To think this isn't right? Neighbours dog

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I heard a dog barking this morning and I can still hear it now. Barking and whimpering. I've never heard it before so I assume the neighbours have got a new dog. It sounds so distressed and I can't hear them at all so they aren't doing anything to soothe it... surely you can't just get a dog and leave it to be distressed all day and night

Just because you can’t hear them doesn’t mean they aren’t there.
my dog used to bark at night when he got old and a bit senile. I tried everything to help him.

Unfortunately in practical terms, yeah you can. No ones going to stop someone doing this immediately.

You shouldn't of course, but it happens. Perhaps it's not a new dog but someone minding someone else's dog in an emergency, or teenagers left with dog have gone out and left dog shut out. All sorts.of things happen.

My 14year old blind twit is going to want a piss soon, he'll then get stuck in a corner and have a brief shout before we can get to him to stop him and guide him in. He probably sounds distressed, he thinks there's monsters hiding in the passionflower so he's determined to make them fuck off but in reality he'll be back inside in a matter of minutes. Unfortunately, them two doors down will get up and let their out at 4 before he goes to work and that will have a similarly brief shout at whatever... then the lady the other side let's out her two shepherd's at 5... some nights here you'd hear dogs bark briefly every bloody hour and due to the shape of the cul-de-sac it is hard to figure out where its coming from!

Making a complaint would not result in fast action, nor indeed any actual action in our case as no one dog is breaking any noise laws.

If you can identify where it's coming from and it is unusual, perhaps a police welfare check in case something has happened to a person, and the dog is going nuts as a result. Friends of mine did this... they didn't know the neighbour had a dog until this little spaniel started howling one night then all the next day. Unfortunately he had died :(

How do I have two different log ins. Baffled and confused, but I can't seem to get to this account on my phone (or that one on my pc). Gah.

I do hope the neighbour is ok and their dog is looked after and this is a one off OP, and that you got some sleep!