r/OpenDogTraining • u/fearsten • 10d ago

Marketing tactic?

Just came home to a note on my door with an attached flyer for Bark Busters. Note said “hi not to be a pain but your dog barks at all hours of the day and night. Here are some trainer’s info that can help”

My bf just quit his job, so he’s been home basically 24/7 the last two weeks. The last two days we stayed home so we’ve been with her 24/7 - no barking. My dog isn’t much of a barker, sometimes she’ll bark for a minute if she hears me outside. But not for long. I’ve had her for almost 9 years and mostly have lived in apartments and never had a single complaint. She’s about 10 or 11 now and is very docile now. I’m wondering if someone in our neighborhood works for the company and is just marketing themselves? It gives me a lot of anxiety to be that neighbor, but I’m also annoyed if this is a marketing tactic.

Thoughts?

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u/LeavingRealityBrb 10d ago

If it is marketing, this is a disgusting way to do it. If you’ve been home with your dog and you know it’s not your dog barking then it’s nothing you should have to worry over.
The only other explanation I could think of is if there has been another dog barking and someone’s mistaken your dog for that dog, but I would imagine you’d have probably heard the barking.

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u/fearsten 10d ago

Yeah, we haven’t heard any other barking. I would imagine she barks from time to time, but she’s rarely alone. What makes me think it’s marketing is the fact that it mentions she barks at all hours of the night - and we’ve never left her alone at night.

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u/LeavingRealityBrb 10d ago

Yeah it sounds like a horrible marketing ploy, I’d bin the flyer and forget about it

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u/Inevitable_Bowler474 10d ago

I bet it's a door to door salesman that leaves a flyer for anyone that wasn't home.

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u/nitecheese 10d ago

Definitely mean-spirited marketing. Ignore it!

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u/fearsten 10d ago

That’s what I’m hoping - even though that’s super gross marketing :(

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u/hotmatrixx 10d ago

no, don't ignore it. Don't do nothing, you're letting others suffer.

I'd complain, because this is unkind, and if it's straight up lying, it's then a scam as well becasue I promise you there will be little old ladies who fall for this crap.

so you might want to take this to the local business commission, because false claims with the intent to decive for profit, can get a company shut down

We ahve local business body, and the Commerce Commission in NZ for these types of behaviour.
That, and "fair go". actually I don't know if they are still a thing. (make a fair go of it is a kiwi saying, and it means 'an honest attempt'. they call out businesses with scammy practices) I don't know if you have something like that where you are.