This is what I just got done posting on the website at Bellecrest.org:
Discourteous Neighbor, Excessive Barking, Noise Polution and (possible) Animal Abuse
Since I moved back into the neighborhood about two months ago, there has been an ongoing problem of a large, loud, barking dog during the day and late into the night - many times after midnight.
On July 16th at about 11pm, I hunted down the location of the offending dog (11XX SE 107th Ave SE here in Bellevue) and left a nice note (with my cell phone number) for the owner, along with a 1/2 box of dog biscuits (I love animals and feel sorry for this dog). The barking was less frequent, but still very excessive for the next month.
On August 13th, the dog was barking for 3 hours straight. I could not get to sleep even with ear plugs. At 11:30pm, I went and knocked on the door. No answer. I left another note pleaded for the owner to take care of the dog and have some consideration for the neighbors and neighborhood.
For the past month, there has been ongoing excessive barking early in the morning (I’ve been waken up at 7am even with earplugs and all windows closed) and late at night (I’ve been kept up past midnight by this barking dog multiple times).
After getting no response or consideration, I am at my wits end. Tomorrow 9/12/08 (tonight 9/11/08?) I will be filing a noise complaint with King County Animal Care and Control Board. I’ve tried nice with no results, now I’m being forced to go through the complaint process.
According to the process, my complaint will be assigned a case number and I will be sent a petition form. As soon as I receive it, I will be looking for other affected neighbors to sign the petition.
If you have been affected by this barking dog, and its discourteous owner I would like to hear from you. I love animals and feel very sorry for this dog, but its owner has shown blatant and constant disregard for the animal and the neighborhood.
Let’s make sure our neighborhood is a decent place to live.
Thank you!
Joe Kennedyeastsidebusiness(at)gmail.com
The silver lining in this story is that the neighbor came home, was there when I went to leave another note and now understands how her actions and her dog's barking has been affecting me. She has a chance to remedy the situation before I file the complaint. I hope she does.
2 comments:
Another thing you can do and I only know about this because we have a neighbor who likes to do this to us constantly (we're pretty quiet, keep our dogs and kids quiet, we just happen to have a stereo hookup for our tv and the bass is pretty good - though we do not play our tv at high levels, this guy just suffers from being a very light sleeper with a very thin bedroom wall I guess) - you can call the police and complain of excessive noise. Apparently Bellevue does not have a set time for "excessive noise" complaints. So if your current course of action bears no fruit, contact your local police.
Thanks Renee. I've tried very hard to handle it without police or complaints to authorities, but if I allow it to go on after three direct pleas to the neighbor, it is my own fault.
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