Dog owners again.

readalot

My neighbour has three dogs, one lives in the yard and howls all day and two live in the house, who when let out to do their business in the yard tap constantly to be back in again. The yard stinks of wee. They are driving me and my husband insane

Please report your neighbours to the local authority and the RSPCA. These dogs are not being treated properly. In fact they are being ill treated. Don’t let it continue. They are in far greater misery than you.

My neighbour opposite me complains about her neighbour 's dogs barking next door. But funnily enough she doesn't seem to hear her own ankle biter yapping and barking at anything and everything.....

My conversation with my neighbour

I've tried 3 times to attach photos of Whatsapp messages with my neighbour about his yapping dog, but it didn't work! GRRRR!!!

Record it and keep a diary of dates and times then report it to Environmental Health. Dog owners are responsible for making sure their dogs are not a nuisance. If mine barks she is told to stop and if she continues is put indoors.

Until they moved away, our neighbours had 6 Rottweilers that didn’t bark but howled like wolves every time an ambulance/police car/fire engine drove past. We lived on the main route from our town to the nearest A&E so it was frequently and because their hearing is acute, they knew the vehicles were coming long before we heard them. We were so glad when the family moved.

My “newish” neighbours arrived with 3 small, very yappy terriers. They never play with the dogs nor take them out for walks - in nearly 2 years! Fortunately one dog was old and died a while ago but the other 2 are left outside to bark at every passer-by or bark at nothing for quite long periods. They went into kennels for a week a while ago and were much quieter on their return, but now are back to barking madly in the garden and even in the house. I feel sure the barking is due to pure boredom as it’s only a small garden with no doggy friendly activities - not even a ball!

As an owner of two (sadly, last week it was three!) beloved dogs I have to say that I cannot stand dogs barking. I suppose it has something to do with the breed, but when mine bark, it is for a reason. I take note and make sure they are quiet again.

I’m so sorry you have lost one of your beloved dogs undines. My sincere condolences. ?

@Baggytrazzas

If barking dogs are reported to the local council's environmental services department, they will send someone out to listen to said dog, they will write to the owner demanding that they control the noise. If, after 3 letters the dog is still barking, they get a court order for the seizure and destruction of said dog.

It is far better to approach the owner as a concerned neighbour and ask whether training not to bark would be appropriate as if people report to the council, the above could be the consequence, and we're sure they don't want this happening.

@Smurf44

How can you say "forturnately one died", what a horrible attitude.

In sure no-one wants to sit and listen to a bunch of happy dogs but being pleased that one has died is totally wrong.

Agreed.

Apologies for above typos, I'll try again....

@Smurf44

How can you say "forturnately one died", what a horrible attitude.

I'm sure no-one wants to sit and listen to a bunch of yappy dogs but being pleased that one has died is totally wrong.

(In my defence regarding the typos, they could well be happy dogs).

Harmonypuss

@Baggytrazzas

If barking dogs are reported to the local council's environmental services department, they will send someone out to listen to said dog, they will write to the owner demanding that they control the noise. If, after 3 letters the dog is still barking, they get a court order for the seizure and destruction of said dog.

It is far better to approach the owner as a concerned neighbour and ask whether training not to bark would be appropriate as if people report to the council, the above could be the consequence, and we're sure they don't want this happening.

That certainly wasn't the case when I complained about a neighbour's dog. The council was absolutely useless (to be honest, they're fairly useless in all departments, though). It may be different in other parts of the country.

I quite agree with you. I am about to find out why some local dogs to me are barking a lot and if I discover that they are being left for too long, I hope to have a friendly word with the owners and explain about dog boredom and separation anxiety etc. If I get told to 'eff off' I shall be contacting the RSPCA.

I love dogs and my family has always had a dog.
However I think it is a sad reflection on the dog owners who allow their pets to disturb their neighbourhood. Barking is a dog’s way of communicating so what needs are the pet owners ignoring? Separation anxiety, boredom lack of exercise, thirst pain etc ?

Every dog I have had has 'learnt it's manners' as soon as it sets foot (or should I say paw?) in the house. Positive based training I should add.

That includes barking. Alert barks are OK but nothing else.

I, like many others have already said, think it is the owners in the main. Yes, you do get a yappy/barky dog that is tricky to train but on the whole it is down to the owner.

There's been a marked increase in recent years - especially since COVID, in dogs dragging their owners hither and thither (usually at the end of a long "training" lead), barking and lunging at everything and anything. On the continent, several countries (can't remember which ones but I think Norway is one) that require you (by law) to attend training BEFORE you get a dog (or horse or whatever) and do wonder if it isn't way past time we introduced something similar here.

It sometimes seems to me that people expect their newly acquired 8 week old puppy to be fully trained - just looking at all the ads stating that the 9 week old puppy is up for sale because their work hours have changed - that excuse always makes me suspicious that the reality is a bit too much.

Back to the barking...

I live in a rural area outside of the village. We all have v large gardens or a few acres (or more!) and several people keep hens - and some even keep cockerels (despite just wanting eggs...) so it can get a bit noisy at times with all the crowing.

One of the neighbours complains a lot about the cockerels crowing throughout the day. Funnily enough, she doesn't seem to notice that her 'pack' of dogs are constantly barking day and night whenever they're in the garden - which is a lot.