Owners may pay for barking dogs

Orange County Register (CA) ^ | 7/17/07 | DOUG IRVING

[kiriath_jearim]

Santa Ana has created a new category of public nuisance: dogs that bark incessantly for no apparent reason.

And under the law, the owners of such dogs may have to pay.

The city has received nearly 1,000 complaints of noisy animals since 2001, but only three rose to the level of a criminal proceeding. The new law, adopted late Monday, allows the city to issue citations to the owners of barking dogs without pursuing a criminal case.

[Terriergal]

OH wait... I see it only works when the animal is barking. Hmm! That could be good!

I think the story I heard where neighborhood kids were hearing the noise and being disturbed was a continuous noise.

[netmilsmom]

We love the Dog Whisperer.

I need my hubby to spend some time with him. His way of getting the pup to stop nipping is to show her closed hands. Then she chews them. *sigh*

[part deux]

The key was getting the extra heavy version and point it directly at the backyard of the animal I have mine mounted on the rail of my back porch so I can leave it plugged in, and pointed at the neighbor's back yard. It worked great early last spring when there were no leaves on the trees, but once the leaves came out on the few trees between my porch and his yard, the dog's barking wouldn't set it off anymore. Now I use the remote control when the dog gets on my nerves. Good product, I recommend it for anyone that has a dog barking problem. It also works good for driving dogs off when my other neighbor's kids come over to play with my kids and their dog follows them over.

It sounds like it works the same. Ours had batteries and was voice, or should I say "bark activated".

If you like similar gadgets, try smarthome.com - they have everything fun from lights in the front yard that can detect animals in your yard and let out an ultrasonic sound so they don't leave their gift on the lawn.

[Terriergal]

sounds like he’s a pushover. lol I wish I could get my hubby to do *anything* bonding with our dogs. Just for me, even.

[Dixie Yooper]

I’ve heard some people can hear this (or at least feel it) and find it incredibly disturbing. So are you a Yooper transplant to Dixie???

There are two settings, audible and high frequency. My wife can here the high frequency sound and says it hurts her ears. They claim the high setting is for small dogs, but I haven't needed to use it.

Yes, I grew up in a small town just north of the Wisconsin border. Now I live near Raleigh, NC.