Neighbour's dog constantly barking when they are at work/out, wwyd?

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Would you just put up with it or say something?

Our neighbours have been there for around 3 years. (We are semi detached). They have 3 dogs but one of them must have separation anxiety or something because as soon as the couple leave the house it starts barking and barely stops until they return.

This has always been an issue but not too bad because the wife was a sahm but she has been working 4 days a week since the summer and the dog barks non stop until they get home.

I have casually mentioned it in the past and they say they are aware as they have a dog cam thing but say they don't know what to do. I haven't said anything as I don't want to fall out with my neighbours but I work from home and I have a very stressful life atm. My home is my sanctuary and having a dog barking all the time in the background is driving me to insanity.

How would you handle this without losing your mind?

I look after a neighbours dog as I WFH and it has separation anxiety. It was fine when she was home during lockdown but when she went back to normal it got very upset. Neighbours close to her complained and I have her during the day now. Can you offer to have them at all? If not suggest she joins Borrow my doggy and finds a sitter or somewhere she can drop them whilst they are out. That's where we found each other 💖

Sadly that's not an option as have my own rescue dog, he is reactive to other dogs and I care for my elderly mum who has dementia (which is my WFH).

Are they out all day? If so, they need to get a dog walker to break up the day. If they don't sort anything out when you've spoken to them, then you need to report it to the council.

I had similar issue, neighbours who we get on well with but they were shutting their 2 dogs out into a back yard area near our boundary and dogs barked and whined non stop.
In the end I had to say something and tell them how much we could hear the dogs and how much it disturbed us. (I also felt it was unfair on dogs but I didn't say that) Thankfully they stopped doing it and it's much better now.
I think you need to say something, they won't know otherwise.
I think the dog needs to go to doggy day care or at least have a dog walker come in or a behaviourist to advise.
It's sounds like a big change for them to be left alone and they probably needed to become gradually adjusted to it.
You will be doing the dogs a favour by telling the owners how distressed they are.
I hope your neighbours are reasonable, I can see it may be hard to pay for dog walking etc

I would go and speak to them. Say it's becoming unbearable. They should consider a dog sitter while they're at work

I'll have a word with them tomorrow.