To say something to neighbour about dog barking at 6am

[3littlerabbits]

That’s it really. The dog barks at 6am every morning and wakes us. We live in a terrace. AIBU to ask him to do something to stop this? I don’t know much about dogs so not sure how he could do this - training?

How long does the dog bark for? Need more info please.

Yes definitely mention, but be mindful that if they are responsive and do seek to try to stop their dog from barking, there isn't an overnight fix and it may take some time depending on the dog.

We had this and my dh called around one morning aboyt ten to 6 and rang the door bell. When they came out having got out of bed he said just letting you see what its like for me when your dogs wake me e very morning. It had been going on for months. The guy needed to get up before 6 and feed them and exercise them as thats what they were looking for. They were greyhounds. They never barked again.
You may not want to be as abrupt as dh but definitely say it. We have a neighbouring cock that crows every morning at 6. Ok on work days but annoying now l am on holidays.

say something but be prepared to be ignored. as a dog does not have a watch they are clearly doing something to make it bark and are not bothered.

if they are as selfish as this implies, next stop is the council to begin the lengthy procedure of a noise diary. we are expected to put up with the sacred dog so settle in for a battle.

Think it’s likely dog wakes up at this time and wants to be let out for a wee or wants breakfast. Neighbours could probably set an alarm and attend to it a bit earlier. If it’s just a few moments barking, I wouldn’t make a drama about it but if it’s going on for hours, that’s another matter! Still find it weird that other people don’t just see getting up at 6 as normal though... DH and I are seriously early risers!

It’s not on! You need to talk to them. It doesn’t matter one bit, if it’s for two minutes or an hour, your peace shouldn’t be disturbed by a barking dog. I run a dog daycare/holiday business and have to get up, on occasion, at really silly times (3am) to let geriatric dogs out, that run more often. I could put down puppy pads, but they would still disturb my neighbours. It’s called, showing consideration.

You’ll no doubt get the towers talking about how you should get up at that time, because they do. Pay no heed.

no, just a 'few moments' waking people earlier than they want is NOT acceptable. people work late and get tired.

dog owners volunteer for a decade of picking up excreta, being restricted on where they can go and managing noise so the neighbours dont hear it. dont like that? dont get a dog.

Towers = tossers My phone is feeling polite, this morning.

It’s difficult if you don’t like dogs. But living in a terrace you have to expect some noise. If it was a baby crying and immediately soothed by its parents would you feel the same? Or them quickly flushing the loo, a coughing fit every morning when they woke up. I think there’s a massive difference between a quick bark to be let out in the morning and incessant yapping being ignored. Dogs do bark - some more than others. Where there’s people there’s dogs. So long as the owners are reacting to the dog, this might be the best they can do. Some dogs are more vocal than others

No, Mummyschnauzer, people shouldn’t expect to be woke up at 6am, by a barking dog. The owners should be setting their alarm and seeing to the dog, BEFORE, it starts barking, if it barks at the same time, every day. This is different from a dog barking at random things, during the day.

Well it depends...our dog barks because the bin men arrive, the builders next door arrive (they're not quiet). Or because the hot water boiler fires up.
Why are the dogs barking? Is it something they can pre-empt? Can you ask them to act quicker? We can shush the dog, but we cannot shush the builders as they're not ours. I have asked them not to slam their van door and to only do quiet work before 8am, as the dog barks, but that fell on deaf ears unfortunately.

Our dogs took to barking every morning at 5:55. The first time we thought it was a one off, the second time we realised it was a pattern. Now we set our alarms for 5:45 so we can go down and tend to them if we aren’t already up.

Barking at something like someone coming into the garden or the bin lorry can’t really be helped (it can be worked on) but at the same time every day then it absolutely is the responsibility of your neighbour to wake up and deal with their animals.

Positively I suspect though if they set the alarm at 5:45 the dog would prob start barking at 5:30. But yes they could prob preempt if it’s barking to be let out. But totally depends why it’s barking - maybe one of the neighbours going to work. I’d personally ask the neighbours in a polite way rather than calling them tossers!

It wasn’t the neighbours, that I was calling tossers, Mummyschnauzer. It was the usual posters that come on asking why other people don’t get up at that time, just because they are larks. 😁 You May well be right about the dogs deciding to get up earlier. Sneaky wee shits that they are. 😆

Thanks all. It’s only a few minutes at 6am but it wakes us all. My alarm goes at 7:30 so that’s 1.5hrs sleep gone. Glad I’m not being unreasonable. Just need to work out what to say to the neighbours now

I could be your neighbour OP and if I am then I apologise profusely.

Our dog has recently taken to barking very early. It's literally a brief series of deep woofs (biggish dog) but my neighbour on the other says said it's never woken her.

We have no idea why he does it. It's not every single day and it's not always at the same time so it's not a pattern that we can try and break really. We can stop it quickly when it happens but we can't pre-empt it or we'd be up half the night. He's 13, it may be doggy dementia (not even joking).

If you are my neighbour, then you could console yourself with the fact that given his age it probably won't be for much longer...

OP, pitch it as being concerned for the dog.

"I'm sorry to raise this, but I'm worried there's something wrong with your dog as it barks every morning at 6. Is it stressed or ill, perhaps? "

Their answer will then guide how you continue.

I have 4 dogs and the only time they bark is if someone knocks on the door .Our one dog is very protective of us so she doesn't like strangers or if they hear a noise that bothers them . Apart from that they rarely bark .I wonder if someone is going to work that time and the dog is hearing them .I certainly would not be letting mine disturb people at 6am I would find what was bothering them.
DontCallMeCharlotte our elderly dog passed away a couple of years ago and she had doggy dementia. She didn't so much bark as she just didn't recognise us anymore and just used to get confused as to where she was ,was heartbreaking to see.

Severide08

I'm so sorry to hear that.

He's developing all sorts of odd quirks in his old age that we're having to make adjustments for. I couldn't bear it if he didn't recognise us.

My dog does this. It’s an improvement on the 4.30 he was previously doing. I’ve tried getting up before 6 but he very quickly starts barking just before I get up.
I’m in a terrace, i have neighbors who come in very early morning from night shifts and other neighbours with annoying kids, it’s part and parcel of living very close to other people

Thanks DontCallMeCharlotte she was nearly 18yrs old when she passed away .Still miss her .They are family. We also have another elderly lady who is nearly 15yrs old but she is really good for her age and still can chase the cats .I am dreading the day we lose her .

Our dog occasionally barks to be let back in, I tend to get up early, so he's probably outside at 6.30am, and likes to have one last pee at night at 11ish.
I try to stop him as much as I can, but it's not always possible. The neighbour's dog barks all the time though anyway, I only have to walk into the garden and he's off barking (from inside the house).

I was in your position years ago. I popped a note through the door....
Hi neighbour, can you please let ddog out at 7 instead of 6 as it wakes me too early at present.
And they did.
Currently at New Address and till trying to work out who's fecking ddog gets chucked out at 550 am.
I have hung out the window and shouted - can you shut that bloody ddog up. Seems to have worked but been away. See what the coming week brings.
Keep a diary op and ring environmental health.

new people in the house behind my cul de sac
have moved in 9 mts ago. The dog barks for about two minutes but wakes me from a deep sleep at 6 am. I can’t get back to sleep. I’m 78 yrs old and suffer with insomnia. So by the time I fall asleep is usually about 3 am. If that dog didn’t wake me up I’d probably will sleep until 8 am. How do I go about telling them the dog is waking me up. And I’m only getting three hours sleep. The dog probably needs to do its toiletting .it’s probably barking at squirrels. But surely I have a right to my well needed sleep . Please don’t advise me to use uncomfortable ear plugs or sleeping pills which would have detrimental effect on my health. I just need good plain sensible advice.i live in the uk

We often have dogs barking outside round here for ages at gone midnight. I find running a fan all night gives enough white noise so that I'm not wakened up, seething that people can be so selfish. Not the dog's fault..