Dogs out barking all night

The RSPCA are reluctant to help in this situation. Even if your concern is for the dog’s welfare they tend to interpret it as a “barking nuisance” and see it as a job for the local authority/environmental health department.

In our last house, the elderly gentleman next door asked why we didn’t leave our dog outside overnight, he would appreciate the deterrent against intruders!

Their barking because their cold and want to be let in
Report it to the RSPCA they won’t say who reported it, and
will appreciate your reporting this animal cruelty
Please do it will help the dogs and give you some peace.

Report it to your local Council. They will write to the people concerned if you know their address and will not disclose your name. They will then be asked to keep their dogs in after 11pm. I had this problem with my neighbour and their dogs would bark throughout the night. They do not do it now.

Our local council has a dog warden that you can contact. It's awful if they are leaving the poor dogs out in the cold and rain in January, they are probably barking to get in. Some dog owners are horrible, they don't care about their poor pets.

If you state the dogs are shut out in the cold all night
The RSPCA should intervene…

I live in an urban area and have experienced years of dog barking at all times of the day and night. What is really helpful in this situation is neighbour solidarity. It's so much harder for the owners and the Council to ignore multiple complaints. Unfortunately, this seems to be rare these days!

What a horrible thought ?

Mummer

SpringyChicken

This is definitely a matter for the Environmental Health department at the local council. They sorted our the noisy dog problem in our street. They can take action if you can hear the noise inside your own home when the windows are shut.

Theoretical only I'm afraid in my area! They want ME to approach the missing idiot owner, on my own..... Without authority.....and ask nicely for them to SHUT YOUR *** DOG UP! And Environmental say that unless it's diarised and evidenced over a sustained period they're not interested........ Good luck with that

That's exactly what we had to do, Mummer. I wrote a note and put it through the dog owner's door - and signed it and gave my address. The neighbour did nothing - except give me a dirty look.
Then their next door neighbour and I complained separately to environmental health. The officer visited us and wrote to the dog owner. We were asked to keep logs of dog noise but it was never needed as the dog was quiet thereafter. The owner took the dog to work with him.

Poor dogs. ?

I couldn’t stand by and not do my utmost to get the dogs properly cared for.