For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for May 19, 2021

For people like the dog owner a warning and nothing is the same!

Panel 4: Just threaten the dog with Elly’s potato-nose… It’s enough to scare anyone/anything into submission!

Introduce yourself to the dog and give him something to eat and come regularly so he likes you and knows you live next door and might stop barking. Dogs bark at unfamiliar things and for territory. Remove these elements and they calm down.

Years down the line, Phil and Georgia’s married nephew Michael will have an issue with unreasonable apartment neighbors (and the landlady will be on the Pattersons’ defense).

Take the owner to small claims court (if Canada has such a thing)?

This is getting boring.

I always keep a few boxes of those little Slim Jims on hand and take a few with me every day. Over the years I have made best friends with some of the meanest guard dogs and showing no fear helps too!

I don’t remember this part of story from earlier one.

Dogs bark for attention just like wives

Can they buy the parents’ house?

A dog whistle sometimes works. And .22 shorts don’t make much noise.

Hell, I’m tired of the barking dog now.

A little hard to believe that with a petition with 25 signatures has not gotten a politician’s attention.

We have given this whiny couple plenty of advice here for how many days? For heavens sake, pick one that works for you two, and quit complaining!

When they bought the house, wasn’t the large, totally ugly fence around the property a clue of what was behind it?

Firecrackers work every time.

Wow. Canada must be like a different country or something. In Mary Worth’s America, “all dogs are good.”

To me, it seems the owners do not want the dog or he would be indoors, so offer to buy the dog give him a good home and all will end well.

Any of the suggestions may work especially finding the dog a home that will take proper care of it.

Get the SPCA involved

They market these devices that emit high pitch noise that are supposed to stop dogs from barking. Save your money.

Ain’t that the truth(!) what Geo says.

Location is excellet, but you can’t choose your neighbors, just like family.

In our case, we bought our house 40+ years ago just because it was on the school bus route, and the bus would stop in front of our house, and we didn’t have to stand in the cold or the rain on some corner closest to the route. Our one next door neighbor is still the same, but on the other side, and at the back, the houses changed hands countless times…

My neighbor has 2 german shepherds that bark at everyone except for me. Why you ask? Because when she first got them, I went over and introduced myself to the dogs (with my neighbor present of course). I pet them through the fence so they knew I lived there (with my neighbor present of course). And now I can pet them through the fence regardless if anyone is present or not because…..wait for it……they know me and they know I live there. They are sweet dogs and do nothing but wiggle their butts when they see me. It also helps that I get along with my neighbor really well. We have a dog now that is about the same size and the dogs all get along well also. Sometimes it takes something from both parties to keep the peace.

I can think of a permanent solution.

Peanut butter.

Barking dogs are no joke if they’re causing sleep deprivation and making one’s home uninhabitable. I respect for Lynn Johnston for shining some light on a serious problem.

You can make friends with some dogs and their owners, but not all of them.

Buy yourself a nice Golden Retrievor. He just lonesome for a friend. That dont work, move to another neighborhood with no dogs.