08-25-2006, 11:11 PM
In my previous posts, you heard all about my dog annoying one of my neighbors with his barking http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/151166
and my plans for fixing the situation http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/152...msg-152773
Now for a quick followup...
So after putting the ultrasonic dog collar on my dog while I was away and recording the results, I was very pleasantly surprised to find that my dog barked maybe a total of 2 times in a day. I could hear him gearing up for a torrent of barks (he huffs and puffs a lot beforehand), but after the first bark and the resulting ultrasonic beep, he stopped. After a few days of this, I was also happy to see that he wasn't testing the system. Maybe there'd be one bark in the morning, but none after that. I consider this to be a success and can now start positive training so I can get that collar off my dog.
But there was one thing that still needed to be resolved, my neighbor from across the creek. My wife and I walked over to talk to them in person, but they weren't there. Luckily I had typed up a quick note (for just such a situation) explaining that we were sorry for our dog barking and that we were taking steps to fix the situation. We left the note on the door and hoped that we made a positive impression.
The next day while I was away from the house, my wife calls me and tells me we had a visitor... from across the creek. 'Oh crap, I hope everything went ok' I thought. She tells me that this guy shows up with a bottle of wine and explains that they weren't the ones who complained. He says that he hears our dog, but it doesn't bother him at all. He then goes on to theorize who might have written the notes. In the end he thought it was probably some renters across the street from him who have complained about all sorts of things and have even called the cops on some kids riding their dirt bikes down the street. My wife thanked him and was relieved, but we still have a mystery on our hands.
Since we have control of the situation, I'm not going to do anything more about finding the person who complained. With luck we won't be getting any more anonymous notes. Thanks again for everyone's advise and support. I'm feeling a lot better about things than I was last week.
and my plans for fixing the situation http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/152...msg-152773
Now for a quick followup...
So after putting the ultrasonic dog collar on my dog while I was away and recording the results, I was very pleasantly surprised to find that my dog barked maybe a total of 2 times in a day. I could hear him gearing up for a torrent of barks (he huffs and puffs a lot beforehand), but after the first bark and the resulting ultrasonic beep, he stopped. After a few days of this, I was also happy to see that he wasn't testing the system. Maybe there'd be one bark in the morning, but none after that. I consider this to be a success and can now start positive training so I can get that collar off my dog.
But there was one thing that still needed to be resolved, my neighbor from across the creek. My wife and I walked over to talk to them in person, but they weren't there. Luckily I had typed up a quick note (for just such a situation) explaining that we were sorry for our dog barking and that we were taking steps to fix the situation. We left the note on the door and hoped that we made a positive impression.
The next day while I was away from the house, my wife calls me and tells me we had a visitor... from across the creek. 'Oh crap, I hope everything went ok' I thought. She tells me that this guy shows up with a bottle of wine and explains that they weren't the ones who complained. He says that he hears our dog, but it doesn't bother him at all. He then goes on to theorize who might have written the notes. In the end he thought it was probably some renters across the street from him who have complained about all sorts of things and have even called the cops on some kids riding their dirt bikes down the street. My wife thanked him and was relieved, but we still have a mystery on our hands.
Since we have control of the situation, I'm not going to do anything more about finding the person who complained. With luck we won't be getting any more anonymous notes. Thanks again for everyone's advise and support. I'm feeling a lot better about things than I was last week.
