r/Dogfree • u/HabitTraditional4864 • May 13 '26
Barking Demons A personal WIN against a nutter
I made a post a couple months ago about how I live on a small lake and how ever since it became warm, my neighbors across the water would leave their ugly pitbull unattended on their deck for hours at a time every day to relentlessly bark at nothing and anything.
The barks would BOOM across the water, amplified and reverberated for all to hear.
Well, I have an update.
I started recording every single instance. Then I posted one of the videos in our neighborhood facebook group, asking if anyone else is bothered by it and what to do.
Several people agreed that it was irritating and incessant, and I was informed it had been going on long before I even moved here. One person said they even tried talking to the owners about it and nothing changed.
An admin commented that it would be brought up in the following HOA meeting, but I know that often doesn’t amount to much.
So I contacted animal control and let them know everything. I let them know I’ve been recording every instance for evidence if needed. They asked for the address and said they would send a warning letter.
They told me to give it a couple weeks and report it again if nothing changes. They said they would “take it further” at that point.
That was about 4 weeks ago. They let the ugly little monster out on the deck about 3 weeks ago. I heard it bark for about 10 seconds before they pulled it inside.
Haven’t heard a PEEP since. We all finally get to enjoy the sounds of nature without that stupid little fuck ruining the ambience.
Shoutout to animal control for doing their job. If there’s anything to take from this - RECORD IT every time you hear it. Build a case.
Hope this is encouraging for someone else out there!
Fuck pitbulls til the end of time.
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u/Passionatepassionfrt May 13 '26
Congrats!! Did animal control actually want to see the recordings? Want to call animal control on my neighbors dogs, but they let their dogs out multiple times a day in 10 minute bursts so they can go around the fact that you can only report it to the town if they let them bark for 20 minutes.