Bark Free Zone

It's been a while since I've posted to my Bark Free Zone Blog. Here is a little history, to why it has been so long. The quick story:

I had a barking dog problem. It was my backyard neighbors dog, and then multiple dogs... all the same owner. I reported, and reported, and reported. They were fined, multiple times. They got fed up with the fines, and visited my home while I was away. To my dismay, the neighbor decided to confront my wife, who is a stay at home mom. She who was pregnant and was with my son (who at the time was less than 2 years old). This young punk decided to tell my wife we shouldn't keep complaining, and that "Dogs Bark!" To make matters worst, he told my wife that we should just move!

That's where the story gets short... I got a promotion, and we did move. Go figure. I was actually so upset with the situation, I had been working hard to get a promotion that would get us out of the town we were living in. So with the move, came the job of finding a new home. Because of our past experiences, we had very specific requirements for finding a home. One of the requirements was NO backyard neighbor! And, thank you God, we found a house with no back yard neighbor. We still hear the occasional barking dog, but it is a very distant sound. And only when our windows are open. The only fear I have is if we ever get new neighbors that might have a dog, or have a dog they do not control.

For now we live in peace, aside from a 2 year old that likes to push his boundaries, and a new addition coming very soon that will for sure keep us up with her crying. But I welcome the sound of children over the sound of a nuisance dog any day.

I do however, still feel for those that are agonizing over nuisance neighbors. And I plan to maintain this blog as a forum for open discussion. Please feel free to vent or discuss any problems you are having. I would love to one day see signs in neighborhoods saying "Bark Free Zone" so as to show that we all have the right to peace and civility in our own neighborhoods.