{"id":11668,"date":"2016-09-27T13:54:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T12:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=11668"},"modified":"2016-09-27T13:58:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T12:58:29","slug":"heart-attack-diary-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=11668","title":{"rendered":"Heart Attack Diary: #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dogging<\/h1>\n

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My neighbour has a dog that barks all day long.<\/p>\n

It isn’t continuous.<\/p>\n

The dog started barking at 09.15 this morning.<\/p>\n

Round about 10.30 it ceased – just long enough for me to hammer the two Popmaster contestants who, unlike me, made it on to Radio 2 – before resuming at 11.15.<\/p>\n

Just before noon it stopped barking.<\/p>\n

It is now 13.30 and the precious little darling has just started barking again.<\/p>\n

The lovely little darling will continue barking, in this fashion, off and on, all afternoon.<\/p>\n

There’s nobody home, next door, because they both work.<\/p>\n

This asks so many questions.<\/p>\n

Who would buy a dog, and leave it alone all day long, while the householders are out at work?<\/p>\n

How could anyone even consider this to be a good idea?<\/p>\n

And if someone did this thing – and by this I mean if someone had to do this because of a change in circumstances – would you expect them to figure out that the dog would be unhappy, and take action to prevent it?<\/p>\n

Especially if a neighbour (that would be me) has told them that their charming little darling barks all day?<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t you?<\/p>\n

Let’s have some context here.<\/p>\n

The neighbours aren’t to know that I’m at home, resting in peace and quiet, after a heart procedure.<\/p>\n

But they have been told their dog barks all day.<\/p>\n

And they have done the square root of nothing to prevent\/mitigate against this.<\/p>\n

So what should I do?<\/p>\n

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  1. Tell them (again) about the all-day barkathon? Or<\/li>\n
  2. Just get the RSPCA or Dog’s Trust to come and have a word with them about being responsible owners? Or<\/li>\n
  3. Do nothing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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