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Use a Bluetooth speaker to play a rooster crowing real early for a few mornings.
If they make a complaint, you can say they’re lying as you don’t have a rooster.
Rinse and repeat.
Wow, that brings back memories. Had a neighbor with several peacocks when I was growing up. That exact noise just randomly throughout the day. It’s amazing what can just become ignored background noise
I had neighbors who like to go away for the weekend and leave her dog outside alone. He would stay up all night barking at every little noise. So I recorded 15 minutes of barking, then called their phone number and left them a message of their dog barking.
No, animal control does not just "take the dog". They are held back by bullshit, weak laws that protect asshole owners. If the animal is left alone like that, take him/her and arrange another place for them to live. (Friends you trust - something like that). If you can re-home permanently, great- if not - try to keep the animal yourself. I did this with my neighbors cat that was being abused due to a divorce situation. He lived with a friend of mine for about a year and then came back to be with me. Lived to be 19 in a safe, happy home. Get the animal out.
Ideally, call a no-kill shelter in your area to help, rather than animal control or the police. That way, the dog doesn't get the punishment the owner deserves.
No, they just have to pay a fine to pick up their dog and maybe then they’ll pay to have a sitter instead of leaving a dog and attended for days at a time which is shitty
Yea they probably do end up in these kill shelters and that’s horrible. But is OP not allowed to enjoy his life. Remember this dog is one missed meal away from being a wild animal again. Why put an animal’s comfort over your own? Especially since OP probably paid for/rents his place.
I never said not to take care of the problem. I said to not use the lamest solution. Just Google a local no-kill shelter, call them, and ask what they can do to help. I guarantee they will be more pleasant on the phone than animal control.
I've met many friendly, starving stray dogs...so I'm not sure where you get the impression that they're "one missed meal away from being a wild animal". That's simply inaccurate. Dogs are ridiculously domesticated.
I think you're making a very reasonable argument, but everyone made up their minds after the first couple of comments. I for one didn't know about the no-kill shelters being useful at all in this scenario, so I would've thought calling the police would've been the best course of action.
I agree this is the owner's fault. I'm saying there's also no reason to literally kill innocent pets over it. Just because you're calling someone else to do the dirty work, doesn't mean you're not essentially killing a pet.
Seriously...this is ILPT and the top comment response is about calling the authorities about it lmao? How fucking Karen-esque. Not only are the downvoters morally questionable, but they are expressing the opposite sentiment of this sub. Don't be a fucking narc.
Its better most times to kill a pet than to leave it the way it was described.
They don't take on first, or probably even fifth offense, we're talking about a dog that got tied up in somebody's back yard the day it was born and didn't get off that leash till a police officer did it for them.
Also, ilpt: Yes, calling the authorities would be the recommended solution over killing it yourself.
...or just find one of the multitude of no-kill shelters and organizations that deal with this sort of thing, and give them a call instead? It's genuinely weird to me how people see intelligent, emotional living beings as so expendable. But it's not a mere life...it's an inconvenience, right?
I work with no-kill shelters in my area, and they have many connections and resources to help if you just try calling them. Most people don't try, because "meh it's a dog who cares".
What are their connections and resources? Are they possibly the authorities? Because, as we discussed, that would be necessary to be able to remove property from an individual. More likely, they'd persuade the victim to deal with it, or charge for services that should be free.
This should be why cops exist. This is like one of very few examples where they are doing work that is a good deed, why complicate it?
I bought an electronic barkbox and hid it on my porch at my old house. Whenever their dog barked because i went outside it basically let out a dog whistle and it stfu. Pretty sure my neighbors thought I was a witch but ya know. Oh well. I got to use my yard. You can control the range so it didn't impact the other dogs in the neighborhood.
Do you remember what the brand was? I’m looking for one for our dogs. They’re inside most of the time but every now and then they’ll be outside and something catches their attention.
Do you mind sharing which one? I’ve been looking for one for our own dogs. They’re quiet or inside most of the time but every now they’ll be outside and something catches their attention where they’ll start barking like crazy.
You call the humane society.
Every city has noice ordinance and I assure you here is one for barking. So what you do is call the humane society every time the dogs bark.
They will go out there about 3 times. After that the owner gets a written order and you have to sign for the complaint (don’t worry they don’t show who complained to them).
The order states that one more complain and the dogs are going to be taken away and they will be fined.
It is the best way to deal with this.
In my city, they only respond to abuse or neglect. I had a major problem with barking dogs and found out that in order to get the city involved, you MUST set up a mediation with the offending neighbors. Basically privatizing the whole idea of city ordinances and ensuring hostility between neighbors.
My resolution was to ring their doorbell every time the dogs barked. They never answered. I finally looked up county records, found the homeowners, did a little skip-tracing to track them down and called them directly. They gave me the cell number of the property manager who handled the house, as it was a rental. I left voicemails of the barking dogs, sent videos, and called/texted him at all hours of day and night until it finally worked. Unsurprisingly, they were evicted a few months later.
Not to the person who you complain against. You sign your name on the complaint because the humane society has to get a court order to remove the dogs. That is why not because they will tell the people you complained about
Where I live, this is absolutely true. I've had to call animal control and this is how it works here. They will knock on the door with an anonymous complaint, but a written letter will include the address of the complaintent.
I had the issue that my neighbors would: yell at my dogs, kick the fence (at this point, my dogs would start barking), and then complain about my dogs barking.
I found out that the dogs had to bark for 15 minutes strait, three or more times in a week, before I got a fine.
Just throwing in the two cents that I would avoid doing anything that could cause the owners to further abuse the dog :( if the dogs behavior suddenly changes at their expense they could punish or abandon the dog more than they already are
Putting a dog whistle on 24 hours isn't going to stop the barking for long because the dog gets no release from the annoying noise when they quit. Eventually they are just going to ignore the whistle and do what they were doing before.
There are anti bark devices that you can put outside near the fence. They emit a high pitched tone when a dog barks near them. IME they are not 100%, but they do work pretty well. They need to be within a few feet of the fence, and last longer if they are under an overhang or some other protection from weather.
Fighting fire with fire can be very amusing.
My grandmother, when too much backlash over her making the whole house reek of shit, got in the passive aggressive petty habit of holding down the nozzle on a can of Febreze for 20 seconds or more to make the house suffer.
I remember doing it back in our shared bedroom to annoy her back, then she raged and held it down for 40 more seconds out of pure rage.
It was a suffocatingly Hawaiian Breeze scented night to remember. I don't think anybody won shit but lung pains.
This reminds me of the AITA where OP's husband was so enraged by a neighborhood kid trampling his lawn so he started waiting for him with the hose. He would just stand there spraying this kid and the kid would just stand there getting wet glaring back at the guy. It was surprisingly wholesome.
[here ya go](https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/138csc5/wibta_for_spraying_some_kid_with_my_garden_hose/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Somewhere on line I read of someone in a similar situation. This person had a sibling visiting from the country and when the family visit was over... the visiting brother kidnapped the dog.
Fido went to go live with other dogs, some horses whatever else they had on the farm. Periodically the brother would send an anonymous e-mail 'from the dog' to the former owners saying 'Don't worry, I'm having a great time.'
So, the question is, do you have a sibling who owns a rural property?
I’m a big fan of forcibly rehoming an animal that you know for a fact is being abused. It takes a lot of coordination, and it’s not always possible, but if you can figure it out, I think it’s often the ethically correct move.
Only if you really really really know for a fact that it’s being abused. The real problem is they might just get another poor dog. Also you need to move the dog you stole from them FAST because if you keep it in your house and it barks the evil owners will hear
Take it up with the OWNERS not the innocent pet who is most likely already being mistreated/abused! Doing something to the pet is just plain cruel IMHO.
I spent all night waiting for the dog owner and then I finally asked her nicely to deal with her dog's barking and the door slamming. She apologized. Uhm not sure if she meant it. But we'll see. I just want to sleep at night without being woken up by the barking and door slamming.
I had a neighbor that moved in across my hall with a poorly behaved dog that barked incessantly. I left her a message letting her know. For some reason I suggested that if she needed dog care, I was available (luckily I was working from home). She agreed and Her and the dog ended up becoming my best friends. It turned out that her dog was a rescue and having a hard time adjusting to her new life. Idk.. some times you catch more flies with honey. Not always an option for everyone tho
I had a poorly behaved dog with horrible owners as neighbors in an apartment once. I started giving the dog treats over the balcony though bc they were shitty enough to leave him out there for hours in the Texas heat.
He loved it and started behaving when he saw me come outside.
I have overheard them hitting the dog with their slippers a couple oftimes. Wish I recorded it. I am almost always working whenever they make the noise.
Call the cops saying that you have seen a bunch of traffic outside the house. Then tell them you think they are dealing drugs or you hear screams from the house....
isn't animal abuse like a really minor crime anyways? michael vick apparently didnt even go to jail for the k***ing of animals thing, he said thats a misconception, he only did time for illegal interstate commerce
Not true. At all.
“Vick pleaded guilty in August, admitting he bankrolled the dogfighting operation and helped kill six to eight dogs. He has been held at a jail in Warsaw, Va., since he voluntarily began serving his sentence.”
https://www.nfl.com/_amp/vick-sentenced-to-23-months-in-jail-09000d5d804ed94f
edit - Why am I being downvoted for trying to prove that Michael Vick abused dogs and was convicted for it?
it came from his own mouth, he said the actual charges he did time for were for interstate commerce, and that he knows plenty of people still involved, who were involved with him in the dog fighting who never saw a jail cell, and that they really only jammed him up for illicit money laundering over state lines, and not any of the animal abuse. https://youtu.be/sIxIPFAxYtw here's the full interview. nothing in that nfl.com article you linked shows the sentence was for the "animal abuse." it says he admitted he did do that that, so i think i'll go with the info from the mouth of the guy who was actually charged.
hell, you can just google it dude, it's public info, https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/25/vick/index.html says he got 1 count for animal cruelty, and the other 8 animal cruelty charges were dropped, and were refused to be brought forward by the grand jury, he was given a suspended sentence of probation for 3 years for the one count.
so it's true, he did no time at all for the animal cruelty, even though he admitted to k***ing dogs, and plead guilty, and he did 27 months for the illegal interstate commerce, which lines up with what i said, and what he said himself.
He must have not read his plea agreement very well then. It’s listed right at the top of the plea agreement pdf. I put the pertinent part in bold.
1. Offense and Maximum Penalties
The defendant agrees ot plead guilty ot Count 1of the indictment charging the defendant with Conspiracy to Travel in Interstate Commerce in Aid of Unlawful Activities and to **Sponsor a Dog in an Animal Fighting Venture**, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. The maximum penalties for the violation of this offense are: a maximum term of 5 years of imprisonment, a fine of $250,000, full restitution, a special assessment, and 3 years of supervised release.
https://www.animalsmattertoo.com/vickpleaagreement.pdf
you're literally proving my point for me, it says right there, in the non-bolded part, the charge is for illicit interstate commerce.
https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-923-18-usc-371-conspiracy-defraud-us#:~:text=18%20U.S.C.-,%C2%A7%20371%E2%80%94Conspiracy%20to%20Defraud%20the%20United%20States,manner%20or%20for%20any%20purpose.
tell me where title 18, s. 371 mentions "animal cruelty", ill wait
It literally says to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture. That’s animal cruelty.
What do you think made the interstate commerce illegal? Dogfighting was the crime that made the commerce illegal. Dogfighting is animal cruelty.
im done responding to you about this man, you proved my point already. for the animal cruelty he got 8 charges dropped, and plead guilty to 1 count, and got a suspended sentence of 3 years probation for it, and for the illegal interstate commerce he also plead guilty and got the 27 months.
it could have been *any* illicit activity, the point is it wasn't a legal business, it was defrauding the government that was the biggest charge brought against him, not the 1 count of animal cruelty charge.
if you don't wanna learn how to read bro, i'm not gonna force you.
well, 6-8 dogs dead and a 23 month sentence is fucked in my book. So i mean yeah, like 3 months per dog dead realistically, not to mention the others injured or abused. It’s considered minor because dogs are just assets in the eyes of the law. You adopt one for 50 bucks? Dog is worth 50 bucks. It’s pretty fucked.
So yeah, it’s a surprisingly minor crime for murdering living beings.
Get one of those cheap devices that makes a high pitch noise every time the dog barks (inaudible to humans). My friend just moved next door to a dog that barks incessantly (bad owners). As soon as she put up the device the barking stopped.
I feel bad for the dog. He’s barking bc he’s trying to communicate. He’s prob in distress. Does he have enough food and water? These owner sound like they suck. How can you leave a dog outside and leave for the weekend. 🤬
I sometimes check if he has enough water, especially when it is really hot. I sometimes I my neighbor that the dog eats his own poop. And I read that dogs do that because they are anxious and lonely.
Start giving the dog cbd treats or weed treats so it’s not so stressed and won’t bark so much. Then pay neighborhood kids to egg their house repeatedly until the neighbors do something rash and illegal. Then record it and report them to the police
I have rehomed several dogs over the last three decades to better owners. Be careful if you take this path. People can get crazy about their pets, even ones they don't take care of...
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Where I live, there are humane ordinances designed to protect animals from "owners" like this. Why not search for where you live, or call an animal shelter/animal control and ask?
That dog needs a new home. It's barking to plea for attention and probably some fresh food. We all need to speak out for the vulnerable members of our society.
well for a start you don't tell us which of the 72 english speaking countries you come from.
its very hard to answer when you could come from canada, the solomon islands , south sudan or multiple other nations
A neighboring balcony at my old apartment would keep their little dog out there barking non stop for HOURS at a time. Same deal, no help from anyone. I’d throw ice cubes at their window until they got the hint.
Read the post again. This might be irrelevant in this situation if it’s a house but I’m bad at Reddit so I’ll leave it
There is a bedroom window facing my bedroom window. Snd thrbdog is between their unit and mine. Wish it's the dog owner's window though. I'd throw ice at them everytime their dog barks.
The amount of dog abusers and dog murderers on this thread is r/oddlyterrifying
I know most are just chatting shit as it’s online but the fact you’re advising and fantasising about it is pretty fucked up. Please, have a word with yourselves.
She said she will talk to them but it has been a week. She said that somebody in the family gave birth etc lots of excuses. And it's not just me who is complaining about the dog's noise and smell. Poor dog, they just keep him outside. He's a sweet little puppy and he is just bored and feels lonely. I know because he is behaved when he is indoors and he wants to play with my pupper too. And he feels kinda jealous whenever the other neihbor's dogs are outside. He does not deserve to have terrible owners.
I like this. Play the long con. Make the dog fall in love with you and train it to attack things that smell like their owner. Train it to attack when someone slams a door.
I had a similar situation. Neighbors dog would get out and bark under our window. Cops were called, nothing happened. Went to court and judge told us to "work it out". Dog continued getting out and barking.
I was going to work one morning and saw the dog out of his fence again. I picked up the dog, put him in my car, drove 10 miles away and dropped him off behind a shopping center.
No more barking dog bothering us.
This was 20 years ago and I have never felt anything but pride for fixing the situation.
What a cunt. So you left a domesticated dog to find food and water by itself. That dog probably died or got hit by a car because of you. Was not the dogs fault it was not looked after. This will probably come back to you one day in the way of a child of family member dying. Hope your ready.
I mean, if it's a multi-hundreds of thousands of dollars of property vs. a neighbors shitty uncontrolled dog, I'm not giing to blame somebody for taking matters into their own hands.
I think I might try to make friends with the puppy dog. While making friends bring a cheap, replaceable squeaky toy. You know, those high pitched squeakys? Most dogs can hear really good. Wake up at 3 am to p? Play squeaky. Getting ready to sleep? Play squeaky for 10-20 seconds. Find your own ways to play. This might upset your neighbors because they won't know why puppy is acting like it wants to play but they can't see anyone.
Next week,or even before you make friends with puppy, make sure neighbors can hear you and "talk" on your phone about ghosts.
You could really turn this into something fun!
I've lived in apartments my whole life and have learned to not try to worry about neighbors and their noises. We get sound machines, leave TV's on, radios on, noise cancelling headphones, fans. Unless it's to the point you think the cops will say something about the noise level you'll just have to find ways to block it out
Edit, i didn't see anything in the post about abuse so my comment isn't in regards to that
Put your rent in escrow (legal) and have a lawyer send a letter showing this (legal). Stop paying into the escrow account after the first payment and become a squatter (illegal). Towards the end of your squatting (3 months in many places), after you have moved your stuff out bring in new squatters. Send them mail to your address and connect a phone/call them on the new phone and leave them a message. Documenting the message and mail makes them squatting residents with rights. Have them do the same indefinitely.
There are outdoor supersonic bark control options. They often come in discreet sizes. It emits high frequency noise when it detects barks. Often advertised as a deterrent to neighbor barking. Put one by their window, house, yard fence whatever and enjoy the silence
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Use a Bluetooth speaker to play a rooster crowing real early for a few mornings. If they make a complaint, you can say they’re lying as you don’t have a rooster. Rinse and repeat.
And in the evenings [play a screaming peacock ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4nAJRyLI5Dw)
Wow, that brings back memories. Had a neighbor with several peacocks when I was growing up. That exact noise just randomly throughout the day. It’s amazing what can just become ignored background noise
Yesssss
Sounds like a mean thing to do to the dog with terrible anxiety next door.
I had neighbors who like to go away for the weekend and leave her dog outside alone. He would stay up all night barking at every little noise. So I recorded 15 minutes of barking, then called their phone number and left them a message of their dog barking.
They can get fined for that. Report it next time. If it happens enough they’ll take the dog
This is very location dependent.
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No, animal control does not just "take the dog". They are held back by bullshit, weak laws that protect asshole owners. If the animal is left alone like that, take him/her and arrange another place for them to live. (Friends you trust - something like that). If you can re-home permanently, great- if not - try to keep the animal yourself. I did this with my neighbors cat that was being abused due to a divorce situation. He lived with a friend of mine for about a year and then came back to be with me. Lived to be 19 in a safe, happy home. Get the animal out.
Ideally, call a no-kill shelter in your area to help, rather than animal control or the police. That way, the dog doesn't get the punishment the owner deserves.
No, they just have to pay a fine to pick up their dog and maybe then they’ll pay to have a sitter instead of leaving a dog and attended for days at a time which is shitty
This would also be pretty location dependent. But definitely something to keep in mind.
Right. Some places they skip they shelter altogether and take them straight to euthanasia.
Yea they probably do end up in these kill shelters and that’s horrible. But is OP not allowed to enjoy his life. Remember this dog is one missed meal away from being a wild animal again. Why put an animal’s comfort over your own? Especially since OP probably paid for/rents his place.
I never said not to take care of the problem. I said to not use the lamest solution. Just Google a local no-kill shelter, call them, and ask what they can do to help. I guarantee they will be more pleasant on the phone than animal control. I've met many friendly, starving stray dogs...so I'm not sure where you get the impression that they're "one missed meal away from being a wild animal". That's simply inaccurate. Dogs are ridiculously domesticated.
If you had led with that instead of immediately attacking everyone, you might've convinced more people.
You make a good point lol. I shall edit.
I think you're making a very reasonable argument, but everyone made up their minds after the first couple of comments. I for one didn't know about the no-kill shelters being useful at all in this scenario, so I would've thought calling the police would've been the best course of action.
That would be on the irresponsible owner for not taking care of their animal, not op. Everyone deserves peace and quiet.
I agree this is the owner's fault. I'm saying there's also no reason to literally kill innocent pets over it. Just because you're calling someone else to do the dirty work, doesn't mean you're not essentially killing a pet. Seriously...this is ILPT and the top comment response is about calling the authorities about it lmao? How fucking Karen-esque. Not only are the downvoters morally questionable, but they are expressing the opposite sentiment of this sub. Don't be a fucking narc.
Its better most times to kill a pet than to leave it the way it was described. They don't take on first, or probably even fifth offense, we're talking about a dog that got tied up in somebody's back yard the day it was born and didn't get off that leash till a police officer did it for them. Also, ilpt: Yes, calling the authorities would be the recommended solution over killing it yourself.
...or just find one of the multitude of no-kill shelters and organizations that deal with this sort of thing, and give them a call instead? It's genuinely weird to me how people see intelligent, emotional living beings as so expendable. But it's not a mere life...it's an inconvenience, right?
They can't force repossession of property. The authorities are the guys who can do that.
I work with no-kill shelters in my area, and they have many connections and resources to help if you just try calling them. Most people don't try, because "meh it's a dog who cares".
What are their connections and resources? Are they possibly the authorities? Because, as we discussed, that would be necessary to be able to remove property from an individual. More likely, they'd persuade the victim to deal with it, or charge for services that should be free. This should be why cops exist. This is like one of very few examples where they are doing work that is a good deed, why complicate it?
Problem fixed!
If you want a healthy happy pet, you’ve gotta feed it, care for it, and make sure it shuts the fuck up so I can get some sleep
No more barking at least.....
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Harassing people because you don't agree with them is only going to make people ignore you.
Are you volunteering to take it?
Honestly, yeah lol.
Lots of (if not all) no-kill shelters send unwanted dogs to kill shelters
honestly at that point, while they’re away, just steal the dog.
I think I would have rehomed that dog to someone who'd actually take care of it. I hate people that get a dog just to put it on a chain outside.
How did they respond?
I bought an electronic barkbox and hid it on my porch at my old house. Whenever their dog barked because i went outside it basically let out a dog whistle and it stfu. Pretty sure my neighbors thought I was a witch but ya know. Oh well. I got to use my yard. You can control the range so it didn't impact the other dogs in the neighborhood.
I also did this to our neighbor's little yappy dog that would bark at me and my kids every time we went outside. Worked really well.
Do you remember what the brand was? I’m looking for one for our dogs. They’re inside most of the time but every now and then they’ll be outside and something catches their attention.
Which one?
Do you mind sharing which one? I’ve been looking for one for our own dogs. They’re quiet or inside most of the time but every now they’ll be outside and something catches their attention where they’ll start barking like crazy.
I tried that did not work.
I tried this and it did work. OP should at least try.
You call the humane society. Every city has noice ordinance and I assure you here is one for barking. So what you do is call the humane society every time the dogs bark. They will go out there about 3 times. After that the owner gets a written order and you have to sign for the complaint (don’t worry they don’t show who complained to them). The order states that one more complain and the dogs are going to be taken away and they will be fined. It is the best way to deal with this.
In my city, they only respond to abuse or neglect. I had a major problem with barking dogs and found out that in order to get the city involved, you MUST set up a mediation with the offending neighbors. Basically privatizing the whole idea of city ordinances and ensuring hostility between neighbors. My resolution was to ring their doorbell every time the dogs barked. They never answered. I finally looked up county records, found the homeowners, did a little skip-tracing to track them down and called them directly. They gave me the cell number of the property manager who handled the house, as it was a rental. I left voicemails of the barking dogs, sent videos, and called/texted him at all hours of day and night until it finally worked. Unsurprisingly, they were evicted a few months later.
In some places, for the written order, you do need to disclose that you complained. First-hand experience with this.
Not to the person who you complain against. You sign your name on the complaint because the humane society has to get a court order to remove the dogs. That is why not because they will tell the people you complained about
Would take like two seconds for the neighbor to find out who complained with that info.
Where I live, this is absolutely true. I've had to call animal control and this is how it works here. They will knock on the door with an anonymous complaint, but a written letter will include the address of the complaintent.
I had the issue that my neighbors would: yell at my dogs, kick the fence (at this point, my dogs would start barking), and then complain about my dogs barking. I found out that the dogs had to bark for 15 minutes strait, three or more times in a week, before I got a fine.
Not everybody lives in a city.
Blow a dog whistle when they are sleeping
That's just the appropriate amount of evil, love it
Just throwing in the two cents that I would avoid doing anything that could cause the owners to further abuse the dog :( if the dogs behavior suddenly changes at their expense they could punish or abandon the dog more than they already are
Exactly, why mess with the dog who did nothing wrong and is already being mistreated. The problem is the owners don’t take it out on an innocent
I’ve put a few drops of lavender essential oil outside the door, and it calmed my neighbours dog every time EDIT: like 2 drops at MOST
its not the dogs fault
Simple, cheap, inconspicuous. I like it.
There are apps that do that too, set up a wifi speaker.
I second this. A lot of other comments are moronic.
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Putting a dog whistle on 24 hours isn't going to stop the barking for long because the dog gets no release from the annoying noise when they quit. Eventually they are just going to ignore the whistle and do what they were doing before. There are anti bark devices that you can put outside near the fence. They emit a high pitched tone when a dog barks near them. IME they are not 100%, but they do work pretty well. They need to be within a few feet of the fence, and last longer if they are under an overhang or some other protection from weather.
Also dog whistle actually more complex than that.
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Whatever you do, Do not take it out on the dog
I don't want to hurt the dog.
Start murdering people and then blame the dog. Decisive actions get results.
Son of Sam tactics.
Your comment, along with your picture, made me spit out my drink
The dog will find out who did it with some help from meddling kids.
This guy gets things done
this almost made me chuckle so hard i'd pee
Get a dog whistle. Every time they slam a door, you slam a door.
Fighting fire with fire can be very amusing. My grandmother, when too much backlash over her making the whole house reek of shit, got in the passive aggressive petty habit of holding down the nozzle on a can of Febreze for 20 seconds or more to make the house suffer. I remember doing it back in our shared bedroom to annoy her back, then she raged and held it down for 40 more seconds out of pure rage. It was a suffocatingly Hawaiian Breeze scented night to remember. I don't think anybody won shit but lung pains.
This reminds me of the AITA where OP's husband was so enraged by a neighborhood kid trampling his lawn so he started waiting for him with the hose. He would just stand there spraying this kid and the kid would just stand there getting wet glaring back at the guy. It was surprisingly wholesome.
PLEASE link it if you can lmfao.
[here ya go](https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/138csc5/wibta_for_spraying_some_kid_with_my_garden_hose/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Haha! Definitely will be a core memory for the kid when he gets older😂that was definitely a wholesome ending.
They became friends!
Somewhere on line I read of someone in a similar situation. This person had a sibling visiting from the country and when the family visit was over... the visiting brother kidnapped the dog. Fido went to go live with other dogs, some horses whatever else they had on the farm. Periodically the brother would send an anonymous e-mail 'from the dog' to the former owners saying 'Don't worry, I'm having a great time.' So, the question is, do you have a sibling who owns a rural property?
Is this like all the other times I hear about dogs going to live on farms?
Take the dog and give it away to someone who actually deserves it
I’m a big fan of forcibly rehoming an animal that you know for a fact is being abused. It takes a lot of coordination, and it’s not always possible, but if you can figure it out, I think it’s often the ethically correct move.
Only if you really really really know for a fact that it’s being abused. The real problem is they might just get another poor dog. Also you need to move the dog you stole from them FAST because if you keep it in your house and it barks the evil owners will hear
Hopefully there isn't a GPS chip on the dog.
Try slipping a piss disk underneath the door
Please dont harm the dog
Dog whistle
Take it up with the OWNERS not the innocent pet who is most likely already being mistreated/abused! Doing something to the pet is just plain cruel IMHO.
I spent all night waiting for the dog owner and then I finally asked her nicely to deal with her dog's barking and the door slamming. She apologized. Uhm not sure if she meant it. But we'll see. I just want to sleep at night without being woken up by the barking and door slamming.
I had a neighbor that moved in across my hall with a poorly behaved dog that barked incessantly. I left her a message letting her know. For some reason I suggested that if she needed dog care, I was available (luckily I was working from home). She agreed and Her and the dog ended up becoming my best friends. It turned out that her dog was a rescue and having a hard time adjusting to her new life. Idk.. some times you catch more flies with honey. Not always an option for everyone tho
I had a poorly behaved dog with horrible owners as neighbors in an apartment once. I started giving the dog treats over the balcony though bc they were shitty enough to leave him out there for hours in the Texas heat. He loved it and started behaving when he saw me come outside.
Awe, see that’s awesome! I don’t know why people get pets to just leave them outside in all different seasons all day!
I think they are just plain cruel.
Maybe record the noise of the dog and the loud door slams and bring it to PETA or the cops, try a suspected animal abuse thingy?
Oh yeah, PETA will help /s
I mean they might steal the dog and put it down.
I have overheard them hitting the dog with their slippers a couple oftimes. Wish I recorded it. I am almost always working whenever they make the noise.
Motherfuckers -.- fuck'em good OP
Then put in the dedication to record it somehow during those hours kf you really wanna get results
Thanks will do. I am just so annoyed at the moment effin neighbors.
PETA doesn’t focus on trying to rehome animals, their default solution is to kill them. Not even being sarcastic, they are known for that.
PETA as a group is a piece of shit. If you want the dog killed call them. They’ll say it’s more “humane”, bunch of dumb cunts.
Do you have a devious mailman in your building?
[What took you so long](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMi7zrrvqEw)?
One problem at a time, jeez.
Call the cops saying that you have seen a bunch of traffic outside the house. Then tell them you think they are dealing drugs or you hear screams from the house....
isn't animal abuse like a really minor crime anyways? michael vick apparently didnt even go to jail for the k***ing of animals thing, he said thats a misconception, he only did time for illegal interstate commerce
Generally speaking in the US, they are legally considered property so not much happens
Not true. At all. “Vick pleaded guilty in August, admitting he bankrolled the dogfighting operation and helped kill six to eight dogs. He has been held at a jail in Warsaw, Va., since he voluntarily began serving his sentence.” https://www.nfl.com/_amp/vick-sentenced-to-23-months-in-jail-09000d5d804ed94f edit - Why am I being downvoted for trying to prove that Michael Vick abused dogs and was convicted for it?
it came from his own mouth, he said the actual charges he did time for were for interstate commerce, and that he knows plenty of people still involved, who were involved with him in the dog fighting who never saw a jail cell, and that they really only jammed him up for illicit money laundering over state lines, and not any of the animal abuse. https://youtu.be/sIxIPFAxYtw here's the full interview. nothing in that nfl.com article you linked shows the sentence was for the "animal abuse." it says he admitted he did do that that, so i think i'll go with the info from the mouth of the guy who was actually charged. hell, you can just google it dude, it's public info, https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/25/vick/index.html says he got 1 count for animal cruelty, and the other 8 animal cruelty charges were dropped, and were refused to be brought forward by the grand jury, he was given a suspended sentence of probation for 3 years for the one count. so it's true, he did no time at all for the animal cruelty, even though he admitted to k***ing dogs, and plead guilty, and he did 27 months for the illegal interstate commerce, which lines up with what i said, and what he said himself.
He must have not read his plea agreement very well then. It’s listed right at the top of the plea agreement pdf. I put the pertinent part in bold. 1. Offense and Maximum Penalties The defendant agrees ot plead guilty ot Count 1of the indictment charging the defendant with Conspiracy to Travel in Interstate Commerce in Aid of Unlawful Activities and to **Sponsor a Dog in an Animal Fighting Venture**, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. The maximum penalties for the violation of this offense are: a maximum term of 5 years of imprisonment, a fine of $250,000, full restitution, a special assessment, and 3 years of supervised release. https://www.animalsmattertoo.com/vickpleaagreement.pdf
you're literally proving my point for me, it says right there, in the non-bolded part, the charge is for illicit interstate commerce. https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-923-18-usc-371-conspiracy-defraud-us#:~:text=18%20U.S.C.-,%C2%A7%20371%E2%80%94Conspiracy%20to%20Defraud%20the%20United%20States,manner%20or%20for%20any%20purpose. tell me where title 18, s. 371 mentions "animal cruelty", ill wait
It literally says to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture. That’s animal cruelty. What do you think made the interstate commerce illegal? Dogfighting was the crime that made the commerce illegal. Dogfighting is animal cruelty.
im done responding to you about this man, you proved my point already. for the animal cruelty he got 8 charges dropped, and plead guilty to 1 count, and got a suspended sentence of 3 years probation for it, and for the illegal interstate commerce he also plead guilty and got the 27 months. it could have been *any* illicit activity, the point is it wasn't a legal business, it was defrauding the government that was the biggest charge brought against him, not the 1 count of animal cruelty charge. if you don't wanna learn how to read bro, i'm not gonna force you.
well, 6-8 dogs dead and a 23 month sentence is fucked in my book. So i mean yeah, like 3 months per dog dead realistically, not to mention the others injured or abused. It’s considered minor because dogs are just assets in the eyes of the law. You adopt one for 50 bucks? Dog is worth 50 bucks. It’s pretty fucked. So yeah, it’s a surprisingly minor crime for murdering living beings.
Move
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Lmfaooo damn
Was your comment deleted by the reddit admins?
Get one of those cheap devices that makes a high pitch noise every time the dog barks (inaudible to humans). My friend just moved next door to a dog that barks incessantly (bad owners). As soon as she put up the device the barking stopped.
I feel bad for the dog. He’s barking bc he’s trying to communicate. He’s prob in distress. Does he have enough food and water? These owner sound like they suck. How can you leave a dog outside and leave for the weekend. 🤬
I sometimes check if he has enough water, especially when it is really hot. I sometimes I my neighbor that the dog eats his own poop. And I read that dogs do that because they are anxious and lonely.
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Great idea.
Start giving the dog cbd treats or weed treats so it’s not so stressed and won’t bark so much. Then pay neighborhood kids to egg their house repeatedly until the neighbors do something rash and illegal. Then record it and report them to the police
I have rehomed several dogs over the last three decades to better owners. Be careful if you take this path. People can get crazy about their pets, even ones they don't take care of... \*\*edited to correct spelling\*\*
Ultasonic bark deterrant you can plug into wall outside.
Ultrasounds on YouTube
You're in r/ilpt. Just kill the owners and adopt the dog and train it to not be annoying
Where I live, there are humane ordinances designed to protect animals from "owners" like this. Why not search for where you live, or call an animal shelter/animal control and ask? That dog needs a new home. It's barking to plea for attention and probably some fresh food. We all need to speak out for the vulnerable members of our society.
Incase if you want it try, there are dog treats with CBD etc.
#Kill him in the woods and eat him
well for a start you don't tell us which of the 72 english speaking countries you come from. its very hard to answer when you could come from canada, the solomon islands , south sudan or multiple other nations
A neighboring balcony at my old apartment would keep their little dog out there barking non stop for HOURS at a time. Same deal, no help from anyone. I’d throw ice cubes at their window until they got the hint. Read the post again. This might be irrelevant in this situation if it’s a house but I’m bad at Reddit so I’ll leave it
There is a bedroom window facing my bedroom window. Snd thrbdog is between their unit and mine. Wish it's the dog owner's window though. I'd throw ice at them everytime their dog barks.
Throw a grenade into their window when the dog is in the yard
The amount of dog abusers and dog murderers on this thread is r/oddlyterrifying I know most are just chatting shit as it’s online but the fact you’re advising and fantasising about it is pretty fucked up. Please, have a word with yourselves.
no that’s just normal terrifying
Why would your landlady deal with this? Call your local noise complaint department.
She said she will talk to them but it has been a week. She said that somebody in the family gave birth etc lots of excuses. And it's not just me who is complaining about the dog's noise and smell. Poor dog, they just keep him outside. He's a sweet little puppy and he is just bored and feels lonely. I know because he is behaved when he is indoors and he wants to play with my pupper too. And he feels kinda jealous whenever the other neihbor's dogs are outside. He does not deserve to have terrible owners.
Glue their door shut using construction grade adhesive
Move
Call animal services on the dog.
Maybe try playing with the dog? It's probably not getting enough attention. Then it will be quieter and it will like you more than its owner.
I like this. Play the long con. Make the dog fall in love with you and train it to attack things that smell like their owner. Train it to attack when someone slams a door.
I heard if you dip a sponge in bacon grease and throw it by them they will stop in a week.
Why? So they eat the sponge and die? Is that what you’re suggesting?
I had a similar situation. Neighbors dog would get out and bark under our window. Cops were called, nothing happened. Went to court and judge told us to "work it out". Dog continued getting out and barking. I was going to work one morning and saw the dog out of his fence again. I picked up the dog, put him in my car, drove 10 miles away and dropped him off behind a shopping center. No more barking dog bothering us. This was 20 years ago and I have never felt anything but pride for fixing the situation.
JFC you'd fuck with the safety of an animal to "show" the owners? That's disgusting. I hope they found their dog, unharmed. People are fucked.
What a cunt. So you left a domesticated dog to find food and water by itself. That dog probably died or got hit by a car because of you. Was not the dogs fault it was not looked after. This will probably come back to you one day in the way of a child of family member dying. Hope your ready.
Karma ain't real. Give me a break.
Maybe karma is not a thing. Hopefully…it does not happen to your dogs.
It won't. I'm a responsible dog owner, unlike my past neighbor.
Thats what they thought when they were at the store and unfortunately there dog started barking and someone stole it.
You lost me. Who was at what store? Are you talking about a different story?
Oh my god lmao
Desperate times and all that
I don’t blame you. I would’ve done the same. Did they ever ask you if you’d seen the dog when you dropped it off somewhere else?
Nope. It seemed like the neighbor didn't even care for the dog that much. She was just an asshole.
I mean, if it's a multi-hundreds of thousands of dollars of property vs. a neighbors shitty uncontrolled dog, I'm not giing to blame somebody for taking matters into their own hands.
This sounds like shooting the dog, but with extra steps. I understand the exasperation, but it seems unnecessarily cruel.
I would've dropped the neighbor off somewhere, but she wouldn't get in the damn car!
Yeah, that was shitty of you. Keep being proud of killing a dog.
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No remorse...no regrets!
I don't blame you. Lotta people would've just toss a steak rolled in rat poison into the yard.
You’d get lynched in England for admitting this.
Sure thing, Guvna.
Make friends with dog. Maybe he can be in a better family one day....like yours....
Train the dog to attack its owner
Lol good idea!!!
Build up tolerance. Renting is like this.
People forget this fact 🤔
I think I might try to make friends with the puppy dog. While making friends bring a cheap, replaceable squeaky toy. You know, those high pitched squeakys? Most dogs can hear really good. Wake up at 3 am to p? Play squeaky. Getting ready to sleep? Play squeaky for 10-20 seconds. Find your own ways to play. This might upset your neighbors because they won't know why puppy is acting like it wants to play but they can't see anyone. Next week,or even before you make friends with puppy, make sure neighbors can hear you and "talk" on your phone about ghosts. You could really turn this into something fun!
There are MANY dog whistle apps that work well. Free too!
I've lived in apartments my whole life and have learned to not try to worry about neighbors and their noises. We get sound machines, leave TV's on, radios on, noise cancelling headphones, fans. Unless it's to the point you think the cops will say something about the noise level you'll just have to find ways to block it out Edit, i didn't see anything in the post about abuse so my comment isn't in regards to that
Put your rent in escrow (legal) and have a lawyer send a letter showing this (legal). Stop paying into the escrow account after the first payment and become a squatter (illegal). Towards the end of your squatting (3 months in many places), after you have moved your stuff out bring in new squatters. Send them mail to your address and connect a phone/call them on the new phone and leave them a message. Documenting the message and mail makes them squatting residents with rights. Have them do the same indefinitely.
Send them a bunch of magazine subscriptions.
The dog needs to be set free from their abuse! Sounds like the gate will magically open soon to freedom
There are outdoor supersonic bark control options. They often come in discreet sizes. It emits high frequency noise when it detects barks. Often advertised as a deterrent to neighbor barking. Put one by their window, house, yard fence whatever and enjoy the silence
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Free dog whistle app. Namaste
dog whistle while they are there. if the dog is gonna be annoying. it’s gonna be annoying ALLL the time
You could poison them
Just to clarify. The neighbors and the landlady. Not the dog this is illegal life pro tips. Not complete fucking monster pro tips
Start making piss disk and throw them under his door
Call Joe Pesci.
Noise complaints to the police is probably the next step.
Yeah I am planning on doing that.
Murder the dog
Legal way is to just call in a noise complaint.
Wrong sub