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Neighbour's dog barking

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User019876 · 02/07/2024 20:02

Hello, neighbour has adopted a six-month old rescue dog from Romania. It's three months on and I'm concerned the barking is becoming a real problem. Have kept a diary today what do people think? It's likely to carry on like this until 10pm. Don't want to put in a formal complaint but am I reasonable to start contacting the neighbour to better train their dog?

08:02 - one bark
08:31 - two barks
08:34 - one bark
08:36 - five barks
08:53 - four barks
08:57 - one bark
09:10 - sixteen barks
12:34 - four barks
13:30 - twenty-eight barks
13:54 - four barks
14:52 - nineteen barks
16:25 - two barks
16:26 - five barks
16:32 - two barks
16:34 - three barks
16:35 - two barks
16:37 - one bark
16:39 - one bark
16:43 - two barks
16:46 - two barks
16:47 - one bark
16:52 - two barks
16:54 - twelve barks
16:59 - one bark
18:14 - nine barks
18:15 - six barks
18:17 - one bark
18:18 - five barks
18:53 - one bark
18:54 - five barks
19:04 - eleven barks
19:06 - twenty-three barks
19:11 - fifty-three barks
19:13 - 100+ barks until 19:17
19:19 - 50+ barks until 19:22
19:33 - two barks
19:47 - three barks
19:49 - one bark
20:00 - three barks

OP posts:
frannygallops · 02/07/2024 20:10

It would have taken less effort to speak to the neighbour than it would to have wasted a whole day counting barks

WetBandits · 02/07/2024 20:08

Have you done anything else today apart from tally up 400+ barks? If it’s bothering you, speak to your neighbour, but obsessively tallying up barks (I can’t imagine sitting there counting 53 individual barks) makes it sound like you need to get out more.

MissingKitty · 02/07/2024 20:06

Have you literally just sat counting individual barks and clock watching all day?