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[Dog Dodger]

I am being slowly driven out of my apartment by my neighbour’s dog. I live in a 1st floor apartment of an Art Deco block with 4 apartments. My neighbour and I share a small balcony that leads to stairs into the courtyard downstairs. She is closer to the stairs.  My neighbour owns a rough Collie that she insists on leaving outside all day on the shared area. This means I have to negotiate the dog whenever I need to go downstairs for washing or to the garbage area. Added to this, the dog is hypersensitive to any movement – from the people going in and out of the house next door to my block, to people coming into my apartment.  Over three years I have offered my neighbour ways in which she might train the dog, including at one stage offering to pay for a trainer. She insists that the dog is just guarding us all and that he is “getting better”. I am at the end of my tether with this. It is impossible to talk to her anymore as she is completely oblivious to the effect this dog is having on my life. The other two apartments are downstairs and not subjected to it so much but I cannot have a conversation on the telephone at times because of her dog’s barking.  I love my apartment but I am close to breakdown with this constant barking. Any assistance gratefully received.

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