The last two posters pretty much summarized my thoughts.
Number one, if ANYONE hosed my dogs, I would be fighting, hopping mad. I have never sprayed them with cold water from a hose, and never would. Even when Cooper used to get in to mud (we have a shady patch behind our storage shed that is swampy, once we figured it out, we gated it off so he can't get in it), I used to wrap him in an old towel and carry his muddy butt to the bathtub!
There is a family next door to us that has 6 kids in a 3 bedroom home, and the home is smaller than ours. They also have a dog. They have no problem with their dog barking, and never once have I complained to them about it, but I was sitting in my kitchen one day, happened to look out the window, and one of the kids was standing on something to make him taller, throwing rocks over the privacy fence at Cooper. I was so furious I ran out the door hollering, and the kids scrambled. The mother is a SAHM, and I went over there and told her what they did!
Like the other poster said, I have 3 yorkies, and when they all decide to bark at once, over NOTHING, it is ANNOYING. Cooper is going to run around the yard and bark one lap, but if he does more than that, we make him come inside. I think he may be catching on.
I know it is frustrating, but I honestly laughed at the thought of your neighbor mowing his yard 1/2 nude at night. <giggle> the neighbor on the other side of us is just as bad, he gets up and mows at 7 am on a Sat or Sunday, passing right by my bedroom windows. I think it is VERY rude, but sometimes you have to pick your battles, if you complain about everything, then they will start picking at you, and then a war ensues.
Please repair your fence or stay outside with your babies. You would be heartbroken if one was ran over, stolen, or injured by that vile man. We would be too! |