Barking dogs

[triciahaha]

Well, the weather’s getting warmer and my neighbors have started leaving their dog out to bark again. For 5 hours at a time.
We’re on the fifth day of year 5 of this.
Oh,of course we’ve called animal control.
The first year I waited,thinking they might be new dog owners who just didn’t know what to do.
By the time I finally called last year, mine was the eighth call that year alone.
Animal control seems unable or unwilling to cope with this issue.
Anybody else having similar problems?

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[mtnfreak]

I think that all animal control is authorized to do is investigate if the animal is being mistreated – so if the animal is barking but has water and shelter in its yard, they can’t do anything.

But if the dog’s owners are notified of the complaint and have done nothing, I think it also qualifies as a “noise complaint” and that can get them a $250 ticket.

At least, this is how it was explained to me by a landlord when I first moved into their property with my dog – they wanted to make sure I was aware of what the police could do if my dog was a talker (he wasn’t).

Cut and paste this into your browser to learn more: https://www.seattle.gov/police/need-help/noise-complaints

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[newnative]

Is it during the day time? or overnight?

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[Johndick]

When it comes to the noise from the dog, the animal control doesn’t care too much because it is in the nature of the dogs to bARK MOST OFTEN.

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