Dog Life Video

Over the years I have suffered from numerous barking dog nuisances in four different neighborhoods in Norman, Oklahoma. I put my first video online of this particular nuisance in February 2008. www.youtube.com The nuisance is right next door. I made the video from my back porch. Not long after these irresponsible dog owners moved in, I frequently began to hear from their back yard a rattling sound before I left the house in the morning. One day I was outside and observed that the noise was the dog pushing his empty water bucket around. On another day I observed one of the owners coming outside filling the water bucket. Shortely thereafter the dog began to gulp down water vigorously. Notice that there is a rope around the dog’s neck. He is tied to a tree. Every time I have seen him he is tied to that tree. Dogs who are tethered like this are usually barking nuisances. Their problem is that they are neglected by their owners, and excessive barking is their way of expressing anxiety and asking for attention. I have never seen these people taking the dog for a walk. As you can hear from the video, he is often joined in his barking by the unseen dog in the lawn to the east.

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