I agree with you on the barking dog issue.  We have dogs that bark early (like 4am early) in the morning and sometimes all day long.  I'm a hard sleeper, so I can usually sleep through the barking, but I know some of the other neighbors have been complaining.  I say, if you can't get ahold of the owners in a reasonable amount of time, call your HOA and file a complaint.  Or you can go to their house and keep ringing their door bell once you hear the dog barking (like 2am) and wake them up...hey, what's good for the goose is good for the gander!  I'm originally from Illinois and I know that people out there are not tollerable to that kind of stuff and you can call the police and let them take care of it, and if it continues and they have to make a second trip...they get a hefty fine.  Not sure how it works here.

I'm not sure which HOA they have, but in Ogden's (our HOA in Senita) it is a HOA issue.  We received a flyer from Ogden regarding dogs barking as well as other common issues.  I do think that at times, our money is going to waste with our HOA because they lag on responding to complaints...our block looks like a used car sales lot and not much is being done about it, so the police may be the way to go...but I'm not sure that courts would even hear a case such as that.  Maybe Judge Judy

Hmmm...the only reason I thought parking in the streets was an HOA issue was because my neighbor across the street got a tow sticker on his car.  He told me that it was from the HOA.  I know when I looked through the HOA paperwork they did mention on their that you aren't supposed to park in the street overnight.  They actually tell you in there that you are supposed to park (1st) in the garage then in the driveway...and only short term parking in the street.  And when we had part of our driveway redone we had to call the HOA and tell Kriss our make and model of car along with plate numbers and how many days it was in the street so we didn't receive a violation.  I love the way we get told different things....frustrating.

Correct.....the HOA can not tow but can send violation letter and/or fines based on your individual fine policy for your community.  That is of course if your governing documents state that there is no parking on the street.  Unless the community manager drives around in the evening to catch people parking the only way that violation letters and/or fines can be sent out if is someone is willing to file a complaint.

As for the barking dog(s) it is also correct that unfortunately it is not an HOA issue.  That is a homeowner to homeowner issue.  You can contact the Code Enforcement agency (Brian Duncan) and/or the Animal Control Department for the county.   If they becomes verified complaints it will be forwarded to the courts for compliance.  But please remember that it is a slow process.  Unfortunately our government doesn't do anything quickly and can be frustrating.  Especially if it is causing us to lose sleep.

Our HOA has guidelines for barking dogs and overnight parking on the street.  Because the one night our management could do the checking on overnight  parking, the offenders would keep them off the street for that night.  Well, we now have an outside firm that will also check RANDOMLY also during the week.  And yes, the HOA can have the cars towed.

As for continually barking dogs. it can be a real headache.  But calling the police is not a bad thing.  Look at what happened this week after several of complaints to the police about a certain house with barking dogs.  Turns out he was raising pitbulls for fighting.  Also, they found illegal guns and ammution in his garage.  I would call any and everyone until it is addressed;  HOA, police, Animal Control, whatever it takes. 

True, many years back I actually had to pay a 200$ fine and a 2 year probation for a barking dog violation! This was in Phoenix and I am sure enforcement and penalties vary from one jurisdiction to another. My case came from an ongoing dispute with the neighbor, he was upset because my dogs would bark and awake him whenever his F'N'CAT walked the block fence between our homes!!! He refused to bring his cat in at night, so I refused to bring my dogs in as well. I went to court to plead my case and was told that there was nothing in the books in regards to cats being allowed to run free 24/7!!!!   

Oh yeah, it didn't help that the jerkoff  was one of Bruce Babbit's cronies working for the Department of the Interior at the time!!!!!

Call PInal County Animal Control and file a complaint.

We don't have any dogs but I agree with wifeNmama the neighbors dogs alert us  But they are pretty good about not letting them go crazy and they don't leave them out all night either.