00:00I'd imagine if all day you had to listen to this.
00:0499.5 QIK.
00:06It's Mark and Melanie, Tampa Bay's Morning Crew.
00:08I didn't mean listen to this like us.
00:10I meant this right here.
00:21Now, if I'm volunteering at the pet shelter, this is fine.
00:26This is what it is.
00:26Yeah, we're over at Pet Pal.
00:27You're going to hear a lot of this.
00:28And that's great.
00:30I love those dogs over there.
00:31But this is your brother's neighbor's dog.
00:33Your brother, Melanie, works from home.
00:36And you said the owners now are letting the dog outside more often.
00:39Yeah, so this is his neighbor who already likes to play music very loud.
00:44And he's already had to go over there.
00:46He's friends with the guy.
00:48The guy is a nice guy.
00:49But most recently, the issue has been that he's letting his dog out in the yard all day long instead of keeping him inside.
00:56Yeah.
00:56I wanted to keep it going just so you could see how annoying.
00:59Because this is what your brother's trying to get stuff done.
01:00Yeah.
01:00We're trying to get stuff.
01:01Yeah.
01:01He's trying to work.
01:02And this is what he hears inside his house from the next door neighbor.
01:05Lord have mercy.
01:06Now, all the time.
01:07The neighbor just leaves the dog out in the yard.
01:09He doesn't know what to do at this point.
01:11No.
01:11How do you battle this?
01:12Well, you move.
01:13I mean, I'm sorry.
01:14He just moved in less than a year ago.
01:16I think you call Brenda Wade and you just move.
01:19You list your house and you get out of there.
01:21So, who's lived there longer?
01:23Oh, the guy next door.
01:24100%.
01:25This guy has been there forever.
01:26Strike one.
01:27Strike one.
01:28He's got squatters rights.
01:30That's the problem.
01:32He's going to, you know.
01:33But don't people encounter this problem all the time?
01:37Yeah, they do.
01:38There's dogs barking.
01:38But what can you do?
01:40Especially in 2019, you've got to be careful.
01:42That's true.
01:43You don't want to anger the wrong person, you know?
01:45Or a dog.
01:46I mean, some dogs would get crazy, too, in 2019.
01:49Oh, yeah.
01:50But all day, every day, and you're trying to get work done.
01:53I mean, that's obnoxious.
01:54It's too much.
01:55Yeah, it really is.
01:56I get annoyed at my dogs when they go outside and they'll see a squirrel or a bird and they
02:00start going crazy.
02:01I'm like, guys, come on.
02:03I mean, you guys aren't wild hunters.
02:05You don't need to attack that squirrel or that lizard or whatever.
02:08Get back in here.
02:09Yeah.
02:09All right, so what's he going to do?
02:10I don't know.
02:11He wants listeners' advice.
02:12He was asking me about it, and I said, I honestly don't know.
02:16And I go, well, when I don't know the answer to a problem, I just ask the listeners.
02:19And they will always tell me the best solutions.
02:22They have some creative ideas, usually.
02:24So I said, let's throw it out to the listeners.
02:26And he said, I'm game because I don't know what to do.
02:28He doesn't want to call the police on the guy because he's a nice guy.
02:30That's what I was going to say.
02:31Well, that's going to have to be the first thing you do, right?
02:33Well, because, yeah, he's already gone over there and said something about the music
02:37and said something about the dog, and nothing has changed.
02:39Technically, it's a noise complaint, right?
02:42But does he know?
02:43If you call the police, I'm always worried about do they know who called?
02:48Like, can you tell the police officer, like, hey, can we just keep it between us that it's
02:51not me that called?
02:53Like, I don't know if they have to say who complained.
02:55Well, it's the same thing when you talk to HR in the building.
02:58So you can say all you want.
02:59Oh, okay.
03:00You know, keep this between us.
03:01But they have to go talk to the other person.
03:04Yeah.
03:04That's right.
03:04I mean, it's obvious because then the person remembers, oh, well, I know who I said that
03:08to.
03:09It's true.
03:10I mean, it's common sense.
03:11And my brother is the newest person, the newest neighbor on the block.
03:15So obviously.
03:16It's going to be him.
03:17It's going to be him.
03:19So what can he do?
03:21Maybe he could become a police officer.
03:23And then he could go over there and say, look, I am.
03:27I know when I moved, I wasn't a cop, but now I am.
03:29And so I got to do something about this.
03:31Not because I'm your neighbor, because I'm a cop.
03:33It seems like a lot of work.
03:34It's a career change for sure.
03:36I mean, definite total change of career.
03:40But do you want a quiet place or not?
03:41I don't know.
03:42But what if it was your next door neighbor and that you had to listen to this all day
03:45and Melissa.
03:46So Melissa's at home.
03:47She hears this all day and is complaining to you about it.
03:50What are you going to do?
03:50I have neighbors telling us to be quiet with five kids.
03:53They're always calling us and saying, you guys be quiet.
03:55They're like, turn those dogs down.
03:57I don't know.
03:57It is tough.
03:59Maybe start off, maybe get a for sale sign and put it in front of their house.
04:02Ooh, that's good.
04:04You know what I'm saying?
04:05Just make them think a little bit.
04:06Yes.
04:06Like, you know, you're not the only one that can sell your home.
04:09I can sell it too.
04:10Just put a for sale sign.
04:12Just mess with them a little bit, you know?
04:14Wouldn't it be awesome if the guy got an offer and it was above what he even would ever
04:18guess?
04:19Guess I'm out of here.
04:20And then he moves and takes the dog with him.
04:22The market is good.
04:23You may want to think about it.
04:24It's true.
04:25800-992-1099.
04:27Call us, text us.
04:28What would you do?
04:28Buck, real quick.
04:29I know.
04:29What would you do?
04:30I mean, has he gone over there and asked?
04:33He's confronted him, right?
04:34Yeah.
04:34So he, yeah, he was super nice.
04:35And he asked him about the music and he mentioned the dog barking, but nothing's changed.
04:40Well, you got to go loud rap music.
04:43Ooh, fight fire with fire?
04:44Booty shaking music as loud as possible late at night.
04:47Find out when he works, hit him in the sleep.
04:50Ooh.
04:51Ooh, hit him where it hurts.
04:53Fight fire with fire.
04:54Kevin?
04:55I mean, if you've talked to the guy once and had a good conversation, I would try that
04:58again.
04:59That would be my opinion.
05:00Just see if that works before you go to more extreme measures.
05:04Kevin is so nice.
05:04He's going to just keep trying to talk to the guy.
05:06Kevin's going to be talking to this guy and the, the other, the dog would have passed
05:09away by now.
05:10And Kevin's going to still talk to him about it.
05:12I know your dog's gone, but I don't like confrontation.
05:15We know this.
05:16I know this.
05:18I don't.
05:20HR has told me.
05:21Maybe just get a bigger dog.
05:23That's scarier than that dog.
05:26My brother does not want, he doesn't want, he's not ready for a dog, he said.
05:29Listen, your brother's going to have to make some sacrifices.
05:31He wants to win this battle.
05:33Okay.
05:33You know, you just don't get to go out in the field and win the game.
05:36You got to play.
05:36You got to play to win.
05:37I like the idea of playing music back.
05:40It's pretty good.
05:41It's pretty funny.
05:42Or just a track of a dog barking.
05:44Maybe the same dog.
05:45Let's go out there this weekend and just set up some speakers and go at it.
05:49All right, we'll get to your calls and texts on the way.
05:51It's 99.5.
