<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>Just a note about this ... where I live a dog has a legal right to bark .... just so long as it is not excessive and without provocation. The "excessive" part is a judgement call ... if the dog barks for more than 5 minutes non stop then it *could* be excessive ... especially if it is a pattern of behavior rather than a random event. In order to be cited an animal control officer has to witness an excessive barking event.</DIV>
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<DIV>For my house that is tough to impossible because I have wood fences and side yards with gates. So, there is no way for someone to stir up the dogs from the street. If you come up on my porch my dogs will bark their fool heads off (from inside) and with good reason and nobody can cite them for that. From the sound of it, Vicki's house could be a problem, because if animal control comes up to the fence they'll surely bark ... and if they keep it up you'll get cited.</DIV>
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<DIV>I guess Vicki must have a bad neighbor who doesn't like dogs and didn't have the common courtesy to knock on the front door and discuss it. Bummer. Good luck.</DIV>
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<DIV>--Dale ... with</DIV>
<DIV>Snoopy (I don't bark I Ahroooooo and all my neighbors laugh about it) and</DIV>
<DIV>Cyrus (my bark is as big as I am and nobody says much about it ... wonder why?)</DIV></div></body></html>