I live in a freaking apartment building. So do you. Yes, we have fairly thick walls, but I can still hear your goddamn dog barking all the fucking time.
If it keeps it up all night again, I’m going to be far more pissed than I already am. It woke me up four times last night - once, I admit, wasn’t really the dog’s fault. It was the fault of the people who thought it was funny that they could stand outside in the parking lot (with the dog on the third floor) and hear the dog go nuts as they carried on their conversation. How do I know what they were doing? I could fucking hear the shrill girl voices as they cackled with glee about what they were doing.
But the other three times were just the fucking dog barking. if you’re going to have a damn dog in an apartment, then train it to at least not bark constantly. I can handle once in a while, but it just took me 10 minutes to type this and the dog hasn’t shut up once.
If I post incoherently in the morning, it’s because of the fucking dog. And if it wakes me up even once, I just may call the assistant manager (who lives in the building) and let her go deal with it. Either way, I’m going to stop by the office once they open Monday morning to complain.
Gah, I feel your pain. My neighbors have a boxer that they keep in a kennel out back- it barks and barks and barks and barks. I just want to string them ALL up. ARRRRGGHHH!
I’m seriously considering getting a freaking airhorn to blast in it’s direction to try and break him of it. It’s absolutely nerve jangling.
Here’s a good one. I had an apartment that was just part of a bigger house. I had my own entrance and my own little back yard. On my lease it stated clearly, NO PETS ALLOWED. Well, when the people next door were gone on one of their many extended vacations they would let their niece stay at their place. She had one of these little lap dogs that barked 24/7. I was going to call the Guinness world record people to see what the record was for prolonged dog barking, I think this dog may have been a potential record setter. But anyway, so little miss free rent next door let her freaking perpetual motion yipping machine out on MY side of the back yard ALL day, EVERY day. So I would have to listen to this damn nuisance all day, every day, while I sat and reviewed the rules of my lease. And there it was in big bold letters: NO PETS ALLOWED. I just said the hell with it and moved out of that nut house.
I have no idea what the laws are like where you live but I have a next door neighbor with 2 German Shephards. One of them was constantly barking up a storm. Apparently, another neighbor complained several times to the police (no…it wasn’t me). After numerous complaints, the owners were given 3 choices by animal control.
Remove the dog from the premises.
Euthanasia
An operation to cause the dog to be unable to bark.
They opted for #3. I felt sorry for them having to to that to the dog but I have to admit that it was SUCH a relief after that.
I would recommend that you politely tell your neighbors about the problem and work with them to try to resolve it to your satisfaction. If you are unable to resolve the issue to your satisfaction let them know that you will have to escalate your complaint to the landlord and, if necessary, the police. Odds are that given those options, the people will make efforts to control the situation, and if they can’t manage it, then your landlord or the police will.
The dog books I’ve read tell the owners that you can’t train a dog not to bark any more than to fly. There is a reason why the dog barks, and if the owner is really concerned about the animal, they will be interested in the “why”. If there are no strangers in the vicinity, and nothing else out of the ordinary, and the owners are not home, it is probably boredom. (okay get off the floor, if you liked that, the rest gets better). I just checked my reference library on dogs. It is boredom and loneliness at the root. To resolve it, the owner needs to pay attention to the dog when s/he is home, Take it for long walks, rides in the car, change it’s routine. "An under-employed dog will take it up (barking) as a way to pass the time until something more interesting comes along”. Dog Talk- Robert Taylor
I would go talk to the owner now that you can offer a suggestion to an otherwise clueless owner.
If the shit-head hasn’t bothered to learn about an animal he/she is responsible for, he/she probably isn’t going to spend the time necessary to resolve the problem. I’m for shooting the owner (first time in the leg).
And, lets have some rules about who can own animals, some requirements, and while we are at it lets put in some rules about who can have children
county, I agree with your thought that if they haven’t bothered to learn about the animal they’re responsible for, they probably won’t spend the time needed. There seems to be a whole breed of dog owners that don’t realize or care that dogs are PACK animals and do not enjoy being left out in the back yard all day long (and all night) by themselves with absolutely no attention. Why on earth do these people get animals to begin with? It seems to me that the effort needed to maintain a dog- even minimally (providing food, water, cleaning the kennel) isn’t worth it if you never even interact with the critter.
I feel your pain, too. I live in a house, and have two dogs. There are zillions of dogs in our neighborhood, and sometimes, late at night, they all get together and have a chatfest.
At the top of their lungs.
My dog, the Jack Russell, is the loudest…mainly due to the fact he does his shrill yapping right under our bedroom window or by the back door. (My Lab mix is quiet…she rarely joins in the choir.)
I have to bring him in to make his shriekin’ ass STFU. He can still hear them outside, but he comes in and goes right to bed. I still think that’s the only reason he joins in the first place.
I can only imagine that kind of noise in an apartment building. Even with just one dog. You’re probably going to have to do some complaining, especially if this is an ongoing problem.
Until last month actually, I had this same problem. Dog barking all night, I think the owner went out of town. The dog would tear up the blinds in the window…I think they replaced them 3-4 times (and this is my 5th month in the apartment…)
Now we have new neighbors…they moved in Friday night…and banged on the walls with hammers from 11PM to 8PM. Seriously.
My brother’s dogs have learned when they’re allowed to bark - the younger dog is pretty good about not barking all the time, but our older girl just likes to bark - she wants to make sure all of the attention is on her at all times. And she’s part husky and part wolf, so she howls like mad sometimes, usually when she wants attention if someone’s watching TV. And yeah, they’ll bark if they’re outside and want to come in - and if we don’t get to them in time, the barking gets more frequent and louder. But they are never left tied up outside and ignored - that’s what annoys the hell out of me about some of my neighbor’s dogs. It’s like they just want some attention - and although it’s not usually a bright thing to do, I can’t resist going over to them and petting them through the fence. I have never had one of these dogs snap at me - they always seem so happy to have someone paying attention to them.
I get the feeling people think if you have a dog, you should be able to leave them in the backyard. But dogs aren’t like cats - as long as cats have food, water, and a litterbox, they’re quite happy to spend some time alone and will come to you when they want attention. Dogs NEED attention and leaving them alone in the backyard just upsets the hell out of them.
