[Coco] further adventures with plug'n'power/x10

[Steven Hirsch]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2010, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Neighbor has the collars that shock the dog when it barks.
>
> She does not replace the batteries as needed. The dogs never bark when she
> is home and so insists there is no problem.

Inconsiderate dog owners never seem to hear their own pets - bane of my 
existence as well.

> Thankfully the current set of dogs as not nearly as bad as the first set, one
> (Lucky who was almost killed by other dogs) would bark very loud and
> piercing at the footsteps of a person walking a block away, any siren within
> two miles or an airplane flying over among many other triggers. I could not
> use my patio for any purpose. Anything I was doing (inside) was immediately
> stopped, the 1812 overture with dogs might be OK, The Moonlight Sonata not.

Fortunately our city has a well-enforced noise ordinance.  After fruitless 
attempts at negotiations with the )_&)^ idiot behind us I just started 
calling the police when it becomes a nuisance.  After a few $75 fines, the 
message got through.

Hate to be a jerk, but when all else fails...



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