hi
we have a dog next door which barks constantly, morning, afternoon, evenig and early hours, it is in the garden most of the time, any suggestions, and the bark is a horrible one that goes right through your head, thanks in advance
chessington Wed 14/05/08 15:28
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Could you talk to the owners? Ask them to control it - or if that was me I would report it to the RSPCA - why is it barking? I know some dogs bark when disturbed by noises in the night - not always a bad thing - but barking constantly day and night - thats not right! I live next door to a dog and I never hear it.
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Hi back! The doggie is obviously left alone and is lonely, bored, and in need of company. We had a similar thing near to us, the poor dog barked all the time. I had constant headache from the noise - day and night!!
Hope it has water and food.
I can't understand why people have dogs then more or less abandon them and leave them for hours on end in the garden!!! It is obviously distressed. Dogs will happily wait for the return of their owners re work commitments etc - however they would be loved and confident in their surroundings. Then there is no problem. A confident dog is a happy dog. It sounds as if this pooch has little love in its life.
Would it be possible to approach the neighbour? Could you get support from others around you? I don't envy you - perhaps you may have to take it higher.
Poor doggie! Good luck
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We have been on the receiving end of a complaint from our neighbours. Our dogs were barking when people came to the door. The local council were involved and the complainants had to keep a log of times the dog was barking. (So did we)Fortunately, the council saw that it was our neighbours who were the problem. I do have sympathy for you though. Be aware that if you complain to the council it is a good idea to have your bark diary ready. The council will have to notify the other people so be very sure they won't take offence. I doubt you have a good relationship with them as you would have mentioned the problem by now. If you are in all day, maybe you could offer to go and say hello to the dog during the day. Poor thing must be bored to tears. XX
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Question Author
Hi
Thanks for all your replies, the dog is actually spoilt, they speak to it like its a baby, we did have a word and they say they will try to keep him quiet. This happened before when they leave their gate open and it came in our front garden to use a toilet!! we told them and they fixed the gate, again the gate is broken and the same thing happens so they only take notice for a couple of weeks, we may get a couple of nights sleep then they seem to forget on purpose for a while, thanks again all of you
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As a last resort and only as a last resort, record the barking on a tape, MP3 player or whatever and serenade those neighbours via a couple of strategically placed speakers with their own dog's barking at about 1am. It is up to you how loud you have the din.
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ha ha ha, willdwood - brilliant approach. i tried that with noisy students next door to us and it worked a treat. i tried asking them nicely (at 1, 2, 3 am etc) to be quiet, explaining we had a young child, work, exams etc. but they didn't give a rats arse. however, after three days of kicking their door in at 5-6 am and saying that i had to get up for work whatever they did at night, was a stubborn cow and would keep doing it until they got the message, thye became surprisingly quiet. the 'nice' approach can only be taken for so long and i reckon a dose of their own medicine should put things to rights. just make sure the dog is reasonably noisy and it is not you being intolerant of it barking before you start deafening them at silly hours of the day. god, is it satisfying...
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Have a word with your local council and get advice as I did with my noisy neighbours on one side of me.
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thanks for the replies, I will do that with the recordings and play back at an inconvienient hour. My daughter will be doing her GCSE's next year and I definately won't tolerate the noise then and the next door neighbour is a school teacher so if she doesn't understand that then she is in the wrong job, he her partner does nothing all day and it is his dog, so yes thanks will do the recordings if nothing else.
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Stonekicker - you are a person after my own heart! Glad to know someone else favours the direct approach. Let them think you are a nutter and they will leave you alone.
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get in touch with the environmental department of your local council.They will issue a warning and threaten them with court action if there is no improvement,I did and it worked a treat,
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maybe you could "accidentally" spray the dog with the hose
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