# Hey Fuckhead neighbor! Pull your dog inside, you inconsiderate fuckbag! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 4, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170 "2011-02-04T17:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/21 "2011-02-04T22:44:40Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Apples and oranges; being chained to a tree in all weather and neglected until you choke yourself to death on your own chain isn’t the same as feeding someone food that wasn’t made specifically for their species. Well, what if you’ve contracted the Rage virus and they need to study you? ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/22 "2011-02-04T23:02:49Z")
I have a strange problem with my neighbors dogs. In nice weather they spend a good chunk outside and its not generally a problem. But it becomes a problem when I let my dog out. My dog doesn’t bark, but the neighbors dogs bark at mine. Admittedly my dog does hang out near the fence, but I don’t like that I feel bad leaving my dog outside when she is not barking. I don’t like the uncontrolled barking so my dog gets the short end of the stick and I bring her in every time, and she didn’t even do anything wrong. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/23 "2011-02-05T00:38:39Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, what if you’ve contracted the Rage virus and they need to study you? I’d probably feel lucky that they hadn’t beat me over the head with a shovel, except I probably wouldn’t be feeling anything except Rage at that point. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/24 "2011-02-05T00:43:48Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > What kind of dog? > > You threatened the guy because the doggy door got blocked once? You read all that and this is your response? Man, I need to work on my communication skills. I didn’t threaten anyone. I did suggest that a call to the proper authorities might be in order if the behavior continues. The guy’s behavior, not really the dog’s. Although I can’t stand the dog’s barking, it is a dog, and it’s not standing in the freezing weather barking because he enjoys it. At least I’m doubting it. I don’t know if the dog even knows how to use the doggy door. What I do know is that he put one in after my first complaint woke him up at 3 AM. After the doggy door has been put in, the dog has still been outside for hours during the day barking. At night, I’ve listened for a good half hour before making the call because I didn’t want to over-react. But when everyone in my house is awake because of my neighbor’s dog, I figure I have an obligation to wake him up. The dog, if it matters, is a mix-breed mutt of some type… a mid size dog, that seems to have some herding dog mixed in. He loves to bark. He is confined to a small yard and loves to run back and forth, barking at deer, birds, turtles, shadows, whatever. I don’t know how the dog doesn’t give itself a headache. Or lose it’s ability to bark. I hate that dog. Oh, and for whoever asked, I don’t want to be the dickhead neighbor that turned the neighbor in. The neighbor has kids who I assume are attached to the dog, so I’ve been trying to do the right thing. But my patience is running low. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/25 "2011-02-05T00:46:16Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > The only reason I haven’t is a)I’ve only actually caught the dog out once myself, and b) everyone in my little neighborhood knows each other, it seems, and I am pretty sure they would guess it was us who reported it. And I love this house and neighborhood, and don’t want to be that kind of neighbor, to be honest. This about sums it up for me as well. I feel your pain, **Anaamika**. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/26 "2011-02-05T00:47:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Apples and oranges Just like comparing the treatment of humans to that of dogs. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/27 "2011-02-05T00:55:05Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > At any rate, I don’t think this thread is about a dog who barks once in a while. It’s about dogs that woof woof woof all the time, at inappropriate hours. Or perhaps I should rephrase my original question. I don’t get the people who let their dogs bark _excessively_. Are they not disturbed by the sounds themselves? Exactly. I asked this same question. How in the hell does that dog barking all day not bother you? All you have to do to stop the noise is to go out there, and bring the dog in. YOU FUCKHEAD! Sorry. This dog should be kidnapped also, since the children haven’t warmed up to it, the parents throw it outside at every opportunity, and all in all, it has a pretty crappy, lonely life. However, it’s not a likable dog. I can’t even get near it to pet it. It has tried to bite me in the past, and THAT’S not appealing. God help that dog if it DOES bite me. But, knowing the way the world works, I’d probably get sued. ---
**Author:** ![SweetLucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@SweetLucy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLucy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/28 "2011-02-05T03:51:05Z")
I think I live next door to this neighbor, too! :eek: the dog has finally calmed down (or maybe they take him inside once in a while now) but for several months I was routinely awakened at 2 AM by the barking and whining. Talking to the neighbor and calling the city, who ended up issuing a citation, didn’t shut the dog up until recently. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/29 "2011-02-05T05:13:59Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Just like comparing the treatment of humans to that of dogs. You’re right, actually - we should treat animals _better_ than humans because they have no way to leave or complain or have you arrested if you treat them badly. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/30 "2011-02-05T05:33:01Z")
I love dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/31 "2011-02-05T05:34:50Z")
And cats. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/32 "2011-02-06T05:36:28Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > BTDT. BTDT? Sorry, off-topic but huh? Big time Dog tale? I give. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/33 "2011-02-06T05:50:32Z")
BTDT = been there, done that. > [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Just like comparing the treatment of humans to that of dogs. Just to be clear, are you saying that you think that leaving a dog chained outside and neglecting it until it wraps itself in its own chain and strangles itself is _not_ torture? Or are you just objecting because you feel someone used a poor metaphor? ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/34 "2011-02-06T08:08:55Z")
We have Labs and they only bark when they are _inside_. Of course, it’s always for a good guard dog reason–a car has pulled up the driveway, someone knocked on the door, the train goes by, a doorbell rings on TV, the dishwasher switches cycles, someone sets something on a hard surface, the ceiling fan clicks, the ice maker turns on… Outside, no barking at all. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/35 "2011-02-08T19:16:10Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Oh, and for whoever asked, I don’t want to be the dickhead neighbor that turned the neighbor in. The neighbor has kids who I assume are attached to the dog, so I’ve been trying to do the right thing. But my patience is running low. So instead you’re the dickhead neighbor who calls him at 3am to bring the dog in? Cause that’s how the neighbor looks at it. I’d have no problem being thought of as a dick who called Animal Services and got a dog taken out of a miserable living condition. Anyone with a brain can see that isn’t dickish behaviour. Also…why wait til spring? Why let the dog suffer unnecessarily until then? ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/36 "2011-02-09T00:10:06Z")
Haven’t read the previous posts, but you handled it wrong threatening to call him out for animal abuse like that. Seriously, slow down buddy. I understand that it sucks being awaken like that, and obviously its taking its toll, but slow down. The fact that he put up a doggy door means he clearly isn’t leaving it out there intentionally. I don’t know if you were thinking about doing it because you wanted the dog gone, or if you’re really under the impression that it is a (dog) life threatening event (which it honestly probably isn’t,) but you did go a little too far with that. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/37 "2011-02-09T02:54:46Z")
I disagree. The owner obviously ignored the repeated barking that was loud enough to wake neighbors, and only put up the doggie door after the calls from OP. His behaviour is not that of one who sincerely loves a pet and a call to Animal Services isn’t out of bounds. It’s what they are there for. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170/38 "2011-02-09T03:08:29Z")
> [@Lionne](#): > > I disagree. The owner obviously ignored the repeated barking that was loud enough to wake neighbors, and only put up the doggie door after the calls from OP. His behaviour is not that of one who sincerely loves a pet and a call to Animal Services isn’t out of bounds. It’s what they are there for. Yeah, however nice this guy was on the phone, if the dog barked loud enough to wake up the OP no one ‘forgot’ it outside. And of course the animal’s unlikable! It’s being treated like a feral dog! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fuckhead-neighbor-pull-your-dog-inside-you-inconsiderate-fuckbag/570170.md?page=1)