It's more about Character than LawQuote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
... as is talking to your neighbour
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It's more about Character than LawQuote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
... as is talking to your neighbour
That's the go Mick, but understand the process varies from Council to Council. In a past working life I used to deal with these often in my capacity as Supervisor in Animal Control at a Council in Tasmania.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chops
It is common the dog owner is totally unaware the dog even barks in their absence, as don't when they're home. It is usually down to either separation anxiety from pack leader creating insecurity and/or boredom, or visual stimulation as they have access to seeing movement from neighbouring property or street, so feel the need to do what comes naturally ie protect his patch.
The citronella barking collars are quite affective in retraining not to bark, but it's also vitally important that the cause is correctly identified, as eventually, if not, regardless of collar, the dog will start barking again.
If the Council does their job properly, you will find they will usually interview other neighbouring property owners, and sure as **** there will be others being driven crazy by the barking too. All good! Best of luck :)
Sounds like your barking dogs have a balance problem. This can be cured 100% by inserting a balance weight behind an ear. .22 calibre is sufficient. Bigger ones can be messy.Quote:
Originally Posted by sschmez
What i did was went to see the neighbours.They had only recently moved in.Had two little Jack Russel looking things.
The dogs used to bark as soon as they drove out their driveway.They barked continually at absolutely nothing.
The dogs were quiet for a couple of weeks then it started again.
I then went to see them again,same thing happened,barking started after a couple of weeks.
Then i put a letter in their letterbox saying if it continues,notifying the council will be next,as we had run out of options.
Four weeks later we notified the council,dogs barking again.
A day after notifying the council,one of their dogs got into our yard(our bitch was on heat,but they did't know),and our sharpie(male,desexed)ripped it to shreds.The dog limped home,howling, and i never saw it again:)
The council did whatever they did,and gave us some paperwork to write the time and date,whenever the dogs barked.
Never herd a whisper from the dogs,or dog ever again:)
And have never spoken to them(neighbours) again either...
One of my brothers had a dog that continually barked and annoyed the neighbours.
He came home one day and it was hanging from the fence.
Nah, you missed the point in what you quoted above.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm
The dogs are fine and it was the neighbours that were unbalanced - even the police and council agreed.
Some of the heroic suggestions in this thread also indicate balance problems in the contributors - bit disappointing really from this place ... just hoping it's lots of hot air and anonymous bravado.
anyway, it's all good now, still have the dogs and now have new neighbours ... funnily enough no further problems.
Stevo
Nar mate, Ford Pills and Rissoles, It'll be too scared to bark!Quote:
Originally Posted by drivesafe
Hi Mick, sorry to hear that you are having these problems. I have a neighbour with some pesky birds in huge cages, making horrendous noises all day (as you see, I don't like birds being birds). It is a rented place, so I will be leaving it soon. The other neighbours are retired persons, I am the only one who uses his backyard.
My boss did the same a year ago, his neighbour had lots of frogs (he didn't like frogs being frogs) so he ended leaving the place.
If you look at whirpool forums, you will see what is the standard approach by the council in these cases. They take you details so, in case that something happens to the dog, they have your name.
I've been down the council path before on other issues. I wouldn't go so far as to say they are totally useless, after all, they're great at collecting rates.Quote:
Originally Posted by FFR
I know how the council operates with respect to these matters and that is not the solution I am after. We'll see how the frequency generator, amplifier, speaker combination works. Any further advice to this method will be much appreciated.
Well if it's just animals being animals then I'll tell my neighbours they have no right to complain when my pet velociraptor snacks on their kids as they walk to school. :twisted:
When councils get involved in Barking dog complaints, the usually work under the local law of minimum standards for keeping an animal, in this case the animal being a nuisance.
In order to satisfy that the animal is a nuisance it is the authorized officer that needs to be satisfied the animal is a nuisance, not the owner or the complaining neighbour, because any paper work issued has the authorized persons signature on the bottom and the authorized council officer is the one who has to defend the decision to remove the dog, fine the owner etc to the magistrate / judge.
To be satisfied that the animal is a nuisance time must be spent establishing the animal is a nuisance not just a neighborhood dispute ( time = money) that is why councils try every other solution first and ask the complaining neighbour to fill in a time sheet to establish a pattern of barking. Officers will usually do a neighborhood survey. Then officers know when to go to the area (not usually parked in front of the animals residence) and then record everything they hear, which means everyone else's dogs as well, roosters, birds, people walking in the streets. If this monitoring happens at 3 in the morning the officer is on penalty rates, and to establish it as a problem this needs to be done at least 3 times.
The cost to council when the officer starts monitoring starts to add up, and you can guarantee the complaints start coming in about officers sitting around doing nothing wasting rate payers money.
In the end somebody hates the outcome, the owner is annoyed that they have been told to shut their dog up or they will be fined, dog removed, or asked to remove the dog from the shire. Or the complaining neighbour is annoyed that you tell them that the level of barking is acceptable and no further action is taken. The public then complain to council that their officers should be doing something more constructive then bullying people about their animals. Pile that on top of all the other abuse these officers get on a daily basis and you can see why council will try everything to solve the problem before it gets to council intervention.
After all that the officer then probably gets to go out and become the parking officer to reap the rewards from its rate payers :D.
Perhaps I should get a real job, like I get told on a regular basis.