Call the animal control people in your area. There are ordinances relating
to barking dogs. I know that a 22 will feel satisfying, but in most areas
you will be arrested. Now, if your goal was to get away from the barking
dog, that will work, but then you will have a criminal record and a
reputation for animal cruelty . . . . no matter how bad the animal needed
'correction'. But again, it is not the animal per-se that is at fault, it is
the owners who let the dog bark for that long.

Do you have the woman's phone number? Call her every five minutes while the
dog is barking to remind her that the police might be interested that she is
disturbing the peace.

Do you have a super soaker? If she won't or can't train the dog, a squirt of
water should work when the dog barks.

Before you do any thing get video. It might help with your defence, if it
comes to that.


"Gntry" wrote in message
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The problem I see with that system is you have to live next door to this
guy, or gal, how do you do it? now every time your kids ride their bikes
up his/her driveway they bitch, I love dogs, but not this one, I want to
find a way to "take the mutt out" I have one next door that barks from the
minute she is let out until gramma remembers she let the dog out and lets
it back in. I mean this stupid thing barks at everything, bugs, leaves,
I'm not talking 5-10 minutes, I'm talking 25 to 30 minutes at a crack five
or six times a day. When asked why you let your dog bark so long the
answer I got was "that's what dogs do!" it's her exercise! OH, I forgot to
mention that this mutt paces the fence too. OH, for a 22. cal slug in it's
head.....
"Frank Rosenbaum" wrote in message
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For an added incentive, if you have a video camera, get pictures of the
dog on your property.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Jibby" wrote in message
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Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent my neighbor's dog from
using my yard as it's own personal toilet? I am disabled and use a
power wheelchair and there is nothing worse than getting dog crap on a
wheel (especially since I can't clean the wheels myself). I don't want
to put up a fence, and speaking to the neighbors about it has been no
help.

Thanks,
Jibby


Very easy. The general theme is that you never, EVER cut a dog owner any
slack. Period. No slack. If you were repeatedly crapping on their lawn,
they would cut YOU no slack. You'd be arrested, and probably interviewed
by a psychologist, who would report to the judge that you needed a bit
of therapy. The dog owner is no different - the dog is just an extension
of the human who's supposed to be responsible for it.

1) Call your town and find out how many times a dog has to be off its
property before the dog catcher is allowed to remove the animal
permanently. For instance, in my town, it's 3 offenses. The dog catcher
has to come over and issue citations. They come with steadily increasing
fines, none of which are enough, but anyway....when incident #3 comes
along, the dog catcher is required to take away the dog. Depending on
just how big of an asshole the owner is when it appears before the
judge, there's a good chance it will not get the dog back.

2) Inform the neighbor that they have a problem, give them 30 seconds to
think, and then ask them for a commitment to stop the problem
immediately. That means "never again". Not "I'll start next week because
this week, 'As The World Turns' is so exciting that I can't get off my
fat ass to walk the dog and clean up after it".

3) Their response to #2 will usually be "Oh....sorry....I didn't know it
bothered anyone", or "I didn't know the dog was leaving the property".
Both are lies. Accept what they say because you can't fix their minds
anyway. There could be other responses, and the specifics will be useful
insofar as telling you whether to watch for their dog immediately, or
the next day. But, the behavior will not stop.

4) Start calling the dog catcher. Many years ago, ours told me he had to
witness the dog being off the property before he could do anything.
That's not true, and a judge will confirm it if you're given that line.
Normally, it takes a few weeks or more for 3 complaints to be made, but
some dog owners are so intensely stupid that you can actually have the
animal gone in a week. I've done it. It's great fun.

Keep in mind that the dog catcher is required to respond and do his or
her job. Do not accept any excuses. Remember, too, that dog owners'
offenses are 100% intentional. They know exactly what they're doing, and
they don't care what effect is has on anyone else.

Good luck!