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@Unexpected Leigh said:
MzTee, I think you have to accept that the noise from you dog as well as your neighbour’s dog, probably, is actually annoying this neighbour which is not fair at all.You really should do something more about it than just asking her for ‘evidence’.
Do you really think it’s likely this neighbour ‘has it in for you’ or something? Treating her complaint as simply frivolous is rather inconsiderate of you. Offer her an olive branch and sort this out.
Anyhow keeping dogs (or cats for that matter) in apartments is cruel to the animals themselves as well as the neighbours and self-indulgent of you. Get a free-standing house with a yard.
To give you some more background, I have invested in a barking deterrent collar which beeps when he barks, as well as crete training to ensure he is ok, but some times things are unavoidable.
On average he barks twice a day. Our neighbours dog barks 4 times a day.
It is hard for me to do anything in addition to what I am already doing without knowing when she is ‘disturbed’ and what noise (barking or whining), and whether it is actually my dog!
I have attempted to speak to her on a number of occassions, asking her the same question – when and what noise – so that I can determine whether he did not have enough exerisze, or if something was in the proximity like the gardener with the leaf blower, but she refuses to give me any more information and instead told me a shock collar is the solution and I should purchase one of those.
In my opinion, this is much more harsh than keeping a dog in an apartment (which has a very large outdoor courtyard attached).
What I do not understand is why she is putting the blame solely on my dog, and not the other owner in the building. She is in the same proximity to both, and has been quite abusive towards me when it was not my dog making noise.