I hate dogs

I hate dogs (actually, it’s the owners of dogs I hate).

It’s 10:30 pm ... and some dog a good block away from me is *still* barking every few seconds. This damned animal barks so much, and so constantly, that he sounds hoarse.

Several days ago, at 2:30 AM, I’d had enough. I walked over to the house (had to track down just which one it was) … assuming the owners were asleep … to wake the owners and ask them if they knew their dog was barking. At my first pound on their door, it flew open … there they were, wide-awake, sitting in their living room. And ignoring the barking that is disturbing the peace of hundreds of people.

People should not be allowed to keep dogs chained up outside, at any rate, not in densely populated areas -- if the dog is too big to live *in* your house, then it's clearly too big for you to own it. Plus, it's cruel and heartless to the animal.

And the police! Don't get me started on those worthless fools, who do everything they can to avoid even informing the "dog lovers" that it is illegal to allow one's dog to bark at all hours.