Got a Barking Dog in your HOA?
It is a common problem amongst HOA’s – barking dogs. Wether it be your dog, or your neighbors, please share these tips about how to quiet your furry best friend.
According to experts, there are reasons why a dog barks: boredom, changes to the dog’s lifestyle, hostile neighbors, lack of shade, possible health issues, or children teasing the dog, can all affect the dog’s mental health and cause it to bark in excess.
Owners and Homeowner Associations have used some of the following techniques:
10 Suggestions for Limiting Dog Barking
- Insert a dog door and a “dog-proofed” section of the house that provides dog toys and enticements. Give the dog an option to come inside rather than bark at irritants outside.
- Ask a dog professional to speak at your HOA Board meeting.
- The complaining party could offer to walk the dog, while the dog owner is away at work.
- Owners can limit the dog’s stimulation by restricting line of sight; cover the area at the bottom of fence or gate.
- Doggy Day Care 2 – 3 times a week helps prevent doggy boredom!
- Owners can work with a professional dog trainer.
- Anti-Bark shock collars have proven helpful for many dog owners.
- “Bark Free” systems responds to a barking dog up to 50 feet away by emitting high pitched tones that humans can’t hear, but the dog can!
- The ultimate extreme: Debarking Surgery. This procedure is still considered very controversial, results are sometimes unsatisfactory, and veterinarians seldom suggest this as a solution.