Odd Request

I live in a four story condo complex. I am on the third story. Yahoo above me has a barking dog that will not stop. Barks every time he is not around which is usually 6pm to midnight. I have asked him politely to someone get the dog to stop and he laughs basically. I can not go up there anymore or I feel like I am going to shove my fist down his throat. Of course, I call the management company and they are gone for the day. I leave message after message and they tell me that they need someone to witness it. Round and round.

So, in my obvious childish ways, I am seeking revenge. I know the guy parties until late on the weekends and occasionally during the week. Sooooo, I am looking for a file that I can download to an MP3 that is a constant barking dog. I am going to hook it up to some speakers and place it against the ceiling while I am out for my morning workouts at 430am. Yes childish but I will feel so much better when I wake up at 11pm due to his damn dog.

Let me know if something exists. Thanks.

No no no! Go to the landlord. You are heading down a bad path.

Call the police. This is disturbance of the peace. Meet them where they can hear the dog barking; when they knock and nobody answers, you have both your “witness” and a case.

Don’t lower yourself by retaliating.

It is a condo. No landlord. Already explained the management companies’ stance.

My bad. Go to the cops then.

Police said that I have to file a report and that it takes two to three weeks for someone to respond to it. So, I asked, what if someone comes and right then and there the dog is not barking. They said, you will have to file another report.

I have tried all avenues except revenge!!!

I didn’t mean for my reply to you to sound so coarse. Just get a little fired up thinking about it!! Sorry if you thought I was coarse.

Your golden, no worries. I just have seen a lot of revenge and it never ever works or fixes things.

Police said that I have to file a report and that it takes two to three weeks for someone to respond to it. So, I asked, what if someone comes and right then and there the dog is not barking. They said, you will have to file another report.

I have tried all avenues except revenge!!!

I call BS. My neighbor (houses) left his dog out barking all night. About 2am I called the police, who came right away and met me at the guy’s front door. It never happened again.

Find out your jurisdiction’s definition of “disturbing the peace”, and file a complaint if it fits. I can’t think of a better form of revenge than a police record.

I have tried all avenues except revenge!!!
What about animal control? Animal locked up for hours could be seen as neglect.

Buy something that stops his barking and then give either him or the homeowners association the reciept.

I bought one of these a few years ago to stop my neighbors dog from barking. Worked. I gave them the reciept and they gladly gave me the cash.

Won’t your retaliation also affect the other nearby units?

First of all who are you kidding with the 4:30A.M. workout crap. Since when is getting up to puke and piss a workout? You are lucky to be getting home at 4:30! Second, what did you do to the dog to get it to bark to begin with!!!

If you need a tape of a barking dog, just tape your sex with the next girl you bring home from that sleaze-hole of a bar you go to…

No, thick walls and thin floors. That is why I would put it right up against my ceiling.

all you have to do is call the police.

now, if the guy cannot constrain his dog, or if he has no dog license and your state requires one, this could turn into a situation where the dog is taken away.

Don’t be a baby and play a child’s game; this will get you nowhere quickly.
be an adult, and take the steps necessary to get real resolution to the problem.

It’ll help if you put a box around the speakers and that the box is flush against the ceiling.

And be more aware of acoustics the next time you choose a condo or apartment. It’s best to avoid these types of problems to begin with.

Sorry, an individual was not available to walk a dog upstairs and have it bark when I was going through the place to purchase. I will keep it in mind though…

…and you used to be one of my favorites on here…

at least I didn’t marry her like you did…