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[surfk]

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@onewhiteSparrow wrote:

surfk,   I agree with everything you posted.

Who has old junkyard cars in their yard?   I thought that was shown in funny old movies.   Maybe I need a road trip into different States?   (smile)

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Well, its the proverbial "junkyard" (the one down by the proverbial "tracks").

But you do hit on a vital point: a junkyard dog, for the most part, has no real place in a residential area. I mean, unless one is cooking meth in one's rumpus room, there is so little need to keep the entire community at bay with endlessly barking dogs.

[lovescats]

I would have to agree that a lot of barkers would be bored and lonely dogs.  Maybe a cat companion would be good but I hate to suggest pets for anyone.    I don't have a dog but I don't think a dog owner would call their dog a barker unless someone else called it that  but again I don't know.  I think a fenced yard is a lot better than having a dog on a chain.  I would call the local government before talking to the neighbors because then you'll know ahead of time if the neighbors tell you something different.

[onewhiteSparrow]

sufk,  wooooo wow,  sounds like a neighborhood to stay out of.

[nun ya]

When my dog barks, it is usually because she sees a cat, or someone walking their little dogs thinks it's cute to stand idle while the little yapper barks like a maniac at my dog. She doesn't just bark for no reason. 

I do find it strange, the big dogs don't bark at her, just the little ones.

[surfk]

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@onewhiteSparrow wrote:

sufk,  wooooo wow,  sounds like a neighborhood to stay out of.

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Well, one probably doesn't want to ever go down there wearing heels and tube top. That's all I can say.

[riley1]

If you live in an HOA community you will need to have their approval for the fence (type, height, etc). If not, Check your city ordinances for height restrictions (if any) and how far inside your property line it should be. Prettier side faces your neighbor - I think paint/stain is up to you.

[wismiss]

I am sorry I ever posted my question about fence etiquette.  My dog is NOT a junk yard dog.  In addition, my presence in the neighborhood doesn't make it a neighborhood to stay out of.  How rude.  I can't believe how this post when from a very nice, helpful thread to where the bullies of the board took over.  I won't name names,, but just read and it will be evident where the atmosphere changed and the bullies, immature, rude people took over.

[nun ya]

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@wismiss wrote:

I am sorry I ever posted my question about fence etiquette.  My dog is NOT a junk yard dog.  In addition, my presence in the neighborhood doesn't make it a neighborhood to stay out of.  How rude.  I can't believe how this post when from a very nice, helpful thread to where the bullies of the board took over.  I won't name names,, but just read and it will be evident where the atmosphere changed and the bullies, immature, rude people took over.

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I don't think that of you or your dog. 

I see you as being proactive to curtail his barking, 

[Buck-i-Nana]

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@surfk wrote:

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@Lipstickdiva wrote:

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@Lovethesea wrote:

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@IamMrsG wrote:

The topic is about fence etiquette.  

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... and that was thoroughly addressed.  Now we're getting to the core of the problem.

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No you aren't.  And besides, the OP didn't ask you about that.

You are assuming an awful lot in your post.

Some of you are acting as if the OP is planning on leaving her dog outside 24/7, 365 days a year to just bark.    

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In all fairness though, it was the OP in her/his originating post who characterized her/his own dog as being a barker.

And its s/he who also linked the desire for or necessity of a fence to his/her barking dog.

S/he could have just asked which side of the property line does one place the struts or supports when constructing a fence. But s/he didn't.

So the whole dog barking issue arose from her original description of her dog and the problem or reason for the fence.

Most dogs will, of course, periodically bark. If for no other reason than to clear their throat after a particularly dry Milkbone.

But for an owner to characterize her/his OWN dog as being a barker is telling ya something. Its not like s/he's the neighbor wanting to slap up a fence in the hopes it will quiet a neighboring dog whom everyone else calls a barker.

Instead its the owner of the dog telling us s/he's putting up a fence in an effort to maybe get her dog, a barker by her own admission, to bark less.

The fence situation and dog barking issue are two separate things though, really.

 I mean, after all, one can put up a fence even in a neighborhood without dogs.

(Sounds like a children's book: "The Neighborhood Without Dogs").

Some people just put up a fence to block out the nakie neighbors as they prune their roses in nothing but garden clogs, gardening gloves and a sensible sun hat.

I just personally haven't experienced a fence itself being the cure for a dog that's a "barker". There are other solutions to that problem than thinking that a simple wooden fence is going to fix.

I just didn't want to see the OP go to the effort and expense of a fence if the real reason for it is his/her barking dog. Its a big move - and risk - to think that will quiet things down.  Miost likely her dog is bored. A dog barks for a reason. And even if the reason is that it barks at everything that moves generally points to a dog that is, at its core, bored.

I live in a neighborhood of 12 foot high, 18-in thick walls and none of that stops a barker. Trust me. I hear one particular barker who must live over 2 blocks away. So that's thousands of yards, maybe eight walls, 300 trees and four sprawling house between us. And yet, some days, this dog still never stops talking to me (well, to the entire neighborhood).

Until animal control is called, of course. Then its owner apparently hears the barking for the very first time. Funny how that works. lol

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You must have incredibly sensitive hearing, or a vivid imagination and need to blame a dog?

Your rant at the expense of the OP is beyond over the top.  You attempt to disguise it as wanting to spare the OP from an expense?  Oh puhlease....

[Buck-i-Nana]

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@wismiss wrote:

I am sorry I ever posted my question about fence etiquette.  My dog is NOT a junk yard dog.  In addition, my presence in the neighborhood doesn't make it a neighborhood to stay out of.  How rude.  I can't believe how this post when from a very nice, helpful thread to where the bullies of the board took over.  I won't name names,, but just read and it will be evident where the atmosphere changed and the bullies, immature, rude people took over.

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I'm sorry.  It's pretty much a given around here that dogs and dog owners are going to be pounced on.  Some of the folks here yap, bark and pounce more than the worst dogs I've ever been around LOL.

You'll enjoy your fence.  I love mine and it does reduce the barking.  I'm currently in the process of replacing my privacy fence and sadly have been without it for almost a week now.  Neighbor dogs who have never barked at me or my dogs are having a good old time barking because they SEE us.  It's not uncommon for dogs to be visually stimulated, remove the sight, remove the stimuli.