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This little [expletive] rat dog decides to bark nonstop for hours at a time. Just on certain days though. Usually early in the morning on a day when I don't have work and I'm hungover. It's a tiny dog so I'd actually call it more of a yapping than a bark.

And it's really steady. About 1 second in between yips. For hours, and I'm not joking about that. Like a goddamn metronome of crazy. The first time it happened a while ago it barked for so long that at some point I wasn't even pissed off anymore, just amused and curious just how long a dog could keep barking. Then towards the end of hour number two I got angry again and decided to leave.

Today it's mixing it up a little though actually. Three piercing yaps, then a few seconds until it does it again. It's still really keeping time well.

I've talked to my neighbor and from what I can gather this is what the dog does when she's gone all day because she had no idea. It doesn't happen that often, but if I happen to be here when it does it's the worst part of my week.

I don't think there's a real solution here that works for both parties. Unless she's OK with me killing her dog. I don't want to get hammered and listen to Jock Jams vol 1 at 3 am, but I feel like I'm going to have to every once in a while just to even the score.

Tell her to get a bark collar for the little ankle biter.

haltz wrote:I don't think there's a real solution here that works for both parties. Unless she's OK with me killing her dog. I don't want to get hammered and listen to Jock Jams vol 1 at 3 am, but I feel like I'm going to have to every once in a while just to even the score.

When it's time to do the tootsie roll, it's just time. Give in.

Our dogs stay inside when we're gone. And are immediately brought in when they start barking. To me, it's part of being a responsible owner. But clearly, many people don't get it.

Radbird wrote:Our dogs stay inside when we're gone. And are immediately brought in when they start barking. To me, it's part of being a responsible owner. But clearly, many people don't get it.

Oh it's inside. Same building.

Never heard of a bark collar, but I like the sound of that.

shoot it

Hudler wrote:Tell her to get a bark collar

This is a good idea. I had to get my dog a bark collar because she was apparently barking when I left her home alone. I didn't find out about it until the neighbor told me as she basically never barks when I'm around. Once she quickly figured out the collar, she never barks when it's on, so I don't consider it inhumane. Unfortunately, if I forget to put it on she still barks sometimes. I'd like to do something about this, but it's really difficult given that the behavior occurs exclusively when I'm not there to do anything about it.

haltz wrote:

Radbird wrote:Our dogs stay inside when we're gone. And are immediately brought in when they start barking. To me, it's part of being a responsible owner. But clearly, many people don't get it.

Oh it's inside. Same building.

Never heard of a bark collar, but I like the sound of that.

A bark collar has electrodes to give them a shock whenever they bark,it's how those invisible fences work too.

P.S. I don't recommend getting drunk and putting one on as a dare,a friend of mine made that mistake with awesome results.

Hudler wrote: P.S. I don't recommend getting drunk and putting one on as a dare,a friend of mine made that mistake with awesome results.

I would like to hear more about this.

While having a party at his house we dared him to put the invisible fence collar on and walk outside the boundary,the whole time we were promising him that we wouldn't turn it all the way up. We let him walk across the line with it set on the lowest level a couple of times and he said it didn't really hurt. Then without him knowing it,we cranked it all the way up,he screamed like a little girl and fell down. I seriously wish someone had a video camera,it would've been YouTube gold.