Last evening Amoeba and I were here in the house, him at his desk and me at mine. We were not more than 15 feet from each other but we couldn’t carry on a conversation because we couldn’t hear each other over the barking dogs. And we don’t own any pets! We live in a neighborhood full of dogs. Little yappy dogs and big barky dogs — all of them are noisy. In fact, just now I was sitting here trying to hear myself think, but all I could hear was them! I’m considering ordering these Bark Control Collars for the lot of them! What do you think?
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Quilly is the pseudonym of Charlene L. Amsden, who lives in the Pacific Northwest and is currently working on writing the next great American novel. You may visit her writing blog at http://charlene-amsden.com.
Better than coqui I would think.
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Brian — luckily the coqui aren’t a problem here.
I have to comment here. Those two beasty mutts next to you are the absolute worst. The two damn fools start fighting with each other. I can only hope one day those two mutilate each other. The owners should have to go to dog obedience school for themselves. It’s ridiculous. Lisa’s mom has two dogs and this collar that when you leave them alone you put on them and when they bark it sprays citronella. It works wonders. You need to be like their neighbor Q. Amyte those dogs go off for any length of te he’s on the phone to the animal control. I know that sounds rude but people should take better control of their dogs. Hence those collars. And PS people of you walk your dog and it tales a dump CLEAN up after it. Show se courtsey
Which next door? HawaiiKai or Eva? The Eva dogs almost never stop barking, but they are friendly and let me pet them.
Eva…pffft. Q how long have you lived here LOL. It’s Ewa and yes it’s those beasts. Muzzle ‘em LOL
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Thom, my fingers spelled it the way my brain pronounced it. It isn’t my fault the Hawaiian alphabet is screwy! And of course you know those dogs belong to my landlords?
….and once again the comments upstage a perfectly good post ROFL
Oh course I do…who cares…they are still beasts…Yes but it is your fault that your fingers didn’t hit the right key to type it correctly
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And of course Susan just has to chime in pffft…but it was a good chime…anytime I’m involved with a comment WOOT
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Susan — par for the course around here. I only write the posts so the comments will have a home.
Thom — my fingers typed it correctly. Hawaiians say it wrong! Pft!
Purchase headphones?
Lori — I have headphones, but they are hot and heavy.
I think you riled Thom up Quilly. I would only buy the collars if you can get them back to take to Friday Harbor! I’d hate for you to have to buy mOre in just a few months!
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Melli — we haven’t picked out our home in Friday Harbor yet. Amoeba was looking at a place online that has 10 acres, but I told him I wasn’t mowing the lawn!
Wow…reading the comments and that citronella thing sounds pretty neat. Hmmm.
I was cranky this morning when I heard a barking dog…it was mine…hubby asked me sheepishly if I heard her…told him to get his dog under control or I was calling the pound, lolol.
So girl…you won’t mow the lawn? Aw come on, ten acres on the rock sounds fabulous!
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Shelly, you can stay in the guest room for free if YOU mow the lawn!
Ridng lawn mower…right?
Hmmm…ten acres…better make that a tractor.
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Nope. We have an old rotary blade push mower. Enjoy! Oh, and I’ll supply the sunscreen.
lol….time for an upgrade…ten acres behind a rotary? When I finish at one end it will be time to start at the other, who needs to go to the gym?
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Did you consider it might be the Full Moon, Am I missing something about Friday Harbour ??
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Bill — the little yappers bark 24/7. And as to Friday Harbor, you wouldn’t be missing a thing if you read my posts. For instance this one, This, That & The Other Thing, way back on August 26th.
Sorry I missed your post on the move Quilly, Wishing you and the Amoeba all the best with the move.
Congrats on the Win, Please don’t decide to sit out on the future ones, it wouldn’t be the same if you didn’t play along
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So true Bill
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Well, thank you, but the others might soon start getting irritated.
I don’t think they will mind, I want you to keep playing.
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Oh please…I just wanna beat ya once
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Thom — then get a stick cuz your brains seem to need help.
Almost forgot! Re: your question about if I plan to move.
I’d love to but I don’t think I can ever get this old farmer to hang up his barn boots and scoot into town. I tease everyone that when we sell the place it’s “as is”….including a whole lotta stuff
I’ll probably call my friends and their kids and tell them to come on over and take whatever they want, or have a really cheap yard sale with a giant “free” table.
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Shelly, when you have that yard sale, call me!
Oh honey….if it’s on the yard sale table and you are here….you get it for free.
I’d love to think of my stuff having a happy home at your place.
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Hmmmm, thank you! But, you don’t make make much money at your yard sales, do you?
There’s a lot of dogs where I am. sometimes it gets too much.
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Tony — yes, sometimes it drives me nuts and other times — most of the time — I just tune them out.
Sounds like the dogs are a real problem. Sounds like our dogs…but at least we live way out in the sticks where they don’t bother anyone other than us.
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Cindy — usually I tune them out, but sometimes they just sit there on my last nerve!
Loved the post AND the comments! But the link is extinct, can’t see what the collars are about, I wanted to see how they work?
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The link is extinct because the sales campaign is over. I replaced it with a regular link that no longer counts clicks. Which means this is no longer a paid post. (Well, except for the scholarship ad.)
Barking dogs set my annoyance alarms off at full volume. I had almost ZERO patience, thanks in part to the so-called neighbors in our druggie-infested neighborhood in Spokane. I get so mad I just spit and sputter and boil blood. I love dogs with good owners, but barking dogs and bad owners make the police department relieved that I don’t own a gun.
Yes, it’s that bad. Long story.
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Karen, we live in a nice, respectable, established neighborhood. The dogs around us are well cared for and loved, just not well trained.