To think my kids can bark in their own garden....

Maybe teach your kids how to deal with issues the right way.
either report her or live with it. You’ve pissed her off now so she’s not going to voluntarily make the dogs quiet.

Try an anti bark device - Amazon sell them. If it has a good line of sight to the dogs it can work well. No comment on your shenanigans though.

We were so terrified and had to hide upstairs in case she came to the front door.

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Ridiculous carry on from you , your kids are 10 & 12 what kind of behaviour & conflict resolution are you teaching them. Grow up & be an adult. I'd much prefer to listen to the "yappy, no breed dogs" than your children.
At 10 & 12 your children should also know better. Also consider your wider neighbours who firstly had the dogs barking & now your 10 & 12 year old..
Model good behaviour & conflict resolution not antagonising & harrassing defenseless little dogs.

It's fine to be scared. But your children's actions have escalated the issue.

The barking dogs WOULD be a nightmare. I have a neighbour who has dogs/other issues and creates more noise than the surrounding 30 or so other houses. But it's hard to take on without causing problems.

Whether she works or not or whether the dog is pedigree or not has no bearing on any of this. It’s just your own snobbery coming through.

You need to talk to them properly and if that gets you nowhere report them to the council for noise nuisance.

Your kids barking is likely to lead to the dogs barking more long term as it will make the dogs more anxious. Anxious dogs bark more.

My IWH are purebred and bark in a plummy well brought up tone whereas the moggies snarl and spit like the freeloaders they are.

Anyhoo neither of you sound like good neighbours to the rest of the houses. Her with her barking dogs and you with your barking kids.

And to be honest I honest if I were the woman I would video the noise of your children's disgusting behaviour & say they were the cause of her dogs distress & upset.

You mentioned your 10 & 12 are "no angels". I'd love to hear the woman's side of this. If your children are barking at the dogs how do you not know they aren't doing more to upset the poor dogs?
At 10 & 12 your children should be enjoying extracurriculars, playing out with their friends, reading, going on trips with their parents.. how grim they spend their time barking at their neighbours dogs. What type of childhood memories are you creating?! Look at yourself & your "no angels " first.

Why did you benefits bash, then?

Why did you hide upstairs terrified 😂
why can’t you just go and speak to them?
this would piss me off but ai wouldn’t deal with it like you have, you are escalating a situation and not going to get any resolution.

I have been known to bark at yappy dogs on occasion

My neighbour has a business relating to dogs puppies) - he often lets them out at 5am - so either you have to keep your windows closed on that side (DD’s room) or be woken up by them (occasionally I will sleep in the lounge due to health issues and it’s awful).

We are in an end terrace so he has houses on both sides - we were here before him and unfortunately he’s not renting (nor are we).

Unfortunately if you have an official neighbour dispute you’re legally obliged to declare it to potential buyers so we’ve held off from that, although we probably have a good case. We will def sell in the next few years so we can’t really do this.

Thry yap and bark in the day too but it’s not as bad as we’re not trying to sleep. Annoying if you’re trying to relax in the garden though and I have occasionally shouted ‘be quiet’ over the fence. Even he tells the dogs to ‘shut up’ ( his clients’ dogs, not his own).

if you’re not a homeowner I’d go through the proper channels, but I do sympathise greatly (don’t let your kids bark or antagonise her though).

Yappy dogs are annoying as fuck, my neighbour has 2 jack russels and they go berserk everytime someone walks past the back gate, so I know how annoying it can be. To be fair to my neighbour, she always tell thems to shut up, but it is still annoying when I want to relax in the garden.

I have to say, my child (7) has never barked at them though..

Yeah, if there is a problem with the dogs barking, winding them up even more will only exacerbate the issue. Your kids should be able to enjoy the garden within reason, but deliberately antagonising the dogs is something you should have stopped.

If the barking is a nuisance, take the high road. Allowing your kids to bark to make a point is just immature and people are unlikely to respond well.

If the dogs are barking and the owners won’t train them or bring them inside when they bark, then I’d tell your kids to have at it. Tell your neighbors that when they shut their dogs up you’ll shut your kids up.

Poor example to your dc. Go round, apologise for being so rude, ask if they can please stop the dogs barking. I was furious when the dc 2 doors down started barking at my puppies-they’re not supposed to bark (gun dogs) and I didn’t want to have noisy dogs annoying people in the street. Fortunately the dogs ignored them, but it was a really stupid thing for the kids to do, imo.

What a ridiculous way of dealing with neighbour tensions.

Teach your kids that they are just escalating the situation. The dogs don't understand that the kids are barking at them because their barking is irritating.

You have made the situation worse and come across as extremely judgemental. Your ds sounds very cheeky and disrespectful in his interactions with neighbour, I'd love to hear your neighbours story of living next door to your family

She said herself the kids are "no angels" .. I'm shocked an woman would allow older kids behave like this. What a horrible childhood, they should be out playing with friends, reading, going to the park not stuck out back barking at the neighbours dogs.
Very strange behaviour from both the mother & the children.

You and your kids sound like neighbours from hell.

what on earth are you teaching your own children about how to manage challenging situations ?!
go and hide upstairs after causing trouble ?!

wow . Maybe reflect on your own parenting before criticising your neighbours doggy parenting !

If barking is a problem, why would additional barking from other sources be an improvement, especially if it causes an escalation among the original barkers?

How can you report her household for a transgression that your household is also committing, by your own admission?

Why on earth did you have to hide upstairs, do your doors not work to keep people out downstairs? Are they Daleks who can get in downstairs, but can’t follow you upstairs?🤣

Your kids are literally barking at dogs and she is the one who looks rough? Brilliant 🤣🤣

I am glad I don't live near any of you

I would absolutely not allow my children to wind up an animal-however annoying that animal was.

Well the starting point is the dog, isn't it?
Take the arsey yappy dog out of the equation and none of this would have happened.

Pet-centric gas lighting away from that fact is occurring a lot in this thread. It's (another) sad day for the human race. I'm sorry, OP.