Neighbor's Dogs Harassing my cats

[pomtzu]

I would be surprised if this situation is addressed in your HOA documents.

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LOL - I'm certain that you are correct, but............

There must be some rules/regulations/guidelines, regarding pets, and/or something regarding the right of privacy/space of other tenants. No one should have to tolerate someone else's dogs with their feet up on the window ledge and peering/barking into windows - other than the dogs own. Technically, this is an invasion of privacy - and privacy to which we are all entitled, and it doesn't matter if it's a person or their domesticated pet that it is committing this offense. IMO it is totally unacceptable.

Jo - you sure are a lot more open minded on this than I am. Why should Jessika have to provide the means to try to put a stop to it (the no bark thingy), when she is in no way responsible for the situation? Let the dog owner step up and assume responsibility!

[Cataholic]

Pom- I like to get along. I would try the polite approach. But, I must admit, I have a very hard time understanding why someone would just let their dog bark and approach a cat.

[pomtzu]

Pom- I like to get along. I would try the polite approach. But, I must admit, I have a very hard time understanding why someone would just let their dog bark and approach a cat.

Agreed 100% - I said to start with a polite approach too.

But seriously - don't you agree that she needs a copy of the condo rules, and not just for this dog related issue either. If she is living there, then she should know the do's and don'ts, just as other tenants do. She could easily be in violation of "something", "sometime" - and never realize what she is doing or did, is not allowable per the regulations that have been set forth. And if she has less than friendly neighbors, they could report her for "whatever", and like I said earlier, that her saying "I didn't know that", just isn't going to cut it. Ignorance is not bliss..............

[Freedom]

Yes, she definitely should, Ellie!

One of my friends live in a small condo complex, just 4 units. One is rented out. The other 3 FINALLY Figured out the renters had never been given a copy of the Rules; once shared, life was MUCH easier for all.

[sasvermont]

I wonder why some people think they are the only ones on the planet? I have a couple of neighbors like that and it is so frustrating. I, too, find it hard to be polite to such idiots. I wish I could act it out sometimes, but my rage gets the best of me and I look like a fool. I usually do nothing and just wait for them to move or I just try to not let it bother me. In the scheme of things, most of the problems I have i.e cigarette butts on my lawn and drive, trash blowing all over the place, tents put up on my property line and left there for weeks on end, trash cans left at the street side for days on end, I could go on. Every now and then we get good neighbors but from time to time we have just the opposite.

I wish you luck in resolving the problem. Maybe just yelling out the window = excuse me, but would you be so kind as to keep your dog(s) from barking at my cat(s) in the window! My guess is that if they are that ignorant, they will just give you the finger and you will have gotten no where fast. Just a guess.

People can be so frustrating to deal with. I feel your pain.

[moosmom]

People can be so frustrating to deal with.

That's why I'd prefer dealing with animals rather than people. There is NO excuse for stupid.

[Jessika]

So a quick update.

I have done nothing... and in the past month have not had this happen (at least, not while I've been home). We have had the windows open every day since my last post since the weather has been BEAUTIFUL so I'd surely know if they were doing it. I'm either hoping the neighbor found a new place to walk her dogs, moved (we did have a vacancy recently and had new neighbors move in), or finally "got it".

Now the problem I'm having is, since it's so nice out and people are leaving their windows open, some neighbors have dogs that like to bark at the sound of a fly's fart... all day... and at all hours of the night... that isn't nearly as disrupting as the dogs that were barking in the window at my cats, however, so I'll take it.