Good Moaning To You

I am a dog lover, at least on most days. Our dog has been with us for nearly ten years and she is very much a part of the family. She is not the nicest dog, at least to strangers and in fact has a barking problem. She will bark and moan at anyone walking down our street in front of our house. On numerous occasions the neighbors have called late in the evening to ask if I could take care of the problem. It seems my dog’s barking has been waking the neighbors daughter at night and I can understand their frustration.

To solve the problem I purchased a bark collar and it is working. This handy gadget is strapped around her neck and if she barks it produces a very slight jolt that stops the noise. With the collar on I haven’t had any complaints from the neighbors.

My 18 yr old daughter isn’t too pleased with the dog having to wear the collar. As much as I’ve discussed with her the need along with the research that doggie isn’t hurt by it, she still secretly takes the collar off from time to time as she did last night.

When I confronted my daughter about leaving the collar on, I again described the need to keep the dog quiet. I explained my embarrassment of having the neighbor call yet again and also reminded her that with the collar on, all of us could sleep better at night with no noise. Her response:

“The dog sounds aren’t the noises waking me up at night, your moaning is. You should consider wearing one of these collars."

Just Lovely…