[Ammi]

Originally Posted by arista

'I just had to stop the noise'.

Why did no one stop the barking
its against the law - if they bark non stop.

...I do understand his stress, Arista if the dog was barking constantly as he said..that would have caused a very poor quality to his life and made him feel miserable all the time and maybe the 'discipline' wasn't there with Meg that may have made it better for him..?..but she was bought for a seriously disabled child, to help improve her quality of life..for her parents to see her have joy in something..?..and looking after a severely disabled child is emotionally and physically draining so it's also easy to understand how there may have been a lapse with discipline if that was the case...so although the barking may have been very stressful for him, it's also that thing of seeing beyond that and having an understanding of that.. to thinking of the child, the parents and what was maybe relieving all of their stress a bit in having Meg and what their lives must be/have been at the time...everything is not just about the law, Arista...he could have put in earplugs, there are things he could have done which would have showed consideration and compassion to his neighbours..to their child, he may have felt helpless to the barking that was driving him crazy but how helpless was Lauren to her disability and how helpless were her parents to have to watch her suffer but one thing they could do was to give her Meg which brought her some happiness...