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I will try to make this as short as possible. I have a neighbor who does not like me. I have a Beagle who is very young and when we first got him I woulod be the first to say he had a howling issue. His howling was very annoying and we have taken him to classes, bought all the books and quite honestly feel we now have the situation under control. He will still bark if there are strangers behind our home (we back to a woodline) or if there is someone in our yard or a loose pet but his prolonged howl for no reason has stopped. She on the other hand has gotten worse, filing complaint after complaint with our HOA and even going so far as to ask other neighbors to email the HOA stating that they can hear the dog (these neighbors told us they were asked to send an email saying they have heard the dog before..but that the dog did not bother them and that there email was not meant as a 2nd compaint) Now my HOA is saying I have to put a shock collar on my dog and would not even allow me to defend myself against the complaint. In fact I have witnesses who were at there homes, and at my house on one day in particular that she complained and he barked 3 times ( not 3 spells but 3 total barks) once when there was a kid at my tree line and twice at another neighbor taking her dog out, oh I also have pictures of her that day playing with her kids and my dog in the picture laying down facing the opposite direction. I am at a loss as to what tt do next. We have worked very hard with the dog to stop the barking and it has worked but now I am being told I have to put a shock collar on my dog or get rid of him. I want my dog to bark when there is someone that doesn't belong here and with a shock collar he won't be able to..Not only that but unless my HOA is willing to put one on and test it I don't see how they can force me to put it on my dog regardless of how humane they feel it is!!!!!!!!! I am just angry and wondering what my options are and what to do next?????
I will try to make this as short as possible. I have a neighbor who does not like me. I have a Beagle who is very young and when we first got him I woulod be the first to say he had a howling issue. His howling was very annoying and we have taken him to classes, bought all the books and quite honestly feel we now have the situation under control. He will still bark if there are strangers behind our home (we back to a woodline) or if there is someone in our yard or a loose pet but his prolonged howl for no reason has stopped. She on the other hand has gotten worse, filing complaint after complaint with our HOA and even going so far as to ask other neighbors to email the HOA stating that they can hear the dog (these neighbors told us they were asked to send an email saying they have heard the dog before..but that the dog did not bother them and that there email was not meant as a 2nd compaint) Now my HOA is saying I have to put a shock collar on my dog and would not even allow me to defend myself against the complaint. In fact I have witnesses who were at there homes, and at my house on one day in particular that she complained and he barked 3 times ( not 3 spells but 3 total barks) once when there was a kid at my tree line and twice at another neighbor taking her dog out, oh I also have pictures of her that day playing with her kids and my dog in the picture laying down facing the opposite direction. I am at a loss as to what tt do next. We have worked very hard with the dog to stop the barking and it has worked but now I am being told I have to put a shock collar on my dog or get rid of him. I want my dog to bark when there is someone that doesn't belong here and with a shock collar he won't be able to..Not only that but unless my HOA is willing to put one on and test it I don't see how they can force me to put it on my dog regardless of how humane they feel it is!!!!!!!!! I am just angry and wondering what my options are and what to do next?????