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Originally Posted by threEchelon /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Have you tried calling the police? I'm serious.
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Nah - that'd just make the situation worse. The cops don't want to deal with barking dogs, partially because they have bigger fish to fry (understandable) and also because in places like this, the cops are rednecks just like the owners are. My parents had to wear earplugs in their first house because some stupid cop left his dog out unattended 24/7.
The laws are designed to be unenforceable, so the chances of getting the cops involved are slim. There is a covenant in this development, but no committee to enforce it yet. Even then, the only headway I'd make would be with them shutting the damn things up in the morning on the weekends. They keep them inside on the weekdays and they're inside after 10 o'clock, which for them constitutes a lot of work. It doesn't for me, but the rules are designed to give people who own yappers the advantage over people who want quiet, not vice versa. They could make things a lot worse if they wanted to.
To answer Seminarian: I'm serious about peace and quiet, but since our house is the only lot close enough to the dogs to be woken up by them, I don't see it working. The whole family rarely leaves for any extended period of time, but if we ever do go away for a while, I'll keep that idea in mind - it might be worth a shot.
The owners are being careful not to make the problem serious enough to have constant confrontation over it, since confrontation is usually reserved for when things go into the extreme, but they don't care that their dogs are still a pain in the ass. I equate barking dogs to someone honking their horn, and for that to happen off and on every day at unknown intervals, especially when I'm hearing it even more than THEY are, is hell.
The best solution is really just to find a good set of headphones that I can wear whenever they let the dogs outside, that way I can listen to music or something until they let them back in rather than have to go downstairs just to escape the noise. If closed headphones are the solution, so be it.
People are saying that headphones won't solve the problem - which I suppose is true, since the barking shouldn't be happening to begin with - but my hands are tied on this one. If I can get a good set that will keep me from popping a blood vessel because of the damn things, then I'll at least survive until I move. So will the DT770 do the trick? The HD 280? Or do some of you think that these won't block (or at least seriously dampen, with music) the sound of irritating dogs?