Hi Gingercat,
We travel with 2 well behaved dogs. If one of them is barking, something is going on. However, we also have a monitoring system on our coach to validate.
We installed a Canary monitoring system that connects to our wi-fi hotspot. Originally, it was to monitor the temperature on-board when we were away (just in case power went out or the A/C broke). But, a by-product is life audio & video capability to my cell phone. The whole set-up cost less than $200.
It sends alerts to our phone if motion, sound or light changes occur or if temperature, humidity or air quality (smoke) move outside our set range. When I get an alert I can play the audio & video live on my phone. That way I know if they're barking because someone is opening our storage doors, someone is knocking on the door or something else is going on.
After a little testing, you'll know for sure how your dog behaves in your absence. Then all you need is a plan if the dog does start barking while you're away!
I know it's not productive for the conversation, but I can?t stop myself from saying:
If someone approached me, or for that matter I saw them approach someone else, and was ?not nice about it?, nor willing to extend ?any measure of courtesy? at that point THEY are the problem. All they would find is a Metallica fan, who would take a measure of enjoyment watching them make a fool of themselves. That is until someone else complained about them.
I get the sentiment that led to the frustration, but that no reason not to be civil. If we can all take a moment, give people the benefit of the doubt until they exceed the benefit, and perhaps assume THEY don?t want their dog barking either, we?ll all be better off.
