November 11, 2016
This has never happened before. We've always been blessed with good neighbors. Great neighbors. But, for the past few days, we've had two small, fluffy nasty yappy uncontrolled dogs next door.
Poor things, they're probably stressed out. Me too.
Despite their minute sizes, they can blast out a horrible, unending pattern of yipping hysteria that puts me on edge. Seriously, They are awful. The owners must be deaf. They sit in their lawn chairs and don't even seem to notice that their fluffy little CUJO impersonators are annoying the whole Park. Every time we walk in or out of Hula Girl, whenever friends stop by to visit or when people walk past here, these dogs go off like a cacophony of canine car bombs.
This morning, I even started barking. The deep woof that spouted from my throat scared me and I hastily ran inside and retreated to the bed. (Ahhhh, Animal Planet, please?). I only let out a bark every 30 days or so, just to remember that I'm actually a dog. But this is different. These yippy dudes next door are putting me on the Bus to Crazyland. They're Punks in the Dog World.
For five long days we haven't been able to enter or exit Hula Girl or have guests without these dogs going totally bananas, twirling in airborne Cirque de Soleil-like acrobatics at the end of their leashes, frantically opposing our presence. Anyone who walks by is rociously snarled at. The owners sit in their lawn chairs, serenely reading their books and do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
My neighborhood friends stopped by and asked us how we can even stand it.
My neighborhood friends stopped by and asked us how we can even stand it.
We didn't want to be whiny neighbors so we just shut up and put up.
This afternoon, the woman at the office went to talk with the owners, who do nothing to control the continuous barking. She could barely hold a conversation with them, she said, because the little dogs were barking and snarling at her the whole time. She advised them the Park people are complaining. I don't think my People would allow me to yip and snarl for hours, read their books and pretend it's not happening like our neighbors do. Thankfully, after a trip to the office, we learned that the dogs will now be housed.
This afternoon, the woman at the office went to talk with the owners, who do nothing to control the continuous barking. She could barely hold a conversation with them, she said, because the little dogs were barking and snarling at her the whole time. She advised them the Park people are complaining. I don't think my People would allow me to yip and snarl for hours, read their books and pretend it's not happening like our neighbors do. Thankfully, after a trip to the office, we learned that the dogs will now be housed.
Oh, the perils of dog travel.
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