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Ultrasonic Barking Deterrents for Neighbour’s Dogs

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DevilsKitchen · 27/04/2026 20:16

I’ve decided to train my neighbour’s dogs seeing as they clearly can’t be bothered.

We are trying to move but it’s not going well so the chances are we will have a newborn in his house and I won’t have them woken up by the incessant yapping.

I want to buy one of those ultra sonic bark deterrents - preferably the kind you put in your garden but a handheld button from the comfort of my bed will work fine. I want to get one that actually works though.

Has anyone done this? What one did you get?

OP posts:
Audhdgirl · 04/05/2026 14:59

igelkott2026 · 04/05/2026 14:47

Yes it's really insulting to compare children with dogs. Children have the potential to grow up to be really useful people in society,

Dogs will need their poo picking up after them for their entire lives....

Or terrorists, child murders, paedophiles, rapists abusive spouses, drug dealers useless lay abouts. I’ve never come across a dog terrorist, although my dog does lay about a lot admittedly and scrounges off us.

MelanzaneParmigiana · 04/05/2026 15:04

Hoardasurass · 04/05/2026 11:05

Because you will get an asbo and all your neighbours with children and or pets will hate you.
There's legal routes that you can use to deal with your shitty neighbour which dont cause pain and distress to all animals and children within hearing range of your shitty device.

The plane fact is you hate dogs so think causing them pain and distress is a better option than having to declare a neighbour dispute but haven't considered what having an asbo on your record will affect your future.

The ASBO (which of course there won’t be 😂) should be awarded to the nuisance dog owners, not the OP who is being distressed by their negligence.

MelanzaneParmigiana · 04/05/2026 15:06

BeaPerry · 04/05/2026 11:23

YABU
because you want to abuse the dogs
you don’t want to report it to council / dog warden because you want to sell you house and land your buyers in the shit
very selfish
do it properly - report it or put up with it !!!!

But by your logic the new neighbors won’t be ‘in the shit’ as everyone apart from the OP just adores barking dogs.

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Audhdgirl · 04/05/2026 15:08

MelanzaneParmigiana · 04/05/2026 15:06

But by your logic the new neighbors won’t be ‘in the shit’ as everyone apart from the OP just adores barking dogs.

Where did that poster say that?

Harhar · 04/05/2026 15:13

Audhdgirl · 04/05/2026 15:08

Where did that poster say that?

They never stick to facts when exaggerating will do.

SpryTaupeTurtle · 04/05/2026 15:14

MelanzaneParmigiana · 04/05/2026 15:04

The ASBO (which of course there won’t be 😂) should be awarded to the nuisance dog owners, not the OP who is being distressed by their negligence.

You honestly think barking dogs is going to cause someone to get an ASBO? The neighbours who harassed me and others for over a decade got one written warning.

MelanzaneParmigiana · 04/05/2026 15:25

SpryTaupeTurtle · 04/05/2026 15:14

You honestly think barking dogs is going to cause someone to get an ASBO? The neighbours who harassed me and others for over a decade got one written warning.

No - I said it ‘should’ be - of course it won’t! Council won’t do anything either to the OP or to the a*hole chavvy neighbours.

FireHorse2026 · 04/05/2026 16:45

My neighbour had really annoying dogs that he'd leave outside to bark at the door for hours. They would sometimes wake the baby but tbh if it wasn't them it would be a noisy motorbike or a car horn and babies are quite good at learning "safe" noises that they can ignore.

The key word in my first sentence is had. The dogs are mostly dead or too old to yap for hours now. I think when we moved in he had four or five, now he's down to two and is much less reluctant to keep them in the house.

PrincessofWells · 04/05/2026 16:50

SpryTaupeTurtle · 04/05/2026 14:37

I had drug dealers live next door to me for a decade and who threatened to burn my house down and poison my pets. They chased me down stairs with an iron bar and set fire to their own toys on the landing. Parties all the time

I also have horrible neighbours in my new flat. Ones who abused me in the street and reported me everywhere they could think of. I had to get police involved after a threat

One neighbour reported me for having a phone call on my own doorstep as I had my phone on speaker. My mum is deaf and having it on speaker helps her hear better

I still don't want to traumatise their yappy dogs

It isn't a competition . . .

SpryTaupeTurtle · 04/05/2026 16:52

PrincessofWells · 04/05/2026 16:50

It isn't a competition . . .

Never said it was. Hth

Hoardasurass · 04/05/2026 18:09

MelanzaneParmigiana · 04/05/2026 15:04

The ASBO (which of course there won’t be 😂) should be awarded to the nuisance dog owners, not the OP who is being distressed by their negligence.

Yes the neighbours should get a noise abaitment order and will do if @DevilsKitchen follows the legal route.
Oh and yes she will get an anti social behaviour order as the arsehole on the my street who had 1 of those devices got 1

MelanzaneParmigiana · 04/05/2026 20:24

Hoardasurass · 04/05/2026 18:09

Yes the neighbours should get a noise abaitment order and will do if @DevilsKitchen follows the legal route.
Oh and yes she will get an anti social behaviour order as the arsehole on the my street who had 1 of those devices got 1

They v won’t be able to prove she had the device.

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 04/05/2026 20:28

Hoardasurass · 04/05/2026 18:09

Yes the neighbours should get a noise abaitment order and will do if @DevilsKitchen follows the legal route.
Oh and yes she will get an anti social behaviour order as the arsehole on the my street who had 1 of those devices got 1

Absolute nonsense. Nobody would get an ASBO for being reported for using an ultra-sonic pest repellent.

Harhar · 04/05/2026 20:34

MelanzaneParmigiana · 04/05/2026 20:24

They v won’t be able to prove she had the device.

Did your device arrive yet?

Audhdgirl · 05/05/2026 07:14

PrincessofWells · 04/05/2026 16:50

It isn't a competition . . .

I don’t think that’s the point of the post, I think shes0 pointing out that nothing would make a right minded individual want to harm dogs.

Audhdgirl · 05/05/2026 07:16

MelanzaneParmigiana · 04/05/2026 20:24

They v won’t be able to prove she had the device.

But a lot of adults, myself included can hear them. I had to ask my neighbour politely to remove one she’d put in for cats (didn’t work) and I couldn’t use my garden because of the noise. Luckily my neighbours not a twat so did so (didn’t realise many people can hear them)

MelanzaneParmigiana · 05/05/2026 07:36

Audhdgirl · 05/05/2026 07:16

But a lot of adults, myself included can hear them. I had to ask my neighbour politely to remove one she’d put in for cats (didn’t work) and I couldn’t use my garden because of the noise. Luckily my neighbours not a twat so did so (didn’t realise many people can hear them)

Well if it didn’t work then she might as well remove it 😂. Perhaps you could try to be more understanding about why cats in her garden world distress her rather than focusing only on your own discomfort.

Harhar · 05/05/2026 07:41

MelanzaneParmigiana · 05/05/2026 07:36

Well if it didn’t work then she might as well remove it 😂. Perhaps you could try to be more understanding about why cats in her garden world distress her rather than focusing only on your own discomfort.

How did you get on with your device?

MelanzaneParmigiana · 05/05/2026 07:43

On hols - will test when we get back.
Online reviews give good info on which work and which don’t, so do research first OP.

Harhar · 05/05/2026 07:47

Great, can’t wait to hear your review. Will you be asking the kids in the neighbourhood if their ears suddenly hurt? Or will success only be measured on dog barks?

MelanzaneParmigiana · 05/05/2026 07:50

Responsibility for the dog nuisance is with negligent dog owners - so any collateral issues arising from protection devices are purely on them and their laziness.

Harhar · 05/05/2026 07:54

I’m just asking as if it does hurt kids ears I could set one off to go off before 10am on weekends. Would keep kids indoors and I could get a lie in. Collateral issues would be none of my business too! Please update with results and model.

ChamonixMountainBum · 05/05/2026 08:03

I never get the arguments on here from pet owners who centre their dogs/cats wellbeing above all else including actual human neighbours. The idea that those affected have to do all the compromising and have to bend their lives around the antisocial behaviour of animals someone else introduced.

"Hey, they are cats/dogs, that's what they do, stop asking me to be reresponsible for my own pet"

TheStudioWasFilled · 05/05/2026 08:10

DevilsKitchen · 04/05/2026 12:02

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 exactly this - having a dog is not a right, nobody NEEDS one.

Nobody needs a child either. Too many people on the planet already in fact.

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