Re: Neighbor Harassment

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On 8/18/06, T wrote:
> We have a neighbor that continues to harass us about our
> dogs. The sheriff has been out here multiple times and
> told her that they weren't going to go anything about it.
> We live in a rural area with alot of wildlife. Every
> single neighbor around her has dogs and they ALL bark but
> she only complains about ours. Can we sue her for
> harassment or what can we do to get her off our back. We
> live on 15 acres, so it's not like we are right next
> door . . .

I don't live on 15 acres, but could have posted your
sentiments word-for-word. I have a neighbor who has
harrassed us for 2+ years about our barking dogs. We have
lived here for 8 years and these are the ONLY complaints
we've rcvd. from ANY neighbors. We have letters from ALL
neighbors but this one, saying they NEVER hear our dogs
barking. The harrassing neighbor says that the screaming
neighborhood kids (mine included) the loud back-yard parties
(next door to him) don't bother him, but he can hear my 1 dog
barking (above the 14 other dogs that surround us) and it
wakes him up when he is trying to take a nap on the weekends
in the middle of the afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was
the last straw that was just disclosed at mediation
yesterday. I swear if I get one more complaint from this guy
I'm going to take legal action. Which leads me to being
here. What legal rights do I have when it's 1
person's "word" against 20? (Even his wife say's she doesn't
hear our dogs~!!!!!!
Just wondering if you got an answer to your e-mail?
D-