Rural Port residents say man’s 14 pets have made life in neighborhood intolerable

    A pack of dogs that bark day and night and run through their neighborhood on Highway KK is making life intolerable, residents told the Port Washington Town Board Monday.

    “We can’t enjoy our property because of these animals,” said Bill Worth, 3434 Hwy. KK. “I’m fed up.”

    Worth said his neighbor Rick Goebel has about 14 dogs but doesn’t control them when he lets them out. They roam the neighborhood, tearing up lawns. They bark constantly, he said, and frighten children in the area.

    Neighbors have called the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Department to complain about the dogs, he said, but usually the animals are quiet by the time deputies arrive.

    Dan Scheftgen, 3446 Hwy. KK, provided photos of the some of dogs running through a neighbor’s property, saying they jump fences.