do you listen to a dog bark before you call the neighbors to quiet them down or if its your dog you do what is nessacary to quiet them down?
I haven't read the other posts yet, but wanted to respond based on a real, personal experience. When we first moved to our new home here in Georgia, a neighbor's dog was clearly a nuisance and, I learned from neighbors, had been for many years. I learned the man was a woodworker, among other talents, and we had several conversations during the time I was moving us here. As I was on site more of the time, it became more obvious that his dog was a nuisance barker - didn't matter what - once something triggered her to bark, she fed on her own noise. I talked to other neighbors about the situation and found out that they had adopted the attitude that it just "ain't gonna do any good to talk to 'em about about it". Well, that doesn't work for me.
I spoke to the man about the dog and he was somewhat responsive and said they had tried "bark collars", etc., but nothing seemed to work. I tried to maintain a positive attitude because I know an animal can be rehabilitated - the owners must have to be willing to do something about it. In this case, the man's wife had a reputation of being the neighborhood "witch" and threw her nose in the air at everyone. OK. So, the situation drifted along for a couple of years with me working with the animal control folks, who I learned were powerless, since we live in the county. But, the animal control supervisor told me I could submit video evidence to the local magistrate and they would take care of the nuisance. So, I began to make digital videos of the times the dog would bark incessantly all day long, told animal control I was ready to submit the evidence and they were very supportive. Amazingly, the neighbors immediately placed "no-bark collars" on the dog during the day and the neighborhood was finally at peace.
Perhaps, a no-bark collar would be a good thing for some of us humans at times.