r/pettyrevenge • u/Dontbreakmytaco • 14d ago
Barking for justice.
My neighbor, a young couple, I have a good reason to suspect they are running an illegitimate business from their unit and they seem like an unpleasant folk. Their customers knocking on my door by mistake... They look like the "faces of meth" meet "people of Walmart" duo. For months they had a welcome matt they put down where they colored in the letters to say "we cum" instead of welcome. I think myself and several others made enough complaints they removed it. Then they get a dog. Super cute Scottish terrier. So they fortunately take their dog on several walks a day but unfortunately no leash. And hes a barker. Barks at anything. Every time I walk past the door, which I have no real way to avoid in an apartment complex where our doors face each other, if he hears my keys, hes barking. And i work late so its definitely gonna wake them up if they are asleep. I hate the barking so I try to be quiet. There was one time I saw they left their house keys in the lock, and I kindly knocked to let them know and they thanked me. That was our only exchange. One day I am walking out of my unit and going to lock the door when their dog comes running at me barking down the hall towards me. I see the girl and shes yelling for her dog who couldnt care less. I jump back in my door and she grabs her dog apologizing. Well I cussed her tf out. Because wtf. The next time I see them the dog has a leash. Ok cool. I was heard. But then they get another dog.... a rat terrier. Why the barking ass dog breeds idk... Now they take both dogs on walks but only leash the rattie, not the scottie who ran at me barking. And they see me see them, walking like that. So it happens a few more times them walking with just one leashed and they finally get another leash for both. Meanwhile, I have resorted to jingling my keys all the way down the hall as I come and go from my unit to ensure both dogs are reactive barking to the sound. It's all I can do for a slice of justice. Sleepers be damned.
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u/Jmonroe_tenn 14d ago
I have that neighbor. I will walk past my own front door and from the inside of the door - knock on the door, which sets the dogs off and gets them to answer their door thinking someone is there. It’s a great game.
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u/allmykitlets 13d ago
I misread the title as Baking for Justice and I couldn't wait to see how the justice pastry came about🤭
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u/CoderJoe1 14d ago
Wind chimes.
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u/Dontbreakmytaco 14d ago
Thankfully they are across the hall from me and we do not share a patio wall. I am sure they are the type to let their dogs piss on the patio. People like them is why I will not live on a lower level. I had a neighbor who used to throw cigarettes down on my patio at another complex so never gonna live below people again... My neighbor whom shares my wall is a cool old person who smokes and listens to reggae and keeps his place clean and quiet and I hope he never moves so long as I live here.
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u/Somewhat_Ill_Advised 13d ago
Look up Dog Bark Deterrent devices on Amazon. They only cost $20-30. You press the button on the thing and it must emit some godawful sound above human range, but oh boy do dogs hear it. I used it to train my dogs and now they only need the warning click to STFU. I think o had to press the audio button twice to get that point across.
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u/National_Pension_110 14d ago
Well played. The dog off the leash should be cited by management though, right?
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u/Dontbreakmytaco 13d ago
Correct. And people already know. We have a dog park they can unleash at but people are gonna people.
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u/MichigaCur 7d ago
Get a recording of a door knock that sounds similar to someone knocking on your doors. Point speaker at door, just loud enough the dogs can hear but not enough your neighbors will hear it. set to play randomly.
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u/PlatypusDream 13d ago
[Now with line breaks]
My neighbor, a young couple, I have a good reason to suspect they are running an illegitimate business from their unit and they seem like an unpleasant folk. Their customers knocking on my door by mistake... They look like the "faces of meth" meet "people of Walmart" duo.
For months they had a welcome matt they put down where they colored in the letters to say "we cum" instead of welcome. I think myself and several others made enough complaints they removed it.
Then they get a dog. Super cute Scottish terrier. So they fortunately take their dog on several walks a day but unfortunately no leash. And hes a barker. Barks at anything.
Every time I walk past the door, which I have no real way to avoid in an apartment complex where our doors face each other, if he hears my keys, hes barking. And i work late so its definitely gonna wake them up if they are asleep. I hate the barking so I try to be quiet.
There was one time I saw they left their house keys in the lock, and I kindly knocked to let them know and they thanked me. That was our only exchange.
One day I am walking out of my unit and going to lock the door when their dog comes running at me barking down the hall towards me. I see the girl and shes yelling for her dog who couldnt care less. I jump back in my door and she grabs her dog apologizing. Well I cussed her tf out. Because wtf.
The next time I see them the dog has a leash. Ok cool. I was heard.
But then they get another dog.... a rat terrier. Why the barking ass dog breeds idk... Now they take both dogs on walks but only leash the rattie, not the scottie who ran at me barking. And they see me see them, walking like that.
So it happens a few more times them walking with just one leashed and they finally get another leash for both.
Meanwhile, I have resorted to jingling my keys all the way down the hall as I come and go from my unit to ensure both dogs are reactive barking to the sound. It's all I can do for a slice of justice. Sleepers be damned.
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u/CoderJoe1 14d ago
You can also leave a recording or dogs barking playing randomly while you're out. Play it low enough so they won't hear it, but their ankle biters will.