Update: 'Problem is resolved—10/10 outcome': Dispute erupts when guy blows airhorn in the face of neighbor's barking dog, miraculously come to an agreement

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Dec 29, 2023 4:00 PM EST

There are ups and downs to having a neighbor, especially one you share a fence with. Some ups are that they could be really cool and become your friend. Or they are just thoughtful and help maintain the shared area. Plus, it's just nice to know there is a person near by in case of emergencies. The downs are now you have to get along with a stranger. So what if you two don't click? What if they turn out to be en entitled Karen? Or worse, what if they disrespect your land and those residing on it? Everyone with a neighbor really rolls the dice on this and just hopes for the best outcome. 

But also, we are only humans, which means our relationships are constantly in flux. A neighbor that you initially don't get a long with can grow to become your bestie and vice versa. In this Redditor's experience, his neighbor went from annoying, but didn't really care, to annoying and now a big problem, to actually a kind of chill guy. How did this roller coaster ride of a neighborly relationship get to that point? It would seem a 6ft fence did the trick! Read the whole story below. 

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    Posted by u/Chocolate-and-Shoes 2 months ago Neighbor blows air horn at dog and my brother has the sudden desire to practice his guitar on the back porch
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    So I've lived in this house for two years with my brother. The neighbors work nights and have woken us up every morning they have work.
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    See, their driveway is five feet from our bedrooms. They like to take Bluetooth phone calls in their cars when they get home. I can hear these calls on the opposite side of my house. Let alone five
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    feet away through my bedroom wall. When I got my dog and she started deterring the phone calls by barking at them when she was outside I kind of thought it was funny.
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    Until the neighbor guy started blowing an air horn at her. The first time I took it as a sign that I was being a bad owner and installed dog bark deterrents outside. Thing is, this
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    guy leaves his house to do yard work once a week and get the mail once a day. I bring her inside whenever I see him outside but sometimes I don't catch her in time.
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    The dog bark deterrent battery died earlier today too. So I'm relaxing in my living room and here comes the air horn. My brother got sick of it and felt a sudden
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    compulsion to set up his guitar and amp on the back porch. Fifteen minutes into his impromptu concert, I hear yelling. I go outside and the neighbor is screaming at my brother that he's
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    hole and he already spoke to me (lie) and said that if he's outside then bring the dog inside. an He and the wife (who had been hovering by the door) storm inside.
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    My brother is considering practicing every afternoon when he comes home from work.
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    Posted by u/Chocolate-and-Shoes 4 hours ago FINAL UPDATE: Neighbor blows air horn at dog and my brother has the sudden desire to practice his guitar on the front porch
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    Essentially, my neighbor was blowing an air horn at my dog and my brother responded by hooking his amp up on the back deck and playing his guitar. The
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    neighbor tore out of his house and a screaming match ensued. This post covers everything that's happened since.
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    UPDATE 1: So my neighbor called out to me over the fence today and started a conversation about my dog barking. Essentially it was "I don't know what's up with your brother, I've
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    never even spoken to him. I've hardly spoken to you. But your dog barks at me when I leave my house and it bothers me." He stated that he tried speaking kindly to her over the fence at first,
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    but lost his temper and escalated. He then suggested that I try a shock collar because "if you use it right it doesn't really hurt them."
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    He also offered to buy one for me and said that both he and his son used it to train their dogs when they had them. I tried to ask what times he is outside so I can
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    keep her inside when he's outside. He told me that his doctors appointments are sporadic so he doesn't know when he will leave his house.
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    So he wants me to stop her from barking at all. Like, it bothers him when she barks at him when he leaves his house, walks a foot to his car, gets in, and leaves. This happens maybe once a week.
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    Which I know because of a combination of me hardly letting her outside without me and security cameras. I offered to give him my number so he could text me if she's
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    bothering him. He said "I don't text" and "I had no way to contact you about this unless I catch you when you're outside."
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    So I just got a new job and I think I'm going to save up and replace my chain link fence with a privacy fence because I am done dealing with this guy.
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    UPDATE 2: So I just got my fence built and I love it. It's 6' privacy double board. My neighbors seem happy because I removed an annoying tree to build the new
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    fence. They actually delivered Christmas goodies for me and my dog over the chain link a few days before it was replaced.
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    I also discovered (after having the fence built without checking my survey report and quietly freaking out before heading to my county property details page) that part of their
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    driveway is on my property. So no need to worry about them claiming the fence as theirs. My dog also passed intermediate dog training and the trainer
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    told me she would be a great candidate for the good citizenship test. So my neighbor is being less of an hole and the problem is resolved. 10/10 outcome.
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