we got some new neighbors last week. they own a beautiful GSD, unfortunately this dog is not very well-behaved... they have a tiny fenced in back yard that they let him run around in. and a small chain-link fence separates us from him. when the GSD gets up on his hind legs he clears the fence. he could jump it if he really wanted to.
the barking has woken us up several times late at night and early in the morning as well.
every time I take frank out to potty the dog is out there barking his head off. pacing along the fence line staring us down. eventually it'll get up on it's hind legs and start lunging at us. it really seems to intimidate frank and I try to act like I'm not bothered because I don't want to stress frank out more, but it really is scary!! it's gotten to the point where frank won't poop unless the dog isn't out there. ugh.
anyway, things came to a head last night when I walked outside with frank and the dog immediately started barking and lunging at us. the wife was outside on the phone and as I came out I said something like "oh come on!" and she just said "sorry!" and hurried back inside leaving the dog outside lunging at us!! so that was it, I took frank in and walked over to talk to her. unfortunately the husband intercepted me in the driveway and basically said his dog is a big teddy bear and wouldn't hurt anyone. I explained every issue we had, the barking, lunging, intimidating, and he just brushed it all off.
my boyfriend says there's not much we can do in the situation... and I can't really think of any other options to take. I'm not sure if we have neighborhood quiet hours. I want to talk to the wife, but I also don't want to seem like a crazy person. but the barking is really driving both of us nuts. not to mention the thing is scaring my little frank
the barking has woken us up several times late at night and early in the morning as well.
every time I take frank out to potty the dog is out there barking his head off. pacing along the fence line staring us down. eventually it'll get up on it's hind legs and start lunging at us. it really seems to intimidate frank and I try to act like I'm not bothered because I don't want to stress frank out more, but it really is scary!! it's gotten to the point where frank won't poop unless the dog isn't out there. ugh.
anyway, things came to a head last night when I walked outside with frank and the dog immediately started barking and lunging at us. the wife was outside on the phone and as I came out I said something like "oh come on!" and she just said "sorry!" and hurried back inside leaving the dog outside lunging at us!! so that was it, I took frank in and walked over to talk to her. unfortunately the husband intercepted me in the driveway and basically said his dog is a big teddy bear and wouldn't hurt anyone. I explained every issue we had, the barking, lunging, intimidating, and he just brushed it all off.
my boyfriend says there's not much we can do in the situation... and I can't really think of any other options to take. I'm not sure if we have neighborhood quiet hours. I want to talk to the wife, but I also don't want to seem like a crazy person. but the barking is really driving both of us nuts. not to mention the thing is scaring my little frank