The dogs are obnoxiously loud nearly every day. The owner actually bangs pots together in front of them to encourage barking. We can hear her yelling to wind up the animals. It's crazy. Any attempt at correspondence is met with hostility. I've seen the large German Shepard loose and unleashed on the street before. I thought I was a goner until it slowly walked back to the owner's house. I don't know if anything is technically illegal, but it's definitely sketchy and annoying. I feel bad for the dogs. I feel worse for the neighborhood that has to listen to this daily insanity.

I bang pots to stir them up? Are you watching me through some absurd telescope? This is an outright lie, and I am disgusted by the neighbors on Drexel. I lived on Greenwood Circle for 10 years with dogs with no issues. 8 months in this house with my SERVICE DOGS and people are incredibly intolerant. Shame. And sorry my children didn’t latch the gate and the dogs got loose. I am amazed at the attitude where people immediately assume the worse.

actually we lived near you when you lived on Greenwood (we no longer live in that neighborhood) and your dog barked loudly and often. We avoided walking past your house becaues if your dog was in the yard we were afraid it was going to come over the fence, it lunged and barked so aggresively. If you were aware of it, all you did was yell at your dog from inside the house. You only had one dog at the time, so maybe that was why it didn't turn into an issue, and I never encountered your dog outside your fence, but don't assume there were no 'issues'. Your neighbors just put up with it.

And you are commenting now why? I was aware of it, and sadly was on my way to going blind, so had to make the best of things. Now that I am divorcing my abusive husband, have had 3 cornea transplants, and managed to move to a house close enough to keep my kids in their same schools, I have to deal with a bunch of people who have nothing better to do than look reasons to complain. Please share your name, oh anonymous poster, so I can remember you. It’s so delightful when people assume the worst, rather than thinking that perhaps someone is doing the best they can under the circumstances. The woman who filed the complaint before is the same one I caught on video looking in all my windows, inciting the dogs to bark. She had the nerve to come back and sneak up on me at the side of my house. And-she filed the complaint above after she sold her house and then moved out last week. I miss everyone from greenwood except the rental tenants in the apartments next door.

I submitted this weeks before I moved. You just saw it. I was hoping to do everyone a favor because no one else seems willing to do it. Everyone is tired of the barking, and you are completely aware of this fact.

Knocking on your front door and talking to you from ten feet away on your driveway is not “sneaking”. It is speaking to a neighbor like an adult. You chose to hide in your house, walk away, and black anyone on social media that asks you to be a decent neighbor. You are not the victim.

Service dogs aren’t trained to bark constantly. And if you are doing anything that the other poster described (as you did not deny it), please just stop.

This city is the only recourse left for your neighbors. I hope they continue to use this site.

Thank you for submitting. We're closing out the older 'animal complaints'. Please call City of Decatur Police Department's non-emergency number at 404-373-6551 if you need assistance.