# Dog problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-problem/997428>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 11, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-problem/997428 "2024-02-11T09:52:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-problem/997428/8 "2024-02-11T14:17:55Z")

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Good resource:

> **[Everything there is to know about chronic barking & how to stop it](http://barkingdogs.net/)**
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> Barking Dogs .net is the most comprehensive source on earth for information about chronic barking, its effect on human health, and the art and science of quieting a dog

I mentioned [**elsewhere**](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-story-a-very-frank-and-personal-introduction-long/978102) that I am dying as an indirect result OF barking dogs and a horribly failed effort to resolve the issue.

IME, @Jackmannii and @Dinsdale are both right: there are basically three kinds of people who own nuisance barkers: 1) Those who truly don’t know and are grateful and responsive when politely informed (unicorns in the wild); 2) Those who don’t really know but also don’t really care (whether or not they respond reasonably is a coin toss); 3) Those who are simply negligent dog owners and antisocial assholes who will make your life a living hell simply for raising the issue _without regard to_ how ‘well,’ ‘properly,’ ‘civilly,’ ‘delicately,’ ‘neighborly,’ or ‘appropriately’ you raise it.

And it’s very difficult to know what kind you’re dealing with in advance. It’s even harder to unring the bell if and when you take that first step.

And if you stepped into a very tribal neighborhood late to the party, and you’re the new kid on the block, your position is radically worse.

There are no end of these stories out there. Generically, they’re not much different from the myriad non-pet-related Neighbors From Hell tales.

But it’s a misery. You have my sympathies.

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