AIBU to apologise after DH barked at the neighbour's dog?

Leave it……..he did the deed and FWIW a happy dog would rattle my brain too so I’m in DH camp on this one!

well, rightly so
we have a neighbour in communal gardens and her dog does this. Next time I am out I am going to stand by her maisonette and yap until she gets the message and keeps her lovely bundle of joy happily satisfied on dogs buscuits or whatever

I'm sorry, I can't help myself. 😂

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I agree with @VickyEadieofThigh . He's made a fool of himself.

Poor man snapped. Dog sounds like a complete PITA.

This is hilarious

You see most people I know would just laugh if someone barked back at a barking dog but I suppose other people have very little to occupy their minds other than calling people's husbands names.

OP complained about the dog making a racket, her DH seems to have solved it. Who cares how he went about it

Give him a pat on the back for sticking up for himself. The woman is entitled to think it's okay for her dogs to yapping all the time. She needs to train it or give it to someone who knows how to look after dogs. You should be proud of your husband it would drive anyone insane.

Her dog yaps. Yes, you can complain. The fact that you haven't, she should take as a sign she has good neighbours.

I would not apologise, you personally have nothing to apologise for. And to be honest, I don't think your husband has anything to apologise for either.

He reacted to her yappy dog, she'll be aware how yappy her dog is. If she's got any sense, she'll be the one to apologise for having a yappy dog that she presumably hasn't tried to train out of its yappiness. If she does mention anything, my response would be along the lines of

'Yes, your dog does bark quite a bit, doesn't it? DH had just got back from a tiring trip, and I think it just got to him more than it usually does.'

I'd definitely word it to make perfectly clear that her dog's barking is irritating.

It could have been worse, OP.

He could have gone around and cocked a leg pissed on her begonias.

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You are being unreasonable. Your neighbour should apologise. Bloody dogs and their owners 🙄

A bucket of water every time, he’ll soon learn.

Put DH on a lead and walk him around the garden

buy him a copy of "who let the dogs out" so he can practice his woofs

This thread reminded me of a meme I stole a few weeks ago.

I’m team DH and I don’t hate dogs. I have one who can be considered the ‘happy’ variety but I wouldn’t dream of inflicting the noise on my neighbours. The fact that you think DH’s actions are concerning rather than those of the neighbour in letting her dog annoy others says more about you than him frankly.

The dog owner is the one who shouod be apologising. Cant even go out your own door without a yappy dog going bonkers.

We have two similar neighbours. We’ve had the first two really sunny and warm days here and one neighbour is out in the garden while the dog runs around yapping at the slightest noise. She doesn’t attempt to control it. The other has chucked their little yapper into their back garden and presumably gone to work because it’s been there most of the date creating noise. This is about par for the course for both of them during the summer - they don’t give a monkeys about anyone else. OP I feel your pain.

Team dh here. When we lived next to an extremely inconsiderate dog owner who would go to work and leave her poor dog alone for hours it would bark from when she left to when she came back. Then when she returned she would let it outside to continue barking and dh shouted to shut the fucking thing up more than once.
Unfortunately the dog died so she started banging doors whenever she was home, up to 40 times in a hour, I mean who has the energy to be that demented? We had involved the council and eventually moved mainly because of her.

Excellent!! Well done DH!

It's the dog owner that's to blame and is the asshat here for having an ill disciplined dog.

My 8 year old daughter is terrified of dogs due to poorly discplined dogs barking and trying to pounce on her from a young age. If this dog is terrified good. It needs to be knocked down a peg or two and the owner a proverbially kick up the arse.

I have a spaniel, also yappy and reactive. He barks at squirrels, cats, birds, aéroplanes. We take him back inside every single time. We do not allow him in the garden unless accompanied and on the leash between 7pm and 7am so that he won’t bark when neighbours can reasonable hope for quiet.

We’ve followed these rules all the time, for 7 years, since we got him. Still he yaps. What is your training secret please because I would love a quieter dog, especially in the warmer months, when it would be great to be able to potter quietly in the garden with a peaceful dog beside you. Not one that is going off its head at every passing aeroplane !

😂 I love this tread! Would have loved to see this!

Any excessive noise from neighbours is annoying. Will he jump around screaming at kids playing next? I’d think he was a complete dickhead if I lived next door or, worse, was married to him.

This is the best thing. Except if he's acting like it never happened he's not going to go & apologise is he?!