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spinario · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: daegu

My apartment window faces the adjoining building, not 10 feet away. Great view, I know.

Four days ago, my neighbor (living in the apt. opposite mine) got a dog-puppy-wolf. I know this because up until then, I've been sleeping nights.

Now, I'm beginning to suspect that neighbor (pronounced "a**hole") left the dog-puppy-wolf inside and hasn't been home in days.

Why do I think this?

Because the dog-puppy-wolf barks every two hours like clockwork. And not for a minute or two. Not for five either. For 30-45 minutes each time.

Also, the barking has turned into howling/yelping. I had a dog for a number of years. To me this dog sounds desperate. What if it hasn't eaten in days and is drinking its own urine.

Probably not...

Nevertheless, I haven't slept more than 4 hours for the past 3 days. I can't continue to sleep in slip shifts!!

I'm furious with a**hole, and I'm afraid I may lose my patience and pay him a visit at 4AM.

A 45-minute continuous howl/yelp at 1:00AM, then at 3:00AM, and at 5:00AM is UNACCEPTABLE!

Suggestions?

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

earplugs

red dog · Joined: 31 Oct 2004

Well, it doesn't sound as if they're very good dog guardians, but it doesn't sound as if you have conclusive proof of abuse, either. There are so many dogs in Korea who are neglected this way -- if the police took them all away no one would ever be able to find good homes for them.

Maybe you could contact the Korea Animal Protection Society (www.koreananimals.org) and ask them to write a note to your neighbours advising them to spend more time with the dog, train him not to bark so much, get him neutered as soon as he's old enough, etc. Just recently Pocketfluff also posted some very good links -- I suggest doing a search and looking up those organizations as well. Korea Animal Rights Advocates (Arumpoom -- www.withanimal.net) does very good work, but if you don't speak Korean you may have trouble communicating with them.

Best of luck, and please let us know how it goes.

Richard Krainium · Joined: 12 Jan 2006

I had a new neighbor who worked nights and would come home around 2:30am, head straight for the WC and begin hacking. WHOOOOCK-WHOOOOCK.... this went on for a couple of nights until I asked him to stop.

It took a while for him to break the habit, cause I'd still hear him sometimes, softly hocking! Not much Korean language was needed. The conversation went something like this: WHOOOOK-WHOOOOCK hajima chuseyo! I think you should visit your neighbor, but be civilized.

Dev · Joined: 18 Apr 2006

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

red dog · Joined: 31 Oct 2004

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the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

believe it or not, there is a noise bylaw that outlaws loud noises between 11pm and 7...er or 8am, i can't remember exactly. call the police next time and they will visit the house.

it worked for me, but if you hapen to have moron cops in your neck of the woods, they may visit out of protocol.

PaperTiger · Joined: 31 May 2005 Location: Ulaanbataar

next time they do that, buy a good chunk of frozen meat or some other sort of hefty foodstuff and throw it through their freekin winda. Attach a note that addresses your complaints in Korean...

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

Earplugs and jackhammer/airport crew soundproof earmuffs.

There's a guy who rides one of those noisy little motorbikes that are shin high but copies of motorbikes. An adult riding them looks ridiculously funny, like a clown riding a bicycle for a tot. And they make a spitting sort of loud racket. I guess the loud exhaust is part of the joke. So this guy drinks at the nearby beergardens and often pops home around two am to pick up some more money or whatever then head back to some more beers. The one-rooms are four storeys high and his racket echoes down the canyons...

Dan The Chainsawman · Joined: 05 May 2005

bosintag anyone?

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

You could get a blowgun and try and pop the dog with a trank dart. No doubt the dog owner would soon dectectify that they came in the window from your window, ten feet away. You can just go 'na na', however, while sharpening a Croc Dundee Bowie on a whetstone. Laughing

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Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

I had a similar situation happen in the new place we moved into. In the apartment building behind us, someone had a small dog tied up outside. The damn thing barked all night.

One night I got sick of it and went over to see where the dog was. Sure enough he had his little dog house and was chained to it. It was a little mutt dog that was probably a stray and someone was keeping it as a pet.

As I approached it, it started growling. I took a board near by it's house and put it in front of it, thereby keeping it inside it's house for the night. We didn't hear a peep from the dog that night.

The next day, an older man in our building was talking to my wife and she mentioned the dog. The man said it kept him up as well. What was really funny is, the guy said, "and the dog was making a funny growling sound last night." (gee I wonder why?)

Anyway, the guy went over there found the old man who was the dog's owner and ripped him a new one. He told the owner if he didn't get rid of the dog he was going to call the police.

I told my wife he's my new best friend.

seoulsister · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Location: International Network

Speaking of ear plugs, where can you get those in Korea? I know I've seen them somewhere.....