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Neighbours happy dogs

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MrsMorse · 12/04/2019 07:07

I want my neighbours to shut their two yapping dogs up. Don’t know how they’d do this...but I want them to!

They let them out in their back garden each night around 10am and each morning around 7am and they just yap nosily for 10 minutes or so. They are two little dachshunds. It’s driving me mad. We live in a small quiet village so imagine the noise is heard throughout. Total disclaimer, we have a dog but in the 4 yrs we’ve had her she’s barked about 5 times. Fortunately she ignores them if she’s also out in the garden. Just don’t understand how they can let them make such a racket at such unsociable times.

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Aprillygirl · 12/04/2019 10:21

Dogs bark. It's twice a day for 10 minutes. It really wouldn't bother me. When did we become so intolerant as a nation? Block out the noise with some loud music if it bothers you so much,have a boogie and enjoy life just like those little dogs are doing

DontMakeMeShushYou · 12/04/2019 10:30

10 minutes of yapping at 10pm and 7am is hardly a long time, nor is it a particularly antisocial time. If it's really upsetting you, then speak to them but it sounds as though it might be better to suck it up for a bit.

Lockheart · 12/04/2019 10:34

@alittlesnow there's no need to be so aggressive.

I don't think it's ok, I just don't think the council will be interested since noise between 7 and 10 tends to be 'acceptable' and not anti social in their eyes.

Your hyperbole about banging on the door at half 6 and half 11 is irrelevant and overly dramatic, it's a very different scenario.

Tonightstheteriyakichicken · 12/04/2019 10:40

10 minutes, I thought you were going to say hours. However I can see that if you can virtually set your clock by their yapping at the same time every day and night, it must be very irritating.

dancinfeet · 12/04/2019 10:42

I feel your pain, I have a neighbour with two yappy small dogs. every day without fail they put them out in the back garden (I sleep in back bedroom) at midnight or thereabouts and they bark at everything for a few mins before going back in, and always wake me up. Same at 7am, but this is less of an issue as I am usually up at 7am.

The neighbours often have back door propped open during day so that dogs can come and go into the garden as they please, but if I go out to my bins they are there at the fence, bark bark. If I go in my shed, there they are at the fence bark, bark, bark. And god forbid that I dare hang any washing out, jumping at fence in annoyance bark bark bark. During all of the heatwave last summer we didn't sit outside once because of these two constantly yapping whenever we set foot outside, they would literally stand at the fence and bark at us all day if we sat out. Neighbour calls them her fur babies and sits smiling indulgently from inside her kitchen because in her eyes they can do no wrong. I have decided to do something about it this summer and sit out anyway with my DDs. If they bark, a bucket of ice cold water should get the message across nicely. (for the owner, not the dogs, as she is an inconsiderate twat!!)

alittlesnow · 12/04/2019 10:42

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alittlesnow · 12/04/2019 10:50

Whether it's a dog yapping for an hour or two, or 'only 10 minutes': at 7am or 11pm, it is disturbing people and waking them up/stopping them sleeping. I can't believe some people are so obtuse that they do not get this!

Singlenotsingle · 12/04/2019 10:51

A well aimed hose pipe should sort the problem. They need to learn that certain behaviours attract certain consequences.

Lockheart · 12/04/2019 10:52

@alittlesnow for the last time, I DON'T think it's acceptable. I refer you to my post of 10.34 where I say 'i don't think it's ok'.

That is very different from saying that realistically the council are likely to do bugger all.

thetemptationofchocolate · 12/04/2019 10:56

There's a dachshund next door to me, that yaps a LOT. I think they are very noisy little dogs.

SickOfThePig · 12/04/2019 11:02

All dogs under sheepdog size should be banned . FIL has a daschund and I hate the noisy little f**ker. And I like dogs but he's put me right off them.

aprilshowers12 · 12/04/2019 11:22

I've got a yappy dog but I've trained her over the years not to yap. When I had her and her sister I honestly believe their yapping was anti social and totally unfair on neighbours. Every time they were in the garden or left at home for an hour or so they yapped. If a bird flew past or a leak fell off a tree one would start then the other would join in. The sister was given to a family member and trained out of it as was the one I kept. IMO it's having two yappy dogs that set each other off. Once mine were separated they became lovely non yappy dogs. Training one was easy, training both together was impossible.Then my neighbours got two yappy dogs so I needn't have bothered I guess!

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