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There are two large dogs that live in the upstairs apartment at the house at 1126 S Grand. They bark and bark and howl and howl for hours at a time every single night or when anyone is in the parking lot of the riverview church. They never stop! It is so loud my husband and I can't enjoy tv watching at night and sometimes they wake my kids up. I won't let my kids play in the back yard sometimes fearing they might make the dogs start howling. I've called the police several times - they came once but every other time they say they can't do anything because the owner isn't there. The owner of the dogs leaves them alone for hours and hours sometimes overnight and they never stop barking and howling! The owner of the property is a real slum lord so I can't imagine the inside of the apartment is even suitable for dogs, let alone humans. But something needs to be done about this so I can enjoy my home again!
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Shevah8 (Ospite)
JessMart13 (Utente registrato)
Carol Wood (Utente registrato)
Shevah8 (Ospite)
JessMart13, if you find that the owner doesn't take responsibility, please call ICAC and let them know. Thanks for looking out for the dogs, they choose to live that way.
Shevah8 (Ospite)
Eric Schertzing (Utente registrato)
JessMart13 (Utente registrato)
Shevah8 (Ospite)
Eric Schertzing (Utente registrato)
JessMart13 (Utente registrato)
JessMart13 (Utente registrato)
Shevah8 (Ospite)
JessMart13 (Utente registrato)
Gregory Smith (Utente registrato)
Just adding here, according to the Lansing Code Compliance website there is no valid rental certificate for this building. The last certificate shows EXPIRED 1-9-2015. This is a known problem property, the landlord hasn't done what is necessary to renew his rental certificate, why has the city not taken action?
City of Lansing, can we please get some action here?
Woofer (Ospite)
Not only will the dogs not stop howling and barking out the windows/broken screens like a modern adaptation of Cujo, there is a 3x3x3' hole/short grave to the side of the house that was dug by children of the tenants that is an absolute eyesore and safety hazard. There are days when horrendous odors emit from the household reeking of rotting deer and swimming pool chemicals. However, the scores of individuals living/visiting this house despite the aroma is, to say the least, alarming and impressive at the same time. A harbor for bizarre loitering traffic, disgusting smells, obstacle courses of toys and trash across the sidewalk, domestic disputes, and a plethora of terror are only a short list of fine amenities this house provides for the neighborhood.
This has gone on for long enough already, how can REO Town be anything more than the trashy South Side/new mid-North Side if this behavior continues to be tolerated?
IJUSTWISHIJUSTWISH (Ospite)
JessMart13 (Utente registrato)
Gremytoo3 (Ospite)
Gregory Smith (Utente registrato)
Gremytoo3 (Ospite)
Schetza (Utente registrato)
I am living at this location currently and the situation with the dogs is unbearable. I found this thread because I am desperately searching for solutions online. The owner is never home. The dogs are howling and barking almost 24 hours a day. I can't take this any longer. I feel like I am going to lose my sanity.
Who can I contact to get this actually taken care of?
Gregory Smith (Utente registrato)
2) Call Lansing Police non-emergency to report noise (dog barking) at 483-4600
3) Fill out a Citizen Complaint form at http://www.lansingmi.gov/393/Citizen-Complaints. It really helps to have that log I mentioned in #1, especially if you've accumulated a couple weeks of entries.
Nick (Utente registrato)
Hey I actually am the person with the 2 dogs, I have lived at 1126 s grand #4 for over 2 years, my name is Nick. Couple things to address here.
1. My dogs are well taken care of, BP and Sebastian have been my dogs for 5 years, they are pit bull mixes. Though my apartment may be small they have great living conditions, they are well fed and in good health.
2. I work frequently and sometimes overnight, I also have a dog walker and caretaker for when I am out of town.
3. They are dogs, they bark, all dogs bark, actually there's probably 6-7 dogs in this neighborhood that bark incessantly. I can hear one at just about any time of day or night. Some of the people in this neighborhood keep their dogs outside for what seems like days at a time.
4. Why would you not think to talk to me about this problem? If a dog was literally driving me insane I would definitely speak to the owner which literally NONE of you people have, not one, not one single conversation. If you are SO concerned with the well being of these dogs wouldn't you speak to the person who owns them? Maybe I was just raised differently but that's what I would do, instead you took to the internet, to a message board, seems like a total waste of time of mine and the cities resources as I have now seen animal control a total of 3 COUNT THEM 3 times in 2 years, they have visited my apartment and each time told me these are fine living conditions for 2 dogs and each time the officers have seemed incredibly confused.
If you wish to speak with me directly or even meet my dogs/look at my apartment my number is 865-335-8746. And please stop wasting the cities resources, they should be putting more time into making sure things like the 3 car break ins I've had in this neighborhood don't happen again.
Eric Schertzing (Utente registrato)
Given the volume of neighbors raising the issue it is likely a bigger issue than you acknowledge. Animal Control can't help with breakins. Sounds like Lansing Police should have been in the mix several times for the noise level - and they would be able to respond to break ins. Maybe a note on your door about how to reach you in the event of barking dogs would be helpful.
Nick (Utente registrato)
Schetza (Utente registrato)
It's gotten better since you saw this Nick, but it is still a problem. I'd be happy to outline why I haven't come to you about it (no, I'm not the father next door) but I am lucky that I just rent and don't own a house next door. I will be moving out as soon as I can because listening to your dogs howl for the last year and a half (not just bark...howl like they are wolves) is not okay. I can't block it out with music or white noise. It's like they are the next room.
I can barely think when it starts. And it feels like it doesn't end. I recorded times one night and it went from 8pm until 4 am. I couldn't sleep even though I had a meeting at 8 am. It probably went on longer I'm sure, but I finally was just so worn out I fell asleep while the dogs were howling.
So I'll leave. I'll find somewhere else to live.
no problem.
However if this many people are @#$% off about it, then it's a big problem and it isn't about how well you take care of your dogs. It's about how well you know what they do when you aren't there.
Eastside Neighbor (Utente registrato)
Nick (Utente registrato)
@schetza
Look, I'm sorry it has been this bad for you and that's the last thing anyone wants whatsoever. I've taken steps to hire a dog sitter for when I work late, schedule extra visits for a dog walker while at work. Today I purchased a dog cam after reading your comment that alerts me when the dogs make noise and allows me to talk to them and calm them down, I apologize for this going on as long as it has and hope to see this as the end of any issues.
Nick
Gregory Smith (Utente registrato)
Nick,
I've had friends and tenants who have had good luck with the citronella no bark collars. They are not very expensive. You might want to give those a try before spending a lot of $$ on other solutions.
Don Perrynon (Utente registrato)
Eastside Neighbor (Utente registrato)
Their reasoning was that Animal Control had not been enforcing it anyway due to its low priority versus more urgent stuff like dangerous dogs at large, so since it wasn't being enforced they should get rid of it. In my view it's rather perverse reasoning, but there it is. I believe the other rationale is that it could just fall to local (e.g. city) noise ordinances, but I think it's actually harder to get nuisance barking addressed as part of a general noise ordinance since it's not the kind of noise people associate with noise ordinances.
I'm with you, though. It's a major quality of life issue in many neighborhoods.
Don Perrynon (Utente registrato)
It's so stressful.
Any tenants in the building can bring up the covenant of quiet enjoyment. Especially fitting.
Thanks for your response, Eastside.
Seems like there was no reason to overturn that.
We have laws on the books from a zillion years ago tha make no sense at all, now, but they're overturning a sensible one about noise pollution.
So nonsensical.
Dogs all around the USA are being granted more right than people. It's bizarre.