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And not quite sure I can exhale yet.
We have these neighbors..actually, the daughter of the wife of the Shitbird Who Used To Live Next Door (Formerly The Shitbird Next Door, or SND for short) and her husband who are, believe it or not, very, very nice people. I don't want to state their business here, but suffice it to say they have their hands full right now and have for several months. I'm trying to be patient with them. We have a nice relationship with them and I'd like to keep it that way.
The problem: They have this dog out back I'm suprised someone hasn't shot or poisoned yet. This dog is a horse, and sounds like a heavy mortar range when he barks. This dog does this like 15 feet away from my kitchen door and let me tell you something, Constant Reader, I'm fucking sick of it to say the least.
Like I said, I like my neighbors, but frankly, I do not understand how anyone can be that clueless as to let this go on for months. It is not unheard of for this dog to bark for 5 or more hours straight. I have been woke up by this dog. I have had suppers and other meals ruined by this dog. This dog scares my kid in her own backyard. It's even closer to their house, how can they just ignore that? I like them, but I am kind of disgusted and incredulous right now. They got a lot going on right now, and I don't want to give them more stress, but...well...damn, you know?
So we picked up one of those ultrasonic anti dog bark things. It's supposed to work in two or three weeks. It trains the dog to associate barking with basically getting it's own eardrums blown with a high pitched, 120 decible blast.
That damn dog stopped barking before I even was able to set it up properly. I was like
I was sitting out there fiddling with the settings and the dog went crazy for about 30 seconds, realized that it's own barking was triggering the Sonic Boom From Hell, and then STFU. It worked immediately. I was worried the dog might be too dumb to teach (after all, he tries to bite my lawnmower when it goes by... there's a chain link fence) but evidently, he's a freaking genius.
I mean, I'm sitting here thinking its a fluke, but he's only barked a few times since I set it up, and no extended barking jags at all. Just normal barking like normal dogs would do, which is fine. I don't mind normal barking. I mind the relentless racket we've been subject to every damn morning, noon, and night for months.
I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.
We have these neighbors..actually, the daughter of the wife of the Shitbird Who Used To Live Next Door (Formerly The Shitbird Next Door, or SND for short) and her husband who are, believe it or not, very, very nice people. I don't want to state their business here, but suffice it to say they have their hands full right now and have for several months. I'm trying to be patient with them. We have a nice relationship with them and I'd like to keep it that way.
The problem: They have this dog out back I'm suprised someone hasn't shot or poisoned yet. This dog is a horse, and sounds like a heavy mortar range when he barks. This dog does this like 15 feet away from my kitchen door and let me tell you something, Constant Reader, I'm fucking sick of it to say the least.
Like I said, I like my neighbors, but frankly, I do not understand how anyone can be that clueless as to let this go on for months. It is not unheard of for this dog to bark for 5 or more hours straight. I have been woke up by this dog. I have had suppers and other meals ruined by this dog. This dog scares my kid in her own backyard. It's even closer to their house, how can they just ignore that? I like them, but I am kind of disgusted and incredulous right now. They got a lot going on right now, and I don't want to give them more stress, but...well...damn, you know?
So we picked up one of those ultrasonic anti dog bark things. It's supposed to work in two or three weeks. It trains the dog to associate barking with basically getting it's own eardrums blown with a high pitched, 120 decible blast.
That damn dog stopped barking before I even was able to set it up properly. I was like
I was sitting out there fiddling with the settings and the dog went crazy for about 30 seconds, realized that it's own barking was triggering the Sonic Boom From Hell, and then STFU. It worked immediately. I was worried the dog might be too dumb to teach (after all, he tries to bite my lawnmower when it goes by... there's a chain link fence) but evidently, he's a freaking genius. I mean, I'm sitting here thinking its a fluke, but he's only barked a few times since I set it up, and no extended barking jags at all. Just normal barking like normal dogs would do, which is fine. I don't mind normal barking. I mind the relentless racket we've been subject to every damn morning, noon, and night for months.
I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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