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[fordtruckman]

The Riberas Animal Shelter saves 100's of dogs every year and does a great service for the community. I've heard that by the end of the month the dog side will no longer be in its location. Has anyone else heard if they are moving or....

[datura]

No, not true. In fact, there is considerable concrete work going on inside the dog shelter to make it even better than ever for the dogs.

[lakeheron]

I heard a comment from what I consider a reliable source saying that the owner has said he will be shutting down the dog side of the shelter in the near future. But he could always change his mind, don't you think?

[MtnMama]

I expect there are days he wishes he could. A shelter near a residential area always results in complaints, no matter how well run or well built. Dogs bark, some more than others. That's called watch dog behavior and for many dogs, it is as instinctual as eating.

[Jeanne B]

If one doesn't like barking dogs, one should not purchase a house close by. Buy the house and then complain? Not good. On the other hand my friend adopted a dog stating she did not want a "barker" and guess what she got, Bark,bark bark. She loves the dog but at her wits end about the barking. Is there any training one can do to to train the dog not to bark so much? The dog is now 1 year old. Help is needed. Can the dog whisperer do anything? Thanks in advance.

[mountainview]

Jeanne B & for all those who have posted above!

This DOG POUND is in a residential area - AKA NOT in a COMMERCIALLY Zoned Area - NOT in an SEALED INTERIOR POUND. The Residents were NOT informed this was going to happen????

We have endured 3 yrs of constant barking, many aggressive dogs charging the fencing on a residential street. If they are going, it is because these dogs do not belong here & the owner is no longer making enough peso's off the sweat equity of all the volunteers.

Take this DOG Pound to all the DOG LOVERS Residential Areas! Then you will know what we have endured! This is a sentiment expressed by the many who own dogs & walk our residential streets on a daily basis??????

[LaChula]

If one doesn't like barking dogs, one should not purchase a house close by. Buy the house and then complain? Not good. On the other hand my friend adopted a dog stating she did not want a "barker" and guess what she got, Bark,bark bark. She loves the dog but at her wits end about the barking. Is there any training one can do to to train the dog not to bark so much? The dog is now 1 year old. Help is needed. Can the dog whisperer do anything? Thanks in advance.

Many people bought or rented their homes BEFORE the shelter moved the dogs to the north side of the carretera.

[sue]

Boy is this wrong, the dogs have been on the mountain side for at least the 6 years I have lived here. A few years ago they simply moved from their location next to Car City to take up the East side of Arden's location. They also only keep a small fraction of the dogs that they housed a few short years ago. Just a thought but perhaps the dogs would be quieter if they did not have neighbours throwing rocks etc at them.
The dog pound is in a building that for years has been commercial when did it get changed to residencial???

[johanson]

I................................. my friend adopted a dog stating she did not want a "barker" and guess what she got, Bark,bark bark. She loves the dog but at her wits end about the barking. Is there any training one can do to to train the dog not to bark so much? The dog is now 1 year old. Help is needed. Can the dog whisperer do anything? Thanks in advance.

In reference to this single barking dog. There are devices, I have one that put out a high pitched sound too high for a person to hear that will often get 1, 2, or 3 dogs to stop barking. It worked in my case when a wild dog would come up to the property line of my property and bark at night (I face the mountains with only woods behind me).

But I am pretty sure that I read that if you had about a half dozen dogs or more dogs that this device would not work, you know would not work at the shelter for example.

Oh, I've been lakeside since 1997. I seem to remember that the shelter was always in the general area that it is in now. Yes, as I remember they moved what? a half a block maybe 4 to 8 years ago.

[sue]

If one doesn't like barking dogs, one should not purchase a house close by. Buy the house and then complain? Not good. On the other hand my friend adopted a dog stating she did not want a "barker" and guess what she got, Bark,bark bark. She loves the dog but at her wits end about the barking. Is there any training one can do to to train the dog not to bark so much? The dog is now 1 year old. Help is needed. Can the dog whisperer do anything? Thanks in advance.

Yiou can have the dogs vocal cords snipped This does not elliminate the barking but deadens the volume. They sound like they are barking with laringitis. It is a simple operation and often results in the dog barking less.

[MtnMama]

On the other hand my friend adopted a dog stating she did not want a "barker" and guess what she got, Bark,bark bark. She loves the dog but at her wits end about the barking. Is there any training one can do to to train the dog not to bark so much? The dog is now 1 year old. Help is needed. Can the dog whisperer do anything? Thanks in advance.

Tell your friend to get a copy of "Barking: The Sound of a Language" by Turid Rugaas. There are different reasons for barking, and once you understand them, training becomes much easier.

I too had a barker. It takes patience and persistence. I tried the citronella collar but he figured out if he turned his head, he could still bark and not get sprayed in the face.

[mountainview]

Disturbing, unsupervised, situations occur; numerous after hours events with 2 or more dogs exhibiting extreme distress at their confinement. Their stress, resulting in continuous, barking, whining and howls continuing well into the early morning.

[ChrisB]

We had the dog whisperer and a shock collar for our mini schnauzer to no avail. We are now complimenting him when he barks appropriately and telling him to stop. If he doesn't he gets sprayed with water. We have sprayers in every room of the house. He is showing good progress. Try it . It is cheap to do Jarra has the sprayers.

[ChrisB]

The shelter helps hundreds of dogs each year. They spay, neuter, and medicate sick and injured dogs. Many dogs with distemper, rabies, parvo etc would be in your face without them +- 200 per year.

The neighbors have acted like juveniles. Often taunting the dogs with rocks. Have they offered to plant Italian Cyprus on the street side to block noise? NO! Have they offered to buy sound proofing panels for the dog runs? NO! The shelter has put up screening so the dogs can't see their taunters. It is a nonprofit charity (AC)

The volunteers work to stop barking behavior using the spray method. Not all dogs are barkers. As Pete says the dogs have been on the north side many years. Without this shelter the whole community suffers.

[BillinaBus]

It is hard for me to think of the carreterra as a residential area or that anyone who knows anything about 'zoning' in Mexico could think that the only major street around isn't going to be used for commercial activities.

We lived on a residential street in San Antonio and had a market across the street, one next door and a very noising fencing company using the other house next door as their shop and headquarters... til midnight most days. This is Mexico, not a Sun City development. No one would buy a house next to a major highway and not expect development along it up north..

When we bought property we knew we didn't want to be near the main carreterra since traffic noise and commercial operations bother us so to improve our odds we bought as far from the main road as possible.

This area needs the dog shelter, I for one hope it stays open.

[Canookie]

"Yiou can have the dogs vocal cords snipped This does not elliminate the barking but deadens the volume. They sound like they are barking with laringitis. It is a simple operation and often results in the dog barking less".

Really??? Are you kidding me?? Perhaps people with cruel, inhumane ideas should have their own vocal chords snipped.

[lakeheron]

So all the dogs who come into the shelter get their vocal cords snipped? That will help them get adopted, right? OMG.

[sue]

So all the dogs who come into the shelter get their vocal cords snipped? That will help them get adopted, right? OMG.

Having the dogs vocal cords snipped was an option suggested to a pet owner who was at her witts end.Please at least read the postings before commenting. If you did a bit of research you would see that this is far less cruel last resort than having a dogs ears cropped or a cats claws amputated or some of the other mutilations that are done for the sake of appearance.

[lakeheron]

Having the dogs vocal cords snipped was an option suggested to a pet owner who was at her witts end.Please at least read the postings before commenting. If you did a bit of research you would see that this is far less cruel last resort than having a dogs ears cropped or a cats claws amputated or some of the other mutilations that are done for the sake of appearance.

Remember this is a topic on the animal shelter and possible reasons the owner might close it.

[fordtruckman]

Remember this is a topic on the animal shelter and possible reasons the owner might close it.

Thank you!