I just got a Double Bell Alarm Clock-White from Target today and I can't figure out how to set the alarm. Please Help..
While the IR collar might work, the problem would be the life of the batteries since the IR leds would be on constantly, unlikely a couple of AAA batteries would last 6 hours. Possibly a passive RFID tag on the dog's collar and RFID tag reader at the door would work. That way, there would be no false alarms as there might be with the PIR motion detector.
We always keep one in the kitchen that is accessible. We also keep on out in the garage at the entry door to the house.
Talking to them won't make any difference. These people could care less about your yard. If a fence is allowed by your HOA, it has to be high enough so they can't jump over it or get around it. The other thing is, we complained once about it, an our neighbor told every other dog lover in the neighborhood about it and you guessed it they all started letting their dogs poop and pee in our yard to get us back!. If the dog is unleashed, you can turn them in by taking pictures and sending them to animal control. But, this also is a hassle. The biggest problem is that these people may pick up their dog poop, but it leaves residue and the dogs come back. And, the dogs pee when they poop and that makes yellow circles in your yard. I think the best solution is to get the bear or fox pee from the hardware store and put it down where you don't want them to cross. This is why we RENT so we can move when we get lousy neighbors. We have had 3 houses of our own that we bought, and said never again! But, even apartment people seem to believe that any blade of grass in the world is fair game for their dogs. I worked downtown Dallas, and I watched them let their little pets poop and pee around trees and landscape of buildings, everywhere! They pick it up, but it leaves pee and residue. Nasty!
I simply mounted a motion detector flood lamp head beside the door and aimed it down. In the base wiring there are neutral (white), power (black) and two blue wires (in my case) that were connected together and joined the infrared/heat sensor to the lamp head. Crimp connectors were used - I cut the blue wires close to the connector to replace them with wire nuts and added a wire to come inside, which I connected to 120 volt relay that mounted on a loose metal plate so it went clunk when the relay closed. I could have used a household doorbell transformer with buzzer for continuous sound. The sensor head for motion has a position for Test that ignores the night requirement and turns on the light for about 12 seconds in daylight. In my case, the light coming on soon trained the dog it was sensed and it stopped standing at the door barking until I arrived.
