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Got Terrible Neighbors? Here’s One (Spiteful) Solution

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Lisa Selin Davis

 

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Good fences make good neighbors, wrote the poet Robert Frost. But sometimes even fences don’t keep the dogs out. And sometimes neighbors are so mad about marauding dogs that they forcefully ask their next-door neighbors to keep their beasts inside until 9 a.m. And when that doesn’t work, they call animal control, who hand out a $121 ticket, thereby escalating a dispute into an all-out war.

So what’s a dog-owning neighbor to do? Maybe erect a sign in his yard proclaiming, “House for sale by owner because my neighbor’s a douchebag!”

That’s what happened in Farmers Branch, TX, a suburb of Dallas, writes the Houston Chronicle. A couple rented a house next to James and Lisa Price and quickly set about complaining about the Prices’ pups.


 

“Shortly after a retired couple moved into the rental house next door about two years ago, Price said the wife came over ‘a few times’ to ask that the Prices keep their four dogs inside the house until 9 a.m. because the retirees liked to sleep late,” writes the Chronicle.

The Prices say they tried to keep them in until 8 (when a dog’s gotta go, a dog’s gotta go), even though they say the city says they can let them out at 7.

No word on if they’ve had any offers on their house, or if the neighbors have erected signs of their own, but, should such an unfortunate situation happen to you, we thought we’d give you a few sign ideas of your own.

“House for sale because neighbor mows lawn every single hour of the weekend.”

“House for sale. Comes with next-door neighbors who blast ABBA until 3 in the morning.”

“House for sale because neighbors air out their family disputes at extremely high decibels—every night.”

“House for sale. Neighbor’s McMansion destroyed our views.”

“House for sale because next-door neighbor is a hoarder and his house smells like a sewage plant.” 

More good news: You can get a lawn sign for around $15. Got any good (or bad) sign ideas for us? Drop us a line.



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Suppose the dogs know each other as they live together so I cannot believe they were making so much noise barking, etc. I think 9 a.m. is an unreasonable time. At least they talked to each other and tried to keep the dogs in until 8 a.m., but, yeah, when a dog has to go, a dog has to go. Come to think of it, that applies to human beings, too...

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The dogs should not be barking no matter what time it is.

A bark or two at a passing car or whatever is one thing--but a dog that incessantly barks is very annoying. Other people don't love your pets.

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Our neighbors dog bark incessantly. I guess we've just gotten used to it. It bothers us more when the weather is nice enough to keep the windows open. But whenever we let our dogs out there's a barkfest. We yell at them but there's dogs on all sides of us. Usually it starts off a cascade effect. We generally let them out to do their business and bring them back in.

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As for the OP, if you are renting you can't be putting up signs that advertise the house for sale. If you own the house and want to sell, it would be detrimental to the sale of the house.

My awful neighbors across the street have Pomeranians. The put them on the screen porch, which faces the road, and the dogs bark incessantly. Last week another neighbor called the police after the barking went on fro 5 hours. They also let the dogs run loose; no run, no leash.

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We had a neighbor with a yappy dog. They would leave it out all night. Their bedroom was on the front part of the house so it didn't disturb them. One night exdh recorded 20 minutes of yapping, called them and hit the play button when they answered. That worked for a little while. They finally were threatened by the base to keep the dog quiet or they would lose pet privileges. There were multiple complaints from everyone in earshot.

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Ugh, we all know I live in a condo. The girl next store has 2 yap fests. I have tried talking to her, have left notes...I spent Friday cleaning the mounds of dog hair in the hall.

Yapping dogs + dirty owner= misery for me.

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As for the OP, if you are renting you can't be putting up signs that advertise the house for sale. If you own the house and want to sell, it would be detrimental to the sale of the house.

My awful neighbors across the street have Pomeranians. The put them on the screen porch, which faces the road, and the dogs bark incessantly. Last week another neighbor called the police after the barking went on fro 5 hours. They also let the dogs run loose; no run, no leash.

 The older couple is the renting family - they didn't put up the signs. The couple with the dogs is the one who put the sign out - they own their home and renters moved in next door who didn't like their dogs. 



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My next door neighbor's dog used to announce himself whenever they let him out. He would make this braying like a coon hound. He didn't keep it up but he did it every single time they let him out. I eventually got used to it & it even made me laugh sometimes. Sadly he no longer brays....funny how I kinda miss him when I think about it.

Neighbor's somewhere down the block have a new puppy that barks incessantly when they leave him out in the backyard. I feel bad for the puppy.

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Lexxy wrote:

My next door neighbor's dog used to announce himself whenever they let him out. He would make this braying like a coon hound. He didn't keep it up but he did it every single time they let him out. I eventually got used to it & it even made me laugh sometimes. Sadly he no longer brays....funny how I kinda miss him when I think about it.

Neighbor's somewhere down the block have a new puppy that barks incessantly when they leave him out in the backyard. I feel bad for the puppy.

Could you give him a puppy of his own to play with? smile



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ed11563 wrote:
Lexxy wrote:

My next door neighbor's dog used to announce himself whenever they let him out. He would make this braying like a coon hound. He didn't keep it up but he did it every single time they let him out. I eventually got used to it & it even made me laugh sometimes. Sadly he no longer brays....funny how I kinda miss him when I think about it.

Neighbor's somewhere down the block have a new puppy that barks incessantly when they leave him out in the backyard. I feel bad for the puppy.

Could you give him a puppy of his own to play with? smile

 I want to steal him & let him stay inside.  Honestly I'm not sure where he lives.  I've never seen him just hear him & feel bad for him.



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We've had to call the cops on a dog in the next neighborhood. They let him outside at 5:00 a.m.. Then they evidently get in the shower and he barks this very low "ruff" about every 2 seconds for 30 minutes.

Happens at night too, about 10:00.

The neighbors our cul-de-sac all reported him, and for a few months, we heard nothing. About a week ago, he was back.

I'm calling the cops again tonight if he starts...

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When I was in High School our next door neighbors had two dauchsands. Cute as can be but barked all the blasted time. Drove my dad crazy. Of course when my dad talked to them about it they ignored him.

One morning my dad was outside working on the house and the two dogs started yapping. The neighbor yelled at them to be quiet because he had a massive hangover. So every 10 mins. my dad would quietly say arf like he was barking, the neighbor couldn't hear it but the dogs sure did and started barking like crazy and got the neighbor to yelling at them. My dad kept that up all day.

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Southern_Belle wrote:

We had a neighbor with a yappy dog. They would leave it out all night. Their bedroom was on the front part of the house so it didn't disturb them. One night exdh recorded 20 minutes of yapping, called them and hit the play button when they answered. That worked for a little while. They finally were threatened by the base to keep the dog quiet or they would lose pet privileges. There were multiple complaints from everyone in earshot.

 If I knew their phone number I would so do that.



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