Neighbours on holiday and left dog in house

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And the poor bloody animal has been crying and barking for 24 hours. She has the occasional rest but it’s pretty much constant other than that. They have form for this: worst before this recent episode was leaving the poor dog crying for 12 hours straight when they went out one time. That wasn’t the only time but was previously the worst.

They were reported and notified so they know their dog has separation anxiety. Yet this morning in the early hours the entire family fucks off on holiday - must be a holiday as they all had suitcases - and since they left, that poor dog has been crying.

Someone came in for around twenty minutes earlier today to let the dog in the garden and presumably to feed her. But then they fucked off and since then just non stop crying interspersed with barking. it’s honestly NOT annoying me - it’s making me feel so sad for the dog.

Given they had suitcases this has got to be for at least a week, I know the dog will be fed and let out for twenty minutes a day but it’s so clearly in distress! What would you do? Anything?

Over 140 messages in and people still suggesting call the RSPCA. Don't you think the previous 140 messages have already done that?

Wonder if anyone else will post suggesting it

I feel sick just reading this. My dog has separation anxiety and we can hardly leave him. He'd be so distressed and turning the house upside down. Someone checking up on the dog once or twice a day is not enough! They need mental stimulation, walks etc. That person checking the dog is obviously not a proper dog sitter.

Just read your post and a few messages and I really feel sick and very emotional. That poor dog!! How the fuck can they do that??

So who was feeding the poor cat

If the dog is only being let out once a day, the owners are going to return to a house full of dog shit.

Also @DonnaBanana no, it's not okay to leave your cat outside for a week, ffs.

Please OP, please contact someone about this. PP may be right in that nothing can or will be done about it, but at least you will have tried. Leaving a dog alone for that length of time, even with someone popping in for the odd twenty minute interval, is not acceptable, especially if the poor dog has such pronounced separation anxiety which clearly it does. A neighbour of mine used to leave their dog during the day for long periods and it would howl and cry constantly - They returned each evening, so I could soeak to them about it, let them know how distressed their pet was, even offered to help by checking in on it or walking it, but I would’ve without doubt contacted the RSPCA had they left the dog for days on end in that state. I truly hope you do take action and don’t leave that poor animal in such distress 😔

@DonnaBanana You should be banned from keeping animals 🤬 "Animals adapt" not from bloody NEGLECT they don't!

Why do these people always have a cliched saying to justify their abhorrent actions?!

@DonnaBanana They may "come from nature" but they've been raised in sodding CAPTIVITY with absolutely zero experience or knowledge of how to catch their own food, find shelter - nothing. They're not objects they're living souls with feelings of abandonment and hurt, not to mention outright fear for fuck’s sake. Please do the right thing and rehome that poor animal.

Un fucking believable

Another update because I know people will be worried (which goes some way to restore my faith in human nature).

Since the conversation between neighbour and the one ‘looking after’ the dog, there hasn’t been a peep. Not one sound coming from that flat. I can only surmise as I didn't actually see, but I think either a family member has come to take the dog, or the neighbour calling in to feed her has taken her home. The neighbour who spoke up is a goddess in my eyes because she knows these people far better than I do and was clearly as affected as I was.

On a tangent, but this has also shown to me how different neighbour dynamics and communication can be. I live near these neighbours and yet don’t really know any of them so was very unsure of what to do; but one of their other neighbours (who actually lives next door) was able to raise this diplomatically and it seems to have been resolved.

Again, thank you to everyone who responded. It was so helpful to know that others out there care. Except of course for the POS who went on holiday and left her cat to fend for itself. There’s a special place in hell for you.

RSPCA can't do anything.

good result

I wonder if the neighbour who’s been feeding the dog was supposed to have him/her at her house but has decided to just leave it there and go in instead perhaps but now that it’s been raised that dog is crying they’ve taken him/her to her house, cause the alternative of an owner thinking this is ok to leave a dog alone is utter madness .

Crazy isn't it. When I'm away I have someone going in a couple of times a day for the cats but doggo comes with us if UK and stays with a family member otherwise. Can't fathom leaving her alone.

That's really good news OP, thank you for updating us

Glad things have quietened down - well done you for keeping an eye out and helping speak up for lil doggos welfare. If we don’t speak up for these voiceless animals, who will…? Glad the situation has been resolved, and hope the family who own this poor dog learns something from it.

@HamBagelNoCheese

I don’t need a score test from someone like yourself ! You’ve offered zero help just some sniping ..but i THANK YOU cause it’s people like you that
makes and drives me to work with and for animals in need .. have a blessed day. x

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Another update because I know people will be worried (which goes some way to restore my faith in human nature).

Since the conversation between neighbour and the one ‘looking after’ the dog, there hasn’t been a peep. Not one sound coming from that flat. I can only surmise as I didn't actually see, but I think either a family member has come to take the dog, or the neighbour calling in to feed her has taken her home. The neighbour who spoke up is a goddess in my eyes because she knows these people far better than I do and was clearly as affected as I was.

On a tangent, but this has also shown to me how different neighbour dynamics and communication can be. I live near these neighbours and yet don’t really know any of them so was very unsure of what to do; but one of their other neighbours (who actually lives next door) was able to raise this diplomatically and it seems to have been resolved.

Again, thank you to everyone who responded. It was so helpful to know that others out there care. Except of course for the POS who went on holiday and left her cat to fend for itself. There’s a special place in hell for you.

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So after all this time you can only ‘summise’ ??!
So you’re ‘summising’. that the dog has left the flat but you t don’t actually know (?) Whet did the nice neighbour the one who knows these people better than yourself actually say?

That poor dog !!
RSPCA neglect for sure
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You pinched your neighbour's cat?

It isn't.

This is the solution I sort of suggested e.g. that OP take in the dog. A neighbour seems to have done so, which is sensible.
People who say you should only have a pet if you can afford the most expensive ways of looking after it really mean that people who are not well-off do not deserve to have the companionship of animals.

RSPCA, dog warden, police. I believe it's illegal to leave a dog in a house for long periods unattended,. I pay someone to let my 2 out during the day when I'm out for work, and use boarding kennels for holidays and overnight absences. Please persist until you are sure they'll take action, it's cruelty

I did not say it was a good method, but some people might consider it a method, in fact I did not say leave a dog alone for a week, either. A dog must be trained to be alone, and that starts as a puppy, as does all training, unless you want a dog that does not do as it is told (dangerous) and is a nuisance to others (difficult to take about with you) and which you can never leave to go out shopping, visiting etc.
I probably know more than anyone else on here about dogs. I don't agree that a home monetarily poor is not a good home. Love and care are what a dog needs and will return - they do not need to be treated like a human since their understanding and their needs are quite different. I deplore the growth of pet insurance (rather like US health insurance afaics) which has put up the cost of veterinary care, making it much harder for people on lower incomes to look after their pets.

Ring the RSPCA. I might, if I were you OP, leave a note for the dog sitter, saying what you've told us?
Leave them maybe your number, you might be able to contact them when it's bad.

bless you OP. You are so kind! My neighbours- youngsters have a lovely spaniel. Both lads are super unfriendly. About 2 months ago neither came home on a Friday night - dog was left alone in darkness and he cried and whined… all the neighbours heard and we were bloody waiting outside their flat for them when they pitched at 2am!!! One works from home so dog is never really left alone but lots of neighbours put notes through the letter box saying ASK for help…
ask the feeder to come get the dog from you and you keep her for some part of the day… you are really kind