Welcome to beautiful October in metro Phoenix!

What’s the sound? – oh, wait. It is the lack of sound – it’s the lack of the sound of a laboring AC trying to cool down the house.  There are still some warm days ahead but people, it looks like we have survived another Phoenix summer. Yea us!

But turning off the AC and opening the doors can set off another set of problems: barking dogs. City of Phoenix gets more barking dog complaints in the fall because people open up their doors and it is easier to hear the neighborhood howler.

If your next door neighbor has their own Barky McBark, I sympathize. It’s not an easy conversation to have but every metro Phoenix town suggests that you two try to work it out before contacting them.

In researching Happy Dog Phoenix, I looked up the dog barking ordinances for each metro Phoenix town. Each city has their own way of responding to complaints, their own requirements for people making the complaint and their own set of fines.

Feeling legally inclined? I have listed each city’s ordinance in the book so you can decide for yourself who has the toughest laws. Or if you have a dog who loves to sound off, you can find the place where you will the least amount of grief.

Until then, stay cool and try to ignore it.