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AIBU?

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To ask the woman next door to keep it down a bit?

96 replies

BastardBiscuits · 13/09/2020 16:30

Woman next door is always out in her garden doing training exercises with her dog. She films herself doing this (mutual neighbour told me this bit, we don’t know why she’s filming it). Anyway, last week she was out there screaming “FIND MONKEY!!!l” whilst running around the garden manically, dog furiously running around trying to find the bleeding monkey whilst she’s getting more and more animated and “loud” by the minute.

Yesterday she started shouting “BANG!” - peering out of the bedroom window it appears that she’s trying to teach the dog to play dead. This went on throughout the day. I was out there this morning and she had progressed to “BANG!” and “COME ALIVE!”.

Now it’s absolutely ridiculous, she’s running at the dog making LOUD machine gun noises, the dog flops down “dead” and then she screams “OH MY GOD!! WHAT HAVE I DONE?? Please .... COME ALIVE!!”. Dog springs to life and she casually goes to turn off what I now know to be a video recorder.

It’s the intensity of it that’s getting me, it’s absolutely crazy the way she goes off. I was on the phone earlier in my living room and my mum could hear the bloody screaming that’s how bad it is. I want to ask her to keep it down a bit as some of it is quite distressing to anyone not knowing it’s dog training. But WIBU to do so?? I’ve spoken to her briefly before but I don’t know her well.

OP posts:
StealthNinjaMum · 13/09/2020 17:34

@SillyCow6

I think everytime she shouts BANG Id have to follow it up with "and the dirt is gone" really loudly a la Barry Scott.
Hilarious Grin
Oohmegooliebird · 13/09/2020 17:35

Don't worry someone is currently playing the saxophone (badly) in our neighbourhood.' Oh when the saints .....'

Felifox · 13/09/2020 17:35

Get a tape of a sergeant major doing a marching routine, or an air horn, or play the version of Pomp and Circumstance that was on the Proms last night.

OP I'm sympathetic but your post had me giggling🤣

Oohmegooliebird · 13/09/2020 17:35

Puff the Magic dragon now

JalapenoDave · 13/09/2020 17:44

My guess is that she is an "up and coming" YouTuber...

Heffalooomia · 13/09/2020 17:47

I would start up a similar routine to train the wildlife
can you put it on YT and give us the link please so we can give tailored and specific advice :o

TheBabyAteMyBrain · 13/09/2020 17:49

@SillyCow6

I think everytime she shouts BANG Id have to follow it up with "and the dirt is gone" really loudly a la Barry Scott.
::applauds:: Grin
donnadenise · 13/09/2020 17:54

@SebastianTheCrab

Definitely thought this thread was going to be about loud sex
With her dog? Grin
Disfordarkchocolate · 13/09/2020 17:57

This definitely calls for some disruption. When she shouts 'find monkey' you shout 'come alive' or play a machine gun noises on your phone. Some people are just wankers.

nevermorelenore · 13/09/2020 17:58

Get a silent dog whistle and sabotage her efforts?

(PS don't actually do this. I don't know if it upsets dogs.)

goldensummerhouse · 13/09/2020 18:02

TT/IG/YT - people are always harassing their poor pets for likes and subs.

Next time you hear her screaming you could pop your head over the fence and ask "everything ok?" But you might end up on the internet as a blooper.

Heyahun · 13/09/2020 18:04

Probably can’t do anything about it tbh! You can do what you want in your garden during the day really - no more annoying than a bunch of screaming kids on a trampoline 😂

Get some noise cancelling headphones or something

SchrodingersImmigrant · 13/09/2020 18:10

Ong I so wish to be a person playing theater with a dog like this, running around with pretend machine guns and resurrection😂

Incredibly impressive she taught the dog so quickly.

GazingAndGrazing · 13/09/2020 18:11

Why is she shouting, no need to shout.

SchrodingersImmigrant · 13/09/2020 18:12

@GazingAndGrazing

Why is she shouting, no need to shout.
You can't very well whisper when you are doing pretend machine gun murder😁
StarchyStanley · 13/09/2020 18:13

Jesus, yanbu. This sounds hilarious but annoying.

I am also very impressed with her skills though. I taught my dog to sit when I was 12 and thought I was some sort of female, suburban Tarzan.

Ask politely if she could keep it down, OR, the cillit bang thing.

D4rwin · 13/09/2020 18:14

She sounds batshit

Serin · 13/09/2020 18:17

That would drive me mad.
Every time she shouts bang, could you scream really loudly? That would disrupt things.

Bluepolkadots42 · 13/09/2020 18:20

@SillyCow6 that solution has me laughing out loud! EXCELLENT suggestion!

Teddybear27 · 13/09/2020 18:21

She sounds a bit odd to tell you the truth. I would ask her shut the f* up! Sometimes being polite doesn’t work with everyone, you have to be quite blunt!

DoIneed1 · 13/09/2020 18:22

Love that police involvement has been suggested already 🤣

Teddybear27 · 13/09/2020 18:23

Loud radio??

gamerchick · 13/09/2020 18:25

Dog whistle for when you've had enough so she gives up for the day?

WhoWouldHaveThoughtThat · 13/09/2020 18:37

Tell her (over the fence) she's traumatised your pet monkey and he has run off and she must go and find it as it's her fault. She needs to go round the area calling for it.
It answers to the Asian pet name of Imatwaaat🐒

Anyonebut · 13/09/2020 18:49

Can you have a training competition and train your Alexa/Siri/Google Assistant (placed by the window) to respond to her commands so when she says "Bang" it plays the Bang Bang song, etc.? Apparently there's a song called "Come alive" too