Dogs out barking all night

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

Poor dogs. ?

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.

What a horrible thought ?

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Whether it is day or night, dogs being allowed to bark fir any length if time is inconsiderate. Our neighbours have two married children who have both recently acquired dogs. They visit most weekends and bring their dogs who are not allowed in the house, they are left in the garden and they both bark non-stop for the duration of the visit, it is annoying and it upsets our dog who is never allowed to bark in the garden for any length of time, he is told to stop or he is brought inside.

valdali if my dog needs to go in the garden at night I put him on an extension lead so I don’t end up having to go out to fetch him back in from the end of the garden. That certainly helped.

That is anti social of the owners, and probably not in line with the welfare of the dogs. You will need to identify where they are - a night time stroll would be necessary, or binoculars from the window! You can then make a formal complaint to Environmental Health or the RSPCA, with concerns about the welfare of the animals.

I had to do this some years ago, but I knew where the dogs were - they were trying to chew through my fence to get to me!! The owners got a letter from EH. It did stop for a while. When it started again I have to say that I put a letter through the door and threatened to deal with the dogs myself. It stopped completely. I have to say I would never have done anything to harm the dogs as I am an animal lover and would never deliberately hurt an animal. However, the threat was enough. They knew they were doing something wrong and it stopped! And I didn't have to replace the fence panels after all, just patch them up :-)

We have had the same problem and according to our environmental health department who dealt with it dogs are not supposed to be out alone in a garden to bark and causing nuisance after 10 pm and before 7 am.

Their intervention worked for us. It was becoming intolerable and we let it go for 6 months before doing anything and it was the sons dog who didn’t even live in the house his mother was dog sitting every other night. However sorted now and we can at last sleep through the night.

Report them to the dog warden. Totally unacceptable for many reasons!

In my last house, I worked from home and had the noise of two dogs barking all through the day. It was absolutely awful. In the end, after many, many weeks I wrote to the council and within a few days it stopped. They were really good, much better than I expected. I was told the dogs were re-homed to a relative who was in all day and could take care of them.

Incidentally, you can also talk to the local Dog Warden and they will sometimes check that the dogs are ok and give "advice".

My sister had a dog who she was convinced was an absolute angel because when she left for work, the dog was on it's bed snoozing quietly and the same when she returned home. It was only when a neighbour approached her and told her that her dog barked all day long, she investigated by sneaking back on foot. It turned out that the dog would wait for her car to turn the corner before it leapt off the bed, stuck his head out the cat flap and barked at everything that moved. She was amazed but it was easily rectified by making it impossible for the dog to open the cat flap!

Just a foot note, my husband and daughter have seen and heard the electric collars, they buzz evidently when the they are activated. Also the dogs bark slightly high pitched now. Didn’t get much joy with the RSPCA, can’t seem to speak to anyone, and the vets didn’t really know. We will have to see where the council take us.

We have a similar problem, which is ongoing at the moment. I approached the neighbour, six months ago, he has three large dogs kennelled out side, just to politely say was he aware they constantly bark. His response, ‘ oh I know which one it is,’ (it’s actually all three of them), it’s probably time for the electric collar’. I don’t think he was joking!!!!! I was appalled, they have been illegal in England and Wales for about ten years. Thinks came to a head at Christmas when my husband approached him about the dogs, he said my husband threatened him and we had a visit from the police!
I have now phoned the council and they are dealing with it. Not only do they have dogs, they have chickens and breed Maine Coon cats. Apart from the noise day and night, the smell in the summer is unbelievable!!!!
An elderly neighbour who lives the other side of them, can’t use her conservatory as they make so much noise. Definitely not an easy problem

This happened to my parents a few years ago. A dog left chained up all day and night. When I found out I rang the RSPCA immediately. The dog was removed and his neck had been torn to shreds by the chain. Don’t hesitate.

Thank you 4allweknow
Unfortunately I’ve bought two electronic flaps in the past, and neither worked. I thought that they would be the answer to my prayers too.
The magnetic ones are fine for about 18 months, and then they succumb to all the battering!

Jane we are hoping to fit it ourselves tomorrow?

Fannycornforth There are cat flaps that operate electronically only allowing the cats in or out that belong to the house. Would solve your problem of freeloaders.

Awful situation you are in, really feel for you. Had a daytime situation about 6 months ago when a dog started barking for hours and hours from around 1 pm. Put up with it a few weeks and then posted on our local Facebook site asking fir info about owner as concerned the dog must be stressed barking so long and so often and that L.A. environmental health and RSPCA were going to be contacted. Very rarely hear the dog now so either the owner picked up the posting or someone told them about it. If you have a neighbour who could collaborate your concerns that may help with Environmental services.