It's been over two months since the dog began barking at 5:45 or 6:00 a.m. and goes until 7:00 a.m. every day. Saturdays/Sundays -- it's no different. We've called them a few times. They basically have said "F-U" and there's nothing they can do about it barking at that time for an hour.

My mother, who believe me is one scary woman when she is angered, called them on Saturday night. The woman, who used to be one of her very good friends, lied several times while talking to my mom.

She said:

1. the dog is chained out there first thing in the morning.

-- that's a lie, because the dog is across the street shitting in our yard and if it were on a chain they wouldn't be at the door screaming for it to come home and get back here. They could just grab the chain and pull it in.

2. she's busy getting her kids (ages 12 and 16 or 17) ready for school in the morning.

-- a few minutes later when my mom asked why the boy couldn't wait at the door for the dog to get done with its business in the morning, she told my mom, "I'm not waking my kids to do this. If your daughter doesn't like it, she can come down at 6 am and let the dog out so it goes right back in."

My mom was like THAT is not OUR responsibility to let YOUR dog out and the problem is SHE does not WANT to be awake at SIX A. M.!


She has a doggie door in the back of her house, but she won't let the dog out that door, because that would mean the dog would SHIT in their yard and not go across the street to my house.

She won't put a muzzle on it, so it won't bark a milion miles a minute!

My mom talked to her about noise ordinance laws and she tried to say my brother listens to his radio too loud -- which he does sometimes in the afternoon -- but her dog barks all day as well and they have one party after another every Friday and Saturday; so that arguement of hers was quickly abandoned.

My mom threatened to call the police if this keeps up.


BUT here's the problem ...

We have to call 9-1-1- and state the nature of our emergency. I somehow think, "well a dog is barking every morning from 5:45 to 7:00 a.m. waking up our household every day." is going to get us a police officer, when our township only has one or two on duty at that time, to the neighborhood in TIME for the dog to actually still be outside barking. They have to catch it outside barking.

THEN they will just issue one verbal warning. The next time it's one written warning. The last time, I think, it's a 25 dollar fine and then BAM start the song all over again.


I seriously can't function.

I've gotten maybe 4 consecutive hours or less of sleep a day since this started. THEY even let the dog out around that time on Saturdays and Sundays -- or earlier since her husband I think leaves for work at 5 a.m. and lets out the dog before he goes to work.

It's F-ing crazy!

I can't sleep with ear plugs.

Ear plugs hurt my ears. I wear them when I'm swimming because I have to, but it hurts my ears to have them in longer than a half hour or something.

I shouldn't have to leave my house to get sleep. My cousins have offered I can sleep at their house, but that's crazy!

We've all talked to them several times and it's gotten no response.

I don't know what else we can do.

I want to go out there and get all the shit from it in our yard and dump it on their porch ....

I'm just SO angry!