Wow - what a crappy situation. I hate neighbors like that, we've had our fair share. If anyone was spraying Jackson to the point of coming soaking wet, I would be LIVID.
We used to live in a neighborhood and had a person that lived behind (in a flag lot) and at the time, we had a German Shepherd and a Golden Retriever. Yes, the GSD would bark occasionally but it was never excessive (we even put up cameras to prove how much she barked!) and our neighbor used to squirt her and throw things at her. I still swear to this day that's what caused her aggression, she was not an aggressive dog until about 1 1/2 years old, and suddenly she just started not trusting people and I think it was cuz of that neighbor. Anyways... this same neighbor sent in about 50-100 complaints to AC and other places, and one day a cop came to the door, not knowing the issues only seeing that my dad had so many citations and court dates against him, that he took him, brought him to jail, he had to pay all these fines, spent 2 nights in jail, because he had sooo many overlapping court dates, etc, he missed some of them. It was INSANE! So yeah needless to say my dad NEVER spoke to that neighbor again and the judge even thought it was insane. He went to jail for a DOG! Ugh, this all could have been solved by her coming to our door and explaining to us what the problem was. But she was always a nosy know it all who had nothing better to do with her time.
Anyways, is barking annoying? Yes! I'm glad my dad lives out in the 'country' in a neighborhood where the houses are far apart with a fenced in yard because when I go over there, the 3 dogs love to bark up a storm at the loose dogs running around. Dogs bark - it's a fact of life but they CAN be trained to bark less so maybe just do your part (even tho these neighbors are crazy) and begin training. |