Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Yip, Yip, Yip

We have new neighbors. They brought with them some yipping dogs.

Now, understand, I don't care for dogs in the first place, but yipping dogs the size of a loaf of bread that think they would bite my leg off if they could just somehow break through that fence are the worst. I can't go in my back yard to water the trees without setting off a chorus of yips. I can't take out the trash on the side of the house without it starting.

What does it take to teach a dog that it's space ends at the fence, and someone on the other side of the fence is not encroaching on his space?

I'm thinking of sending my cat, The Enforcer, over to beat them up. What do you think? He's wearing his hard hat...

7 comments:

Owen B. said...

With his weight, I think The Enforcer can take the dogs. Easily.

I don't like lap dogs either. Our neighbor has three dogs, two of them tiny. They seem to have an attitude out of all proportion to their abilities!

Now, my 80 lb. Golden Retriever... he's gorgeous, smart, has a ferocious bark... and is the biggest coward of a dog I have ever owned. Seriously!

Only thing is, he doesn't like cats!

Anonymous said...

Shane your father has a plan. The next time you come home take my old P.A. system back, hook up the CD player and play tiger sounds through the window.

Dad

Mike Morton said...

I'm with your dad... let's get a whole ZOO full of animals (elephants, gorillas, lions, etc.) and just have them go off on a timer or something. Or... maybe it's time to start a llama farm?!! I know someone who'll get ya' started... ;-)

Shane Coffman said...

Llamas and tigers and bears, oh, my!

Maybe that would put them in their place.

Mike Morton said...

OK... I mowed yesterday and didn't hear a THING! I think you and Alice are making the whole thing up... :-P

I'd better not say that... the dog next door has FINALLY been quiet and not 'yipping' itself. Wouldn't want to jinx myself...

Jan said...

Shane - your dad is a wise man! Too funny. You must try it.

You also may want to do the neighbors a favor and let some of that water go over the fence into their yard. (Or, do dogs like that?)

Shane Coffman said...

Well, perhaps I've been accused of hearing voices in my head...

but they have never, ever been dog's voices.

I could invest in one of those machines that makes a high pitched noise every time a dog barks. Those are supposed to shut them up.

I wonder if it will drive The Enforcer crazy, though? He could do some damage to me, too, you know.