I need to vent.

I can't wait to get out of this *&$^%^% neighborhood!! Just ran into a woman that asked if it was our dog howling all day while we are at work. Um no lady, I work from home and my car is broken right now so I'm literally with him all day, every day.  There is a dog around here causing a ruckus but everyone wants to blame Bauer. I think its Big Black Dog Syndrome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-dog_bias.   Generally this involves big, black dogs being the last to be adopted at shelters but I think we are facing this prejudice at home.  No one wants to blame the beagle or the schnauzer, its always the big, scary looking black dog. BS!!!! The loudest our dog gets is when he is snoring, because he sleeps alllllll day.  Literally he only gets up for me to take him on walks and potty breaks otherwise he is snoring on the couch. I know how much engery puppies have so I make it my business everyday to tire him out on our run/walks for the purpose of keeping him low key when we are indoors. 

I have heard shouting, kids screaming, babies crying, people falling down, vacuuming at midnight, yelling about sporting events, dogs yapping all the time and it has never occured to me to complain to anyone. In the 4 yrs we have been here, we have abided by the rules. No running appliances after 9 pm and no starting them up before 9 am. No playing loud music. We are quiet and respectful tenants. We have looked the other way when other people made lots of noise, because you know what, when living in such close quarters you'll hear things. All of this in respect for our neighbors! The same neighbors that want to blame our dog for any dog noises in the neighborhood. Did they ever think of the huge white american bulldog? What about the siberian husky?? Or the crazy lady that has 5 little shit box dogs that never shut the f up? Yap yap yap all the time.  *****Or to the lady who questioned me today......how about the dog who lives directly beneath you whose owners are NEVER home and who only ever let their dog out to go to the bathroom then put him right back in his crate?! Gee I wonder who is making the noise? *****   We have heard Bauer bark only on a couple occasions and they are deep, low barks. He doesn't howl and he doesn't yap. I'm so over having 10 neighbors living above me, beneath me, and beside me. I'm ready to just have 3 immediate neighbors, one to the left of us, one to the right, and one behind us. We are moving in about a week and I am so excited!!! I hate packing but after this encounter with the idiot neighbor I'll have the whole house packed by the time John gets home from work today. 


Ok deep breath, I feel better. I'm not going to proof this so there will be a ton of grammatical errors I'm sure.  Stay tuned for my next blog, a happy one about our NEW HOUSE!!!!