Serious question: I have a neighbor that neglects their German Shepherd. We live in an apartment building and the poor thing barks for hours (I’m talking 6-12 hours) locked in the back bedroom. When she’s not crated in the back bedroom she sits at the front door and growls and barks at passerbys. She can’t be in the…

I’m seeing this with my old pit bull mix now. She’s always been a bit vocal, but now even commercials on tv get her riled up. She’s pretty well cared for, but yes, aging dogs can be loud. I’m sure it’s just as confusing for her as it is heartbreaking for me.

Yeah, no. My dogs don’t bark unless there’s an immediate threat because we actually spent time with them and trained them not to. And you’re obviously one of those asshole neighbors who feels your constantly barking, neglected “fur babies” trump the quality of life of everyone around you.

Having lived next to someone with constantly barking dogs, it is absolutely a quality of life issue. I don’t know if banning barking is an effective solution, but neither is “they’re dogs and that’s just what dogs do.” It's a noise violation and they have every right to complain. People are responsible for ensuring…

Wrong. My dog never barks when we’re in our backyard. I’m with him the entire time to play with him/pick up after him and we spend all of 10 minutes out there running around to get his potty time handled. He feels safe and secure because he knows I’m there and he isn’t going to be left alone. He only barks inside my…

I don’t know, I’ve never known a dog to bark for 20 minutes if they were eating or playing with their human, or having their tummy scratched. Dogs can absolutely and normally and humanely be quiet. Barking has a purpose and if they’re barking incessantly, it means their humans aren’t paying attention to what they’re…

I feel like the appropriate avenue to deal with this through the law is animal cruelty ones. A dog who does that shit is abused and in a regular state of mental distress. 

It’s not “what dogs do,” it’s “what abused and/or neglected dogs do.”

Basically, the dogs are being abused or at least neglected already. Dogs don’t bark constantly unless they are not being paid attention. That means training, playing with them, walking them and being there for them. These poor things are miserable. the owner shouldn’t have them, but they probably aren’t doing anything …

Dog lover here. If your dog is barking more than 15 minutes straight and there is nothing wrong, they are experiencing anxiety. If you find out your dog is continually barking they are saying they need attention, exercise or their environment is distressing. I have a dog that barks when someone comes to the door or is…

Happy, healthy, and well treated dogs don’t constantly bark.

Since my original comment asking why the racist bullshit has been let out of the grays apparently has been dismissed so I’ll just leave this here.

Who the hell ungreyed this bullshit?

East Haven does not fuck around. The Mayor, School District, CPS, and the police were all like not today bitch.

Man, that’s some serious economic anxiety on display right there.

Holy Shit! Is that for real? It seriously makes me nauseous looking at her movements.

her sample size was also only 7 skeletons

We (collectively people who abhor Trump, the GOP, and the evils that fund them et al.) are stronger and make better points when we leave FLOTUS, Tiffany (is it Tiffani? I can’t bring myself to remember), and Barron out of the ongoing critique.

No, I don’t think Raëlism ever got successful in Brazil. The cult my mom joined was just an unnamed local UFO religion founded by a local charlatan called Urandir Fernandes de Oliveira (frequently called by the followers “UFO” for the fact his initials coincidently formed the English initialism UFO). He was just one…

On the Allison Mack story, it’s worth noting a few interesting things: