Disgruntled couple awarded $240,000 from neighbor in DOG BARKING lawsuit after claiming the Tibetan mastiffs caused them a decade of unrest

OREGON -- Fed up of your neighbor's dog barking?

It seems you could be in for a windfall.

A couple in Oregon have been awarded $240,000 compensation for more than a decade of disquiet.
Dale and Debra Krein of Rogue River filed a suit in 2012 against their neighbors and their giant Tibetan mastiffs.

Finally, after three years of proceedings, a jury has ruled in favor of the disgruntled Oregonians, ordering for the canines to be debarked within 60 days.

John Updegraff and Karen Szewc have been ordered to pay
$240,000 to their neighbors after a jury found their dogs have
 been too disruptive since 2002. They tried to argue they
needed the dogs for livestock

The Kreins claimed their lives have been plagued by the noise since the defendants, John Updegraff and Karen Szewc, started breeding dogs in 2002.

According to the Mail Tribune, the canines would routinely bark until 5am and throughout the day outside the property just 300 feet from the Kreins.

This continued, they told the court, despite the fact that Updegraff and Szewc were cited by Jackson County Animal Control in 2002 and 2004 for violating public nuisance codes.

The defendants attempted to argue that the mastiffs were needed to protect their livestock.

However, on Thursday a judge at Jackson County Circuit Court ruled the animals were not suited to the role.

(Daily Mail - April 16, 2015)