I've HAD it!

[*LabLoverKEB*]

So, in a nutshell- my city and animal control are very useless.
I sent in that barking log ONLY to find out they send me a notice via snail mail (that takes longer than a phone call) stating that "You only gave us 6 incidents, we need 10. We also need one of your neighbors to fill out a separate log". OMG are you KIDDING ME?! First, can you really not work with 6 incidents? And do I really need to bother my very nice neighbors to do this? This is absolutely ridiculous!
I sent them a nice long complaint on how extremely frustrating, and really ridiculous, and how I spent over two weeks trying to fill that log in and making sure the times were accurate. And then you proceed to tell me 'you cannot work with it'? Give me a break!
I spend a good portion of my time studying here at home, but I also spend A LOT of time studying at school with classmates. The barking really makes it hard to concentrate! So yesterday evening, my mom decides to go over to the house and see what's going on. Apparently they are very nice people, but are not home often, and they leave him in the backyard. I disagree, someone is usually home, but whatever. They told my mom they are looking into a bark collar. Unfortunately, I have found that the citronella bark collars don't exactly work for the big time barkers!

Moral of the story is..... the city/animal control do NOT in any way make it easy to pursue a complaint.

[Taz_Zoee]

Goodness! Couldn't they have told you when they first asked you to keep a log that they needed 10 incidents AND a neighbor's log as well???
Well, with this and pomtzu's stray dog issue I'd say AC is pretty useless.
I know I called them on a dog left in a car during the summer. They said they'd send someone out but I never saw anyone. So frustrating!!
Well, I hope your mom talking with them helps. At least they are nice people. Maybe you can work with them. Good luck!

[cali]

that sounds very familer, there used to be a dog a few houses down from me that barked nonstop day and night, this dog was just tied to the short chain day in and day out, this was also a black and tan BC or BC mix. WE actually had a barking complaint filed against us because of it! everyone just assumed that barking = the house with all the dogs..we were investigated without us aware of it..and cleared because it wasnt our dogs. that dog was left outside without shelter and nobody home during a bad storm over the summer and he got loose and bolted..havent seen or heard it since