i would have walked over there while he was caught in the moment and kicked the fence into his face

german pincher/beagle

what the fuck.. post a picture of this weird dog.

i thought it was two dogs?? :helpme

You should go taunt him in the middle of the night LOLOL

no, just schizophrenic.

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Yes I saw the LOL. On a serious note, none of the alarm system salespeople that knock on my door every couple of months have noticed the FOUR cameras out front. There are two on the front porch and every time I have to point them out. That suggests to me that fake cameras will not be noticed.

It's totally situation dependent. I wouldn't make any recommendation without seeing your place, and talking about your budget. I can recommend that you get a book or read done in depth information on some web sites before setting them up. There are some common and significant mistakes to avoid when it comes to setting them up.

For remote viewing, a lower quality camera will often work indoors, because the feed on your phone isn't going to show fine detail anyway. Something like X10 may be fine in many case. Outdoors, I want the recording to be good enough to read a license plate number.

Motion detectors help record only the interesting stuff. For some people, the better Swann products may be worth a look because for a low budget solution they don't suck as much as some others. For
other people, better equipment makes more sense.

83 years old, he's going to die soon, he apologized, be the bigger person try to make nice.

Now if he was 25 years old and acting like that I would say pick a fight with him and knock him the fuck out.

I will also say that while wireless is popular and seems easier, inexpensive wireless systems have crap image quality and getting a good signal from every camera is a problem.

I do have six or eight wireless cams, two specialty cams that I use for temporary surveillance and the others just sit in a box. The pinhole cam is useful, as is the bullet cam, but for standard cams wired is better. For permanent installation, run wires. You can run CAT6 at the same time so you're getting more done for the time you spend.

get real looking ones. have had neighbors and a cop come over asking me if my camera above my garage caputed footage of a drunk driver that ran off road recently here LOL

I said, no it doesnt quite get that angle.

even cops think mine are real, get better looking ones, mine were not cheap. mount them in clearly visible location and drop the extra bucks for the weather proof signs ... you have to TELL THEM YOU ARE FIL<MING, not just put them up ;)

My neighbor's dog is the worst barker I have ever heard. And I've heard a few. When he is let out he barks at anything that moves. Super loud bark.

He's a big bulldog. One of the worst and loudest barkers.

The neighbors are good people tho. They didnt mean or plan to have such a barker and they put him in if I walk around that side as he barks like nuts then. Actually he hears me on the other side of the house and barks.

So I live with it. Luckily for me they do put him in when I am out there and/or after he starts barking for a min or two. It could be worse. They could leave him out.

Agreed there is nothing to drive a neighbor insane tho than a constant/never ending barking dog. I realize the op said he doesnt leave his out constantly and I commend you for that.

So I am lucky. It is the guys who leave em out all day to bark or who do not bring him in when he barks that are the real problem and luckily they are few and far between as most folks do in fact get it.

So (sadly for the the dog) it's never out more than 5 mins at a time unless they are outside with him. At which he doesnt bark hardly at all.

I went over to try to pet it a couple times when they were outside on the theory that we could be friends. But he is having none of that. He doesnt bark then but he physically shys away.

Could be because they tie him to a leash. But that has to be done.

Prob developed the barking at anything that moves at the family's previous location from being tied outside for long periods.

Ditto. The old man KNEW what he was doing. He needs a load of concrete dumped on his driveway, or a molotov thrown through his front window...twice.

Once had a neighbor on the other side who left the dog inside when they left which is normally good. This dog did nothing but bark for 2-3 hours constant so LOUD I could hear it 100 feet away through their windows and my windows up and music on.

2-3 hours of constant SUPER LOUD INSENSED barking everytime they left him alone and only when they left him alone.

I recorded it and went over one day. :) LOL We were fairly good friends but I dont think they appreciated that BUT you can only handle so much. I was cool. i just played it for them. :)

They got rid of the dog and moved a while later. Not cause of me. :) I just got lucky that they had to move. They had a new dog in there every few months it seemed. Most were not a prob. Some big dogs are f'n loud tho man.

You could hear this dog barking through closed house walls at least 50 yards radius clearly while inside your home. This affected several other homes. That was also a big husky or golden lab mix. Altho labs are usually the best dogs and seldom bark. Big dog tho.

Great fences make great neighbors

hate to be a dick but.. this is all your fault.. you need to go over and apologize for your dogs.

Dog owners almost never admit their dogs are wrong.

Do you think this old man just did this out of the blue ? or do you think it sounds much more reasonable that every time he walks by your fence your dogs go apeshit so he decided to rile them up. ? Dogs that do that shit are annoying as all fuck. I am not talking about dogs that bark all day those are even more annoying but i am talking about dogs that go apeshit when you walk by.

Ever walked in a parking lot between 2 cars when all of a sudden a dog in a car goes apeshit and lunges at the window ? well imagine that is your neighbour, everytime he goes outside to water his lawn or take a stroll he is greeted by annoying dogs barking at him..

Your dog should be trained to bark at a THREAT , if he isn't then your dog is badly trained and you need to train him better.

Did you ever take your dogs over to meet your neighbour ?

Imagine everytime you went for a stroll in your backyard the kids next door waited for you to get near the fence then started screaming " THIEF , BURGLAR, RAPIST" over and over for 10 minutes. That is essentially what your dog is doing.

I will tell you a true story almost exactly like your but in reverse. I walk my kids to school , everyday we pass by a house with a big dog, every day the dog runs out and barks like crazy, runs right up to the kids like he is about to attack then stops. The dog is a great dog but he scares the shit out of the kids. Another parent was walking with me one time and did exactly what your neighbour did. he ran at the dog and waved his arms , trying to antagonize the dog. The dog went apeshit barking and the owner came out and saw him doing this. The owner was a bit ashamed their dog was doing this and she introduced the dog to the kids and the dog doesn't go apeshit when we pass by now. problem solved

I do have two dogs, the other one is a Bichon Frise. He really doesn't have an intimidating bark. When this happened, I told them to get inside and the Bichon went in, the other one stayed back there so I went to get him... that's when I saw this.

Anyway, here is a picture of the german pincher/beagle mix.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2705/4...1370547a5b.jpg

Read the thread again (or don't). I mention that I have never seen my dog like this before. The thought also crossed my mind that the old man has done this before in the past. I also say that they aren't staying outside for prolonged periods of time - only when they go for walks or we take them somewhere.

I get it though, in fact, there are a few dogs in the immediate surrounding houses that bark all the time, all hours of the day. As said before, mine don't bark unless someone is on the property that shouldn't be there or in this case, they thought there was a threat.

I only read to here and already well said.

Not saying the op is at fault or not. But peace and quiet should get the highest leanings of justice.

The dog next door is out now here now. I just heard him bark a couple times. When I walk outside on the other side of the house at least 100 feet (as the crow flies) away it will start barking. It barks at things it hears.

I can no longer walk out of site, out my own front door.

It is annoying as fuck and thank you for having the balls to say so Smokey.

I love dogs and I am willing to realize there is a tradeoff. I have a cat that runs thru your yard. You have a dog that barks a lil. We can live together and in fact as you can see I am living with it now. Last 1 1/2 years.

My prev neighbor was an older couple with no pets so I got spolied. 25 years of peace until this neighbor moved "Chopper" in.

What cartoon was that? :) That was a good one with Chopper the Bulldog.

Now back to reading the rest Smokey. I like what I hear.

You all make it sound like the old man is nuts. BS. He is annoyed at being barked at after 83 years every time he moves a lil.

Build a fence on that side on your dime for the old man. Money takes care of everything.

This is a cool neighbor (my current one where the dog used to bark :) ) My last cat Lucky would piss in his kid's sandbox. He told me about it.

But what could I do. Lucky was an outdoor cat for 10 years prev. Plus he had 8 years seniority over the neighbor and earned the right to run outdoors and always ran in that yard as the prev neighbor loved him. :) I even tried an outdoor litterbox. Which he seen I was making an effort.

One day he builds a fence around the sandbox which also allowed a roof over the sandbox. Two birds.. Cool guy and totally won my respect. Money takes care of everything.

I would have offered to pay but he just did it. And we're still friends. He could have been a dick or dealt with it. Nothing I could do. He dealt with it.

Maybe ask the old man to go halfs on a fence.

Hide yo kids hide yo wife.

the more i think about this sounds like your dog is terrorizing the neighborhood. poor old man.

Nice looking dog :thumbsup

Listen I am just venting here about my own stuff. Maybe the man is crazy. Only you know the deal. Maybe he had runins with other dogs (he is 83) and now all dogs are enemies.

Running around with a mask is a lil nutty for sure. lol

Best wishes anyhow. :)

He doesnt look like a barker to me. :)

There is a fence. He was taunting them through the fence.

He apologized and knew he shouldn't have been doing that. There could be a number of reasons why he even did it in the first place, I've tried to think of all types of scenarios.

Real or fake:thumbsup:thumbsup

I've got 6 on the house. Real ones, not fake. Put up incidentally, AFTER my pug was stolen from my backyard.

We live on a corner and the street is a fairly busy cut through. Twice since I put them up have they caught car wrecks. In one case BOTH drivers were drunk and the cops couldn't get a straight story out of either of them and spotted the cameras and asked to see them. I was happy to help.

I also caught the chick across the street beating on her boyfriend and then calling the cops on him. They arrived, he disputed what she had to say and pointed to my camera. They wanted to see the footage and since I hate that fucking bitch (I have a camera on her house for a reason) I gave let them check it out and made a copy. The dude ended up being released and she did a few weeks. I had a tired slashed shortly after...and now there's a cam on the garage.

Regardless the old guy has a legal right to be wearing a mask in his yard, whereas no one should have to listen to other peoples animals. My guess is he listens to your dogs all day while you are gone and when you get home they shut up and he wanted you to hear what he has to listen to all day. Every response is you making excuses for your dogs behavior, you sound like a shitty neighbor.

invite the old man over to post on gfy. we need to hear his story before judgement is passed by the community.

sorry i just find that hard to believe.. i think like many dog owners you tend to ignore what your dog does because you love them.. if i am wrong and your dog never barks , my apology.
an 83 yo man goes out of his way to antagonize your dog for no reason at all ? that just sounds very very extremely doubtfull..

you need to teach them ( dogs ) that threats are in your yard not next door.:2 cents:

dont think you would appreciate it if your neighbours house alarm went off everytime you walked in your own backyard. infact i bet if it did you might start setting it off on purpose to let them know their alarm is too sensitive..:winkwink:

if i have misjudged your dog , then my bad.. i just see this type of dog often so i am jumping to the obvious conclusion.. every dog is different..

When i had dogs like yours , i tended to side with my dogs also because they are like your children..

My folks ended up putting cameras up around one of their old houses in California. Their neighborhood had those community mailbox/station type things. One year, someone decided to break into it and steal tax returns - it kept happening until my parents put up a sign that said, "Smile, you're on camera". Someone also stole the spare tire from under his truck.

It's not such a bad idea. Here in Texas, a lot of houses have their driveways in the back, rather than the front. I can't hear or see anything back there unless I go out there - I hate it.

If you were my neighbor I would turn my speakers out the window, find a good Ozzy tune like "War Pigs", crank the volume, set repeat and leave for the day.

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Of course he has that right. Every post isn't making up an excuse and of course there are 2 sides of the story.

Just so you know, there is someone always at my house. I'm either working from my home office or my wife is home. They are never outside when we're gone and as said before, they do not normally bark out of control.

It's easy to just think the dogs are shit heads and I'm an irresponsible owner, and that's fine. If my dogs were in fact bugging him with barking or ANYTHING for that matter, at least come over and knock on my door or talk to me when I wave or say hello.

You sound like a decent dude. To really solve this problem:

Invite the old man over. You and the dog go over (prearranged) and bring your new friend over an into your house. He sits and maybe pets the dog.

Then you go over to his house and he lets you and doggie in (maybe just the doorway for doggie but so that he can see you and maybe the man pets him) and he smells a lil in the door way. You two shoot the bull for 10 mins. He gives doggie a treat better than you give him. He walks you both home. More bull shooting. Another dog biscuit.

What do you think dog owners? I know that is a bit uncomfy for neighbors to do but the dog has to see the neighbor as family. Then everytime he barks the neighbor goes up to him. "Hi ya Fido here's a dog biscuit". Pet pet.

Might work and really easy if the neighbors are already fairly close.

Now good luck. I have to get out of this thread. :)

Best advice in this whole thread :thumbsup:2 cents:

Yeah it would prob work even for my bulldog yet will prob never happen because I have to approach the owner to get it rolling and that is a bit awkward as we are not super close.

It is all psychology, both human and dog. :)

So what kind of mask was he wearing?

It is really up to the dog owner to intiate. If the neighbor goes up he doesnt know what to expect and also admits it is a problem and maybe he would rather not admit a problem.

But if the dog owner suddenly comes up and says, "hey Bud I noticed my dog is barking at you, cmon in a while and have one of wifey's brownies and a beer with Duke."

There ya go.. it is up to the owner.

Exactly. Fred Flintstone? Frankenstein is my guess. It wasnt a pretty girl was it?

I earned that for spending four hours here. It was fun tho. :) Fun at the momemt anyhow. :)

As usual we solved absolutely nothing and the dogs will keep barking and your neighbors will continue to wear Donald Duck masks to scare your dog.

A mask is pretty funny tho :) Kudos to the ole guy. :) And to that f'n barking Duke :) and to the commendable OP who is trying to do the right thing. :)

Bark, Bark! SHUT UP!!!! Ever holler that out the window? That never works out. :)

Get him back, buy a mask and go rattle his front door tonight i bet he will shit himself.

Also, I can't help but wonder if this was a mask he had laying around already or if he actually went out of his way to buy one for this specific purpose.

And, does he have it laying on a table by his back door so that he can put it on quickly and run over to your fence every time you let your dogs out?

Any way you look at it, the whole thing is completely bizarre.

Jump out from behind the bushes and scare the hell out of him. Instant heart attack.:thumbsup