You can never really know your neighbors until after you move in next to them.

What would you do if, after moving into a new home, you discovered that your neighbor has 12 dogs that are always barking and causing trouble?

That is what happened to the guy in this story, and he doesn’t know what to do. He is thinking about calling animal control, but doesn’t want the dogs harmed.

Personally, I think his only real option is to call animal control. The dogs are not in a safe environment. Read through the full story below and see if you agree.

WIBTAH to call in a neighbor with 12 dogs?

My elderly dad just sold his place and got a place on the coast in NC.

This seems like a great place to move.

I’ve been dealing with clinical depression, so I thought I’d come with and restart and to help him out, I have 2 Welsh Terriers.

Anyway, he got a small brick house on a slab 20 mins from the beach, all updated, no maintenance needed.

Nobody should have this many dogs.

Seems perfect right? Well, we get moved in and next door neighbor has a 5 ft fence… ok… then TWELVE dogs come out.

A pit mix, a mutt, a hound dog who howls, and the rest a mix of weiner dogs and chihuahuas (or however u spell it) who NEVER STOP YAPPING.

This really isn’t even a safe situation.

Anytime, we go in our backyard or I bring my dogs out. They just go ham and bark nonstop to the point that they have antagonized my dogs to start jumping and finding faults in the fence and they’ve gotten over the fence..

So, we had to go and buy 5 ft roll out fence to tack to the existing 4ft fence, just to kerp MY dogs at bay.

He should contact animal control. There is no way these dogs are properly cared for.

There are 12 (maybe more) dogs there. Im not a jerk, Im not a Karen. My dogs fight each other and we try to keep them seperate, but that’s a ME issue, not everyone in the neighborhood issue…They have AT LEAST 12 dogs in like a 1500 sq ft house.

So. Would I be out of line to call animal control, or some authority?

WIBTA?

He would be a jerk if he didn’t call animal control. It is clear that these dogs are not properly cared for and trained. The owner likely has some issues that make it unsafe.

Let’s see what the people in the comments have to say about the situation.

His dogs are definitely part of the problem.

This commenter has offered some good options.

Putting up a new fence may be necessary.

Looking into local ordinances is very important.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about people who have to go to court to get their land back after their neighbor sells it.

He needs to make sure the fence line is secure.

These dogs are clearly not being properly cared for. Of course, this guy also needs to keep his own dogs under control.

At the end of the day, the only thing he can do is call animal control and let them investigate.