We live in a neighborhood where everyone has 2-3 acre lots, which we had hoped would give us a little privacy/quiet compared to living in the densely populated city we did before. Or that was the thought.
Our neighbor has a 100lb lab, which is pretty much an outdoor dog. They got it go hunting, but never got around to training it. As soon as the sun starts going down, he starts running all over their lot and going crazy barking. They are usually pretty good about calling him in on work nights around 10-10:30 and locking him in the garage overnight - but he will bark from sundown till then. Weekends are a different story. Last night he got left outside barking all night - around 2 I finally gave up and went to the couch in the basement.
I'm running on about 4 hours of sleep, and am once again irritated at the lack of consideration these people have. If I can hear barking booming through my house, I'm pretty sure they can too. So they don't care, are too lazy to call him in, who knows...
So I get to wander over again today and discuss the situation with them. It's been about a year since last time. We live in a township, so no barking dog ordinances. It's pretty much down to being nice and trying to convince them to do a bark collar or something. They are one of our few neighbors, so I'd prefer not to totally alienate them. But on the flip side of things, they really don't seem to care about me.
I guess this is more of a rant than anything. It's amazing how much time and thought you can put into finding the "perfect" home that checks all the boxes, and with one fell swoop a poor neighbor can move in and make you wish you had picked a different house to buy.
Our neighbor has a 100lb lab, which is pretty much an outdoor dog. They got it go hunting, but never got around to training it. As soon as the sun starts going down, he starts running all over their lot and going crazy barking. They are usually pretty good about calling him in on work nights around 10-10:30 and locking him in the garage overnight - but he will bark from sundown till then. Weekends are a different story. Last night he got left outside barking all night - around 2 I finally gave up and went to the couch in the basement.
I'm running on about 4 hours of sleep, and am once again irritated at the lack of consideration these people have. If I can hear barking booming through my house, I'm pretty sure they can too. So they don't care, are too lazy to call him in, who knows...
So I get to wander over again today and discuss the situation with them. It's been about a year since last time. We live in a township, so no barking dog ordinances. It's pretty much down to being nice and trying to convince them to do a bark collar or something. They are one of our few neighbors, so I'd prefer not to totally alienate them. But on the flip side of things, they really don't seem to care about me.
I guess this is more of a rant than anything. It's amazing how much time and thought you can put into finding the "perfect" home that checks all the boxes, and with one fell swoop a poor neighbor can move in and make you wish you had picked a different house to buy.
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