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to think that this dog barking isn't really acceptable?

14 replies

Guessie · 27/10/2022 21:19

I live in a mid terrace. Noise doesn't bother me. I can occasionally hear conversations, doors closing, TV etc. All part and parcel of living in a terraced property. The only issue I have is with the neighbour's dog. When they go out, the dog will bark for 3 hours, almost continuously. Not nice for the dog, not nice for my four year old if he's trying to sleep and the dog barking is irritating him. I work from home and I can't think straight! AIBU to think that a dog barking when the postie comes or it needs to go outside is totally fine, but for 3 hours unattended is a noise nuisance? It's clearly not happy and seems quite neglectful. The neighbours on the other side have mentioned it to them so it's not like they aren't aware but it didn't go down very well. Can't really do much about this can I?

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Brigante9 · 27/10/2022 21:21

I’d tell them too. That would drive me nuts and if it carries on, I’d report it. It’s extremely irritating and I say that as an owner of 3, who are hugely discouraged from barking.

jelllycats · 27/10/2022 21:32

We live next to 3 horrible yappy things who literally do not stop barking. It's been reported by another neighbour but nothing has changed. I shouted out my window one night to tell her to shut them stupid things up and stop being so inconsiderate (I'm not kidding when I say it's non-stop, the door is left open for them all day and the owners ignore them) and she called the police to say I was threatening 🥴 it's not acceptable in the slightest, I would say report it but it may not help, worth a try though. I wish they would gather all these pig ignorant dog owners and stick them in an estate together out of the way of other people.

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Guessie · 27/10/2022 21:34

It just drives me completely nuts! My dog sadly died last year. He was a rescue and barked a lot. But I trained him not to literally within 2 months and he calmed down massively. There's just no excuse for 3 hours of barking.

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theremustonlybeone · 27/10/2022 21:37

If your in the UK report it to the noise nuisance team at the council. Dog barking is a noise nuisance if what you describe is true and goes on for 3hrs. Keep a log of the incidents and report

Mummytomonkey12 · 27/10/2022 21:42

I can very much see both sides. We have a new dog ( previous dog didn’t bark at all) - and our neighbours have mentioned something similar. I was hugely embarrassed every time I saw the neighbours as I agree how incredibly annoying that must be.

the good news is the dog has now stopped barking when we go out. The bad news is…..

it did take us 4-5 months of re training to really get the dog to stop 😬

Luckydip1 · 27/10/2022 21:43

@Guessie how do you train a dog not to bark?

Boomboom22 · 27/10/2022 21:44

Yanbu, and for the pp I hope the police told her off for wasting time and also being the one with an aggressive loud animal causing constant disturbance!! Cheeky bugger.

MissCrowley · 27/10/2022 21:48

As a dog owner myself this would drive me nuts.
Also as a dog owner I'd want to know if my dog was barking for 3 hours at a time!
When we lived in our old house our neighbour once mentioned that our dog would bark sometimes when we were out of the house. She said if she shouted 'Be Quiet!" Then our dog would shut up. She found it hilarious but I was mortified that my dog was barking enough to make her have to do that!
I stopped going out for long periods of time after that and made sure there was a radio on or something.
I would check with neighbour as well to make sure dog had behaved itself whilst I was out.
Sometimes dogs bark, but three hours is excessive.

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Guessie · 27/10/2022 21:48

Luckydip1 · 27/10/2022 21:43

@Guessie how do you train a dog not to bark?

By telling her firmly to be quiet and positive reinforcement when she stopped barking, taking her on extra long walks so she was tired, never ever shouted at her. I got all of this advice from a dog trainer though and it worked pretty quickly. And she was 7 when we got her!

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EndlessMagpies · 27/10/2022 21:49

Luckydip1 · 27/10/2022 21:43

@Guessie how do you train a dog not to bark?

Bizarrely, and as far as I understand it because I'm not a dog owner, you train the dog to bark on command, and praise it when it does. Once you've done that, presumably the dog begins to understand that it needs to stay quiet until you give the command to bark.

pinkstripeycat · 27/10/2022 22:03

We are on the end of a row of 6 houses. All households have gradually got dogs over the 12 years we’ve lived there.
All was quiet until new neighbour (4 doors away from us) moved in 8 months ago. Neighbour said his dog causes the 3 dogs in 2 other houses to bark. The barking dogs owners are always at home so why don’t they quieten their dogs? Their dogs didn’t bark before so why doesn’t it bother them too?
Drives me absolutely mad.

Srx1 · 27/10/2022 22:15

If the dog is barking while they're out, it probably has separation anxiety. Sadly, they probably don't know/care much about dogs if they are aware and not trying to do anything about it..there are certain training methods they can do to help the poor distressed dog.. if they cared..

Cw112 · 27/10/2022 22:22

I'd be inclined to go round and chat to them about it if you think they're approachable enough. If two neighbours have complained on either side then it might put a bit of pressure on them to address it. Some breeds are more vocal than others and quicker to train but it's their responsibility to deal with and I think you're right in saying the odd bit of barking is fine but the constant barking when they're left alone isn't and it means the dog is probably really stressed as well so you wanted to bring it to their attention.

Tabasco007 · 28/10/2022 07:59

Guessie · 27/10/2022 21:19

I live in a mid terrace. Noise doesn't bother me. I can occasionally hear conversations, doors closing, TV etc. All part and parcel of living in a terraced property. The only issue I have is with the neighbour's dog. When they go out, the dog will bark for 3 hours, almost continuously. Not nice for the dog, not nice for my four year old if he's trying to sleep and the dog barking is irritating him. I work from home and I can't think straight! AIBU to think that a dog barking when the postie comes or it needs to go outside is totally fine, but for 3 hours unattended is a noise nuisance? It's clearly not happy and seems quite neglectful. The neighbours on the other side have mentioned it to them so it's not like they aren't aware but it didn't go down very well. Can't really do much about this can I?

I was chatting to someone that had this problem, in the end the people with the dog got a dog behaviorist in and it was sorted in a matter of weeks.... both neighbors in either side had complained to them so they kinda of got force to deal with it. The dog is clearly much happier

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