To offer to look after this fucking dog?

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My neighbour thought it would be a great idea to buy a very needy, clingy puppy while she fucks off out to work all day. Today she went back from furlough and the fucking thing is already going absolutely berserk. I've had her about it twice before and to be fair to her she is trying various things to calm it down. It's less than 6 months old. But the bottom line is it's a puppy and they are NOT designed for this. I can't see an end to it and she won't rehome it, which she should if she loves it. I'm working from home. I need to concentrate. Puppy is fine when with people. So muggins here is considering offering to have her responsibility here in my house, providing for free what would normally be a very expensive service during the day so it sits down and shuts the fuck up. Only until I go back to the office later this year. So unfair. I don't want to report her it would just be so awkward!

Ffs a GSP, a large energetic dog locked up half the day.
www.gsprescue.co.uk/
Keep this as she’ll be needing it!

Leaving a dog alone for 11 hours on a regular basis is neglect. I'd report her to the RSPCA. Poor little dog. It's not even being given the opportunity to toilet, for 11 hours. That's bordering on cruelty, I'd say.

I know, right?!

No, don't do it! Speak to her again, record the poor pup if yoy need to, she needs to get this sorted.
very kind of you though.

If you offer to have the dog I think you need to be very aware of what you're taking on. At six months the dog is about to hit its teenage phase and it will need a lot of input from you. Mine sat and chewed his toys at 6 months too - at 8 months it was a whole other story!

Teenage dogs chew, bark, turn into escape artists, dig, jump up and mouth you. They need regular walks and letting out to the toilet as well. I don't think you'll get much work done looking after a teenage dog all day, especially when the dog isn't even yours.

Daycares here charge £25 a day for full-time care - by offering to have her dog you're saving her £500 a month in fees. Besides, all you're doing is delaying the inevitable. You'll go back to work and the dog will be back in the same position - the only difference is you won't be around to hear it anymore.

If you offer to have this dog I think you probably need to accept you're going to end up having it permanently!

I think you need to not blame the 'fucking dog'.

Why don't you have a go at your fucking neighbour

You wouldn't be doing the puppy any favours though, as it will simply get used to having you around - and then you also won't be around for it. And it won't "help her" or get her to act more responsibly. She going to get him trained? You don't get dogs trained, you do it yourself.

I'm not one of those who says you can't leave a dog and work - I work full-time, albeit I am usually only in the workplace 2 or, at most 3 days a week and certainly not for as long as she is leaving hers. But I have also (a) trained my dog(s) and (b) made sure that they are happy and have fun activities to do during the day so that they don't get bored. From what you are describing, the poor dog doesn't even have company when she is in - being there is not the same thing as interacting with the dog.

Whilst the RSPCA is a threat (but they won't do anything much) it might be worth trying your Councils' environmental health team - on the matter of noise and disturbance. They might not be able to do a lot, but their involvement can be a bit more intimidating.

Don't offer to fix the problem for her. Do you have her number? If so, when she leaves at 7am, at 8am send her a message saying "just to let you know, [dog's name] has been barking and making a lot of noise for the last hour. I realised you're not in, just wanted you to know there might be something wrong." Send another message every hour. If she comes back to see the dog, leave it until an hour after she leaves, send another message.

Send messages over and over, being 'concerned' about the noise, is the dog ok? Do this every single day this week. Add in messages like "[dog's name] doesn't seem to make noise when you are at home. Do you want me to ask my friends with dogs if they would recommend any doggy daycare providers locally?"

Do not let it be just your problem. Message her over and over until she gets that her dog being alone is an issue. Stay polite, but don't leave it.

11 hours is not on. Poor dog.

It is a very kind offer but I think you are opening a can of worms .
The poor pub would become use to been with you then lonely all over again when you go back to work .
1st does she know how distressd the pup is ? can you record it,s barking on your phone / video through a window and show her ?
I would do this and send it to her at work day after day until she gets the message.
Would you be willing to take it for a walk ?
I would be very tempted to charge just a fraction under the going rate but go careful as this means you are getting paid for a service and could have insurance implications if something goes wrong .

Is there a board trustworthy teenager on your street that would like to earn some pocket money ( I made a fortune doing this as a kid ) again the insurance may be a issue

Are you both on FB ? post LOTS of links to puppy toys that are designed to occupy pups ( not ideally as it really needs human interaction but better than nothing )

If she mentions getting a anti bark collar rescue the pup and burn her house down !

Okay I won't offer. She will ask me at some point how he is doing, she knows it's a problem and she is trying various things leaving TV on etc. I will record the noise, show her when I see her and strongly recommend daycare is going to be the only answer here. I know it's not the poor dogs fault it's just really stressing me out.

So many people on my Facebook suddenly have dogs over the last couple of months

The Poor things

Sounds like you dont have her mob number which is a shame. If you do, send her regular updates, a couple of times an hour, of the dog's noise. Hopefully she will soon get as sick of the updates as you are of the noise

I don't know what an anti bark collar is but they sound unpleasant 😳

I do think it's very kind of you to offer but in the long term you won't be helping her. Like you say, you're eventually going to go back to work and the dog will go back to being in the same situation.

She needs to pay for daycare or a sitter. GSP's are big dogs who need lots of exercise and stimulation - leaving them on their own all day is cruel, there's no two ways about it. They're also quite clingy dogs and don't do well without company.

his is going to be repeated in 1000s of homes where all the selfish twats got a dog for lockdown.
There’ll be another surge of dogs being given up to rescue in the next few months purely down to sheer stupidity.

I was going to say the same. People are generally selfish arseholes.

As in recorded updates I mean, of it's whining and barking

It sounds like separation anxiety/phobia. It will likely escalate over time unless she takes time off work to do regular counter conditioning.

Dogs have to be trained to self-soothe, and she needs to start with very short periods alone eg 30secs at multiple times through the day, gradually extending the time as the dog learns and copes. It can take weeks to build up to a dog being left comfortably for a few hours and in many cases anti-anxiety medication is needed.

It's not boredom it's genuine anxiety over being alone and is difficult to manage but the longer it's left the worse it will become.

I need tom type faster, I X post with a lot of people there !

I love dogs and am in the fortunate position of being at home all day .I realise not everyone is able to do this .The very least she should get is a dog walker .Poor pup is left alone all day and is lonely .WTF do people do this ?Its so unfair on the dog and on you too! For people saying they will report it ,well go ahead ,but RSPCA wont usually act unless dog is being subjected to cruelty .Maybe have another chat and explain your position to her again?

Unfortunately not everyone can be at home all the time if they have a dog but it doesn't mean they are mistreated.

Well, yes it does. It is cruel to leave any dog on its own, indoors, all day. Dogs are pack animals and need company. Puppies are especially needy in this respect. If the poor dog is left on its own all day it will be miserable. Which is cruel. At the very least she should have someone come in and play with the puppy and take it out for some exercise every day. I'm guessing she didn't get the puppy from a reputable place, or they would have told her that she needed to make such arrangements. To be honest, I would call the RSPCA.

Don’t do it op!

Tell her she needs to sort out appropriate care for the poor thing, if she doesn’t call the rspca or some dog welfare thing.
You will either end up with the dog, or you’ll become attached and she’ll take it back. Either way it won’t end well.
I can’t believe how long she’s leaving the poor thing for, we have 2 adult dogs and the most they’ve been left alone is a few hours.

You can't train a dog to be a fucking cat!

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I love dogs but I wouldn't make that generous offer, not unless I wanted to co-own or pet-share (is it a thing??). Also it is only a temp fix, once you are bk at work it might howl away again all day ftom loneliness & she might do nothing. Do what another poster suggested, txt about your concern for dog & info on dog walkers/creches. Can you record the especially bad/continous howl & let her hear it? As she is away when it is happenin, maybe she has no idea or feels like you are exaggerating?

A pointer is a poor choice for a garden dog, it must be bored outbif it's head. Dogs bred to work or cover lots of ground need the stimulation & exercise. She'd be better with a lazy house dog who, once it gets past puppy stage, is happy to chill & snooze the day away!! I had one for 15 yrs, he was a total dote... would never get a gun dog for an urban estate...

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Apologies for my abrupt post - I just feel so bad for the dog. We had a German shorthaired Pointer for 15 years - and he was without doubt - the best dog ever. At 6 months old there is no way we would have left him even for 3 hours on his own.

It beggars belief how stupid people are. As others have said - your neighbour needs telling. They may not even realise and think 'we're doing great'

Does the dog at least get a good walk in the morning?

Tell me they are not out of the house 11 hours 5 days a week? If so, the RSPCA really does need telling.

@Jaxhog if you had quoted my whole statement I clearly said about dog walkers/sitters not leaving them home alone for 11 hours!