Bark, bark, bark continuously!

toedtoes wrote:
I don't think anyone has voted for "confront the dog owner first". It's more "give the dog owner a heads up that there is an issue before making a formal complaint".

I think what many folks are suggesting is that you can prevent it from being a "problem that requires official intervening" simply by talking to the dog owner.

This seems to be a difficult thing to do nowadays - folks tend to see any and every thing as a Problem that needs resolving. Most often the thing is minimal, and considerate and straight-forward communication at the outset will resolve it before it becomes a Problem.

Sometimes reading these threads is like watching a Jane Bloody Austen movie - if the d**ned people would just communicate with each other, there'd be no stupid story... :)

People dont sit on their front porches anymore, they dont know their neighbors, they dont say hi. It's not the same as it may have been 40 years ago. It's easy to understand others point of view and just politely talk to the neighbor but I have also seen to many times that it doesn't work out well. Everyone has different experiences and results. Damn, I have people pissed at me for building a vacation home or getting a new truck. It's baffling, I worked for it, I didn't steal it but some people are that way. The last thing I'm in the campground for is dealing with those issues.

I have only been to a campground office one time and that was over drunks that couldn't understand the quiet time rules. I may have drank more than them but I'm smart enough to go by the rules and I dont want someone else to have to come and talk to me. If the park management did come to me with an issue, we would correct what we are doing wrong and be just fine with whoever is around me. I was the problem, not them, so I wouldn't even have an attitude. Everyone isn't like me or you or all the other people on here who are good neighbors. Maybe Ive seen to many ugly things.

Pertaining to the chainsaw issue above. As someone else said, people know what their dogs are like, the neighbor knew the dog was barking, they drove up and went inside then plopped down on the opposite side of the house and turned up the ball game. The dog was never even let out.

Over the previous 15 years I had always watched their seasonal place, mowed the driveway with my tractor and now that he has passed I pick up downed branches and etc that she cant handle. The chainsaw incident just reminded them of what they had or what they could have. NO, he didn't die of 2 stroke smoke inhalation. We wave to each other and they love me. I say "they" as in her and 2 sons who dont do much for her.