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How much dog barking do you overhear at home?

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ScrabbleChamp64 · 11/11/2025 21:10

Not from your own dog obviously!

All the dog barking around me is driving me crazy but before I go round and say something to the neighbours I need to know if I’m just being very intolerant as even though it seems like a lot to me, really I think being able to hear any barking in my house is intrusive and antisocial. I don’t remember dog barking at all growing up as a child so I’m not used to it, but we lived in a large detached house.

My current house (been here since 2021) is end of terrace in a squishy ex-newbuild development so very different.

Thankfully we are going to try and move next year anyway…to somewhere with fewer neighbours!

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Okbyethen · 11/11/2025 21:28

Im in a detached house and our neighbour has a dog that whines very loudly and barks whenever it's home alone, it's VERY annoying!

I'm very tempted to say something about it to them but not sure as there's probably not much they can do about it - I guess if they're out of the house the whining won't bother them!

KickHimInTheCrotch · 11/11/2025 21:27

Not many. My neighbour has a family member who brings their dog when they cone to stay a few times a year and it barks incessantly. It makes me realise how quiet the street is the rest of the time. I don't complain because its a couple of days but I would have to if it was permanent.

Guildford321 · 11/11/2025 21:25

21ZIGGY · 11/11/2025 21:20

There are loads near me including my own so I can't complain though someone puts their dog out at about three am till about eight am and that barks constantly all night though i'm more worried about the dog itself than the barking

I'd go absolutely nuclear about that. Poor dog but that's appalling behaviour.

SwirlyShirly · 11/11/2025 21:24

Detached but our neighbour has about 7 maltipoo kind of dogs and they bark a LOT when they’re in the garden. Our neighbours are otherwise really lovely and I’m sure they get sick of our boys kicking a football about so swings and roundabouts

MyCatPrefersPeaches · 11/11/2025 21:24

Quite a lot where I am but not generally after 2200/2230. Two of my neighbours have barky dogs who like to argue with each other when they go out for their last toilet session before bed. It doesn’t bother me and my neighbours are lovely (plus we have a cat who probably used to toilet in their gardens so 🤷‍♀️). I know both dogs are well cared for, they’re just….barky. I do get how it could be annoying, though!

Guildford321 · 11/11/2025 21:23

One neighbour has yappy dogs. Thankfully, they're getting older now and are a lot quieter but there's a special place in hell reserved for owners who let their dogs bark without checking them.

XenoBitch · 11/11/2025 21:23

Not much at all, and I am mid terrace.
My neighbour has a dog, but he barks when the doorbell goes, or for a bit when they leave the house.

21ZIGGY · 11/11/2025 21:20

There are loads near me including my own so I can't complain though someone puts their dog out at about three am till about eight am and that barks constantly all night though i'm more worried about the dog itself than the barking

Realrobin · 11/11/2025 21:17

Maybe once a day I might hear a dog bark somewhere, but it's not regular or intrusive. I have no immediate neighbours with dogs.

DeQuin · 11/11/2025 21:12

Terraced house; lots of neighbours with dogs; no barking. Doesn’t help you though.