Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: barking dogs

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 11:10 AM, Alan O'Hashi via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] 
> cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
> noise is intrinsic. a community - cohousing or otherwise - can either allow 
> dogs or have no noise, but not both. as a pet owner, i sympathize with those 
> who get bugged by dog noise, but it's a give and take. i imagine dogs barking 
> and pooping are reasons why they are disallowed in many communities or a high 
> fee charged to have them.

Actually, we don’t have a problem with barking dogs and we have at least four 
in a small space. When someone gets a new dog, they will warn people that it 
might bark at first — they are normally rescue dogs. 

A neighbor with two dogs moved in next to me. They barked for 2-3 weeks when I 
passed the door but not after that.

Noise is not a given, nor are barking dogs.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org