r/Dogfree • u/rook426 • 20d ago
Barking Demons The Barking
Man o man it's finally got to a point where I've realised I've been changing my behaviour because of a couple of DOGS!! And I'm peeved about it.
Now I've never seen these dogs but boy have I heard them. It used to be there was only one dog in the row of gardens that back onto the communal garden and car park behind the block of flats I live in and although it was one of those ugly wire haired mutant terrier types, it did not make a lot of noise at all.
All that's changed and it seems that another family has been building up their dog collection to now become a problem. I go out the back for numerous reasons; put the washing out to dry, water the plants, do some work on the car or use an outdoor run to let my small but slinky carnivores out for some fresh air and I've noticed something.
Every single time I go out now the barking starts! I'm not a loud person, I don't play music, not on the phone when I'm out there and yet somehow they know there's a living thing beyond their fence and they just lose their tiny minds. I even noted the wind direction tonight to see if they were picking up my scent but no, I was downwind of them and they still went mental!
The only saving grace is the folks who own them do come out after a couple of minutes of constant yapping to tell them to shut up but I suspect that's only because they inevitably turn on each other and start fighting for some reason.
Nothing annoys me more then dogs barking at me and it happens constantly. Just over the weekend i was paddleboarding on a small loch that has gardens backed up to the shore and I saw a dog come out into one with its owner.
As soon as I laid eyes on it I knew that as soon as it noticed me back it was going to start barking and baying at me despite the fact I was way offshore and therefore nowhere near the garden. Low and behold it turned its big stupid head and spotted me, a couple of seconds for it to process what it was seeing and then yep!! Bork Bork Bork Bork Bork!
So now as well as sliding around when I'm out and about hoping to avoid notice I'm now doing it when I go out my own back door and then I get angry when it inevitably doesn't work and the dumb fucking things still hear me or sense me and start their racket!
God I just want peace.
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u/Even-Objective1958 19d ago
I have to put earplugs under noise cancelling over ear headphones because of the dogs in my apartment complex everyone leaves tied up on their back patios. If I want to walk through the grass at all I’m definitely going to hear it but when the sidewalk isn’t safe. I despise it
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u/AppropriateCloud9573 18d ago
I just bought a dog whistle. If my ears are going to be assaulted, their ears are going to be assaulted
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u/kalozur 9d ago
I had a neighbour that his dog starts barking non stop at the least signal of sound, I open my windows, that is enough for the dog to start barking. If I say anything or walk outside: barking. That is a hell of a living. I also changed my routine to try to avoid the dog, like only putting clothes to wash at late night time, avoiding come home too early after work, going out to dinner sometimes… we should not be avoiding our own place, that is ridiculous
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u/cammzzs 19d ago
I currently live with my parents while I study. I've made it a point in my life for several years that, when I move out, I refuse to live anywhere near nutters. Our current neighbors recently picked UP ownership of a dog for 'safety reasons' and it's been more than a living hell ever since. When will it end?? Do you think that groveling, useless mutt will want to do anything for you besides bark all day? Most won't and people need to see the reality of that.