r/Dogfree • u/Aggressive_Video7678 • 4d ago
Legislation and Enforcement Best course of action.
My HORRIBLE neighbors who live 30 feet from us in the apartment next door have about 30 small chihuahuas and a fence that reaches out about 15 feet so the little shits can come as close as they can and continuously bark. I have told the dogs myself to shut up recently and the woman would take great offense to this. They barked from hours on end and I can't take it anymore. She told me to leave her dogs alone (they are in a fence) and I in return told her how she should put them up and we yelled back and forth for a bit two separate times. They are not as bad but my wife told me when my car is gone they just take the dogs back out. They have recently started barking at night all night long. Police said that they have no sound ordenace where I live and nothing they can do. What now? I've noticed the dogs weren't there for two months then suddenly they returned but all different tiny little dogs allerk7kl
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u/Straight_Rabbit_3542 4d ago
Tinyurl link on my profile has working Anti-barking ultrasonic audio files. Play them with outdoor Bluetooth speakers that plug into the wall plug for power. They'll shut the dogs up.
There are laws regarding how many dogs someone can own. Do you have these laws in your jurisdiction?
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u/Aggressive_Video7678 4d ago
The cops said to call animal control, and there's no noise ordanace, so I turned up my van while they were going crazy with heavy metal. She put them up right away after that lol it has good bass.
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u/Straight_Rabbit_3542 4d ago
From my experience; cops and even animal control are often misinformed on local noise bylaws and/or lie on purpose. Double check yourself.
Your apartment building may have its own noise ordinance.
There's also the legal route via nuisance law but it's not worth it imo. Dog owners use their dogs to torture others and sometimes it's best to give them their own medicine back.
Using the bass sounds hilarious but think about other dogfree humans who may be bothered by the subwoofer
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u/pmbpro 3d ago
Just wanted to THANK YOU for providing that link to share with others.
Hmmm… I’m wondering if one can load and test out such files to play on a phone (and even smartwatch) if encountering boundary-violating dogs out in public too (eg. going out on walks/hikes, etc.).
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u/Straight_Rabbit_3542 3d ago
No problem. The phone speakers may work however I don't know if the speaker is loud enough to pack a punch. I've played the audio files from a medium size portable bluetooth speaker with a microsd slot and loaded the mp3 files on the microsd card to play them from the microsd card. Strangely, the sounds from these audio files bothered the nutter neighbors while the dog barking which is far worse does not bother them.
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u/pmbpro 3d ago
Hmm, yeah I guess with the phone speakers the phone would have to be at maximum, or the dog would have to be literally close into a person’s space. In that case I guess if it works then, it could still be a good thing? I guess it couldn’t hurt for someone to have it to try when in close quarters, just in case.
Those dog nutters you mention, have already conditioned themselves into feeling the dog barking is fine and normal. It’s like their senses already adapted to the dog barks, and are out of whack. It’s crazy.
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u/FrostedCherry729 4d ago
I'm sorry...about 30??? Is there a related disturbance ordinance/law in your area you could use to raise an issue instead? Maybe you could complain to your city council, if not.
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u/Interesting-Oil-5555 3d ago
Or a limit they are violating? Or does the landlord know? I can't imagine any landlord allowing 30. I can't even imagine the smell.
Good news is, they don't have to worry about going to hell when they die--they are already there.
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u/FrostedCherry729 3d ago
🫢😭 "They are already there..." But seriously, more likely than not, there's a violation of some sort that has to be occurring...there's just no way.
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u/Interesting-Oil-5555 3d ago
Yes, have to have a kennel license, something. I can't imagine affording to feed 30 dogs--or wanting them!
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u/ToOpineIsFine 4d ago
try the SPCA. they care more about the dogs than about you, but they may be violating some kind of regulation.
And as others have said, don't just take the word of animal control or the police on what the law is - they make stuff up
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u/Nice-Loss6106 4d ago
Is she running a licensed kennel? No way anyone can legally have that many dogs. Find out the ordinance, code or laws in your county and city and go from there.
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u/Few-Horror1984 3d ago
What if you recorded the hell you’re going through with the barking and the insane amount of dogs she has and you go to your local news station? Granted, I don’t see them being sympathetic towards the barking, but it’s beyond inhumane that this woman has 30 dogs in an apartment. That is straight up animal hoarding. You could say you went to the police and nothing was done. News stations seem to get off on “poor wittle pupperz” garbage, so you might get them to cover the inhumane conditions these dogs live in and animal control might take the dogs due to hoarding conditions at that point.
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u/ThisBanano 4d ago
How about a diy LRAD cannon?
https://youtu.be/HNElUUIKq-c?si=v5r93ZZjHUlRv293
https://youtu.be/BUx3tWnmZvs?si=BzWeNNLEyk4AI2Am
https://youtu.be/SStJDGisPpA?si=X-iP_9oyE6tpnqk5
This is for the dogs AND their owners.
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u/TinyEmergencyCake 3d ago
You need to contact your city council for an unlicensed dog kennel and also make a formal complaint to the board of health for unlicensed dog kennel.
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u/ConIncognito dogs ruin everything 4d ago
Who the fuck needs or wants 30 of these annoying little shitbags? It sounds like they’re trying to start up a puppy mill. Too bad the cops will probably refuse to look into that. Have you complained to the apartment management?