesn't respond at all.

 

That barking is painful and would keep me up.

Can you specify where in Austin you are? Feel free to PM me instead of posting publicly.

 

This might give you an idea of what to do:

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Time for a poison pork chop........

 

Use the old salesmans trick and answer questions with questions.

"Did you call the cops?"
"About what?"
"My dog."
"What about your dog?"
"His barking."
"Somebody called the cops?"
"They just came to the door."
"What did they say?"

You can go all day. You could end it with you've lived with it so long, why would you call the cops now?

 

End it with . . .

Maybe the dog called 'em.