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To think that if my neighbour doesn't stop

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Stripeysocksarecool · 30/08/2015 11:43

Her dog yap yap yapping It would be reasonable for me to go round to her house and bludgeon her and the fecking dog into silence?

Of course I'm not really going to do this but why does she not realise how annoying it is for her neighbours to be constantly disturbed by her happy mutt? I've told her and told her till I'm blue in the face but it makes no difference whatsoever. Dog is outside at random times of the day and night yapping away.

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Junosmum · 30/08/2015 11:58

We called the rspca for the same thing when one of our neighbours refused to do anything about their dog. We'd spoken to them as had several other neighbours. They used to put it outside in the middle of the night and it would whine and wake people up. Went on for a couple of months. I don't know what happened but the dog isn't an issue anymore. Poor dog.

NeuNewNouveau · 30/08/2015 12:03

Keep a record then talk to the dog warden at the local council. They will usually drop in and have a casual chat with the neighbour and say they have had complaints. Your name should not be mentioned. They will also ask you to keep a record of dates, times and length of time barking etc with a view to taking action if it does not improve.

Thankfully in our case the neighbour moved within a couple of months. It used to drive me mad, they barked most of the afternoon every day and I work from home, could just hear them yapping away. It drove me mad!

Gingermakesmesick · 30/08/2015 12:08

I have a yapper. She's quite happy. She just feels the need to inform us whenever she sees a pigeon, a mouse, a squirrel ...

I sympathise as I love my dog to bits but she even annoys me!

SusanHollander · 30/08/2015 12:10

Do you live in my road OP? Two doors down have pooches for ever outside yapping, but then she never walks them. We've got small dogs ourselves but they don't do that, mainly because they are exercised enough and we trained them not to.

Across the way from us a guy who worked nights would let his dog out at 6am every weekend and it would bark for an hour to go back inside.....until DH stormed across there one day and gave him an earful. V. Unlike DH actually, I was surprised Grin but we did have a new baby and were dealing with enough without that every weekend.

You should tell her it's a problem, especially if shes renting as I gather Landlords are not too tolerant about that.....

Every1KnowsJeffHesUsuallyACunt · 30/08/2015 12:15

We called the rspca about our neighbours because they would leave their dog on the very small patio in direct sun with no food and water all day and night. It would bark and cry all the time, obviously distressed. They came round and put tape on the door but because the neighbours were coming and going (just ignoring said dog) they refused to do anything about it.

So I would advise you don't go down that route. The council and environmental health are much more likely to do something about the noise if you keep a record of the disturbances.

Gingermakesmesick · 30/08/2015 12:37

My dog gets loads of walks, to be honest.

She's just 'vocal' Hmm

I have a very vocal cat as well.

JawannaDrink · 30/08/2015 12:40

Then train it or muzzle it ginger before your neighbours have to do something about you.

Branleuse · 30/08/2015 12:46

i dont mind dogs at all, in fact i quite like them, but if theyre a noise pest, then you need to do something about it. Whether you love your dog to bits or not. Youre the one that gets the good bits, and everyone else just gets bloody noise. There must be a way of training them?
All dogs bark at some point and most people are fine with that as everyday noise, but when a dog barks and yaps constantly, its an issue. Its antisocial.

Gingermakesmesick · 30/08/2015 12:51

We don't have neighbours Jawanna :)

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Stripeysocksarecool · 30/08/2015 20:14

Thank you everyone. We are quite rural so not sure if we have a dog warden. I will phone the council tomorrow and see what they say.

I have told her repeatedly that the yapping is a problem, she always says "yes, I will do something about it" but nothing has changed over the last 2 years since I first complained.

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RockerMummy184 · 30/08/2015 20:55

Our 600 year old aging neighbour has a little yappy terrier type thing.
Since she can't walk it, she let's it out in the garden at various points throughout the day but the instant it wants to come back in it starts yapping! Unfortunately, if it's not convenient for her to let it in, or she doesn't hear it, it can go on for hours!

The worst is when it rains. It clearly hates the rain but she makes it have its outdoor time anyway.
It will yap and whine and shriek till she let's it back in. DH won't let me go round and say anything due to her age!

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Stripeysocksarecool · 30/08/2015 21:20

Rocker you have my sympathies. Only hope is that the dog is as old as your neighbour and won't live much longer!

I don't know why horrible happy dogs are so popular. My neighbours dog is some sort of mongrel but looks quite pug like - those horrible bulging eyes! Yuk yuk yuk

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Stripeysocksarecool · 30/08/2015 21:21

^ Yappy, not happy.!Though perhaps if the dogs were happy they wouldn't bark so much.

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CatThiefKeith · 30/08/2015 21:33

I'm sorry, but that is not an acceptable response. What are you going to do about it? Training? Behaviouralist? Sound proof your house?

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Stripeysocksarecool · 30/08/2015 22:33

I'm not going to do anything Cat (apart from phone the council). Though perhaps I do need a behaviourist and some training Hmm

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nancy75 · 30/08/2015 22:40

OP you have my sympathies, when dd was little our neighbour had the worst yapping dog i have ever heard, she used to leave for work at 6 in the morning and the dog would bark all day until she got home at 6pm.

Dd was a baby that didn't sleep well at all ( I always went to her at the first noise because i didn,t want to upset the neighbours!)

After a few months i was on my knees with lack of sleep - anytime i did get to sleep the bloody dog would wake mee up.

The neighbour was not interested and just said she couldn't do anything about it because she was at work and she was sure it wasn't that bad!

In the end we moved - it was either that or kill the dog ( I love dogs but i was seriously plotting ways to get rid of it)

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