Re: Neighbor Harassment

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I have a similar problem... I'd like to know what my rights are
as far as getting the neighbor to stop complaining about my two
dogs.

On 11/07/06, DW wrote:
> 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-