The Vent and Rant Thread

[Deskisamess]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

An incessantly barking dog is still like an ice pick to my eye.

Yes. I've always wondered why the barking doesn't bother the owners.

[Renate]

Originally Posted by Deskisamess

Yes. I've always wondered why the barking doesn't bother the owners.

Because their craniums are solid?

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Deskisamess

Yes. I've always wondered why the barking doesn't bother the owners.

In my experience, it's mostly because the owners aren't there. They went to work in the morning and left the dog in a fenced-in backyard. A dog who promptly began barking as soon as their owner's car hit the street.

[DNSB]

A couple of years back, my daughter was living in an apartment building. A couple of doors down and across the hall lived a couple who had a dog that started barking about a minute after they shut the door on their way to work. After way too long, a group of tenants living in the other apartments on that floor made a formal complaint about the dog. The owners counter argument was that it was the dog's nature and nothing could be done since they were allowed to have pets.

After a couple of months back and forth including a trip to Residential Tenancy Board where it was ruled that the other tenants were having their quiet enjoyment rights violated, the couple was given an eviction notice which they fought for the next 3 or 4 months before they finally moved out. If you are living in an apartment, having a territorial, high energy, easily bored dog is not a good idea.