Nextdoor have bought a fucking beagle

[wowsaid]

That barks a lot. Still a puppy so should I be worried it's going to get worse, or could it actually get better?

I know beagles are known for being noisy which makes me question their breed choice considering we live in Edwardian maisonettes in SW London, ie, close together!

The irony is, they used to complain bitterly about their upstairs neighbour before the left.

What about when they both go back to work!!

Aibu to get this to stop ASAP?

I feel for you. Our neighbours had a beagles years ago and for about 5 years all we could hear was his distinctive bark...wuh, wuh, wuh. They then moved to the other side of the estate. The other day we went for a walk, and there it was.. wuh, wuh wuh.

People comparing babies to dogs are nuts.

i've got friends with beagles in a small flat, the dogs bark constantly and have lots of energy, they play fight with each other so downstairs must hear a lot of claws tapping on laminate too. First time dog owners so haven't trained the dogs very well. Friends are oblivious and think that putting a cutesy card through the neighbours' mailboxes introducing their doggies when they moved in was just fine.

The neighbours must be sick of it, I go round for an evening and leave with a headache!

It's a puppy FFS. I expect your kid kept them up too when it was little! If they're within their rights to keep one then there's nothing you can do about it apart from moan on here. Hopefully they'll train it and things will improve when it's older.

A friend used to gave a Beagle we dog-sat for. We had two dogs ourselves. She would just lay with mine and sleep, and jump up for a cuddle every now and then. I never heard her bark once.

Beagles are incredibly vocal dogs - it won't get better.

Complain every day, ask them to put the pup in their bedroom overnight. Poor little bugger.

fluffybutter - no i don't have any sort of dog noisy or otherwise! Of course dogs are different to children. In general children are much noisier and annoying!

Let's think now, a dog bred for hunting in a small flat in London. Yes, that will work.

@Rosehip10

Beagles are incredibly vocal dogs - it won't get better.

Yes, some beagles are noisy but you can absolutely train them out of it if you're willing to put the work in.

Mine used to go bonkers at the door, now he does nothing. He used to bark to go out, now he paws the baby gate instead. He used to bark to come in, now he taps his paw on the window.

Generally speaking, noisy dogs are untrained dogs. Yes, beagles are loud when they bay but they shouldn't bay in the home unless you've done absolutely nothing in terms of training with them. They're incredibly food motivated and quite easy to bribe if you need them to shut up

The vast majority of dog breeds are high needs - because the majority have a working background. It's the just the specific needs that differ. A beagle is no more or less trouble than many other working breeds.

I supect this eill end one of 3 ways:

1. The puppy will mature and get better at being quiet. There isn't much info here on when or what the noise is. If it's "just" 5.30am wake up noise then there are good chances it will just grow up and out of it and it learns to settle at night. Most dogs do actually grow out of it - as some loud noises are an infantile behaviour and no longer purposeful once the dog is older. Not all, of course.

1. It won't get better and the owners will get sick of it and get rid of the dog. A great many of rehomed dogs, are surrendered during their teenage months (6-12 month) so you might have a little wait for this.

1. It won't get better and the owners will just put up with it and expect everyone else to. In this scenario the environmental health is your best option. Record the noise, keep logs, report it.

Much is dependent on whether the owners are half decent or fuckwits.

We have a beagle. He’s 10 now. He howls approximately twice a week when he sees next doors cat shitting in our sandpit.

Instagram? Good grief.

I don’t think you’re being unreasonable, I think it’s really unkind to buy a dog that is, by nature full of beans and then coop it up in a flat with no or limited access to outdoor space. I assume the owners are regularly out, leaving the dog alone? Hence why it makes lots of noise. With regards to stopping the noise I don’t think there’s much u can do besides just talking to the owners about it, however I’m sure they’re well aware. A dogs temperament will most likely only improve as it gets older if it’s needs are being met and a lack of human interaction and space isn’t going to help. Beagles require a lot of exercise. There’s a lady in my area that has 3 of them and I can hear them coming a mile off! We live near the Sussex Downs so a much more suitable area to have dogs and these ones still pull on the lead and bark like mad.

Don’t assume it’ll be left alone when they go to work. We both work full time (term time only) and my dog goes to doggy daycare!
If you report them @wowsaid and they have to get rid of the dog how will you feel? It’s worth asking yourself that question as often puppies bark but it does get a lot better with training and age.

@Kittenlicker

People comparing babies to dogs are nuts.

From the point of view purely of noise, they aren't that dissimilar if you aren't fond of them.

We recently moved out of a flat above beagle owners. At first they sent it to doggy daycare every morning (I saw the van picking it up when I left for work) but something changed and they left the poor thing at home to bark, howl and whine all day.

If they went out on a Saturday night the dog howled relentlessly from the moment they left until they came back - sometimes 3am!

I have a Jack Russell so trust me, I'm not averse to a stubborn, stroppy dog but a beagle is not a breed for a flat.

I think your only alternative is to move. It won’t stop barking.

Beagle Welfare is probably stacked with dogs as from what I can tell, it’s a high needs dog and many owners don’t understand the implications of owning the breed.

It's a puppy FFS. I expect your kid kept them up too when it was little! If they're within their rights to keep one then there's nothing you can do about it apart from moan on here. Hopefully they'll train it and things will improve when it's older.

They're not actually within their rights. The head lease doesn't allow for pets.

Our 'kid' did cry in the night, certainly not as loud and was fed instantly, has been sleeping through for years now.

Babies are not dogs.

It's wailing and barking now. My child is sitting and colouring

@lemonsandlimes123

It's entirely normal for the leasehold (100+ years) to stipulate no pets allowed. People often have them at the discretion of the rest of the building. But the clause is there to allow noise nuisance to be solved easily. In this case it's very simple because the dog owners are renting. They need to go or the dog needs to go. Simples.

It's not like children. There is no clause in the lease saying children are not allowed so op doesn't need to wind her neck in - she can let her child scream blue murder 24/7 and she still doesn't have to wind her neck in. Her child is allowed to scream. The dog is not allowed in the building.

And I say this as an owner of three dogs and no children! The dog owners are irresponsible. The landlord probably has no idea. The freeholder should be told so they can inform the landlord and the landlord can deal with the problem. Because it wrecks the flat he or she is letting.

Well it should quieten down a bit as grows, but not on, our friends have got two, they are very energetic who need a couple of hours exercise every day they aren’t going to be happy left alone inside for hours as can be destructive, like most dogs they love company, I feel for you as I couldn’t put up with constant barking, not fair on neighbours or the hound

Agree with PP, contact the freeholder/their landlord and get DDog taken away, then you can finally sleep again

“They're not actually within their rights. The head lease doesn't allow for pets.“

Good!
I’d be reporting it ASAP then!
Scenario 1) They get rid of the dog
Scenario 2) They leave taking the dog with them

Win win situation