Dogs are protected from abuse. We humans are not protected from barking dogs abuse.

Best method is a daily call to the police, transferring the barking annoyment to them. Remember : ALL dog owners ARE DEAF.

 

The record shows clearly a large number of complaints from me about neighbors dogs barking. Still nothing gets done. So I mount a sonic device to deter the dogs barking. No harm to the animals. No cruelty to animals charges. Let the record show that I'm against punishing dogs for having bad owners. If anything I'd like to see the owners be punished for being bad owners. NOT the dogs.

So it's just a solar cell panel that is large enough to provide enough power entirely from the sun arrives in the east and it's gone in the west?
There must then be either a series or shunt regulator to limit the voltage.

Probably the best idea I've had so far. OK, not my idea, but it's still the best going. I like it. A shunt diode and let the sun power it. No need for all the extra stuff. Good plan in my book.

 

Now there's an idea; if the device aimed at the dogs doesn't work, then make a device that beeps to annoy people when the dogs bark. Use a smoke detector siren or 12. Put it on your fence aimed at the neighbors house.

 

ALL dog owners ARE DEAF.

Not really. I inherited my mother-in-law's dog. Darn thing barked like a squeaky spring in a motel mattress. But within 10 days I had him trained not to bark incessantly. Eventually found him a good home, an older woman who needed a companion. I gave her instructions to maintain good behavior from him. I hear the relationship is going quite well. AND the dog isn't barking its fuzzy head off. And I never had to use a shock collar on him. Just goes to show good management of an animal can yield good results. I'm not boasting. I'm just wondering why everyone else is so dumb when it comes to animal ownership. You've got to care for them just as much as you care for a child. It's that simple.

 

Now there's an idea; if the device aimed at the dogs doesn't work, then make a device that beeps to annoy people when the dogs bark. Use a smoke detector siren or 12. Put it on your fence aimed at the neighbors house

I LOVE that idea. Even thought of mounting a car horn somewhere and being able to blow it like crazy. But then they'd just call the cops and I'd be the one getting a bad rap. But believe me, a truck horn (big rig) - or even better yet, horns off of a train locomotive! Now THAT would shake their teeth loose. Especially aimed at them. But I'd have to mount it in a retractable housing so it can be hidden when not in use. So if the cops show up - - - "What horn?"

 

Another electronic effective method is your powerful home stereo playing at full blast, endlessly, speakers aimed towards the offending direction :

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While you go away for the weekend.

 

Best method is a daily call to the police, transferring the barking annoyment to them. Remember : ALL dog owners ARE DEAF.

After having Animal Control out numerous times, they told me that if I recorded the dog barking and kept a log of the times it came into my yard, they (meaning their department, not the officer who gave me the advice) would take my complaints more seriously.

The laws are written to favor dog owners. One time the neighbor's dog was in my yard chasing my chickens. I caught the dog and tied it to a tree and called Animal Control. By the time the Officer arrived, the dog had broken the rope I used to restrain it and went home. I was informed by the Officer that if he had seen the dog tied up, it would not have been a leash law violation and that he would have simply returned the dog to it's owner. He said he needed to see the dog running free before he could enforce the leash law.

 

Not really.

Agree completely. The ones that let their dogs bark and/or run loose are inconsiderate or clueless.

My neighbor told me that if I didn't want her animals (dogs, goats, and horses) in my yard, I should put up a fence. Even her kids played in my yard. She didn't see a problem with it...

 

You might also consider the headache you will be buying yourself if anything happens to the dog, and the owner suspects you had anything to do with it. Do you really want to get hauled into court, spend $10,000.00 on an attorney, and have to pay a judgement on top of that. Have you offered to let the dog out during the day while the owner is away. It would be the neighborly thing to do. These kind of disputes never end well.

 

I have shot video of the dogs barking. Hours of it. Animal Control told me to do that then they don't want to see the video. Even captured the owner hitting the pen (Not the dog, the pen) with a rake. Then she went over and shot the dog with the hose. It was clearly not a case of playing with the animal, it was a feeble attempt to quiet the dog. Funny, this occurred when they were trying to enjoy their own yard. Had nothing to do with me or my complaints. Still, the dog warden didn't want to see the film.

As for abusing the animal - pure and simple - I can't do that. Like I said before I just can't punish an animal for having a bad owner. It's not the dogs fault. So if my sonic device - commercially available - stops the barking and it's not injuring the animals then there's no harm no foul. And if they complain I'm pointing it at their yard I'll show the video in court. Shows clear reason and need for some sort of animal restraint.

I love the 12 hours of dog barking, but then the neighbors have the opportunity to call the cops on me. Then I look like the antagonist. I was already accused of standing on the fence inciting the dog to bark. Surveillance footage from my home security showed clearly that I was not "ON THE FENCE". Though my security cam does not record audio, it was clear the claim that I was enticing the dog to bark just to get a reason to complain was false. My neighbors are real pigs. Their property (higher than mine) had been sliding into my yard, pushing the fence over. I asked them for five years to fix it. Finally I just got tired of waiting for them and tore down the fence. And they called the cops to complain I was tearing "Their" fence down. No, it wasn't their fence, the pretty side was on their side, that made it MY fence. And when the cop showed up and asked me what I was doing - he could see clearly for himself the need for the repairs.

That's why I have posted the question about solar powering the dog bark deterrent. I best like the idea of using a solar panel to power it during the day and use either a regulator or a dump (zener) diode to control the voltage to the transmitter. Aside from all the conversation about bad owners, I'm now planning on just going with a solar panel.

Thanks all for the help. And if the dogs continue to bark I'll continue to call the cops. Let them (as someone said before) get tired of being called out to the same house. But if it can be resolved peacefully then I'm all for that.

Thanks again all. (except the comment to poison the dogs)

 

Animal abuse might be permissible in the UK

It most certainly is not.

 

It most certainly is not.

That's good to know. The statement made earlier made me wonder. I don't know the laws in all 50 states in the US, but I could look it up if I wanted to.

My neighbors' dogs all like me even though I'm a cat person. But it's somewhat disconcerting to have a dog growling at you in your own yard. Before I befriended a neighborhood Rottweiler, I was afraid for my life whenever it was in my yard growling at me. After it came to know me, it would stop growling once it recognized me. It still terrified my Daughter; she was traumatized as a toddler by having 150# dogs jumping on her. I had to train most of the neighborhood dogs to not jump on us.

 

When I taught high school I had a sign on my classroom wall...

Silence is Golden.
Duct Tape is Silver!

Roll of tape was next to the sign. Those little shits knew I would use it. Luckily it was in a part of the country where their parents would kick their asses if they came home with teacher-applied duct tape wrapped around their head.

 

When I taught high school had a sign in my classroom wall

When I was in elementary school, it was still acceptable for teachers to throw you up against a wall, hit the back of your hand with a ruler, and the principal had a paddle.

 

When I was in elementary school, it was still acceptable for teachers to throw you up against a wall, hit the back of your hand with a ruler, and the principal had a paddle.

Still allowed in 19 states.

http://neatoday.org/2016/10/17/corporal-punishment-in-schools/

 

Most likely the dog is simply bored. From your explanation, it sounds like a friendly dog not intending to be annoying, just wanting attention. Meat markets sell large bones for dogs pretty cheap. Perhaps you can convince your neighbor to throw their dog a bone (or a rawhide toy boiled in beef broth)

 

Still allowed in 19 states.

That's shocking and alarming...

 

That's shocking and alarming...

That it's not all 50?

 

That it's not all 50?

That corporal punishment is allowed in any state.

 

Still allowed in 19 states.

http://neatoday.org/2016/10/17/corporal-punishment-in-schools/

Back in '81, I was an exchange student in LaGrange, OH... I was very surprised to learn that the teachers could actually spank you with a paddle! (I was told it hurt real bad), even if you were an 18 year-old senior! ... talk about modern teaching psychology...