I do not want to offend them, but the dog barks and howls daily for hours at a time. It is very disruptive and hard to ignore. I want to send a letter, but I am not sure of what to say.
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all of us are united and as such silently pray to the dog not to disturb. sometime it works. excellent thought process works wonders
Don’t bother. Call animal control. They tell them if the dog continues to be a nuisance, it will be removed. It’s very effective, very quick. Also anonymous.
I also agree don’t bother.. get animal control involved… they help owners with dogs like this..
Talking to them face to face would be better than writing a letter, but as the others said, don’t bother, just call animal control. We have a neighbor that knows their dog barks constantly and even has it medicated for that reason (meds aren’t working), but they don’t see anything incorrect with it barking from 8am to 5pm every day (of course they don’t….they’re not home!), so they place it outside and leave it all day and then would let it inside when they’re ready to go to bed. Talking to them did no excellent, so animal control was called by several neighbors. We haven’t heard a peep out of that dog in 2 weeks.
Many cities have a noise ordinance of some sort. If the dog is barking before 7 am or after 10 pm (or whatever your city may be) there might be fines for the owner. But between those hours, during the day, people are allowed to make as much noise as they want. You alone, or better yet several neighbors, can politely question them to keep the dog in the house as it is disruptive, but that’s about all you can do and there really isn’t a way to say it without pissing off the dog owner.
Hello – I can really relate to your situation. I have neighbors whose dogs barked non-stop.
If you feel uncomfortable talking with them directly then a letter is a excellent way to handle the situation. I would approach the subject as if they didn’t know that their dogs are even barking. (That is of course, if the owners are gone all day – which I assume they are.)
Try to set the tone of the letter to be one of a loving caring approach rather than an accusation or a threat of some sort. I have found this will work the best. Avoid accusing tones when you write. Again they may not be aware of the issue.
Having done this, you still need to include (as you stated) that the dogs are causing stress that is hard to ignore. This lets the owners know that you have tried to “live” with the issue but now feel the need to write to them. Include your name and contact information and keep a copy of the letter for future reference.
Giving the owners the benefit of the doubt about their being unaware of the fact that their dogs are causing issues, will go a long way and help you to maintain a healthy relationship with your neighbors.
If the dogs are outside dogs then I would recommend you read this article on Squidoo. There’s some fantastic tips on how to stop your dog or even your neighbor’s dog from barking. http://www.squidoo.com/stop-a-dog-from-barking .
Hope this helps!