I’m not sure if this necessarily belongs on pets but hoping for some suggestions.
The house two doors away from us has been rented for many years but has recently been put up for sale. It would appear, however, that there is someone renting until it sells as a couple moved in a month ago but estate agent’s sale board is still up.
They have a dog, don’t know what kind of dog as we’ve never seen it, only heard it. It alternately howls and cries in the garden for prolonged periods as they seem to leave it outside when they’re out. This can be for several hours. The dog is obviously distressed at being left and it’s quite upsetting to hear it crying. I was worried about it’s welfare so contacted the local dog warden who said if it was a noise issue then it wasn’t in their remit. It’s not the noise that’s bothering me so much as the distress the dog must be in to cry like that. I don’t know if it’s a welfare issue as we haven’t seen the animal.
What to do? Don’t want to start a neighbourhood fight but dog is definitely upset. Don’t want to overreact either but you hear so much about neglected/abused animals.
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