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remember my neighbor with the dogs?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 91321" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I'm with those who say to not reward them.</p><p></p><p>mother in law's next door neighbour has a dog that barks aggressively right beside her fence at the slightest provocation. She can't go out her side door (to the bins, to the laundry, to her washing line) without this dog slavering like a mastiff. The fence is in poor repair (probably not helped by the dog) and she's been concerned for some time as to what would happen to her if the dog broke into her place.</p><p>The previous owner (before she bought the place) use to feed biscuits to this dog through a gap in the fence. The day we went to look at the property this bloke showed us how he would do this to shut the dog up. It didn't work then and mother in law flatly refused to do it anyway. Then the dog's owner introduced herself to mother in law and commented about the previous owners making her dog fat.</p><p></p><p>The dog next to mother in law's is bored and neurotic. The owners only ever respond to it when it barks, so if course it barks. At all other times, the dog is totally ignored. Poor thing. </p><p></p><p>But mother in law - any noise she makes in her kitchen, this thing starts up. If she shuts a cupboard or drawer and the pots, pans or forks rattle, the dog goes off. Watering her garden - the dog goes off. Any tradesmen (and she's had a few of them lately) are very nervous of this dog and have warned her to keep safe.</p><p></p><p>mother in law has been reluctant to make a formal complaint because her neighbour, the dog's owner, is a bully. mother in law has been handling it by being stern with the dog. "Quiet, Saffy." Sometimes that's enough - it seems to do more than anything the owner does. mother in law's other really good trick that works brilliantly, in conjunction with her saying, "Quiet" to the dog - she keeps a small jug of water on the kitchen windowsill. If/when the dog barks at her while she's outside, mother in law throws the jug of water on the dog while saying, "Quiet."</p><p></p><p>There are two possible paths you could take which would be even more effective than the water - </p><p>1) Citronella spray. You can either have it in a spray bottle while you get that patch of garden back into shape - if they bark and throw themselves at the fence, spray the citronella through the fence. Dogs hate it. It's got a lemony scent, it's not too bad. You can actually buy dog collars which will release a puff of citronella into the dog's face when it barks, they're triggered by the sound of the bark. Buy one of those and tape it to your side of the fence where the dogs normally go. This works even on deaf dogs.</p><p></p><p>2) An ultrasonic 'screamer'. You can also get these in a collar, also triggered by either the barking, or a remote control. If you can only get a collar, place it on your side of the fence again, at the place they most commonly go to. The screamer emits an ultrasonic tone, too high for human ears, but which will distract a dog. Or punish it. If you're technically handy, you could make one and increase the volume to REALLY punish the dogs, although that's really not something to actually do, just dram about it when you're feeling particularly ill-disposed to the dogs.</p><p></p><p>And something I don't recommend but I've known it to be done - using an ultrasonic device to erratically annoy the neighbour's dog so much that it TRIGGERS the dog to bark when it's quiet, until OTHER neighbours complain, the owner gets fed up with 2 am barking, and they get rid of the dog themselves. This was done by my ratbag friend from a few streets away - he was quite malevolent in his zeal to disturb the dog - he would set it off at 2 am, listen for the neighbours to wake and yell at the dog, wait half an hour (enough time for them to have just got back to sleep) then set the dog off again. He did this not every night, but maybe two or three times a week, just enough for the dog's owners to never know if tonight would be a bad night or not. Eventually sleep deprivation takes its toll and they get rid of the dog. At least, it worked for him. And as he has no conscience, he can live with himself. A total ratbag, but one with no noisy dogs nearby any more.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 91321, member: 1991"] I'm with those who say to not reward them. mother in law's next door neighbour has a dog that barks aggressively right beside her fence at the slightest provocation. She can't go out her side door (to the bins, to the laundry, to her washing line) without this dog slavering like a mastiff. The fence is in poor repair (probably not helped by the dog) and she's been concerned for some time as to what would happen to her if the dog broke into her place. The previous owner (before she bought the place) use to feed biscuits to this dog through a gap in the fence. The day we went to look at the property this bloke showed us how he would do this to shut the dog up. It didn't work then and mother in law flatly refused to do it anyway. Then the dog's owner introduced herself to mother in law and commented about the previous owners making her dog fat. The dog next to mother in law's is bored and neurotic. The owners only ever respond to it when it barks, so if course it barks. At all other times, the dog is totally ignored. Poor thing. But mother in law - any noise she makes in her kitchen, this thing starts up. If she shuts a cupboard or drawer and the pots, pans or forks rattle, the dog goes off. Watering her garden - the dog goes off. Any tradesmen (and she's had a few of them lately) are very nervous of this dog and have warned her to keep safe. mother in law has been reluctant to make a formal complaint because her neighbour, the dog's owner, is a bully. mother in law has been handling it by being stern with the dog. "Quiet, Saffy." Sometimes that's enough - it seems to do more than anything the owner does. mother in law's other really good trick that works brilliantly, in conjunction with her saying, "Quiet" to the dog - she keeps a small jug of water on the kitchen windowsill. If/when the dog barks at her while she's outside, mother in law throws the jug of water on the dog while saying, "Quiet." There are two possible paths you could take which would be even more effective than the water - 1) Citronella spray. You can either have it in a spray bottle while you get that patch of garden back into shape - if they bark and throw themselves at the fence, spray the citronella through the fence. Dogs hate it. It's got a lemony scent, it's not too bad. You can actually buy dog collars which will release a puff of citronella into the dog's face when it barks, they're triggered by the sound of the bark. Buy one of those and tape it to your side of the fence where the dogs normally go. This works even on deaf dogs. 2) An ultrasonic 'screamer'. You can also get these in a collar, also triggered by either the barking, or a remote control. If you can only get a collar, place it on your side of the fence again, at the place they most commonly go to. The screamer emits an ultrasonic tone, too high for human ears, but which will distract a dog. Or punish it. If you're technically handy, you could make one and increase the volume to REALLY punish the dogs, although that's really not something to actually do, just dram about it when you're feeling particularly ill-disposed to the dogs. And something I don't recommend but I've known it to be done - using an ultrasonic device to erratically annoy the neighbour's dog so much that it TRIGGERS the dog to bark when it's quiet, until OTHER neighbours complain, the owner gets fed up with 2 am barking, and they get rid of the dog themselves. This was done by my ratbag friend from a few streets away - he was quite malevolent in his zeal to disturb the dog - he would set it off at 2 am, listen for the neighbours to wake and yell at the dog, wait half an hour (enough time for them to have just got back to sleep) then set the dog off again. He did this not every night, but maybe two or three times a week, just enough for the dog's owners to never know if tonight would be a bad night or not. Eventually sleep deprivation takes its toll and they get rid of the dog. At least, it worked for him. And as he has no conscience, he can live with himself. A total ratbag, but one with no noisy dogs nearby any more. Marg [/QUOTE]
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