I have had two different upstairs neighbors with dachshunds.

Neighbor #1- I never heard a peep!

However, with Neighbor #2… Let’s just say it’s been a long year. When she first adopted it, it barked and howled very loudly when she was gone for hours. The landlord asked her to get a bark collar- the howl is a bit different and I can still hear it. I let her know how loud the noise was when she first got the dog- I recorded it on my iPhone and shared it with her.

During the winter, the she didn’t take her dog to the dog area and it was going in our front yard. Because it was cold, she was playing with dog upstairs and the running and pounding on floor was so loud! I let her know when it was too loud and asked her to pick up after her dog. I asked the landlord to step in and came home to find dog poop on my doorstep.

I’d love to trade apartments with her for a week so she can experience the joy of listening to her pet’s separation anxiety when she’s trying to study or feel the ceiling shake from someone pounding on the floor with her dog barking and running in the upstairs apartment while she’s reading the paper and enjoying a cup of coffee on Sunday morning.

The dog last barked around 9:50 tonight.

I’m sad because I considered her to be a dear friend before she got the dog.