to knock neighbour's door at 2am

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To ask them to stop their dog from barking?

It's a big American bulldog (I've been told) and it's bark is so loud.

It was going off on one from 11.30-11.50pm, which was just as my sleeping tablets were starting to work. They only make me drowsy once, so being kept awake in that window is frustrating.

Dog starts up again at 2. I put onsie on and knocked but... Seems like she can sleep through it.

Was it unreasonable to knock in those circs? I'd never normally knock on anyone's door after 9pm unless specifically invited to.

I've tried knocking this morning, no answer so I just pushed a printed guide to training your dog out of barking through the door, with a print out of where she could order an anti bark collar.

If she doesn't speak to me eventually I will just have to report official channels, even though I would rather not.

I'll put the dogs trust details through the door, next time she doesn't answer to me. Perhaps with a note saying I want to sort it amicably so she doesn't worry that I want a confrontation, which I really don't.

Shame so many of us have similar tales. I generally like dogs, but constant barking is driving me nuts.

Don't feel guilty about reporting her to ha or council. She'll have a choice: either rehome the dog or rehome yourself.

I could try a white noise app. The dog barks louder than my phone or laptop though so I would need speakers. Perhaps white noise would stop my flinching, as it's a loud noise out of nowhere.

I do agree that rehoming would be the best solution for everyone now.

People have said they wouldn't open their door at that time of night, neither would I, but you can open an upstairs window can't you. I'd never ignore.

Thattime - oh dear oh dear oh dear - disabilist use of word 'psycho' - see various other threads. Now that IS reportable ..

I'd be so irritated. I'd keep trying to speak to her in person.

You can get phone apps that automatically record dogs barking and chart when it happens.

I find it astonishing that I couldn't make a joke about throwing poisoned meat over a fence to quell a barking dog. Of course it was a joke but what is not a joke is what's happening to the OP and others up and down the country - sleep ruined, dog shit everywhere in parks, children bitten and frightened by badly controlled dogs. When it happened to me. I ended up dizzy with lack of sleep and yes, wished the dog dead dad dead because I wanted and needed to sleep. I instead contacted our dog warden who sorted it for me - anyone who thinks that a person who owns a dog like that is amenable to a little chat is not being logical. As for the use of 'dog hating psycho' clearly you haven't been following any of the threads on disabilism have you? I'd rather a dog hater than a disabilist poster any day.

Don't feel guilty about reporting her, it sounds as if she needs prompting to do something about a situation which is no good for either her or the dog and you have already tried to engage her in a non-confrontational way, which is more than a lot of people would do.

I have two dogs myself. One has separation anxiety and howls when left after a certain length of time has passed. As a result, I never leave him longer than his threshold. After a lot of work, he's ok for quick school runs or a trip to the corner shops, but any longer is still too much for him.

It has totally restricted my life for the 3 years we've had him, but he is my responsibility and I would never let my keeping dogs impact negatively on anyone else - my choice, my responsibility - no matter how hard that makes things for me.

My neighbours are lovely. I actually went round and asked them to let me know if they ever hear him, as it will help me with his training to know and they have in turn said not to worry if something like an unavoidable medical appointment means I have to leave him occasionally. I have only ever taken them up on that once, when I had to get one of my dcs to the GPs in an emergency though.

Re getting to sleep. I am a very light sleeper and recently bought some of [https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B018299H5O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 these headband headphones]]. I recently used them at a music festival, with a track of rain falling, to eliminate the sound of the dance tent going on after I'd gone to bed and they worked a treat. I have the sport/lycra one, as I thought the fleece one would be too hot. I think it would definitely help stop you being startled by the sudden noise of the dog barking if it could block out heavy bass at festival volumes.

I would maybe go around the morning after and say something. I had a similar problem with neighbours arguing at all hours. I tried banging on the wall as I live in a terrace but that never worked so I had to go around and knock on the door. The woman was incredibly rude but it has helped! Poor dog seems like he needs to get out more and have proper exercise.

If a dog is continually howling then report it, for the dog's sake. They don't do it for no reason. They are being neglected. This stupid person needs to find a new home for their dog if they care about it at all. Never walked is no life for a dog. Tethered is no life for a dog. And Navy a poodle or a labrador would be aggressive in that situation or any other where it is badly treated. Dogs bred for fighting of course will be aggressive with less or no provocation. This dog has been trained to be a guard dog so has had aggressiveness trained in. But re. not keeping around a baby, I cannot state this enough, even the most loveable, cuddly dog can be different around children. Children do not move, sound or smell like adults.

Bourdic - Talking about poisoning a neighbour's dog sounds quite psychopathic (a 'joke' needs to be funny). Are psychopaths registered disabled? Just so we're clear about language.

Aber- of course it was a joke and not a symptom of psychopathic behaviour. And clearly you are completely out of date with your knowledge of disability - the phrase 'registered disabled' does not exist - perhaps you should try being clear about language. The very fact you used that phrase demonstrates how completely uninformed you are. It's people like you and other posters that think they understand what constitutes psychopathic behaviour and then label people psychos who contribute to the rampant disabilism in general in our society and the stigmatising of mental health issues in particular

Navy - what I appear to have said results from the fact that HQ deleted my post - the original post contained the ' joke' - it doesn't make sense without the first post but for the avoidance of doubt - when I had a problem with a constantly barking dog I behaved impeccably - I contacted the dog warden and he sorted it all out - you can't possibly believe any poison was involved ? But for the avoidance of further doubt- when I was exhausted because of this dog I did wish it no longer existed

Bourdic Oh grow up. I'm talking about the usual bites and nips about the home where the kids wouldn't leave the dog the fuck alone or toddlers that should never have been left unsupervised with it, not a dog going nuts and savaging people. Hardly the same thing. What is with this site and twisting what people say?

To the poster whose name I have forgotten (sorry) who didn't see the deleted post, all bourdic did was make a joke about doping it with meat over the fence. Obviously a joke and nothing for anyone to get het up about.

If RSPCA have already been out OP they obviously have concerns about it. Perhaps just a gentle note stating that the barking at night really needs to stop and she might decide to surrender the dog herself. I can't be easy to manage, especially with a newborn.

I would report her to EH. She has a choice, they won't just show up and throw her out, she can get rid of the dog.

She clearly doesn't give much of a shit if she doesn't walk it.

And I would probably have got up in a rage and knocked on the door if it was happening so often.

starry - I know that you'd worded it loosely but I was just fed up with being reported and deleted, deleted ffs about the poisoned meat joke and then the psycho comment . I was being childishly pathetic with you - sorry. I do seriously though think that some dog owners really do not understand how truly awful it is to have a near by dog barking unreasonably and how hard it can be in some cases to prevent it. Of course I hate to think about a neglected badly treated dog ( I've had dogs myself) but my sympathy first and foremost is with the affected human beings. Sorry again

I'm not going to derail this thread any further, but I reported your comment earlier Bourdic because it was in no way funny.
I don't care whether or not you were being 'lighthearted', what you said was horrible. If you sat and watched how an animal suffers when it has been poisoned, you wouldnt (I hope) make such remarks. And sadly, there are a lot of sick individuals out there who have thrown poisoned meat/treats over walls/into gardens in the past to stamp out what they feel is a problem, so I do not think that it is something to be joked about. As I said, that is my final comment on this and I won't take the thread off-topic again.

Why do people have dogs and leave them outside all the time and never take them out? Makes me furious.

Fuck knows. I would be 100% in favour of dog licenses.

If there is no answer the neighbour may have gone away overnight or something sinister may have happened. Or the neighbour could be petrified of you

No worries, Bourdic, I'm pretty irritable myself today. Must be that time of the month or something, I'll be out there howling at the moon later. (Provided no one poisons me )

It is so annoying though when the owner just doesn't seem to HEAR it. Even when the poor dog is doing it out of anxiety or something there is normally something to be done, it's just the owners don't seem to bother. I'm lucky really that mine was never a barker, don't know how I'd have managed with work if she was.

Apologies for the disablist phrase - I saw red but that's not an excuse. Will in future think before I type.

I think you need to sort it, but maybe the app would help you sleep better generally as well. Try it without speakers and see if it does anything for you, if you need it on spinal tap 11 it won't be very relaxing!