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Next doors dog

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Stinkylinky · 27/04/2015 06:19

NDN dog lives outside all year round and sometimes barks relentlessly in the middle of the night until we go out and tell it to be quiet.

This happened at 3am this morning, DP went out about half an hour after it started to check that there was no one lurking about etc and as usual there wasn't, told the dog to be quiet then we heard nothing else from it.

NDN never gets up to see to their dog, it's either us or next door but one. Both of us have to be up for work early in the mornings and are shattered each time this happens.

Would it be unreasonable next time it happens to knock on their door and wake them up to deal with it?

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holeinmyheart · 27/04/2015 06:33

YANBU, wow, I think you are being amazingling well behaved in the circumstances.
Your annoying neighbours don't need to get up to see to the pesky dog as they have you to do their work for them. ( why have a dog when you can get others to wag its tail)
I think I would be hammering on their door with a pick axe.

Or, as an alternative getting you, and your neighbour on the other side, to wait until you know the dog owners have had a really onerous day, and then hiring the Cleethorps Brass band to play at full blast outside their bedroom window at 2 in the morning.

However, you know that complaining about the dog will start world war 3. I think you could probably get the local council involved if you don't care. It would be best to involve your neighbours on either side as well. There is safety in numbers.
What selfish people.

Mouthfulofquiz · 27/04/2015 06:33

I would have done that a long time before now. If it can't be quiet outside then it needs to be inside. It's not fair on everyone else!

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Stinkylinky · 27/04/2015 06:44

We complained to the council about the dog before as it was left to roam freely and would poo everywhere and chase people, in next doors defence they did act on this and made sure the garden was secure so the dog couldn't come and go as it pleased.

I will try the council again as they have encouraged us to keep a dairy of any issues that we have as they have had numerous complaints about behaviour and noise about them.

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LaLaLaaaa · 27/04/2015 07:16

Keep diary and present to local authority. They are the only ones unfortunately who can do anything about a noisy dog.

NaiceVillageOfTheDammed · 27/04/2015 07:20

I wouldn't be telling the dog to be quiet.

Each and every time that dog wakes you up I'd be banging on their front door waking them up.

And record in a diary - call the noise team at your local council. The diary is your record of times/dates and duration.

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Stinkylinky · 27/04/2015 08:22

Bumped into NDN as I was leaving for work, his car wouldn't start and he asked if he could jump start his off mine, I replied "unfortunately not, I'm running late as I overslept due to your dog keeping me awake barking".

So he's aware now so fingers crossed he does something.

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foreverdepressed · 27/04/2015 08:47

Stinkylinky
"I replied "unfortunately not, I'm running late as I overslept due to your dog keeping me awake barking"."

That is a touch passive aggressive isn't it, I can't see it getting a positive response.

Just be direct and upfront about it with the NDN, It might be they are hard of hearing or a deep sleeper and simply unaware of the dog barking. Being bitchy isn't going to help. If being direct gets you nowhere then speak to the council. Recording the dog barking in the middle of the night would help your case.

JoffreyBaratheon · 27/04/2015 08:59

I'd give Environmental health a ring and run it past them - noise nuisance after 11 PM is often their bag. Also ring the Dog Warden and see what they suggest. Maybe they could pay your nuisance neighbours a visit with some practical solutions?

PurpleSwift · 27/04/2015 09:03

I'd knocking on their door and asking them to tell it to be quiet instead.

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Stinkylinky · 27/04/2015 09:34

Yes it was passive aggressive I admit but being direct but still being polite and asking them to be quiet/moving their car that's blocking our drive etc is starting to get tedious now, I'm 7 and a half months pregnant and not sleeping well so they are lucky they aren't getting a raging hormonal rant!

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shirleybasseyslovechild · 27/04/2015 10:19

have you actually spoken to the dog owner?

glammanana · 27/04/2015 11:12

Its a pity you don't have their telephone no, as I would be ringing them next time and telling them to get out of bed and deal with their dog there and then.
I really feel for you we are are at the moment listening to a yapping dog in the garden in front of us,been going on all morning and driving me mad as my own dog does not disturb anyone,why do people have selective hearing when it comes to their animals. ?

Stinkersmum · 27/04/2015 12:55

I'm guessing it has appropriate shelter/food/water? Why do people get dogs and then lock them outside? Poor you OP, and poor bloody dog too :(

NeedABumChange · 27/04/2015 13:02

Well soon enough you'll have a newborn and be keeping them awake.

UncleT · 27/04/2015 14:08

Is the baby going to be kept in the garden with nobody coming to tend to it when the crying starts, bumchange?

holeinmyheart · 28/04/2015 06:44

I would recommend a V pillow. I found it invaluable when I was in the late stages of pregnancy. Also as I woke in the night I got ear plugs and listened to the radio on my side of the bed.
I like dogs but hate barking dogs that wake me in the night.

OhWotIsItThisTime · 28/04/2015 08:33

Start keeping a diary and report to the council. Saying that, it's worth approaching them first to say it's a problem and you want them to do something about it.

carabos · 28/04/2015 08:39

We have this and other dog related issues with NDN. We learned long ago not to complain to them about anything as doing so results in threats of violence and more. We wait for others to do the complaining .

So far all that has happened is that parents from the school at the bottom of our road have managed to get the dogs out of the front garden at drop off times - the dogs are vicious and tended to bark ferociously and try to climb over the fence, lunging at passing children. Most mornings this would result in more than one child running screaming down the street, no doubt upset and unsettled for the rest of the morning.

Intervention by the authorities has achieved nothing. There's shit everywhere, including where NDN's DC and others play. There seems to be no sanction, and I'm sure that the only reason they've gone along with the school's request to keep the dogs in is because their younger DS is still there and they like to pretend they are model citizens. I imagine when he moves in, they will revert to type.

This morning the dogs started barking at 5ish. They continued without let up for 15 mins. They were inside the house. I don't understand it.

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