AIBU to ask a neighbour to stop their cavapoodle dog barking during night?

Of course it’s not normal to wake your neighbours by allowing your dog to bark in the middle of the night.
Yea, speak to them again.

It's not normal, it's unacceptable to allow your dog to be barking outside at night. If it needs to go out in the night then she should be taking it outside on a lead so she can bring it straight back in. Have a word and if it doesn't improve then make a noise complaint to the council.

Yanbu. A lot of those types of dig are overbred and often a bit crazy.
Definitely have a word with her again.

No it’s not normal to have your sleep disturbed by someone else’s dog! Although there will be plenty of selfish dog owners that will come on this thread and tell you that’s just what dogs do.

Your only choice is to have another word with the neighbour and failing that start keeping a diary of how often it’s occuring and contact the council, but we are woefully behind in this country at dealing with antisocial noise and imposing any real sanctions.

Id be knocking on their door at 4am telling them to shut it up.

I actually did that once... thankfully they moved soon after (it was ashort term rent otherwise I'd have lost my mind)

Id speak to them 1 more time and if it continues after that contact your local council with a noise complain. You will need to keep a noise diary and dealing with it wont be quick to start with but as soon as they have enough evidence they will act and your neighbour will have to choose between keeping their dog quiet or getting rid of it. Whatever they chose it will mean no more nighttime barking

I would not appreciate being woken at 4 am by any noise
I would have a chat with the neighbour if you’re on friendly terms

I've got terriers. Yes, they do want to bark at and chase anything they deem suspicious 😆 As I said, that's why you have to take them out on a lead at night if they go out. Yes, this is a pain as an owner but it's not an excuse to wake your neighbours!

I could theoretically take my dog out on a lead, but that wouldn't stop him barking. Luckily he is usually asleep by 8pm and I walk him around 6am, so he isn't in the garden, then. However, he has on occasion been ill in the middle of the night, and I've had to let him in the garden to do what he needs to do, and occasionally he has barked. Literally nothing I can do about it. Although I do feel bad when it happens. It's not relentless barking, but it's definitely at least one bark

dog barks at night once a fortnight, not such a big deal really

Yes. After 10 my dog is on lead in garden to prevent any noise. The dog won’t be silent so limited barks in day neee to be tolerated

Who the hell says YABU? They need to take the dog out on a lead if it barks. It’s not the “breed” that’s the issue. It’s the irresponsible owners.

It's not that the lead prevents the barking, it's that you can then bring the dog straight back into the house if they do bark. Rather than leaving them barking or standing at the door shouting at them to come in, which causes even more disturbance to neighbours trying to sleep!

I have a doodle puppy and beyond the initial toilet training period (until 3/4 months old) we are not in the garden in the middle of the night!

She gets out around 10pm for final toileting and that's her until we get up around 6:30am.

A healthy dog needing to go out in the middle of the night is not normal. However, regardless of what time it is going out it should not be barking. This is down to poor training on the owner's part.

It really isn't up to you to offer tips really, you are obviously entitled to complain to them but dogs might bark if they hear a noise etc they need to keep it away from adjoining walls.

Oh it is barking outside sorry, definitely say to them.

There is no excuse for that type of dog to be outside at that time of night

It is only happening every now and again and it likely because the dog has heard a noise. I personally would NOT piss my neighbours off by raising this. Think how much worse it could be if you had a teenager blaring music out to all hours