December, 2008
December 21st, 2008
Dumbfuck of the Day: My Dog-Hating Neighbor
When I returned from walking Fred this morning in -5 degree weather (wind chill of -30), I saw an envelope taped to my mailbox. It was a letter from an anonymous neighbor complaining about “incessant noise” from two dogs. This person claims to have already been “battling with 2 tenants in my own building” for months and that those people have moved yet s/he’s still hearing noise from barking dogs.
Anonymous neighbor says s/he did an experiment in which s/he rang different doorbells in my building and when s/he rang mine, the barking was “quite loud…so I’m assuming these animals belong to you.”
S/he informed me that s/he has already called Animal Control about the animals in her building and that if s/he hears more barking upon return from vacation on December 28, s/he will call Animal Control and my building’s management.
This person is facing a few obstacles. First, I don’t think Animal Control can do anything about this. Second, as long as my neighbors don’t complain, my building management has no reason to care. Third, I only have one dog and anonymous neighbor says there are two. Fourth, and this is the big one, Fred doesn’t bark much at home, though he probably does when someone rings the doorbell and I’m not home. That said, I may start training him to bark all day.
If Fred actually barked a lot when I wasn’t home, I’d gladly buy one of those citronella releasing collars that stop the barking. But he’s not the problem here; that would be the whiny neighbor who moved into a dog-friendly apartment building but apparently hates dogs. I look forward to Round II of this battle.
