Code Compliance - Barking Dog Complaint Information

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How to Identify if Your Dog is a Noise Nuisance

Here are some guidelines for determining whether your dog is a good companion and watchdog or a neighborhood nuisance.

Does your dog bark excessively:

• When you put them outside while at work?
• When someone rings your doorbell?
• When garbage collectors, mail carriers, paper carriers, etc. come to your house?
• When children are playing outside?
• When another animal comes into view?
• When another dog barks?
• When hearing a siren?
• When wanting to get into the house?
• When you leave or return home?
• When left alone and lonely?

If your answer was “yes” to any of these questions, your dog could be a neighborhood nuisance. This disturbance of peace is one of the quickest and most common ways to become a bad neighbor.
Persistent barkers are more likely to be ignored, if there is a real emergency, since they seem to bark all the time.