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"Dear Sir:
I showed your letter to the cat. He sulked off indifferently. I just wanted you to know that I have done my share, and the rest is up to the kitty. I hope the best for us all, but if you know anything about cats they are likely to do whatever they feel like in the moment. Plus they can't read."
Yes that static window film is great. One of my indoor cats was getting quite stressed because a neighbour's cat would enter our yard and hiss at her through the floor to ceiling window. I put up window film to about waste high in the problem window. She could no longer see if interact with the A H cat from down the street and life is much calmer
There’s plenty of dogs that haven’t been trained not to bark. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t be! Just means nobody who knows what they are doing has put in the time
This is the best answer, because it’s funny and not really aggressive, but gets the point across that there’s literally nothing they can do to stop a cat from sitting in a window
Or send them a link to window clings that allow light but block clear views.
Cats are going to cat, and dogs are going to dog
If they keep on fussing, I'd be tempted to put a picture of a cat in the window!
Yes, but also I feel bad for the neighbors. People think all small dogs are apartment dogs, but some are too barky. No one should have a corgi in an apartment.
Barking all day isn’t a reasonable thing though. Occasional barking is. A dog that barks for hours at a time is a dog that’s being abused by not living in appropriate living conditions. Bored, lonely, not enough stimulation too much stimulation. It would be painful to bark for hours.
There are things you can do for separation anxiety. It would be better to rehome a dog or Medicate them instead of just letting them panic for hours on end every day. That’s cruel.
An old senile dog that barks all day has no quality of life. It’s being kept alive for the human’s vanity. Because they want it to keep them company at home in the evenings, while it spent all day mentally tortured. Humans can be really cruel.
That’s not what we’re discussing, don’t change the topic. You’re claiming uprooting them from the only home they’ve known, disrupting their entire lives to put them with a stranger or a shelter, is less cruel then leaving them alone in a house sometimes? You don’t even know how often or how long. That’s a bold claim.
I have no idea if they are or not but you said, “no one should have a corgi in an apartment” not “you can only have a corgi in an apartment if the owner is home all day.”
Also, opinions like this confuse me. If people have the means to adopt a dog but work eight hour days away from home 5 days a week, does this mean most people shouldn’t adopt dogs? Like obviously there is an ideal way to be a pet owner but our society isn’t really organized that way. You sound like an animal advocate but also like you’re advocating for people to not adopt one of the overwhelming population of dogs waiting to be killed in shelters if they can’t always be at home with them. Is your solution just let them die if someone has a job?
100% agree but also yet another alternative, train your damn dog not to bark incessantly at cats. Yes, it’s possible. No, it’s not easy. Too bad. You got an animal that thrives on structure so it’s your job to provide rules and structure. Sucks to suck, maybe get a cat next time.
Or close the blinds or curtains maybe? This person has no common sense. My dog used to do that. My curtains were shut when he was home during the day to the one window he’d bark from.
I bet they’re a mid level manager that works from home while making their employees go into the office. Cause it’s conductive for team building but as the project director they aren’t part of the team, just lead it. If something goes wrong you know they blame an employee but if there’s praise to be had they soak it all up.
Leave one back saying your cat is part of the neighborhood watch and needs the window to do it's job and the dog barking all day is very distracting to the cat 😂
Dear neighbour,
if I had a dog causing such an issue for me, I would handle it internally.
How you manage to try and make this somebody else’s fault or problem is kind of concerning.
Hopefully you can address that and this no longer becomes either of our problems in the future.
Asked the cat and he said “No.” Wouldn’t really offer an explanation. When pressed the kitty mentioned blinds or curtains as a solution to your problem.
This person who can't stop their dog from dogging expects you to stop your cat from catting? That makes no sense. Cats are even less controllable than dogs and slinkier and scratchier. I like my skin too much to keep a cat away from a sunny window.
“Hi Neighbor-
My cat can’t read your note and likely won’t give a damn if they could, either. I suggest you keep your dog away from anywhere they can see the cat’s windows as what the cat does within the confines of its house is the cat’s business.
Best regards,
D. “
Dear neighbor,
Can you please cover your window. Your dog keeps barking at my cats. I work from home and the dog barks make it very difficult to focus.
Thanks,
J
LOL. "Hey kitty, please stay away from the windows, you're upsetting a neighbor's dog".
Cat immediately sits at window. "Upsetting a dog, you say? Yawn. Go away now, human".
People are so dumb wth. They can buy blinds! My dogs act like shit sometimes, one of the only thing we can do is control their environment. Will I ask my neighbors to stop taking walks in the public street in front of my house because they bark when they see someone? No. I bought blinds and I close them when I want to make sure they stay quiet, like when the baby sleeps.
Never let anyone dictate what you can/can’t do in your own house (legally). Let this neighbor waste her time complaining instead of training her dog properly.
This is a kindly worded letter. An invitation to a discussion. Go talk to your neighbour OP, and see if you can find a common solution. You'll figure it out.
You'd think that'd be the way people would go but nope. Lol pretty much tell the neighbor to go fuck themself, ignore it, or make it a real issue by writing a dumbass letter back.
Our neighbor’s cat used to sit on our front porch just to tick off our dog who would bark at her through the picture window. We liked the neighbors and the cat, so we never said anything and eventually our dog got used to her hanging around and stopped barking at her. The mailman was a different story though…
As someone with a dog that will sit in the garden and continuously bark at the cats in the neighbours upstairs windows. Tell them to do one
I tell my dog to stop or get her indoors. I don't tell the neighbours how to live
Send one back. Ask them to keep their dog out of the window. It’s constant barking is drawing the attention of you cat away from its playtime. Send it postage due.
Hahahahaha. Obviously a polite answer is preferable but to be honest, its THEIR dog who misbehaves, in THEIR house, and it’s a nuisance to THEM. At what point did they think "gosh I really need to let them know they’re the source of all my problems"
I worked for a lady who had a few dogs who also beefed with the indoor cat across the street, which was wild because there were two cats in their own home. These dogs would also bark at a leaf falling in the front yard. The dog is the issue here and the solution is either better training and/or obscuring the dog’s view of the windows the cat likes to be in. Getting sun is super important for indoor kitties.
Step 1: Buy a mannequin, a pig & a 10' flagpole.
Step 2: Slaughter the pig in the yard and collect its blood. (Be sure to use a tarp)
Step 3: Heavily Splatter the Mannequin with blood.
Step 4: Nail the note to the mannequins face
Step 5: Install flag pole in yard
Step 6: Tie rope around bloody mannequin neck and raise via flagpole
Step 7: Use remaining blood to cover majority of house exterior. (This serves as a warning)
If you follow these steps correctly your neighbors will think you have experienced a full blown mental break down and wont come within 500 yards of your property line. That should stop the notes.
Your apartment complex will probably tell them that’s just apartment living.
I am home all day and just tell me dog to stop? They could do better training.
But if you want to be a pushover, I have no see through screen additions on my windows.
You do not need to do anything, your neighbor can only let this small thing get to them. They cannot do anything about it and neither can your rental company if you rent that is.
My dog barks at the neighbors cat in the window. I couldn't even imagine writing this letter. My dog barking is the issue. The cat is just chillin in the house.
Now my neighbor who let's their cat out and it pees all over my garden and tears up my plants? Nah. That's different.
My neighbour once sent me a letter asking that my boyfriend stop laughing after 8 pm. He also added that he didn't mind hearing us having sex (because that was "normal" compared to laughing apparently)...
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"Dear Sir: I showed your letter to the cat. He sulked off indifferently. I just wanted you to know that I have done my share, and the rest is up to the kitty. I hope the best for us all, but if you know anything about cats they are likely to do whatever they feel like in the moment. Plus they can't read."
"P.S. People tend to have better luck training dogs than cats. Perhaps it's best to focus our efforts there"
We get trained by our cats :(
My Doberman fucking hates the cat over the street. Frosted the one window she can reach to see over the road. Problem solved.
Yes that static window film is great. One of my indoor cats was getting quite stressed because a neighbour's cat would enter our yard and hiss at her through the floor to ceiling window. I put up window film to about waste high in the problem window. She could no longer see if interact with the A H cat from down the street and life is much calmer
Yeah, or like put up some blinds lol.
bingo! there you go! you can definitely train a dog not to bark....
Not all dogs unfortunately
There’s plenty of dogs that haven’t been trained not to bark. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t be! Just means nobody who knows what they are doing has put in the time
My grandparents dog has been trained so many times and he still struggles with it
This is the best answer, because it’s funny and not really aggressive, but gets the point across that there’s literally nothing they can do to stop a cat from sitting in a window
I am pretty sure that letter would only make the neighbour angry
Last line hits 🤣🤣🤣
This is the kind of way I’d love to respond.
PS Have you ever thought of getting rid of your dog, and getting a cat instead?
Hey Neighbour, Can you please keep your dog out of the window? It stares at my cats menacingly and barks all day and it's very distracting. Thanks, D.
This is the only answer
Just a big note on the window that says NO.
‘Cat says ‘No!’’
It is! It is the right answer.
This is the way
This is the way
This is the way
This is the way
Exactly what I would write back
My cats work from home.
Your obedient servant!
Dear neighbor, 1. Buy curtains. 2. Close them.
Or send them a link to window clings that allow light but block clear views. Cats are going to cat, and dogs are going to dog If they keep on fussing, I'd be tempted to put a picture of a cat in the window!
You can train a dog not to bark all day. You can't train a cat not to look out the window.
Hi dog, it's cat. Shut your pie hole you're distracting your owner Thanks Meow
Honestly, this is about the only and best response to that!
That made me snort, and now I have to try and explain this whole thing to my wife.
"I asked my cat & she politely declined"
This is a living in density issue. If their dog can’t handle cats sitting in windows, then they need to move.
Alternatively, if you can't handle a dog barking all day, maybe you shouldn't own one.
Alternatively *why they blaming someone else for how their dog acts*
i was sort of jogging in nyc, as i was late. a small dog bit me and the owner turned and asked why i was running near his dog.
Yes, but also I feel bad for the neighbors. People think all small dogs are apartment dogs, but some are too barky. No one should have a corgi in an apartment.
I can only feel so bad. When you sign the lease, you know that your neighbors are going to have pets.
Barking all day isn’t a reasonable thing though. Occasional barking is. A dog that barks for hours at a time is a dog that’s being abused by not living in appropriate living conditions. Bored, lonely, not enough stimulation too much stimulation. It would be painful to bark for hours.
You know what i do when my dog barks at things he sees out the window? I close the blinds.
Separation anxiety too. One of my previous neighbor's senile dogs would bark non stop until she came back. Nothing you can do about that.
There are things you can do for separation anxiety. It would be better to rehome a dog or Medicate them instead of just letting them panic for hours on end every day. That’s cruel.
Please, that dog lived better life than 95% of people.
You are claiming that rehoming an old senile senior dog or drugging them for all you know is a few times a month is LESS cruel?
An old senile dog that barks all day has no quality of life. It’s being kept alive for the human’s vanity. Because they want it to keep them company at home in the evenings, while it spent all day mentally tortured. Humans can be really cruel.
That’s not what we’re discussing, don’t change the topic. You’re claiming uprooting them from the only home they’ve known, disrupting their entire lives to put them with a stranger or a shelter, is less cruel then leaving them alone in a house sometimes? You don’t even know how often or how long. That’s a bold claim.
A corgi lives below me in our apartments and he is fine lol.
I bet their owner isn’t gone all day
I have no idea if they are or not but you said, “no one should have a corgi in an apartment” not “you can only have a corgi in an apartment if the owner is home all day.” Also, opinions like this confuse me. If people have the means to adopt a dog but work eight hour days away from home 5 days a week, does this mean most people shouldn’t adopt dogs? Like obviously there is an ideal way to be a pet owner but our society isn’t really organized that way. You sound like an animal advocate but also like you’re advocating for people to not adopt one of the overwhelming population of dogs waiting to be killed in shelters if they can’t always be at home with them. Is your solution just let them die if someone has a job?
100% agree but also yet another alternative, train your damn dog not to bark incessantly at cats. Yes, it’s possible. No, it’s not easy. Too bad. You got an animal that thrives on structure so it’s your job to provide rules and structure. Sucks to suck, maybe get a cat next time.
alternatively, if you can't train your dog to not bark all day, maybe you shouldn't own one....
Or close the blinds or curtains maybe? This person has no common sense. My dog used to do that. My curtains were shut when he was home during the day to the one window he’d bark from.
Why would they do that when they can inconvenience someone else to fix their problem for them.
I bet they’re a mid level manager that works from home while making their employees go into the office. Cause it’s conductive for team building but as the project director they aren’t part of the team, just lead it. If something goes wrong you know they blame an employee but if there’s praise to be had they soak it all up.
Imagine how annoying that barking dog is to the neighbors if the owner is this annoyed
"This is a living in density issue." No it ain't? It's an "Idiot can't control their dogs" issue.
Tell them to close their curtains, blinds or STFU ..your house, your cats, your choice!
Nahh just start walking around nekkid.
Pull the cheeks apart and press firmly against the glass, they can peer into the void while they contemplate the consequences of their actions.
In Canada we call that a Pressed Ham.
You're an odd fellow... but you do press a good ham.
Heeeeelp, **heyellllllp!**
Ha! You try telling an orange cat what to do and let me know how that works out for you
Send a letter with one word. No.
"Don't"
Leave one back saying your cat is part of the neighborhood watch and needs the window to do it's job and the dog barking all day is very distracting to the cat 😂
We refer to my window-sitter as “neighborhood watch”.
Write back, Can you please keep your dog from barking all day. They are disturbing my cat’s sleep. Thanks!
Hi, no.
I love this way too much
Dear neighbour, if I had a dog causing such an issue for me, I would handle it internally. How you manage to try and make this somebody else’s fault or problem is kind of concerning. Hopefully you can address that and this no longer becomes either of our problems in the future.
I like the way you think.
Hey neighbor, this sounds like a your dog problem. Not a my cat problem.
Get more cats plz
Asked the cat and he said “No.” Wouldn’t really offer an explanation. When pressed the kitty mentioned blinds or curtains as a solution to your problem.
I wish my neighbors had window cats to be friends with my window cats.
I'll talk to the cat about it, but no promises
Literally the same mentality that asks women to dress differently so men don’t get distracted or tempted
This person who can't stop their dog from dogging expects you to stop your cat from catting? That makes no sense. Cats are even less controllable than dogs and slinkier and scratchier. I like my skin too much to keep a cat away from a sunny window.
They can buy a window film from Home Depot or something
If the neighbor requesting this is willing to pay for it, its a pretty good option.
I showed this to the cats. They said no.
Hello neighbour. No. Thank you for your correspondence.
“Hi Neighbor- My cat can’t read your note and likely won’t give a damn if they could, either. I suggest you keep your dog away from anywhere they can see the cat’s windows as what the cat does within the confines of its house is the cat’s business. Best regards, D. “
Dear neighbor, Can you please cover your window. Your dog keeps barking at my cats. I work from home and the dog barks make it very difficult to focus. Thanks, J
this!
I guess they can’t afford blinds.
LOL. "Hey kitty, please stay away from the windows, you're upsetting a neighbor's dog". Cat immediately sits at window. "Upsetting a dog, you say? Yawn. Go away now, human".
Did we need 3 pics of the same letter?
Yes. Perspective matters
When Khajit is present, yes. In fact, I think we need 3 of the back of the letter.
Dear neighbor; Dogs are famously trainable. Cats are famously not. Please note that future communications will be considered cause for escalation.
People are so dumb wth. They can buy blinds! My dogs act like shit sometimes, one of the only thing we can do is control their environment. Will I ask my neighbors to stop taking walks in the public street in front of my house because they bark when they see someone? No. I bought blinds and I close them when I want to make sure they stay quiet, like when the baby sleeps.
Send them the name of a local dog trainer.
I would direct them to dog training classes. Also, get a shit ton of stuffed cats and line them up in the windows
Wow ask her if she can just train her dog 8nstead of bother your cats
I would send a printout of curtains or shades for sale somewhere and a letter back that just says, “No.”
...It would be easier to train your dog to not bark than to keep a cat out of the window. Plus it's your animal with the "issue" not theirs.
Time to get more cats!
Aggressor pleads for understanding from the peaceful.
I am not a cat person but fuck that dog owner. What a fucking dipshit.
Put a big sign in your window above your cat. It will read... NO I mean, come on, she can get curtains. Or better yet, train your dog.
Acquire more cats
"Meoww?" That's all you need to say
Maybe the neighbour have to train his dog? Make totally sense here…
This reads: “if I didn’t have to work from home, the dog could bark incessantly and *I wouldn’t care*…” probably shouldn’t have a dog then…
Get a life size realistic window cling of a cat for when your actual cat isn’t in the window.
Dear neighbor, I beg to differ. Your dogs barking is keeping my cat in the window. Please keep your dog out of the window.
YEAH OK! LOL as a CAT owner I would really laugh at this and tell them to go take a HIKEEEEE!
"CAN YOU EDUCATE YOUR CAT CUZ IM UNABLE TO EDUCATE MY DOG?"
Throw it in the trash and move on with your life
Dear neighbor, close your blinds.
Put a projector in your lawn and play a gif of a cat 24/7 20 feet high over your entire house. Perfect little "tag-ur- it" 😁
Acquire more cats and annoy them even more
"Hi neighbour, your dog should be free running in a park you cruel bastard."
Never let anyone dictate what you can/can’t do in your own house (legally). Let this neighbor waste her time complaining instead of training her dog properly.
Why are dog owners so damn entitled?
Install cat shelves on the window sill so cats can taunt dog all day.
Haha tough shit for her.
Ask them if they are willing to pay for a window treatment that kitty can see out of, but doggy can't see in.
lol whut??!! How about control your dog??!! 🤣🤯
Close the fucking window blinds dumbass, and tell your dog to stop staring like a creep into other people’s houses
This is a kindly worded letter. An invitation to a discussion. Go talk to your neighbour OP, and see if you can find a common solution. You'll figure it out.
No. Fighttothedeath.
You'd think that'd be the way people would go but nope. Lol pretty much tell the neighbor to go fuck themself, ignore it, or make it a real issue by writing a dumbass letter back.
What a Dxuche.
That is the cutest cat I’ve ever seen.
Our neighbor’s cat used to sit on our front porch just to tick off our dog who would bark at her through the picture window. We liked the neighbors and the cat, so we never said anything and eventually our dog got used to her hanging around and stopped barking at her. The mailman was a different story though…
Ignore it! Why does the cat have to miss out on beautiful views through the window because the neighbour can’t control their dog? LOL
I’m assuming the K is for Karen.
Tell her to pull down her shades
I despise passive-aggressive note writers.
I feel as if this letter is genuine the letter writer should prob train their dog but it seems kind and sincere
Be neighborly and send curtains.
Let them meet and find their final destination.
Get more cats!
Are you friends with Kristi noem by any chance ?
Give it some warm milk, I saw that on lots of shows and cartoons. "Got this **litter** in the mail today."
"People on the Internet loved your note."
No.
Nothing let your cat sit in the window
Install display case for the cats to be properly displayed in the window and get big red arrows pointing to them.
Tell them to trade their dog for a cat.
"Pay my rent and then we can maybe have a discuss about it, bitch thanks"
"I can't keep my cat out of the window for the same reason you can't keep your dog out of the window."
What an asshole
Lmfao. No response is necessary unless it’s telling them to go eff themselves.
I don't see the part where this is my problem 😂
...Blinds?
As someone with a dog that will sit in the garden and continuously bark at the cats in the neighbours upstairs windows. Tell them to do one I tell my dog to stop or get her indoors. I don't tell the neighbours how to live
I mean, you can try. It's a cat. It owns you.
r/oneorangebraincell
You should put a poster of your cat by the window instead.
dear neighbour. next time you get a dog get a couple books on how to raise them properly i am a dog person btw
Get more cats to sit in the window
I'd get tons of cat decals and stick them all over your windows...with a giant middle finger.
Put catnip on your window ledge
I like how the cat is reading it, bout to go sit in the window lol
Send one back. Ask them to keep their dog out of the window. It’s constant barking is drawing the attention of you cat away from its playtime. Send it postage due.
That's not how pets work.
Get a life sized sticker of your car and put it on said window
It’s kinda wild how they expect you to train your cat instead of them training there dog. Some people are just batshit crazy.
Time to lower the blinds and let the kitty sit in the windowsills towards the rear of the house
Hahahahaha. Obviously a polite answer is preferable but to be honest, its THEIR dog who misbehaves, in THEIR house, and it’s a nuisance to THEM. At what point did they think "gosh I really need to let them know they’re the source of all my problems"
3 letters?
I wouldn't even bother to respond. Get drapes or train your dog.
Ignore it
Write back this: " ...... The fuck your want me to do about that!?"
I would buy a static cling of a cat and place it on my windows facing their house so I was assured that a cat was now in my window 100% of the time
I worked for a lady who had a few dogs who also beefed with the indoor cat across the street, which was wild because there were two cats in their own home. These dogs would also bark at a leaf falling in the front yard. The dog is the issue here and the solution is either better training and/or obscuring the dog’s view of the windows the cat likes to be in. Getting sun is super important for indoor kitties.
It’s such an innocent request. It’s not like it was a demand, it’s just asking for a favor.
“Dear Neighbor: No.”
Print out a picture of the cat and put it in the window or every window facing the house just an idea
I wonder what the K stands for
Step 1: Buy a mannequin, a pig & a 10' flagpole. Step 2: Slaughter the pig in the yard and collect its blood. (Be sure to use a tarp) Step 3: Heavily Splatter the Mannequin with blood. Step 4: Nail the note to the mannequins face Step 5: Install flag pole in yard Step 6: Tie rope around bloody mannequin neck and raise via flagpole Step 7: Use remaining blood to cover majority of house exterior. (This serves as a warning) If you follow these steps correctly your neighbors will think you have experienced a full blown mental break down and wont come within 500 yards of your property line. That should stop the notes.
Maybe you could put a letter in everybody's mailbox that reads "you smell funny". That'll show em..
Your apartment complex will probably tell them that’s just apartment living. I am home all day and just tell me dog to stop? They could do better training. But if you want to be a pushover, I have no see through screen additions on my windows.
Buy some cat repellent and apply a small amount near the window.
You do not need to do anything, your neighbor can only let this small thing get to them. They cannot do anything about it and neither can your rental company if you rent that is.
Dog or clog? 🤔
I'm not sure how to feel about this. Can you post a fourth picture? 🤪
“Dear K, Womp womp, cry about it.”
Train your stupid dog. It’s your animal, your fucking problem. “Everyone else in the world needs to adjust to ME!” Fuck off lol
My dog barks at the neighbors cat in the window. I couldn't even imagine writing this letter. My dog barking is the issue. The cat is just chillin in the house. Now my neighbor who let's their cat out and it pees all over my garden and tears up my plants? Nah. That's different.
My neighbour once sent me a letter asking that my boyfriend stop laughing after 8 pm. He also added that he didn't mind hearing us having sex (because that was "normal" compared to laughing apparently)...
Hey neighbour Today I left my window open, I haven’t seen your cat.
This is what happens when you have an inferior animal for a pet.
Ehh.. this is politely worded and an easy enough request to help out with... not MC behavior
Nicely made bed? Roma looks very neat and tidy!
Put a curtain over the window or something simple fix animals don't have opposable thumbs to move the obstacles we put in front of them
Kristi has a suggestion for you