I've got a situation here GAF. I'm surrounded by neighbors with awful animals that bug the everliving shit out of me. It's a nice morning here in suburban California (Anaheim), some light thunderstorms, cool temperatures for the first time all week after a heat wave, perfect saturday to sleep in and relax after busting my balls M-F.
Except that the fucking wienerdog next door won't shut the fuck up. Dogs hate thunderstorms, I get it. If it barks for a few minutes, alright. But 45 minutes at 7:30 AM? HAVE SOME COMMON COURTESY. I shouldn't have to tell these fools to take care of their fucking dog. After a few minutes, shut your dog up or put it inside your house. Don't just ignore the shit out of it like it will stop barking. This isn't even an outdoor dog, so I don't know why it needs to be right outside my bedroom window all morning.
If my dog is OUTSIDE the house barking, I shut it up within 2 minutes or put it inside. Maybe because I'm a decent human being. Now, I don't have a dog, but I grew up with all manner of animals from Chihuahuas (barking kings), lizards, birds, hamsters, guinea pigs, fish etc. I never let any of them negatively impact my neighbors quality of life.
If this wienerdog isn't bad enough, the neighbor on the other side of me has a pitbull, got him around the same time I moved in (a year ago). Its tied to a chain in the corner of the backyard and sits back there all day, can't run around or nothing. Has a miserable life. Ignoring the fact that this thing will probably turn vicious within 3 years due to neglect, he barks all the fucking time. Not wienerdog barks, but pitbull barks. Loud barks.
Pretty much anytime I walk into my backyard past dusk, or make any kind of sound whatsoever, it barks. Have friends over and want to sit under some nice lights and enjoy the evening or smoke a hookah? Pitbull barks. Trouble sleeping and want to stand outside and look at the night sky in the cool air? Pitbull barks. Sleeping at 1:30 AM because you have work the next morning? Pitbull fucking BARKS, sometimes for up to an hour, with no one doing shit to shut it up.
I've talked to the neighbors about these animals. Pitbull guy says it's because stray cats torment the dog at night outside reach of his chain, and he can't get to them so he just barks. Uh so take him off the chain, maybe he could do us all a favor and eat a few of the cats, solve two problems. Oh, but he might jump over my fence, neighbor says. I will help you build a larger fence, I offer. Nah, the neighbor is not interested.
Cat-GAF is probably thinking right now, let the dog eat the cats? How could you, horrible disgrace to humanity? But thats another problem. The neighbor across the damn street from me has cat-scratch posts on his porch, bowls of cat food and what he claims are 8 cats. 8 FUCKING STRAY CATS. He mentions the neighbor to the left of him has 6 more. He seems proud of this fact.
Are you shitting me?! These fuckers shit all over my planters and yard, yowl outside my bedroom window at midnight, and sleep on my fucking couch in my covered patio/chillroom, covering it with fleas and cat hair. I can't even sit on that couch without getting fleabites, and I don't even have any fucking pets. These cats don't even have the decency to bury their shit, sometimes they just leave nasty piles in the grass. I've stepped in it taking out the trash before work in the morning.
I figure I have just been too nice of a guy here. This is my first house, I'm a 25 year old guy, I live here by myself. I'm trying to get along with the neighbors, and they're all pretty friendly and helpful if I need to borrow a tool or something. But this shit has got to stop. Clearly they don't give a shit about common courtesy. I don't play loud music, I don't have wild parties, the only negative impact I have on anyone is my yard looks like shit because I haven't had the time/money to redo the landscaping since I have moved in.
Next steps are these. Anytime that pitbull barks at night, no matter how late, instead of yelling at it outside myself since the neighbor won't do shit I'll go hammer on his front door and tell him to shut it up. No exceptions. If I am awake, he is awake. As for cat-neighbor, I'm calling animal control on his ass. I've seen kittens running down the damn street, they are multiplying all over the place. Completely unacceptable. I'll stop chasing the cats off my property so he won't necessarily trace the crackdown back to me and take revenge somehow. Wienerdog neighbor isn't nearly as much of a problem as the other two. I'll just do the same as for pitbull neighbor and knock the door down as soon as it's dog won't STFU.
I don't want to go to all out war with these people. I want to have friendly relations. If the city seizes their animals, well, the numbnuts should have had some common courtesy.
TL;DR Otherwise chill neighbors have annoying animals they do not control, after a year of expecting and not receiving common courtesy from these fools, shit gets serious and I am bashing on doors at 2AM / calling animal control on stray cats.
Except that the fucking wienerdog next door won't shut the fuck up. Dogs hate thunderstorms, I get it. If it barks for a few minutes, alright. But 45 minutes at 7:30 AM? HAVE SOME COMMON COURTESY. I shouldn't have to tell these fools to take care of their fucking dog. After a few minutes, shut your dog up or put it inside your house. Don't just ignore the shit out of it like it will stop barking. This isn't even an outdoor dog, so I don't know why it needs to be right outside my bedroom window all morning.
If my dog is OUTSIDE the house barking, I shut it up within 2 minutes or put it inside. Maybe because I'm a decent human being. Now, I don't have a dog, but I grew up with all manner of animals from Chihuahuas (barking kings), lizards, birds, hamsters, guinea pigs, fish etc. I never let any of them negatively impact my neighbors quality of life.
If this wienerdog isn't bad enough, the neighbor on the other side of me has a pitbull, got him around the same time I moved in (a year ago). Its tied to a chain in the corner of the backyard and sits back there all day, can't run around or nothing. Has a miserable life. Ignoring the fact that this thing will probably turn vicious within 3 years due to neglect, he barks all the fucking time. Not wienerdog barks, but pitbull barks. Loud barks.
Pretty much anytime I walk into my backyard past dusk, or make any kind of sound whatsoever, it barks. Have friends over and want to sit under some nice lights and enjoy the evening or smoke a hookah? Pitbull barks. Trouble sleeping and want to stand outside and look at the night sky in the cool air? Pitbull barks. Sleeping at 1:30 AM because you have work the next morning? Pitbull fucking BARKS, sometimes for up to an hour, with no one doing shit to shut it up.
I've talked to the neighbors about these animals. Pitbull guy says it's because stray cats torment the dog at night outside reach of his chain, and he can't get to them so he just barks. Uh so take him off the chain, maybe he could do us all a favor and eat a few of the cats, solve two problems. Oh, but he might jump over my fence, neighbor says. I will help you build a larger fence, I offer. Nah, the neighbor is not interested.
Cat-GAF is probably thinking right now, let the dog eat the cats? How could you, horrible disgrace to humanity? But thats another problem. The neighbor across the damn street from me has cat-scratch posts on his porch, bowls of cat food and what he claims are 8 cats. 8 FUCKING STRAY CATS. He mentions the neighbor to the left of him has 6 more. He seems proud of this fact.
Are you shitting me?! These fuckers shit all over my planters and yard, yowl outside my bedroom window at midnight, and sleep on my fucking couch in my covered patio/chillroom, covering it with fleas and cat hair. I can't even sit on that couch without getting fleabites, and I don't even have any fucking pets. These cats don't even have the decency to bury their shit, sometimes they just leave nasty piles in the grass. I've stepped in it taking out the trash before work in the morning.
I figure I have just been too nice of a guy here. This is my first house, I'm a 25 year old guy, I live here by myself. I'm trying to get along with the neighbors, and they're all pretty friendly and helpful if I need to borrow a tool or something. But this shit has got to stop. Clearly they don't give a shit about common courtesy. I don't play loud music, I don't have wild parties, the only negative impact I have on anyone is my yard looks like shit because I haven't had the time/money to redo the landscaping since I have moved in.
Next steps are these. Anytime that pitbull barks at night, no matter how late, instead of yelling at it outside myself since the neighbor won't do shit I'll go hammer on his front door and tell him to shut it up. No exceptions. If I am awake, he is awake. As for cat-neighbor, I'm calling animal control on his ass. I've seen kittens running down the damn street, they are multiplying all over the place. Completely unacceptable. I'll stop chasing the cats off my property so he won't necessarily trace the crackdown back to me and take revenge somehow. Wienerdog neighbor isn't nearly as much of a problem as the other two. I'll just do the same as for pitbull neighbor and knock the door down as soon as it's dog won't STFU.
I don't want to go to all out war with these people. I want to have friendly relations. If the city seizes their animals, well, the numbnuts should have had some common courtesy.
TL;DR Otherwise chill neighbors have annoying animals they do not control, after a year of expecting and not receiving common courtesy from these fools, shit gets serious and I am bashing on doors at 2AM / calling animal control on stray cats.
