Dog owners again.

I am a dog owner and have 2 small dogs. I did have GSD'S for many years but sadly they are all gone now. Toby is now coming up to 8 yrs old and the only times he barks is when people run up or down the gulley next to my house. Poppy is my little new rescue and she barks like a maniac when she hears a noise which sets Toby off!! I do not allow constant barking and I go and fetch them in if they start. They are never shut outside. It's a work in progress teaching the new little girl to be quiet but as she has only been with me 2 weeks we will get there. My dogs have always been allowed to alert me to things happening outside but they also are trained to be quiet when told. There are always going to be lazy owners that do not train their dogs and do not care about the noise .

Same where I live. One yappy dog in particular starts off every afternoon and goes on for hours. How those who live close by stand it I don't know. Add to that tge screaming of children, the noise of three of them trundling about on concrete in those sit in pedal cars for hours each day and the shouting of the childminder I am beginning to think I should look to volunteer full time for some peace and quiet.

So many stupid people got dogs during lockdown without a thought as to what would happen when they returned to work. I could never live somewhere where a dog barked constantly. I would report it as a barking dog is not a happy dog. It is usually a dog that has been left on it's own....

This drives me potty. I have counted up, and since lockdown, the number of dogs within a 100 metre radius of my house has increased to 26 , with 2 households having 4dogs each. Once one kicks off they all follow! One dog was barking at 1am today. Aibu to expect a bit of consideration for others? I live in a row of Victorian terraced houses btw.

I'm a dog owner, but thankfully she's not a barker so doesn't annoy anyone, well unless the hoover comes out.
There's a German Shepherd two doors up from me who hasn't been for a walk since it got big. They were happy to parade it about when it was a fluffy pup, getting attention of people, but now it seems to be left in the garden and put in the garage at night. They have a wee Yorkie too and it doesn't get out either. When they start barking at night when they are put in the garage it sets off the three dogs the other side of them, I don't know how the people that live behind them cope with the racket. When I had my bedroom window open, when it was hot, I had to put earplugs in to try to sleep.
I don't know why some people get dogs if they can't be bothered exercising them and keep them stimulated, they are like four legged kids. They'll bark for attention and they'll keep doing it til they get it. A lot of its the owners fault, not the dogs.

Due to, not Did to ?

We reckon it's dogs left alone outside for ages and we dislike it too. We never leave our dogs unsupervised in the garden. We want to know what they're up to! Two of them rarely bark outside but the little cavvy is very territorial and also stone deaf. He barks while defending 'his' territory from all interlopers including birds, butterflies and often nothing at all that we can see! Did to his deafness, he doesn't respond to us calling him. However, as soon as he starts, we stop him by distracting him from these perceived threats. As soon as he has done what he's actually outside for, he's taken indoors pronto.

So I’m a lifelong dog owner! Firstly, though it might seem “incessant” it probably isn’t and secondly sadly dogs bark and some types of dogs are more excitable than others. We have two spaniels, one is “elderly” and sadly has developed a form of doggy dementia which sometimes means he literally barks at nothing, the younger one has always been skittish and barks at everything ! My daughter lives here too following a break up and with her came three young mini sausage dogs ! Adorable BUT very skittish ! We live in a highly built up area, our dogs are exercised well, very early in the morning, are rarely left alone, NEVER locked in the garden and very very rarely bark between 10:00pm and 7:00am. When they do bark we ask them to stop and mostly they so immediately but sometimes it takes two or three “please be quiet” for them to stop. We suddenly seem to have many dogs in our road and sometimes one dog will set off the whole street which is horrendous. I worked from home all through lockdown, with all five dogs in the same room as me, so I know they don’t bark constantly as I’d never have been able to work. They are all very well looked after and if I’m honest a bit pampered but I do try hard to keep their barking to a minimum

I have several dogs and they will bark if anyone knocks on the door but then they stop .. basically because they are incorrigibly nosey and like to listen to what's going on!

We have a dog that constantly barks every evening from 7 pm until 11 pm every single night. Thankfully its a good distance away but still very annoying. But goodness knows how people close by put up with it. And not to say the poor dog too.

I woke up to a dog barking looked out of the window. Someone was getting into their car, the dog on a long lead was in my front garden. When I went out later trod in a big pile ? just outside my front door, not the first time this has happened

Baggytrazzas

If the owners were around they would stop the dog from barking, I'm sure. Could it be someone who has gone on holiday leaving the dog at home, maybe with just someone popping in to feed it?

Sadly, no they most likely would not.

A lot of dog owners today seem to assume that barking is just what dogs do, and make no attempt to train the dog not to bark at everything it hears.

I assume these owners never bothered to find out how to train a puppy before getting one.

Our one set of neighbours have three small yapping dogs that bark whether the neighbours are at home or not.

Yesterday I was cutting our hedge and realised that those dogs bark every time the local bus arrives or departs from the bus stop outside our houses. It does so once and hour from 7. a.m. to 11 p. m. daily, so by now the dogs should have realised that they do not have to bark at it, but no.

If the owners are at home they just shout "Shut up!" at the dogs. This of course has no effect.

Personally, I have always been told that you neither train dogs, cats, nor bring up children by shouting at them, but my neighbours do not seem to be aware of this fact.

There may well be other dog owners who are so used to the sound of their dogs barking that they no longer hear it,

Trying to discuss the fact that you find the barking trying to listen to with these dog owners gets you nowhere in my experience.

Yes, German shepherds are very reassuring! There is a small yappy dog along the road which yaps at everything but I don’t think a burglar would be deterred! Ours just barks a couple of times when necessary to alert us to a visitor on the front drive. The bark is equal to her very large size.

The family who live behind us have a large dog, German Shepherd I think, and he barks when he wears anyone but can't see them. It isn't particularly annoying either, more of a reassurance to be honest.

Two doors either side of us have small happy critters, or handbags dogs as my OH calls them and they're a flaming nuisance. One of them is so badly trained, pulls on the lead, snarls, growls, yaps etc which is a shame; it has never been shown any training and discipline.

Yes I have Mayal. A lovely German shepherd thought to be about 7, who was rescued from S Ireland where she had spent her life chained up outside - yet she has the sweetest nature, so trusting and loving, but seems to be afraid of other dogs. We think she may have been intimidated by other dogs running around when she was chained up. Very sad.

Kate 1949,GSM is right, please contact them.
The EH department should give you a log so that you can put down the times and dates of when the barking occurs. Normally they ask you do to this for a period of 4 weeks. They then should visit the people concerned.
Thank GSM, Finn has given us so much love, l am happy to do this for him.
l was pleased to see that it looks as if you may have adopted another girl.

I will. Thank you GSM.

This is an issue dealt with by district councils. Maybe you were speaking to someone from the wrong council. District councils most certainly can do something about it. Phone the environmental health department.

When our local councillors were knocking on doors campaigning recently, I mentioned it to one and she said 'I can't do anything about that'.

Germanshepherdsmum

I wish people would complain to the local authority, who can do something, rather than here where nobody can. It might produce an improvement in the dogs’ welfare.

I think some local authorities are more proactive in this regard than others. As I said, I did complain to ours and although the dog's owners were warned, it had no effect whatsoever in the long run.
I agree that many people clearly got a dog on a whim during lockdown with no thought as to what was going to happen when they eventually went back to work. Of course, it's the poor dog which suffers most at the end of the day from being left along for very long periods.

Yes Mayal, it is. I think you’re doing a wonderful job with your old boy. Real love and care.

I think some dogs are just more barky than others, regardless of training, or having a wonderful life.

I agree with GSM. Oue EH department will take dog barking complaints seriously, l know, because l worked there before l retired and we had many calls concerning problem owners.
Our boy didn't really bark much until this past year, l now have to sleep downstairs with him otherwise he would bark all through the night and disturb the neighbours. It's the owners who are to blame not the dogs.

I don’t like barking dogs. My dogs have never really barked. I now have a miniature dachshund puppy and he barks loudly and often.

I wish people would complain to the local authority, who can do something, rather than here where nobody can. It might produce an improvement in the dogs’ welfare.