This first one is a lousy video made with my mobile phone about a month ago, but the sound is loud, clear and exactly what I hear every time I step out of my back door. I have not enhanced the sound. This is really what it's like. During the making of this video Harley could not see me or my cat. My neighbor often blames my cat, but the cat is usually out of Harley's sight, or inside.
I made this second video, below, while inside my house when the back door was open. Needless to say, I have not had my doors or windows open very often or for very long the last few years. I opened the back door this morning for some fresh air and because it wasn't so cold, and apparently the dog heard my cats playing by the open door and started barking. One cat was wearing her collar (with bell & tags) because I had taken her for a walk on her harness and leash in the yard. We were't out very long and had to come back in because the idiot was barking so much. Even my cats can't enjoy thier yard.
I'm standing in the kitchen, then walk to the back door, and at the end of the video the barking stops so someone must have come out of the house. We are restoring an old, old house and have not got to the kitchen, back room and out buildings yet, so please excuse the ghetto look. Actually, even if the whole place looked like a palace with royal gardens it would still feel like a ghetto with that damn barking going on. The rest of the house is really nice, totally restored from floor to ceiling on both levels, new wood floors, new staircase...we put a lot of work and money into it, and we plan on finishing this back part of the house in the near future, then starting on the out buildings. That was before this barking got so bad; at this point in time I'd really rather just leave it all and move. Unfortunately I doubt anyone would want to buy it now...
The next video was made yesterday outdoors but this is nothing like what I endured during the spring, summer & fall last year; he doesn't bark so much when I come near the fence. Last year was mind boggling. It was excruciating. You can hear how annoying and painful the sound of his bark is - it's so loud and piercing that it echoes. I had to listen to this every second I was outside in 2009. It hurt to the soul.
I made this second video, below, while inside my house when the back door was open. Needless to say, I have not had my doors or windows open very often or for very long the last few years. I opened the back door this morning for some fresh air and because it wasn't so cold, and apparently the dog heard my cats playing by the open door and started barking. One cat was wearing her collar (with bell & tags) because I had taken her for a walk on her harness and leash in the yard. We were't out very long and had to come back in because the idiot was barking so much. Even my cats can't enjoy thier yard.
I'm standing in the kitchen, then walk to the back door, and at the end of the video the barking stops so someone must have come out of the house. We are restoring an old, old house and have not got to the kitchen, back room and out buildings yet, so please excuse the ghetto look. Actually, even if the whole place looked like a palace with royal gardens it would still feel like a ghetto with that damn barking going on. The rest of the house is really nice, totally restored from floor to ceiling on both levels, new wood floors, new staircase...we put a lot of work and money into it, and we plan on finishing this back part of the house in the near future, then starting on the out buildings. That was before this barking got so bad; at this point in time I'd really rather just leave it all and move. Unfortunately I doubt anyone would want to buy it now...
The next video was made yesterday outdoors but this is nothing like what I endured during the spring, summer & fall last year; he doesn't bark so much when I come near the fence. Last year was mind boggling. It was excruciating. You can hear how annoying and painful the sound of his bark is - it's so loud and piercing that it echoes. I had to listen to this every second I was outside in 2009. It hurt to the soul.
Notice the Quiet One off to the left. Oddly enough, when the Annoying One is barking the Quiet One will often jump on him...almost as if she's telling him to shut the fuck up.
