"Bob F" wrote in message
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"Stubby" wrote in message
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"Mel M Kelly" wrote in message
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I have a neighbor that has a barkng dog. It will stand at the fence
and
bark all day if I am out in the yard or garden. I thought about
calling
the cops BUT the owner is a State Trooper. SO now what.

Try a squirt bottle full of hot sauce. I have used plastic lemons
with
"Dave's Insanity" sauce.

Or, how about turning on the garden hose?



I had a neighbor whose dog barked at me everytime I came home. I
finally just
left the hose on with the nozzle hooked on the fence. Pick it up,
blast the
barking dog. It only took him about 6 weeks to quit barking at me.
Still barked
at anyone else in my yard.

Thanks. I guess you can beat just dealing with it directly.

I heard that one reason dogs keep barking is that they think they are
being rewarded for doing it -- the barkee comes out, the barker barks,
the barkee leaves - hence the barker thinks his barking has scared the
barkee away.

Another suggestion I heard was for the barkee to become the barker -
like you are saying. Go straight over and stay there until the barker
backs off -- just like he does.

Sam