Advice - sick of neighbours dog crying

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Every. Single. Night.... Non-stop from 6pm until about 10/11pm sometimes longer. Their kids go to bed at 6 so they must lock the dog in the kitchen or something once they've gone to bed....he cries non-stop. It boils my blood and gives me a headache. It's so loud. We can't even watch TV without being distracted by it. I can't report it because we've only recently moved in and when DH spoke to the neighbour the first time and asked what the neighbourhood is like he said 'same as everywhere else, people are only a dick if you are'. Sounds like a threat to me and they seem like rough people so don't really want to get on their bad side. UGHHHH. AIBU to ask for advice please before I get myself or DH beat up

call environmental health

Do you own or rent? Honestly if the latter I’d move. Possibly not helpful but shitty neighbours are the absolute worst

Is there a chance they can't hear it from their lounge?

Play a recording of a dog whining next to one of their adjoining walls. Maybe they’ll get the hint. If they ask you can say you have a dog visiting

@z0fl0ra they will know it was us. We are the only neighbours right next to their house and we're also the new neighbours here. All the others have live her for 3+ years 

@YoniAndGuy rent. Both the landlord and us wanted long term let. I don't think I can deal with it for much longer to be honest. I feel sad for the animal AND it gives me a terrible headache.

@Santaisironingwrappingpaper doubt it. It is so loud it honestly feels like the dog is inside our house. There is no way they can not hear the crying from inside their house.

@Goldensnitchy I might have to resort to that 😂😂

Poor dog! That’s awful. Dog whining is so annoying.

Is there anyway you can strike up a friendly conversation over the fence? If not the EA and I’m with @Goldensnitchy play them at their own game or something even more annoying like a recording of a badly played violin!

Don't play them at their own game or get into a game of Annoyance Top Trumps, its guaranteed to escalate the situation and you'd be risking repercussions from your own landlord if next door reported it.

I'd raise it with your landlord and explain that this is going to cause you to move out sooner rather than later if its not resolved, get him to speak to them about it then its not personal.

Don't be intimidated by the neighbour bing unnecessarily aggressive. You pay hundreds of pounds a month for that home, and its not unreasonable to want to enjoy it.
If I were you, I'd strike up a conversation with them and ask them how long its likely to be before the dog is trained out of that habit and share how its making you feel. You don't have to be hard faced to ask this is conversation, its a reasonable approach.

If they don't want to know, then there are official channels to go down.

I’d move.
I wouldn’t approach them personally, having met some thoroughly unhinged people and had the horror of nightmare neighbours over the years I just wouldn’t risk it