Pls comment on barking dogs letter (OT)

Pat wrote:

Hehehe. I never could keep them quiet at night, and have never known anyone
who could keep their dog(s) quiet at night. The best I was ever able do was
keep them inside (which these folks have to do anyway).

A big "me too" to that. The kids' dog would bark all night, beginning
at 10 p.m. She would be the only dog in Moore, Oklahoma that was
barking, so we knew there was nothing she was barking *at*. We'd bring
her inside, and that would be that.
Puppo was just a barker. She barked when she was bored, she barked at
the smoke coming off the charcoal grill, and sometimes she just barked
to hear herself bark.
She was a Doxie.

Sherry

Kept working on it for another half hour after last post here so if you read
it in the last 30 minutes go back again. I changed it about 20 times more!

Pat wrote:
Hehehe. I never could keep them quiet at night, and have never known
anyone
who could keep their dog(s) quiet at night. The best I was ever able do
was
keep them inside (which these folks have to do anyway).
A big "me too" to that. The kids' dog would bark all night, beginning
at 10 p.m. She would be the only dog in Moore, Oklahoma that was
barking, so we knew there was nothing she was barking *at*. We'd bring
her inside, and that would be that.
Puppo was just a barker. She barked when she was bored, she barked at
the smoke coming off the charcoal grill, and sometimes she just barked
to hear herself bark.
She was a Doxie.
Sherry

All my firewalls dug in their heels and refuse to let me see Pat's letter,
so
good luck w/that, anyway.
I saw my now RB Akita in "attack mode" several times during his long
(for a large dog) life.....and never did he make one sound before, during,
or after. He made "snuffling" noises when playing w/his cat companions
but that was it......I guess there are other dogs that don't bark (besides
Basenji, who "learn" to bark if around other breeds that bark, LOL)
but I only know about the one I had.

On Sun, 28 May 2006 18:27:06 -0600, "dnr" wrote:

All my firewalls dug in their heels and refuse to let me see Pat's letter,
so
good luck w/that, anyway.
I saw my now RB Akita in "attack mode" several times during his long
(for a large dog) life.....and never did he make one sound before, during,
or after. He made "snuffling" noises when playing w/his cat companions
but that was it......I guess there are other dogs that don't bark (besides
Basenji, who "learn" to bark if around other breeds that bark, LOL)
but I only know about the one I had.

My father's akita doesn't bark (she can, but choses not to), but she
does have an extraordinary range of sounds; comments on the state of
things. If my father has been out, she will yodel when he returns;
very cute.

Tish

"Pat" wrote in message
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"Yowie" wrote

wrote

If I got that letter, it would probably just make me angry. The tone
"you *must*...etc.) is kind of bossy and mean. They say you can catch
more flies with honey, etc.etc.

I'd probably knock on the door and say "I'm a real problem sleeping
because of the barking. I wanted to ask if there's some way to keep the
dogs quiet during the night time hours." If they're receptive, great.
If they are not, I'd not say another word or give them another warning.
I would then file the complaint and be done with it.

I'd also add to that conversation. "When I had dogs, the method I used to
keep them quiet at night was....., and my friend had success with
.........."

Hehehe. I never could keep them quiet at night, and have never known
anyone who could keep their dog(s) quiet at night.

I seemed to manage it. The most dogs I had at any one time was 11, none of
them were allowed to bark in the night (unless in an emergency) so they
never did. I don't understand why any owner would allow it.
Unless mine had been alerting me to a fire or something they knew very well
that they must be quiet at night, and they were.
Makes me wonder why these dogs are barking all night, why would they? They
ought to be asleep, so why aren't they?

Tweed

"Christina Websell"
wrote

Makes me wonder why these dogs are barking all night, why would they?
They ought to be asleep, so why aren't they?

The owners have been leaving that door open so they see/hear every bit of
stimulus from outside - cars passing on the street, birds, other critters,
people, my cats in the window, whatever, and their response is to YAP
incessantly.

"dnr" wrote

All my firewalls dug in their heels and refuse to let me see Pat's letter,

Here's the very latest revision, minus my phone number - and note, the
people I mention in the first paragraph are the deaf couple who lived here
before me.


Hello Myles,

I just wanted to let you know that the vocalizations of your dogs at various
times of the day and night has been causing sleep loss for me. Terry & Donna
could handle what I cannot. Do you think it's possible to keep your dogs
quiet?

My house is quite close to yours and, regrettably, it is not soundproof, nor
do I have an air conditioner (can't afford to run one), so in summer if I
want to be comfortable inside, I must open the windows at night and close
them in the early morning. However, with the windows open at night, and your
dogs carrying on, I never get a decent amount of sleep.

Moving my bedroom to the far side of the house and keeping the windows
closed hasn't worked, the dogs are simply too loud. At night, they only quit
after I get my "second wind" and then can't sleep until almost dawn. An hour
or so after I finally get to sleep, they start up again, which incites
replies from all the dogs in the neighborhood. They quiet down for a while
after you get up, which allows me to get a bit more sleep, but I miss the
cool part of the day and can't get any work done outside without getting
miserably hot, and it‘s hot inside as well.

Not that I want to sleep in the daytime, but I do have to get some rest, and
soon!!! There comes a point -- I reached it yesterday -- where concern for
my own health and welfare takes precedence over being on good terms with
neighbors. That's why at about 1:00 AM yesterday morning I closed the door
on the east side of your house. I still got very little sleep, and being
overly tired, have accomplished next to nothing all weekend.

Ava City Ordinance No. 432 reads, in pertinent part, "No person shall own,
keep or harbor any dog which by loud, continual or frequent barking, howling
or yelping shall annoy or disturb any neighborhood or person ... no
violation under this section shall be prosecuted without there first being
filed by an injured party a signed complaint formally charging such violator
under this section."

I'd like very much to solve this problem amicably, with your cooperation a
formal complaint will be unnecessary. Please pardon the tone of this letter,
as sleep deprivation takes a heavy toll on my diplomacy skills. To better
understand my situation, please read "The Deleterious Impact of Exposing
People to Chronic Barking" which is published under Section Six at
www.barkingdogs.net.

Many thanks,

Pat

P.S. The website www.ultimatebarkcontrol.com has a product that looks like
a solution.

On 2006-05-29, Christina Websell wrote:

Makes me wonder why these dogs are barking all night, why would they? They
ought to be asleep, so why aren't they?

Usually they seem to bark at each other. Sometimes at night
you can hear a canine telegraph: a dog barks and is answered
by a distant dog who is answered by a still more distant dog
.... and the message is passed across the county.

Pat wrote:
Kept working on it for another half hour after last post here so if
you read it in the last 30 minutes go back again. I changed it about
20 times more!

I'd forget the letter and just go over, knock on the door, smile and say
"Hi, you're dogs are are keeping me awake at night. Is there anything you
can do?"

Jill

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Pat wrote:

Hehehe. I never could keep them quiet at night, and have never known
anyone
who could keep their dog(s) quiet at night. The best I was ever able do
was
keep them inside (which these folks have to do anyway).

A big "me too" to that. The kids' dog would bark all night, beginning
at 10 p.m. She would be the only dog in Moore, Oklahoma that was
barking, so we knew there was nothing she was barking *at*. We'd bring
her inside, and that would be that.
Puppo was just a barker. She barked when she was bored, she barked at
the smoke coming off the charcoal grill, and sometimes she just barked
to hear herself bark.
She was a Doxie.

Sherry



I swear the thing I may like best about Kayla is she does not bark. (Except
when Jake backs her into a corner)

When we got her, I asked the breeder for advice to keep a dog from barking,
as our last two seemingly never shut up.

She said "My dogs do not bark" and she is right.

Jo