Ultrasonic Barking Deterrents for Neighbour’s Dogs

[DevilsKitchen]

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?

Absolutely hilarious take

I tried the RSCPA already - apparently barking isn’t a reason for them to get involved

I can hear them too (but am late thirties) and honestly they actively hurt my ears to the point that I changed my running route to avoid two gardens that I know have them for cats. (For what it's worth cats coming into my garden also annoy me as I'm so tired of having to pick up their poo so that my kids can play, but those sound alarm things are hideous for anyone who can hear them).

Honestly OP I get it that you're annoyed by the dog barking but I don't think buying a device that's designed to stop them by hurting them is a good idea and as this poster points out, could end up hurting others too.

Non-stop barking indicates a stressed dog and an arsehole owner. Train your dog, and look after it properly - talking dogs out for long walks every day, for example, is good for them and you'll find will help with the barking 😉 So many people have dogs that shouldn't, it's depressing.

Let us know which device you get OP and whether it works. I am dubious it will do anything. From they human side, a fair few people have got them round where I live, my kids and I hear them, they are marginally annoying, nothing more.

This devise won't work for you. We tried one for our own dog,he is rarely left but barks constantly if we leave him alone. The devise sets off when it detects any loud noise so if you put it outside it will constantly go off so.

Just seen lots on Amazon -interesting to know if they work -if you do find one effective OP please do report back and dont be intimidated by those unkind posters.

It’s not unkind to say a noise nuisance needs to be reported to the council.
It isn’t unkind to say these devices aren’t going to train the neighbour’s dogs.
It isn’t unkind to say they will distress animals. And not just those belonging to the neighbour.

Pointless to report to the council jobsworths.

Not at all. I know of a dog owner taken to court for noise. Different councils work in different ways.

I’m not going to report it to the council - I am trying to sell my house! It’s an absolutely ridiculous system in this country that we have no recourse for antisocial neighbours because all you do is put a black mark against your property and make it harder to sell.

Young children can hear those OP - I can too - they make you feel so unwell.

I'm 43 and can hear the ones they use to deter youths in sports direct. Don't do that to the dogs/other dogs nearby/ children plus anyone else who can hear that range/ your baby. If you're planning to move can you do that sooner rather than later?

I sympathise OP.

I do think we need much stricter laws about dog nuisance. If a dog can be shown to bark persistently it should be taken away as a matter of course - no ifs, no buts - and the owner fined heavily.

No. they aren't.

Additionally dog barking all the time is a dog who isn't being looked after properly. A well trained dog which is not stressed, sufficiently exercised for it's breed and age, given sufficient enrichment (play, brain training, filled chews etc) and whose owner sorts out the environment the dog lives in to avoid triggers, will rarely bark once trained.

A barky dog is a bored or stressed or poorly trained dog with a lazy or incompetent or ignorant owner.

And dogs should be taken away from those lazy and owners and put down.

I agree with you. It's absolute torment to live next to barking dogs. Our neighbour's used to start at 5am. It's unbelievably selfish to keep animals which annoy others like this.

Give over. If your hypothetical sellers had not disclosed the dispute in the TA6 form, you would be feeling understandably angry to end up living next to nightmare neighbours which could have been prevented if you had known about them.

It's not a great time in the housing market

Dog cruelty aside - and it is cruel - you should never create an artificially quiet environment for babies/young children. It sets them us for sleep disorders in adulthood if they cannot adjust to ambient social noise (of which a barking dog is one form). We were encouraged to put our baby to sleep and carry on life as normal - music/tv, drilling/hammering, even hoovering outside their rooms because when they slept that was often the only time to put the hoover on.

One day they could end up living next to noisy neighbours [see what I did there] and the ability to ignore the noise of every day domestic noise and go about their day and/or sleep will be crucial. I mean, how do you think people who live in busy/urban areas and small flats cope?

Also, you may not want to raise a complaint, but if you put a device like this, your neighbours may chose to make a complaint to the council about your actions, so you’d still end up having to declare a neighbour dispute. You potentially loose both ways. If it annoys you, personally, do what my kids have done at uni - noise cancelling earbuds and a great spotify list.

True - but it means that the houses they are looking to buy would likely be cheaper so it swings in roundabouts.

Yes, a neighbour got one to keep cats away and both my children could hear it, but I couldn't.

I suppose so. Probably depends. It'll take a while though and she's pregnant.
Seems a shame to move because of selfish dog owners though.

How is objecting to persistent barking dogs creating “an artificially quiet environment”?

Are you a dog owner?

She doesn't want silence for the baby, just not all the barking.

The barking is causing distress to neighbours.