- Thread starter Meemselle
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Sosua Police/Noise Hotline
I used to live here close to a Canadian couple and they had several dogs. I've noticed that both dogs didn't bark, they just made a weird wheezing sound. I've asked the lady why was that and she told they had to cut (?) the vocal cords (devocalization google told me) because neighbors in Canada were complaining. Apparently in Canada they can make you do something about your barking dog. I don't own a dog and had no idea about this procedure nor have I met such dogs anywhere before.
I have seen a collar that stops the dog barking.
Must be like the electric fences... a small volt jolt when they bark
Personally, I want my dogs to bark - just when needed, not constantly
Must be like the electric fences... a small volt jolt when they bark
Personally, I want my dogs to bark - just when needed, not constantly
I bought one of those for a Shepard I had. He almost killed himself. When people would walk by our front fence he'd run full speed at them and start barking just before he got to the fence. The shock would send him headfirst into iron bars. Not a small jolt either, it put out some serious voltage.
He'd freak out at the shocks and yelp and get shocked again. I finally tossed the collar.
I ended up giving him to a K-9 security company.
Seems they are being requested to crack down on the big speaker jerks in Puerto Plata.
See ii isn't just extranjeros that find it offensive, locals do too.
I think speakers should be seized on the first complaint. Then sell them back to China
https://www.puertoplatadigital.com/verNoticia.aspx?Id=33660
See ii isn't just extranjeros that find it offensive, locals do too.
I think speakers should be seized on the first complaint. Then sell them back to China
https://www.puertoplatadigital.com/verNoticia.aspx?Id=33660
Speakers are a never-ending battle here and you can bet it's the locals complaints that get them confiscated.
The local media publishes pictures of them being destroyed almost every month.
I am at the point of hiring an assassin. I am not one of the DCDR or any kind of a great animal lover but I am not an animal hater---I have a dear Dominican friend---we've been friends for 35 years; he is otherwise educated, has lived in Europe---but actually kicks the kittens and....yuuck.
But I've tried Animal Control; I've contacted Ruido. As a gringa, I can't really go & speak to the family, bc (like Michael Corleone) should the dog be struck by lightning or cut himself shaving, I would be culpable.
I love my apartment. Despite it being en el centro, it is quiet, and so spacious, and SO affordable, and with the work I have done: so pretty. So I don't want to give it up. Plus: I don't want to move again.
I guess I would try going through the appropriate channels with Fiscal about the dog. My previous experience with Fiscal, where I was savagely bitten by a dog, by the owner's negligence, ended: guess what. La culpa de la gringa. For not walking on the other side of the street.
But I've tried Animal Control; I've contacted Ruido. As a gringa, I can't really go & speak to the family, bc (like Michael Corleone) should the dog be struck by lightning or cut himself shaving, I would be culpable.
I love my apartment. Despite it being en el centro, it is quiet, and so spacious, and SO affordable, and with the work I have done: so pretty. So I don't want to give it up. Plus: I don't want to move again.
I guess I would try going through the appropriate channels with Fiscal about the dog. My previous experience with Fiscal, where I was savagely bitten by a dog, by the owner's negligence, ended: guess what. La culpa de la gringa. For not walking on the other side of the street.
Have you considered soundproofing your bedroom? I'm hoping to retire in Mexico and intend to do this. Even just having one room as a sanctuary from the noise would be nice. I am one of those people who is really sensitive to noise and a dog barking non-stop would drive me mental. Also, could you approach your neighbours really NICELY? Bring them a hamper of food, bottle of booze or something and just really sweetly explain that you can't work, or can't sleep or something? I can't see them holding a grudge over something like that.
Mind you if you follow this up by poisoning the dog, they will probably figure out it was you. JK. I think.
I think going with the Fiscal in the long run will not help. You would then be the bad Gringa and would have spent $ for this reputation.
You know what the Dominican solution is but You and I can not do this. I had similar experience neighbour has young dog tied up on 5 foot chain 24 hrs/day so dog would bark all day and night. After about 6 months you would notice something wrong in his bark something like damage vocal cords. Dog would bark less. After a few more months Dog hardly barks anymore.
So if you are not ready for the Dominican solution then patient is the solution and maybe earplugs. I was not able to sleep with earplugs but in time the Barking gets to be in the background you must try to not think about it.
Poor Dog still tied up 24/7 now maybe going on 3 years. You can't change stupid people here.
I bought a high-frequency dog whistle and an electronic bark control to try on the dog my neighbor has that likes to hear itself bark.
The whistle actually works. He shuts up as soon as I blow it but then starts again after 30 seconds or so. It takes 4 or 5 times for him to quit, but it's not permanent.
I went ballistic once. It seemed to help.
For both the dog and myself
Throwing coconuts at them gives you respect too
Not sure regarding the neighbors
I rent my apt. so I am not going to spend money to "soundproof" it. And yes, that is the plan: to go over there and remonstrate. I will not bring them food or drink, bc they probably wouldn't accept it from a stranger.
I've got my bedroom soundproofed. Heat repellant curtains facing outside with sound deadening curtains inside. IIRC they only cost about 5o bucks at the time. And if I move someday, I can take them with me.
I like the sound deadening curtains so much I put them on all of my windows.
Of course, they don't knock out the sound of kids playing in the parking area, but when they're not playing it's extremely quiet.