Does anyone else have a neighbour whose dog just barks constantly when left?

we have this same situation. The owners refuse to use a dog sitter and try to deny its their dog that is barking. They ignore our complaints until they get home, the dog stops barking and then text us to say “it’s quiet now”. They are utter wankers. We have directly begged them to use a dog sitter (lots of people locally who would do this) but they ignore our requests - won’t even discuss it.

We are keeping a noise log in preparation for a formal complaint to the council. We have also in desperation tried using a high pitched noise (look it up in YouTube) to deter the dog from barking. Guess what, the dog owners were VERY quick to complain about that. But, it did stop the barking.

So, follow your councils rules, keep a log, record the noise, formalise a complaint and go by the booK. Or take revenge with a Bluetooth speaker and ultrasonic noise.

Absolutely not! No one should put up with it. I'm surprised the RSPCA refused to help though. I'd go back to the council and keep reporting it, every day if necessary, until further action is taken.

Yes.

But one of my kids plays the clarinet and the other the drums so...

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So you make a dog who is already stressed because it’s left alone even more stressed with a noise that dogs hate?. You don’t sound very nice yourself, infact you sound quite cruel given you play it at full volume. It’s your neighbour that is the problem, not the dog.

Tried RSPCA. Not interested.
Dog is totally distressed barking its head off all day. Looks to be snoozing most of the time the tone is running. Or it buggers off to the rear of the house where it can’t see out and therefore doesn’t get triggered to bark.
Being subjected to hours of barking isn’t “annoying” it is tortuous, especially when you’re trying to work or sleep. Do I just put up with it then and go quietly politely mad??

Sorry, but that's really cruel to the dog to subject it to a sound that will cause it distress. I totally get the barking is annoying but you should report to the RSPCA and they can take the dog off the owners.

That poor animal. Have you spoken to your neighbour about it? He probably assumes it'll just sleep while he's out. He shouldn't have a dog if he's going to leave it all night.

My sympathies @rainandshine38
We have this. Neighbours leave their dog all day constantly barking and howling at anything and everything. Tried talking to them and got told to fuck off.
Got dog warden who advised them to keep their curtains shut so dog triggered less. This worked for all of a week till neighbours stopped complying. Arseholes.

We now play an ultrasonic tone (from a free tone generator app) through a cheap Bluetooth speaker in our garden pointed at their window. Has to be full volume but is silent to humans. So far working well and it’s shut them up.

Good luck

Our neighbours dog screams, howls and barks the entire time he is left. It’s a single man and his dog, and the man tends to work nightshifts so we get the joy of this noise all evening and overnight. The poor dog has severe separation anxiety and although it’s very annoying, it’s quite upsetting to hear too.

Use the fact they asked your DD to dog-sit to raise the fact that the barking has become a non-stop problem when they're out and ask that they do something about it. Frame it that you're concerned about the dog because it sounds really distressed - because it almost certainly is.

Our NDN leaves their dog locked up alone for up to 12 hours at least four times a week but because it doesn't bark there's nothing we can do for the poor thing.

Report them to the Environmental Health Officer on your local council. They will take action.

i had a barky bastard next door for ten years.
i staycationed as not well paid and was woken every day when the mum left for work unril she returned.
it was horrific.

then it died. thank fuck. and they got another one. sigh. at least she wfh now so not out as much.

stupid ignorant selfish people.

We had new neighbours move on with a dog.The first couple of days they went out to work and left it on it's own, it barked nearly the whole time. I spoke to the lady when she returned and politely asked if the puppy was young and it barked a lot when left alone. All credit to them, the dog was never left alone all day again. They used a combination of it going to work with her and a dog sitter.

Best to contact the council and maybe an animal charity. Apart from your poor nerves being shot the dog is probably in distress. Don't allow this to continue.

They are clearly aware their dog does this because a few weeks ago they asked my daughter if she would sit round at theirs to stop their dog barking whilst they went out.

But do you think they're aware of the severity of the situation? I would try to gently explain to them that the dog barks CONSTANTLY while they are out. i.e., all the time, 24/7 - make sure the message gets through, and also that the barking is very disruptive and upsetting for your family.

Exact same thing happened in our old house. The neighbour left the house at 6am for work and on cue every day the dog would bark constantly for hours. I talked to her quite politely at first - I think she thought we would just put up with it. I ended up reporting a noise complaint and thankfully the council were brilliant. I had to download an app and record the noise, they then sent her a letter within 2 weeks at which point she sorted a dog sitter 'at great expense'. She wasn't happy but clearly she didn't care about neighbourly relations so I didn't either. You have my sympathies as the noise drove me up the wall

I know this might sound a bit mad, but if it’s a nice, dog (just very anxious when left) could they leave it with you if they’re going out? Presumably then it wouldn’t bark. If you’re not dog people, have allergies, a cat etc then that wouldn’t work, but I know I’d rather have a peaceful evening with a nice mutt asleep in a basket than being driven insane listening to constant barking. I am a dog lover though so am biased!

I rarely left my dog, and never for long. He seemed relaxed when we got home, until a day six months or so before he died when we arrived home and he was by the door looking anxious. The next time we left him I could hear him barking in a high pitched, stressed way as soon as we pulled up in the car. I had my suspicions that he’d been like that for a while. After that we never left him alone, sometimes that Winter we took him in the car and checked him regularly. It wasn’t for long as he was an old boy and died the following Spring.
I think most dogs hate being left alone, it’s just that as owners we don’t always realise, if they seem fine when we get back. My current dog is usually with me, or with a dog sitter if we need to all be out for some time. She can be left for shortish periods as she is getting a bit deaf, so she will snooze on the sofa and not notice that I’m out, she probably thinks I’m upstairs.
If a dog is barking non stop and the owner doesn’t care though, that’s really difficult. All you can do is talk to them again, and maybe another neighbour would also say something?
An old next door neighbour of mine left his dog alone all day, and he would often howl or bark. Neighbour was horrible though, he just didn’t care .

We did, for the past 2 years, but she and her yappy dogs have just moved and it's so quiet. It was really awful and we didn't know if we were better off with the dogs, or with her noise when she was home 🫣

Splendid solution!

It’s such a rubbish situation to be in. My friend has a dog who suffers separation anxiety and she’s driven to distraction feeling awful about it, tied to the house, knows the neighbour is annoyed at her, working with a behaviourist etc. Neither she nor her neighbour are unreasonable.

The question is, what would you want your neighbour to do? They likely know and are embarrassed. If they can’t solve it - are you going to ask them to get rid of the dog?

My friend’s dog did this. She didn’t know until the neighbours told her.

All credit to my friend, she quite promptly found the dog a suitable home, because she realised it wasn’t fair on her neighbours or her dog.

I hope you manage to get peace. It must be horrendous for you 💐

But what do you do? I'm new to having a dog and worry he barks when I go out.. what is the solution? Does anyone know

Yes. But now I’ve gone and bought some ducks so now we’re even 😂