Neighbor wants to put my dogs on a schedule to go outside.

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About 5 years after we bought our house the house above us sold. We have 1.5 acres on a slope and the house above us has about the same amount of property and for all the time we lived there we couldn’t even see the house due to trees and vegetation. Then he decided to clear it all out for a better view and my dogs, that I had when he purchased the home, started barking when he was on his deck. To them it was like someone in our yard since they hadn’t seen him before due to the trees. They are small dogs , 10 lbs and didn’t bark for any length of time but when they would first go out and he was on his deck they would bark for a few minutes. One evening we get a text from the guy that says “shut your dogs up, I’m on a business zoom meeting.”
My initial reaction was to stay outside with them and get the squeaky toys so they would bark like crazy but I let them potty then brought them inside. Later I texted and reminded him that they didn’t bark until he cleared all the trees, and that they don’t go outside alone so it’s not like they are out barking endlessly.
He texts back and says he would like us to agree to schedule for letting them out so he can work on his deck. I said no, we would not agree to that, reminded him that we had the dogs when he bought his house and that it wasn’t reasonable to try and dictate our schedule. This happened 2 years ago and we still can’t believe the level of entitlement!

Posted Jul 3, 2026, 6:25 PM UTC

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