Dog's barking causes a problem for neighbor ..

[OGroteKoning]

That being said,requiring every person who gets irritated to have sound proofing done is just un-neighbourly

Sorry, I didn't get your solution? What did you say again?

I offered solutions in light hearted post. Those work albeit a bit pricey and town house-rooms are not that big. If the OP agreed to the costs, then surely it is viable?

To please you though, I have the folowing solution for the OP:
1. Get rid of the muts you un-neighbourly individual!!! What were you thinking?

 

[OGroteKoning]

How about you keep to the city bylaws ?
It really is you problem to keep your own dogs under control, but then you don't really care about other persons as shown by calling the lady names.

29.
Dogs causing a nuisance
(1)
No person may keep a dog if –
(a)
the dog creates a disturbance or a nuisance by constantly or excessively barking,
howling or whirling;

Wow, that is kinda hard on noisy pet keepers. Do you know if they mention any time frames? Like from 18h00 to 06h00?

 

[grok]

It bugs me that you consider the neighbour to be the problem.
Irrespective of what SMS was sent,the incessant barking of dogs,day or night, is a royal pain in the @ss.
I'm sure the old ladies earlier pleas to silence the dogs fell on deaf ears or was greeted with a cool fsk off,hence the message.

I never said the neighbor was the problem, though I admit that she did put herself in a whole new category of disdain when she threatened my daughters or anything related to them.

Anyway, are you retarded or did you miss the part where I said they're now locked up in a sealed house all day long? That is doors and windows closed, no ventilation etc just to try keep the noise down. Or the part about desperately (yes, surgery ffs!) trying to find countermeasures against their barking? You probably assume 'a cool fsk off' as you had some issue with a neighbor yourself and are projecting, yet the ex has been trying to comply. Still, for the less obtuse around here, how does one manage two yappy dogs while you're not at home?

 

[techead]

stick a sock over its head? buy some of those really big cable-ties?

 

[OGroteKoning]

I never said the neighbor was the problem, though I admit that she did put herself in a whole new category of disdain when she threatened my daughters or anything related to them.

Anyway, are you retarded or did you miss the part where I said they're now locked up in a sealed house all day long? That is doors and windows closed, no ventilation etc just to try keep the noise down. Or the part about desperately (yes, surgery ffs!) trying to find countermeasures against their barking? You probably assume 'a cool fsk off' as you had some issue with a neighbor yourself and are projecting, yet the ex has been trying to comply. Still, for the less obtuse around here, how does one manage two yappy dogs while you're not at home?

How did people miss that you are looking for a solution and not their opinions about barking dogs?

 

[AstroTurf]

I never said the neighbor was the problem, though I admit that she did put herself in a whole new category of disdain when she threatened my daughters or anything related to them.

Anyway, are you retarded or did you miss the part where I said they're now locked up in a sealed house all day long? That is doors and windows closed, no ventilation etc just to try keep the noise down. Or the part about desperately (yes, surgery ffs!) trying to find countermeasures against their barking? You probably assume 'a cool fsk off' as you had some issue with a neighbor yourself and are projecting, yet the ex has been trying to comply. Still, for the less obtuse around here, how does one manage two yappy dogs while you're not at home?

Check out the link I posted earlier.

 

[biena]

Wow, that is kinda hard on noisy pet keepers. Do you know if they mention any time frames? Like from 18h00 to 06h00?

No timeframes mentioned in the bylaws, a nuisance is a nuisance does not matter what the time is.

and just for the persons that laugh at the USA owners running around after their dogs with baggies, you are supposed to do that in SA also.

(c)
the dog defecates when taken into a public place or road while under the control or
supervision of a person and the person fails to dispose of the faeces in a refuse
receptacle; and

And just for fun the penalties

44.
Offences and penalties
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of these by-laws is guilty of an
offence and liable on conviction to any or all of the following penalties:
(a)
A fine not exceeding R20 000,00 (twenty thousand rand);
(b)
a fine not exceeding R20 000,00 (twenty thousand rand) or, in default of payment,
imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years;
(c)
imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years.

 

[Fudzy]

Why not take the dogs to your place? Or did the ex get them in the settlement?

 

[FrankCastle]

So .. my advice to her was to take the sms to the police, file an affidavit and deliver a copy to the neighbor just so she knows there'll be consequences if something happens to the dogs.
I never said the neighbor was the problem, though I admit that she did put herself in a whole new category of disdain when she threatened my daughters.

Yeah sure.Whatever you say dude.

 

[OGroteKoning]

And just for fun the penalties

That ain't no fun .... are the penalties for either faeces or barking or only for faeces?

 

[PsyWulf]

It's admirable of course to try to seek a solution to the barkers,however as i've posted treating the neighbour as a problem when considering possible psychological strain of trying to sleep during the daytime hours and contending with the yapping menace the reaction may have been unwarranted but understandable ( if they threatened harm )

 

[biena]

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of these by-laws is guilty of an
offence and liable on conviction to any or all of the following penalties:

So for both, or any of the others contained in the bylaw.

http://www.tshwane.gov.za/AboutTshw...d Bylaws/ByLaw_KeepingAnimalsBirdsPoultry.pdf

 

[Hemps]

Why are the dogs barking, they must be barking at something or someone.

we also had issues with a neighbor who used to go to bed at 8pm and complained when we let our dogs out at 8:30 - 10pm, they barked for a few seconds but woke him up.
If we didn't let them out then they messed in the house.
He stayed in one house and his ex in another across the way so we had him walking past every 10min to see his two daughters.
Anyway, he moved, he used to argue a lot with his wife, think she got gatvol of him being there all the freakin time.

We also had two little brats in our complex that used to constantly tease our dogs and throw stones at our window, that stopped when I confronted the father with persuasive reasoning a man doesn't forget.

Ask your EX to walk her dogs, we started and our's are alot more chilled when they get to mark everything outside in the street.

 

[AstroTurf]

Damn but am I glad I live on a plot.

My 4 dogs are generally very well behaved but my boerboel likes to talk (read bark) at everyone and everything (including me when we are playing) and our dachshund is also a noisy little bastard when he is in the mood.

My neighbours have 12 dogs...

 

[AstroTurf]

Why are the dogs barking, they must be barking at something or someone.

we also had issues with a neighbor who used to go to bed at 8pm and complained when we let our dogs out at 8:30 - 10pm, they barked for a few seconds but woke him up.
If we didn't let them out then they messed in the house.
He stayed in one house and his ex in another across the way so we had him walking past every 10min to see his two daughters.
Anyway, he moved, he used to argue a lot with his wife, think she got gatvol of him being there all the freakin time.

We also had two little brats in our complex that used to constantly tease our dogs and throw stones at our window, that stopped when I confronted the father with persuasive reasoning a man doesn't forget.

Ask your EX to walk her dogs, we started and our's are alot more chilled when they get to mark everything outside in the street.

Eish when I lived in a complex the little monsters were throwing crackers at the dogs.

 

[HavocXphere]

They get lonely. Stupid neighbor also leaves his dogs at home & goes on holiday. 14 days straight barking. Best part is the neighbor thinks things are just dandy because *he* never hears them bark at 2AM.

Can't offer any solutions though.

Dude ... things that jump to bark are not classified as dogs .....

lmao

 

[Hemps]

Eish when I lived in a complex the little monsters were throwing crackers at the dogs.

I brought it up in meetings and wrote letters but nothing stopped, I then drove past one day and he was standing next to his car, I stopped 4x4 and we had a chat.
I had a bad as well so he got the full brunt of it.
they moved out a month later

We now have an 8month old boy with a good set of lungs on him, and all neighbors have dogs

 

[ponder]

Still, for the less obtuse around here, how does one manage two yappy dogs while you're not at home?

Get rid of the dogs as you have no control over them when you're not at home.

 

[Greggle]

I am having the same problem ... I bumped into Bernice Jaffe the other day and chatted to her about my barky dogs. The first thing she asked ... is your dog a Dachshund? Yes, he is:

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See her website - I'm going to get her around for a home consult. If you contact her she may be able to recommend someone in your neck of the woods.

 

[Ninja'd]

I am having the same problem ... I bumped into Bernice Jaffe the other day and chatted to her about my barky dogs. The first thing she asked ... is your dog a Dachshund? Yes, he is:

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See her website - I'm going to get her around for a home consult. If you contact her she may be able to recommend someone in your neck of the woods.

Dressing up your pets is animal cruelty.