Barking Dogs

[drdcla]

Can someone please explain to me when it became okay to allow your dog to bark constantly every time some one walks by, a delivery person appear in the neighborhood, the garbage truck come by, another dog barks and I could go on. Please be mindful of your neighbors. If need be close your windows or train your dog. I have been a dog owner for many years and I have never had a dog that barks unless someone approaches the door and stops when a command is given.

• This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by drdcla.

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[mark47n]

It’s never been okay and is, in fact, a violation of Seattle Codes. In order for it to be enforced, however, a complaint needs to be made and then there will be an investigation and you, as the complainant will likely need to be willing to testify in court. You’ll need to be willing to be ‘that guy’ on your block. That’s not a judgement on my part so much as the reality of the situation. Your complaint won’t at that point, be secret.

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[CarDriver]

DRDCLA. Expect it to get worse. News has said that a LOT of dogs have been gotten while people are sheltering in place. At some point most, if not all will be going in to work. That means a whole lot of dogs will now be left alone all day and will express there loneliness by barking.

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[mark47n]

CarDrive: What a load of bollocks! This is nothing but rank supposition and nonsense. You presume that no one is training their dogs and that all dogs are prone to barking all day long in the absence of their people. This is akin to saying that al people are the same and is patently ridiculous.

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[CarDriver]

mark47n. I would LOVE to be proven wrong. I just don’t have faith that the majority of people that get pet’s actually take the time to PROPERLY train and raise their pet’s. Or maybe it’s the pet’s that haven’t properly trained(or raised) their owner’s!

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[angelescrest]

I’d like to add another perspective: many people are adopting rescue dogs, and those dogs have been through a lot. That doesn’t mean that they should bark incessantly. But it does mean many have suffered from trauma and are really hard to train. In my little part of the neighborhood, we all have rescue dogs–and they react to noise, aren’t so responsive to click ‘n treat, etc., and need some extra care. No one is just letting their dog bark all day.

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[wsguy123]

Thanks drdcla. I am experiencing this at my home and have been for several years. First it was just one dog with a constant loud bark that goes on during the morning and day. A few years ago, the owner shared that someone had filed complaints with the city about their dog. The fact that multiple complaints were filed did not motivate the owner to do anything about the dogs behavior. It will bark at a person walking by, another dog, a car, a bird, basically anything.. It’s really unbearable now that everyone has had to basically stay home for the stay at home order. I have a few other neighbors that have moved in with dogs so it’s pretty bad. A lot of barking all day and even into the evening and late at night past the noise ordinance. It’s amazing people don’t think of the impact of their pets on neighbors and I for one wouldn’t want to listen to barking all day if I had a pet. People may say I should talk to my neighbors well I have or they’ve admitted to me they know it’s a problem, they just have’t been able to solve it or haven’t tried to solve it or come up with excuses. My quality of life has done a 180 and I have thought about moving.

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[gxnx]

My neighbor’s dog barks at me every time I walk to the entrance to my house. His yard is blocked by wooden fence so I can see thru and see the dog too.
Have been barking at me for 10+ years.

Does not bother me ..I rather have the dog barks at me so I know who else is coming too..

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[Star]

Same as GXNX we had a neighbors dog bark at us through the fence for the last 12 years of the 14+ years and then one day no barking…RIP old girl :(

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[Greystreet]

Dogs bark. People talk, scream, swear, yell, honk horns and set off fireworks. Dogs bark. Live with it

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[newnative]

Seattle is kinda weird in that people don’t expect dogs to bark. Most of the places I have lived are places that you want your dog to bark. The whole point of a dog is that it barks. A lot of people don’t know how to train their dog to stop barking.
There is someone in the neighborhood that walks their dog and when the dog barks, the owner is louder than the dog telling it to shut up. Fun times.

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