AmyLiz, when we first moved in 8 years ago, Mac had issues with the new neighborhood. She had to establish her territory and I wasn't clear on our local dog/noise ordinances. A few nasty words from my neighbors and an early morning visit the first week we moved in opened my eyes to the problem. Mac would bark at anyone walking by our fenced back yard when I let her out in the morning and she would also wake us up when our morning paper was delivered. She eventually got used to the rhythm of the foot traffic in the neighborhood and we stopped our morning paper delivery.
I hope for your sake that the dogs will settle in. But you should contact the local animal control officer who can fill you in on any ordinances and, if you don't feel comfortable talking to the new neighbors, they can make a visit and make sure the new folks know the law and that they need to control their pets' noise level.
It just bothers me that the dogs are left outside all day and ALL NIGHT. Seriously. The owners work all day, and then they come home and essentially ignore them. Why do they even have dogs? Of course, the dogs wouldn't be barking at three or four a.m. if they were inside.
Lucy is a barker, so I'm not completely without sympathy. Dogs bark, I get that. But these dogs sound like they're snarling, and if you get too close to the property they jump like they'd attack if the invisible fence wasn't on.
Oh, yeah--I don't much care for the idea of leaving dogs outside 24/7--at least in town or neighborhoods.
I can't imagine leaving my dog outside at night. Who would be my 2 foot space heater? Luckily my Nick is not a barker unless DH or I seem hurt. He's a real scaredy cat when it comes to other dogs, too. He'll cower under my feet rather than play. Silly boy.
Amy, I second talking to them about the dogs and finding out about the noise/animal laws in the area. Sometimes people just hear the barking so much they become ammune to the sound and when reminded might do something like the No-Bark collar or something. (I have a problem with believing everyone is good until they burn me, I know, like I said problem.)
It just bothers me that the dogs are left outside all day and ALL NIGHT. Seriously. The owners work all day, and then they come home and essentially ignore them. Why do they even have dogs? Of course, the dogs wouldn't be barking at three or four a.m. if they were inside.
I understand that. I feel very bad for the dog upstairs from us. He cries and barks until someone comes home. They got a dog and didn't bother to spend any time with it at all or find any way to see that it wasn't so upset when they are gone.
Sparky! Please tell your DH that I had supper this evening with the ultimate player we discussed last night and said player said nice things about DH.
The world...she is small.
PS: It was great to see everyone last night...the food was nice but the company was stellar.
Thankfully, Toddson and I waited just long enough that I ended up making it to the Metro fairly dry. Whooo that was a doozy of a storm. Perfect punctuation for a Buffista evening.
K, I ended up buying these [link] (in dark brown).
I have managed to fix three of the four keys on my laptop keyboard. I can't fix the "Q" until I purchase the plastic key retrainer bit on ebay. But I will fix it myself and cancel the $300 repairs with HP. At least until the keys stop working.
That's a delicate bit of work--I used the tiniest screwdriver I could find and some tweezers.
Here are pictures of the new hair. (The first pic is old--from March. The other three were taken tonight.)
