Different strokes

[sapphyres]

One of the neighbors got themselves a howling puppy. Maybe I should be irritated, but all I think is, "haha, fuckers, I'm so glad I'm not YOU."

And they probably think the same thing when I'm howling at the children.

Comments

[gnomenapper]

Oi. I love animals, but when I'm trying to sleep and the neighbors dog is barking it pretty much becomes my nemesis.

[sapphyres]

I cannot stand barking. Other neighbors got a goddamned dog for Christmas one year that had desperation anxiety, that they left outside, that literally barked ALL DAY. I was tearing my hair out. I wanted to harm them ALL.

Howling ia funny though. I thought it was Malachai mocking his father at first.

[gnomenapper]

My neighbors dog is adorable, she looks like a little Ewok. But some nights they leave her outside and she *barks constantly* and I just want to wring her neck. When they're dogsitting their daughter's dog and leave it outside it's even worse, because it will bark for 12 hours straight. All. Night. I finally made a comment one day, and it was pretty snarky (so I felt bad)- but they haven't had that dog here in a bit so my sanity is at least a bit restored.

[sapphyres]

They would leave this thing out for 8-9 hours at a time and it wouldn't stop but for 2 minutes ALL DAY. EVERY DAY. They went out for Cinco de Mayo & left it to bark for, yeah, about 12 hours. It was hoarse & crying by midnight. After a FEW solid straight months, I started calling Animal Control every few days. It took seven calls & a new employee to get someone to come out.