Neighbours dogs relentless barking non stop

[bluejeans7]

I've been reduced to tears today because I just feel so trapped in my own home and it's making me so anxious and on edge living here. A few doors down is a couple with 3x small yapping dogs. We bought the house a year ago and the noise is gradually getting worse. Neighbours don't seem to leave the house ever and I'm having to WFH full time as I'm 28 pregnant and that is my workplace guidelines. It's hell on earth. They have a conservatory on the back of the house so the dogs and in and out the garden all day long and bark at absolutely anything and everything. It's relentless. When they are not outside they can still be heard as loud as anything (I can hear over my tv) yapping away in the conservatory. I never have my doors or windows open for this reason. I can't concentrate on my work. It's that horrible high pitched bark which is similar to nails on a chalkboard.

I try and stay out the house as much as I can. Had a lovely day out with friends today but in the back of my mind I was so anxious to go home and rightly so as it's never stopped again since I walked in the door. DP works away and isn't here very much so doesn't get it. I've tried speaking to them nicely months ago, they are not approachable and the women slammed the door in my face and told me that's what dogs do. I'm hesitant to complain to the council because it probably won't change anything and then I'm screwed when we come to move as I would have to declare it.

I just honestly don't understand what on earth they can be yapping at this much, they much be hoarse by the end of the day. It makes me want to pull my hair out. Relaxing in my own home is completely impossible. I feel so trapped and I don't know what to do. I briefly thought about asking my parents if I could go and stay with them as they are close by but it's not ideal with me having a baby soon.

I'm not sure what I'm hoping for by writing this, I guess I just wanted to vent and hope that others can share their experiences/any advice on how I can stop letting this get me so down? I feel a bit gutted that we bought this house only a year ago and it took so long for us to be able to do that and now I can't wait to escape but realistically it's not affordable.

Anyone?

Ring your environmental health department. They can send a letter which might do the trick. If it doesn't they won't take it further without your say so.

This sounds awful and you sound at the end of your tether.
I think the only thing you can do is report it to your council
www.gov.uk/report-noise-pollution-to-council

Maybe other neighbours have reported to, and they'll come and set up a detector to measure the level of nuisance

Hope you get it sorted

My next door neighbour has 2 yappy dogs. They seem to bark at everything... When people knock on their door, our door, people walk down the street, when they are in the garden, when we are in our garden... Their yapping is constant!

My neighbour does try and shush them but it doesn't make a difference and soon enough they are barking again.

I have no advice. My neighbour is nice and she does apologise when she sees us in the garden and they start but she doesn't really seem to know how to shut them up either.

I really feel like they are the type of people who would get a letter from the council and completely ignore it. I just don't get it, are they deaf to it? I've never ever heard them try and quieten the things, they are happy for them to yap away all day. It's really affecting my mental health at this point.

If they ignore it then the council can get a noise abatement order.

You need to complain, complain and complain again. Be the squeaky wheel.

I don’t think those little yappy dogs can be silenced.

We have a relative who had a Bichon Frise and it was like the Duracell Bunny and never ran out of steam and just constantly yapped.

She was oblivious to it but just sitting in her home with the dog yapping non stop was awful.

Nothing would make the dog stop yapping.

We’ve got dogs but purposely chose breeds that don’t yap and rarely bark. As much as I love dogs I can’t stand the sound of a dog barking.

Realistically how is the neighbour going to stop them yapping? Stun gun?

I feel for you as it would drive me up the wall.

You have my upmost sympathy. I am on a street where nearly everyone has a dog. Barely any are trained and they have free reign to bark their heads off in the gardens from 7am - midnight. It drives me mad as I trained and socialised my own dog not to bark!

You can train them to stop. It takes time, and you'll still get the odd yap, but it's not impossible.

I sympathise, OP. Our near neighbours let their dog do it too, and I've had to train my dogs not to react to it.