everyone thinks they have to have a dog . social standing lol
Obnoxious neighbor dog
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My wife is a peds ER doc.
She's never seen a kid with more than maybe some bad scratches from cats that heal on their own.
From dogs... well, let's just say a dog can do some horrifying thing to a child's face or body.
My daughter was briefly on a traveling soccer team where every family (except us and maybe one other) had at least one dog and they all seemed to believe that it was their responsibility to bring at least one dog to every game. It was terrible.
Not so funny story, my friends dog knocked over his own fence so he could go eat the neighbors dog...
I'm with you on that one. I'm not sure what their reasoning could have been.
Did he eat it? I never understand how people's dogs get so aggressive. My dog is so well behaved it's like he's a person.
We had an extremely loud dog next door in an urban loft setting in Chicago. The building rules said no unleashed dogs in the enclosed courtyard, everybody let dogs loose in courtyard against building rules and the loud dog we shared a wall with would bark at them from his window the entire day and they wouldn't even lower the shades.
We simply enforced the law that was made 20 years before we lived there and our neighbors treated us like we had murdered their children. One dude literally spit in my face and said "you ruin the fun for everyone". 16 hours of uninterrupted barking is not fun for everyone.
Some tried to change the rule and the building's lawyer wouldn't allow it because it's a massive liability to have a bunch of dogs running loose inside a multi-unit complex. The worst offenders weren't even unit owners, they were renters who showed up at meetings for owners.
One of the renters (the owner of the loud dog who barked at the window 16 hours a day) moved out and mailed us letters that they were donating $20 a month to the humane society in our name, and we were like "great we love dogs". I hope they kept doing it for many years.
We simply enforced the law that was made 20 years before we lived there and our neighbors treated us like we had murdered their children. One dude literally spit in my face and said "you ruin the fun for everyone". 16 hours of uninterrupted barking is not fun for everyone.
Some tried to change the rule and the building's lawyer wouldn't allow it because it's a massive liability to have a bunch of dogs running loose inside a multi-unit complex. The worst offenders weren't even unit owners, they were renters who showed up at meetings for owners.
One of the renters (the owner of the loud dog who barked at the window 16 hours a day) moved out and mailed us letters that they were donating $20 a month to the humane society in our name, and we were like "great we love dogs". I hope they kept doing it for many years.
This was exact case I just posted about. Tons of huge dogs in urban loft setting near downtown chicago. Huge dog park 5 blocks away...instead of taking the effort to make their dog happy at they park they let their dogs run unleashed in small courtyard against building rules, other dogs all go nuts barking from their windows. Mass chaos but a shared laziness society formed among people who had all mutually given up on being good dog owners.
The only logical reasoning would be if the townhouses have a homeowner's association with more restrictive rules on cars in the driveway/street. Then if there's no room in the garage for it, people will park extra vehicles all kinds of 'public' places (on a nearby street, in a large church/business parking lot, in a parking ramp you can get out of for free).
Having said that, I wouldn't rule out it being completely illogical.
That dog sounds like a typical hok fan. All noise, all the time.
My dog does the same thing. Never barks, very well behaved, but If he's out back or we are walking by a house that has a dog that barks at him, his head will perk up, He doesn't break eye-contact and just pees while staring at them and trots off happily.
The ultimate "i'm marking on your territory, what you gonna do about it?" move and I get a kick out of it every time haha
I guess I should be careful saying he ate it. He definitely killed and tore the thing apart (large 150lb dog vs small dog) but was pulled off at that point. Dog had never shown aggression to anything/one else but this one other dog. It was a crazy story.
Cyclonepride
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I had a similar situation, but with a neighbor that had huge pool parties until 3 or 4 in the morning. I went over at 2 am once, and asked nicely for them to keep it down. Called the cops every time they woke me up after 1 am after that, and they haven't done it in three or four years now.
I'm guessing the owner is even more frustrated than you are. Dogs with severe anxiety are really hard to deal with and sometimes there just isn't a good solution. People often feel lots of shame because of misbehaving pets (and kids!). Have a conversation but try to be understanding and open-minded.
My wife's dog passed last December. I felt bad for her and even was a little sad myself until I realized how nice it was to not have to constantly be cleaning up hair and piss (dog was on meds that made her thirsty, so she'd drink a lot and pee inside during the day while we were at work). It was nice to not have to take the dog out in the dead of winter, nice to not pick up **** in the backyard, nice to go on walks and not worry about the dog freaking out when she saw another dog...the list goes on. Long story short, dogs are nice, but to me the pros do not justify the cons. My wife was ready for another dog finally by the time spring rolled around, but I put my foot down. I'm not done enjoying dog free life yet.
