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04-11-2011, 05:01 PM | #1 |
Banning Queen Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Home of the Kalamazoo Wings, MI.
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| I don't trust my neighbors. :( I live in a fairly decent apt. complex with secured entrances, I'm on the 3rd floor. My neighbors directly across the hall (3 guys) have a habit of letting the kinda "self-closing" door slam shut. When they do it's very loud & rattles my door which rattles Princess. I have worked with her a lot to minimize her daytime barking with success. At night, from about 11 to 1ish then 5a.m. to 6ish they come and go left & right & I get startled awake by Princess barking her intruder bark because it scares her in the dead silence of night. Yesterday I put a note on their door asking for some courtesy & the night was quiet. This morning when I got back from my sisters (I get my nephew off to school everyday, same time), my neighbor was walking his pug in the hall opposite of where we go out at and turned around just in time to meet me at my door. I avoided him, he went in and he SLAMMED the door. He then slammed the door prob 10 X's in the next hour. I just feel paranoid now that he may be tormenting Princess while I'm gone now or something. I think this more because when she was a pup we were outside & he & his dog were on their balcony. His dog was barking at her & he was saying "get her, get her"! Do my fears sound justified or am I just being paranoid? Should I take any other steps in this situation? I don't want to create any more problems but for all I know he could be getting Princess worked up, then his dog worked up in retaliation. Thanks for any input & sorry this is so long.
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04-11-2011, 05:07 PM | #2 | |
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04-11-2011, 05:13 PM | #3 |
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| any way you could set something up to record it all day... or do you know any other neighbors that could confirm or deny your suspicions? I was looking at apps that will tap into the house security to monitor Polo when we are away... I am sure there are cheap alternatives..but it would stink to buy something just to prove this is or is not happening. Does Princess show signs of additional stress at all?
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04-11-2011, 05:22 PM | #4 |
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| He sounds a bit psycho to me. I'd proceed carefully - your note should not have elicited that kind of response - just the opposite. Most people would have been a bit shamefaced that their thoughtlessness had caused a problem. This guy - opposite effect. To bait you by the repetitive slamming suggests a kind of unreasonable anger with you are being paid back for your note. If you do escalate, be prepared for a possibly equally irrational response. Take care around this guy.
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04-11-2011, 05:24 PM | #5 |
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| WOW!!! He is childish JERK! I would ask a neighbor to keep a eye on him, and see if he is doing that when you are gone. IF you find out he is , I would have no problem telling the front office Good Luck!
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04-11-2011, 05:25 PM | #6 |
Banning Queen Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Home of the Kalamazoo Wings, MI.
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| she's still always happy when we get home. I had to move her bed to the hallway about 3 feet from the door because she would just sleep in the shoes otherwise. She was barking today when my daughter & I got home, we could hear her through the window. I don't know if she heard us or something else was going on . It was just waaay beyond odd the way he was in the hall this morn. as for recording i don't think i have anything. my daughter has a laptop so maybe i could hook the webcam to that. it does suck that i even have to consider such measures.
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04-11-2011, 06:11 PM | #7 | |
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Believe it or not, I had a neighbor like that when I had my Cairn that was crazy enough to leave out dog treats in our yard that had Decon (rat poison) in them to try to hurt my poor baby. Needless to say, we moved. Not saying that that is your neighbor necessarily, but I'm definitely not liking the whole "get her, get her!" thing. Red flags.
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04-11-2011, 06:11 PM | #8 | |
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04-11-2011, 06:18 PM | #9 |
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| I think you have to be careful in your dealings with neighbors- if you complain about them shutting their door too loudly, they very well may turn around and complain about your dog barking. It is difficult living in an apartment sometimes- I hear people fighting, dogs barking, doors opening and shutting- it is just the way it is living in and apartment. I have tried very hard to de-sensitize my dogs to all the noises. I still get woken up sometimes to barking but it has gotten better over time.
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04-11-2011, 06:20 PM | #10 |
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| I respectfully disagree with this. I think leaving a note on a door, rather than politely talking face to face, is likely to elicit that type of reaction.
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04-11-2011, 06:21 PM | #11 |
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| I would be very careful around this guy, he seems like a whacko. You never know nowadays. He might be trying to cause trouble for you by making her bark since you left a note on his door. Good Luck with your situation and hope things get better. This is one reason I am so glad I don't have neighbors.
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04-11-2011, 06:21 PM | #12 |
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| I am sorry you have to go through the noisy neighbor thing but I do believe that you may have made him angry with you. You said you left a note and that it was quiet that evening. Then the next day you saw him and avoided him. I think you should have acknowledged him and said thank you for the quiet evening and you appreciated his courtesy. The best way to get people to do the right thing is to talk face to face. I think the best thing to do now is to talk to him. Keep your cool, don't act on the defensive or put him on the defensive. Just be honest and kind. Trust me, it is the way to go, if you wait too long you will make it worse. Tell him you weren't sure what to say after you left the note and you didn't mean to ignore him and are sorry you didn't say thank you for him being quiet and you have the feeling he is angry because of the way he is slamming the door now and can you both try again. If things go well, I would even drop off some cookies with a thank you in front of his door. I would say if that doesn't do it and it continues, you can say you did the best you could and call management. Good Luck |
04-11-2011, 06:26 PM | #13 | |
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04-11-2011, 06:35 PM | #14 |
Banning Queen Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Home of the Kalamazoo Wings, MI.
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| i agree i could have had a face to face with him, but i've tried to talk to him several times just out of politeness & he just hurries faster. plus i just think it's better for me not to have a face to face as i get heated, esp. when it comes to princess or my child. i could've just reported him to begin with but i wanted to give him a chance. i've lived in an apt. since i moved out at 17 & have reasonable expectations. i don't expect quiet days and do expect occasional more than average noise at some time or another. it's just rude to let the door slam mainly between 11p.m. & 1a.m. & again from about 5-6a.m. i think my 13 y.o. has enough courtesy not to do that. what i should've done was reported him about his comments last spring, but i didn't want to stir the pot as i just moved in. if it's quiet tonight i will try to make it a point to thank him sometime soon. as for when i leave i always leave the t.v. on the "soundscapes" channel, but she does sleep right by the door, only, & you can hear very well what's going on outside the door. i also did not want to risk a heated confrontation since 3 guys (2 are security guards) live there & it's only me and jazz here.
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04-11-2011, 06:41 PM | #15 |
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| How about locking her in another room away from the door. I have mine contained in the back area of my apartment- which is the master bedroom, hallway and bathroom. I do this because I know they will hear more noises in the front of the apartment and don't want them to bark and bother other people.
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