FREAKIN' Dog won't stop barking!!

[mr.Curmudgeon]

The CD gesture wasn't going to be useful... the only way now is to get Animal Control over there.  If they can't control the dog they will have to get rid of it.

Actually the CD worked pretty well on the landlord...I walked down to his office and before he had time to say anything, I slipped it into his Bose CD-player and turned up the volume. I left it playing like that the whole time we discussed the issue. It drove him mad and he said he'd "take care of it", whether or not that means he's making them get rid of the dog wasn't very clear. If it happens again though, I'm pretty sure they'll be evicted. 

The bimbos; not sure if they listened to it or not. I'm trying to avoid them because I don't think I can keep myself civil if I was forced to talk to them right now. Either way, I felt it was truly the only way I could ever attempt to show them how loud and annoying the dog is when they are gone. They have, however, been extremely quiet since receiving it...so who knows.

I've found in previous experiences that the offending tenant *NEVER* has any idea how loud they really are...and when I've been able to prove my point, it has worked to quiet them down. Like one dude who kept playing some ghetto-ass rap music. One day he had it exceptionally loud and I had him come stand in my apartment and listen to how his sub-woofer transferred the bass right into my office. I then pointed to my 4-foot tall Pioneer speakers and explained to him that I'd be more than happy to play some cracker-ass Death Metal for him throughout the day if he didn't quiet down.

People are generally pretty short-sighted, and their inconsiderate behavior is born out of ignorance; of how their actions effect other people. Landlords, as well, have very limited capacity for visualizing problems. For things that they can't readily experience themselves, it certainly helps to point things out with visual (photos) and/or audio proof.

mrC

[ChadTower]

Use the little soundboard device and play the barking back for them for a few hours.

[Sephroth57]

My dad came in crazy and looked like me like I peed in soup.

[Stingray]

Gah! This is why I hate apartments. I had nothing but loud inconsiderate neighbors the entire time I had to endure that. Now I live so far out in the country that my nearest neighbor couldn't disturb me even if they were trying.

-S

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Gah! This is why I hate apartments. I had nothing but loud inconsiderate neighbors the entire time I had to endure that. Now I live so far out in the country that my nearest neighbor couldn't disturb me even if they were trying.

-S

You're living my dream, man.


mrC

[Stingray]

Of course on the other side of that coin, when you live out in the boonies, you tend to adopt a lot of strays. Well at least you do if you're soft hearted like I am. So now my own dogs keep me awake at night sometimes.

-S

[Daniel270]

I had my own little incident this morning....

Decided I'd stay up the entire night (I usually go to bed around 4 or 5 am) so I could pay the rent to the apt manager when she got to her office first thing.  Around 7:30 am, my upstairs neighbor's high school kid decides to play something with heavy bass in it (I"m thinking rap, since it had that type of beat) for about 10 minutes.  LOUDLY.

This wasn't the first time I'd heard anything out of them either.....  there's always the usual tromping around like elephants trying out for "The Nutcracker"  or the sliding of the glass balcony door every 10 minutes or so during the evening hours..... 

I've confronted the manager when I went to pay the rent this morning and she said she'd leave them a "nice little note" to quiet the music down....  I'm already in the mindset to move once my lease is up in Nov.  Just gonna bide my time til that point....

I'll be SOOOOO happy when I own my own place again    **** sigh****

[Jabba]

Gah! This is why I hate apartments. I had nothing but loud inconsiderate neighbors the entire time I had to endure that. Now I live so far out in the country that my nearest neighbor couldn't disturb me even if they were trying.

-S

Well and ceptic takes a little getting used too though if you're used to the city...With the well, you need a water softener, and the ceptic can only take biodegradable stuff...That means no cleaning paint brushes....

[Stingray]

We do have a septic tank (which, knock on wood, has never given us any problems), but luckily we have rural water, so a well wasn't needed.

-S

[Elfman]

Man, this makes me thankful to not be living in an apartment anymore. 

Had plenty of inconsiderate neigbors.  The worst was the upstairs neighbor that would fire up his home theater at 5:30 in the morning so he could listen to Stern and open his sliding closet doors at least 30 times before heading off to work.  Followed closely by the kids who love to play Nerf basketball at all hours of the day and night!

We bought our first home last year (which is located and the base of a hill) and we love it.  The only problem seems to be that in the summer when the windows are open, all the teenagers seem to be driving these Hondas with Coffee can tail pipes on them so we get the brunt of their 'fast and the furious' wanna-be cars revving to get up the hill.

I mean I hate having to pay Homeowners association dues, but it is stuff like that where the enforcement Committee comes in handy.

[LPZ]

I had a similar problem with my neighbor about 2 years ago.