Barking dogs

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Ugh, we have a neighbor with a constantly barking dog

too....it drives us both nuts. I am very involved in

animal rescue and I hate to hear dogs barking

incessantly - there is just no excuse for leaving a

dog outside to bark like that. Not only is it rude to

your neighbors, but it's terrible for the dog too!!

It means the dog is bored and distressed.

I'm not above writing a letter to neighbors, but this

particular dog seems to only bark late at night when I

am too lazy to get up and figure out which house he

lives at.

SHannon

--- dontwile wrote:

> Hi Kathy,

>

> For years my wife thought me crazy to be so

> sensitive to so many

> sounds. Then our neighbors bought a dog that

> non-stop barks during

> the day when they are at work. I also work, so my

> wife is subjected

> to the torture..I'm not. She now understands my

> pain. She's

> complained to the neighbors and we've gone on their

> shit list. We've

> purchased one of those bark stoppers...didn't work.

> My poor wife is

> beside herself with frustration. I'm convinced that

> none of us start

> off sensitive to the sounds we find so annoying but

> we develope the

> sensitivity upon repeated exposure. In my case, I've

> developed many

> sensitivities because for many years at work I sat

> in a cubicle next

> to many other cubicles and many other people making

> the full range of

> disgusting noises that people do. Good luck with you

> sanity....

>

>

> >

> > Hi,

> > My name is Kathy and I've been here lurking for a

> very long time and

> > this is my first post...I have so much in common

> with all of you

> when

> > it comes to being overwhelmed by noises. I can

> even remember when it

> > all started for me. I was about 28 yrs old and a

> woman above me in

> my

> > apt wore high heels and walked constantly across

> the floors, then

> she

> > would have kids over once in awhile and they would

> hit the floor

> with

> > a ball and it drove me crazy...then another

> neighbor on the wall in

> my

> > bedroom would have sex at about 1:00 am and slam

> the stupid bed

> > against the wall waking my husband and I up when

> we had to get up

> for

> > work at around 5:00 am,...it was hell!!! We

> finally got ourselves

> in a

> > position to buy a home and guess what...problems

> didn't go

> away...they

> > just changed...now we have neighbors who have dogs

> that bark

> everytime

> > I try to go swimming in my pool...so I never use

> the pool...animal

> > services won't do anything...I think they are dog

> lovers, as I am,

> but

> > I wouldn't let my dogs just bark and bark in a

> residential area

> > unchecked...these people leave the house and leave

> the dogs outside

> to

> > bark the whole time they are

> gone...well...needless to say they hate

> > us because we complained about their dogs and we

> are now the scum of

> > the earth...they have figured out that we hate

> noise so now they

> have

> > all kinds of creative ways to make us

> suffer...including going to

> all

> > the neighbors and making us look " petty " so now we

> are on the

> > neighbors shit list...well, not all the neighbors

> just the ones

> > directly in front on and the other side of

> us...they have a

> > neighborhood party once a year and invite the

> whole street into

> their

> > front yard and have become popular with these

> people and now there

> is

> > a big clique of people who think we are evil cause

> we don't like

> > noise...anyway...I won't go on and on but I have

> just about all the

> > same sensitivities as the rest of you and this is

> a few things I

> have

> > done to try to help myself...we have installed

> soundproof windows

> > throughout the house, which helps alot...not

> totally, especially

> when

> > it comes to dogs barking but with all other noises

> the windows make

> > them sound far away and takes the edge off...we

> have also blown

> > insulation into the walls, which has helped, we

> have steel shingles

> on

> > our roof which has helped alot with planes,

> helicopters and car

> > stereo's...I personally want to build a home

> underground but I live

> in

> > California...earthquake country so maybe when my

> hubby retires we

> > could do that in some other state...we'll

> see...anyway...I have

> found

> > several sites that offer everything from

> soundproof boards for your

> > home to soundproof fences to soundproof flooring,

> etc...I have also

> > heard that carpeting on the walls is supposed to

> help with noise

> > through the walls but I don't know how true that

> is since I myself

> > have never tried it...If you live in an apartment

> you could consult

> an

> > acoustical engineer for ideas that won't mess up

> the apartment but

> > will still help you...the very awful truth about

> what all of us are

> > going through is that anything we do will cost

> alot of

> > money....period!!! I actually thought about going

> to live with the

> > Amish, since they don't like all the modern noise

> making machines

> and

> > such...sheesh...anyway...it is very nice to meet

> all of you and I

> have

> > read how you are all trying to contact Oprah...I

> also sent a letter

> > but I figure that it may take forever because

> there are probably

> > millions of letters flowing into her

> everyday...it's a matter of

> just

> > getting to all of our letters...who knows how long

> that will

> take...I

> > also sent her a letter about my 18 month old

> grandson and 36 yr old

> > daughter who are both terminally ill with a very

> rare genetic

> disease

> > called Alpha 1 which is classifed as a liver

> disease but causes

> > emphasema and my daughter in in the last stages of

> emphasema and

> needs

> > a lung/liver transplant...my grandson may need a

> transplant

> > also...nobody knows about this disease since it is

> so rare and I

> > really want to see some light shed on this early

> killer...if it

> could

> > get diagnosed early it could make a big difference

> in survival

> > rates...anyway...I will finally close and look

> forward to sharing

> with

> > you all...

> >

> > Love and Light,

> >

> > Kathy

> >

>

>

>

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My cat bathing doesn't bother me...but get this, my cat snores. I'm

not kidding. I absolutely adore my cat, but snoring puts me over the

top and I kick him out. My wife snores and I've long since left her

in her own bed room. Even then with both bedroom doors closed I can

sometimes hear her and I turn on my sound machine and put in ear

plugs. Snoring sounds drive me beyond nuts.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > Hi Kathy,

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > For years my wife thought me crazy to be

> > so

> > > > > > > sensitive to so many

> > > > > > > sounds. Then our neighbors bought a dog

> > that

> > > > > > > non-stop barks during

> > > > > > > the day when they are at work. I also

> > work,

> > > so

> > > > > my

> > > > > > > wife is subjected

> > > > > > > to the torture..I'm not. She now

> > understands

> > > > my

> > > > > > > pain. She's

> > > > > > > complained to the neighbors and we've gone

> > > on

> > > > > > their

> > > > > > > shit list. We've

> > > > > > > purchased one of those bark

> > > stoppers...didn't

> > > > > > work.

> > > > > > > My poor wife is

> > > > > > > beside herself with frustration. I'm

> > > convinced

> > > > > > that

> > > > > > > none of us start

> > > > > > > off sensitive to the sounds we find so

> > > > annoying

> > > > > > but

> > > > > > > we develope the

> > > > > > > sensitivity upon repeated exposure. In my

> > > > case,

> > > > > > I've

> > > > > > > developed many

> > > > > > > sensitivities because for many years at

> > work

> > > I

> > > > > sat

> > > > > > > in a cubicle next

> > > > > > > to many other cubicles and many other

> > people

> > > > > > making

> > > > > > > the full range of

> > > > > > > disgusting noises that people do. Good

> > luck

> > > > with

> > > > > > you

> > > > > > > sanity....

> > > > > > >

> >

> === message truncated ===

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

I hate the sound of snoring as well. My dad snores

and I can hear it upstairs. If he falls asleep and I

am watching tv in the living room, I will repeatedly

wake him up or just leave the room.....I hate the

sound of snoring....I also cannot stand the sound of

swallowing and sometimes the sound of my own

swallowing drives me crazy

--- dontwile wrote:

> My cat bathing doesn't bother me...but get this, my

> cat snores. I'm

> not kidding. I absolutely adore my cat, but snoring

> puts me over the

> top and I kick him out. My wife snores and I've long

> since left her

> in her own bed room. Even then with both bedroom

> doors closed I can

> sometimes hear her and I turn on my sound machine

> and put in ear

> plugs. Snoring sounds drive me beyond nuts.

>

>

>

>

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > Ugh, we have a neighbor with a

> constantly

> > > > > barking

> > > > > > > dog

> > > > > > > too....it drives us both nuts. I am very

> > > > > involved

> > > > > > > in

> > > > > > > animal rescue and I hate to hear dogs

> > > barking

> > > > > > > incessantly - there is just no excuse

> for

> > > > > leaving

> > > > > > a

> > > > > > > dog outside to bark like that. Not only

> is

> > > it

> > > > > > rude

> > > > > > > to

> > > > > > > your neighbors, but it's terrible for

> the

> > > dog

> > > > > > too!!

> > > > > > > It means the dog is bored and

> distressed.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > I'm not above writing a letter to

> neighbors,

> > > > but

> > > > > > > this

> > > > > > > particular dog seems to only bark late

> at

>

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I came to this group to get some support for this situation. This year I started to realize the extent of the barking around me. It was getting worse, too, with the dogs barking back and forth.Within one block of my house there are more than 30 dogs. That's a lot. There are at least 10 dogs one house away on each side. Ouch. Go a little farther, a few blocks, now we're up to 50 dogs.I became hypersensitive to this noise. The close range barking gets me agitated, anxious, outraged. I just can't believe my neighbors are so inattentive. Recently I realized that at night there are dogs barking that are farther away. It's so quiet that they are easy to find. The 'woof' is very faint, but it gets my heart started in the same way. Last month I went out at 3 am to find a barking dog, partly to see how far away it was. It was .7 miles, several blocks. There was a dog, and it was going crazy. After shining my flashlight on the house, windows, and dog, someone inside became aware and was able to quiet the dog.I like dogs, I just don't like the barking. I don't like the way people leave them outside to wake people up. It's sad.The only way for me to overcome the feeling when I start to hear the barking is to go out and find the dog/house. I want to know where it's coming from. Are there 5 dogs or 50 that are irritating me? If I don't know, that's what drives me crazy.Recently I have had limited success in quieting some of my neighbors' dogs. Calling the cops, personal confrontation, anonymous letters, they all get the owner's attention. If they then make an effort to quiet 'fido', I'm happy. That's all I want.During one of my creative and anguished phases I created this website, the Barking Dog ATLAS

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barking dogs are one of my big triggers, too. i have found that calling the animal control officer and having him pay someone a visit works quite well. almost everyone around me has a dog, and many of them leave them outside to bark. i don't think there is anything more inconsiderate to your neighbors than to have that disruptive barking infiltrating your home. my next door neighbor, who thankfully is also our good friend, has a dog that barks. she knows i hate it, and tries to let him in when he starts up. i also will go over and let him in if she doesn't! (she doesn't care). like you, i want to go and find out where exactly the barking is coming from, though i never have. for some reason, even just knowing exactly where they are helps to ease my anxiety. i have convinced my husband that the next time we move, it will be to somewhere that we have a few acres and everyone's

houses aren't on top of each other. hopefully this will help with MANY different triggers. good luck to you. i added my idiot neighbors across the street to your atlas!nobar_king wrote: I came to this group to get some support for this situation. This year I started to realize the extent of the barking around me. It was getting worse, too, with the dogs barking back and forth.Within one block of my house there are more than 30 dogs. That's a

lot. There are at least 10 dogs one house away on each side. Ouch. Go a little farther, a few blocks, now we're up to 50 dogs.I became hypersensitive to this noise. The close range barking gets me agitated, anxious, outraged. I just can't believe my neighbors are so inattentive. Recently I realized that at night there are dogs barking that are farther away. It's so quiet that they are easy to find. The 'woof' is very faint, but it gets my heart started in the same way. Last month I went out at 3 am to find a barking dog, partly to see how far away it was. It was .7 miles, several blocks. There was a dog, and it was going crazy. After shining my flashlight on the house, windows, and dog, someone inside became aware and was able to quiet the dog.I like dogs, I just don't like the barking. I don't like the way people leave them outside to wake people up. It's sad.The only way for me to overcome

the feeling when I start to hear the barking is to go out and find the dog/house. I want to know where it's coming from. Are there 5 dogs or 50 that are irritating me? If I don't know, that's what drives me crazy.Recently I have had limited success in quieting some of my neighbors' dogs. Calling the cops, personal confrontation, anonymous letters, they all get the owner's attention. If they then make an effort to quiet 'fido', I'm happy. That's all I want.During one of my creative and anguished phases I created this website, the Barking Dog ATLAS

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Thanks for participating in The Barking Dog ATLAS. Be careful of the 'country'. A lot of people move 'there' so they CAN own dogs and let them bark. Dogs can be heard more than a mile away. Probably much more if the conditions are right. You can't call the police to come handle the situation.

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This is a good point...we live in a semi-rural area

and generally people are much less attentive with

their dogs than city people are. It is very common

here to have dogs that permanently live outside - no

matter how extreme the weather is. Many of these dogs

are so bored...all they have to do is bark all day and

night because nobody ever plays with them.

Many of my friends think we are nuts because our dogs

live full-time inside, with the a/c or heat on even

when the humans are not home. It's not a very

" country " way to treat the animals but it's the least

we can do for our pets!

--- nobar_king wrote:

>

> Thanks for participating in The Barking Dog ATLAS

> <http://barkingdogatlas.blogspot.com/> .

>

> Be careful of the 'country'. A lot of people move

> 'there' so they

> CAN own dogs and let them bark. Dogs can be heard

> more than a mile

> away. Probably much more if the conditions are

> right. You can't

> call the police to come handle the situation.

>

>

>

>

>

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That's an intolerable situation for almost anyone, I'd think. You don't have to be hypersensitive to be annoyed by barking dogs. Have you talked to any of your non-loud-dog-owning neighbors to see if they'll join you in quieting the neighborhood? There have got to be others around you who are irritated as well. Maybe you could talk to your city council (or whatever governing body your town has) about tightening up the nuisance barking laws? I had a barking dog next door, right outside my bedroom window, for about 2 years (the owners recently got rid of him), and it made life pretty miserable. No one could take a nap for fear of being awakened, and sometimes he would bark early in the morning or late at night, interrupting our sleep. The owners were jerks, who thought I should just leave them alone, but the police convinced them that they needed to keep Killer (his real name) quiet. Just

one dog was enough to drive me crazy, I don't know what I'd do if I lived in your neighborhood! The worst part is being at the mercy of your neighbors--they have the power to make life miserable and there's little you can do about it. It's awful. nobar_king wrote: I came to this group to get some support for this situation. This year I started to realize the extent of the barking around me. It

was getting worse, too, with the dogs barking back and forth.Within one block of my house there are more than 30 dogs. That's a lot. There are at least 10 dogs one house away on each side. Ouch. Go a little farther, a few blocks, now we're up to 50 dogs.I became hypersensitive to this noise. The close range barking gets me agitated, anxious, outraged. I just can't believe my neighbors are so inattentive. Recently I realized that at night there are dogs barking that are farther away. It's so quiet that they are easy to find. The 'woof' is very faint, but it gets my heart started in the same way. Last month I went out at 3 am to find a barking dog, partly to see how far away it was. It was .7 miles, several blocks. There was a dog, and it was going crazy. After shining my flashlight on the house, windows, and dog, someone inside became aware and was able to quiet the dog.I like dogs, I just don't

like the barking. I don't like the way people leave them outside to wake people up. It's sad.The only way for me to overcome the feeling when I start to hear the barking is to go out and find the dog/house. I want to know where it's coming from. Are there 5 dogs or 50 that are irritating me? If I don't know, that's what drives me crazy.Recently I have had limited success in quieting some of my neighbors' dogs. Calling the cops, personal confrontation, anonymous letters, they all get the owner's attention. If they then make an effort to quiet 'fido', I'm happy. That's all I want.During one of my creative and anguished phases I created this website, the Barking Dog ATLAS

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