to think that whoever let my dog out last night/early this morning is v cruel and evil person who has obv never had pets or children?

[micci25]

was laying bed when i heard my dog barking at the front of the house. when she should be safely locked up in the back yard. went to look out the back window and the back gate was wide open dog no where to be seen!

the back gate is usually locked, i dont know why it wasnt last night but i cant even remember who opened it last so cant blame anyone for that.

cue me getting up immediatley and searching streets for dog. luckily she had come back of her own accord and was waiting at the back gate while i was looking round the front for her !

dp thinks that this is forgivable as who ever let her out probably did because they were sick of her barking. i think that if this is the casae they should have to come to me to complain and not just let my family out!

the dog does bark but only when she hears noises. although this noise can be just a car and usually is. on a weekend her barking is worse because she can hear people coming home in taxis and drunks walking past.

but if she is barking for more than a couple of minutes at a time i will go and see what she is barking at which stops her.

we live oppposite a bus depo and two very busy roads so there is every chance that the dog could have been run over, she is a terrier so it is her nature to hunt and kill, she could very easily have gotten hold of some ones pet bunny, guniea pig, chickens, kitten (she is scared of cats i have two and the bully her but could easily kill a kitten), for all who ever let out knows she could be a biting dog and could have got hold of a child, also who ever did do it must live in my street as we have alley gates so they would also know that i have a four year old dd who would be gutted if her dog was hurt.

am absolutely livid that some one would be so inconsiderate dp still seems to think this acceptable (but admits it is wrong he is just not annoyed by it) as the dog could have woke them up

and all for the sake of one miserable comma...

oh yes, it might be, both lovely dogs

I don't think it's a wind up, sounds too much like some people on our estate when I was growing up. Some people don't know how to look after their animals and make it everyone else's problem.

LOL at IAmTheGate

I don't reckon it's a windup
she has the exact same attitude as my ex neighbour who unfortunately was REAL and not just a joke to amuse me on a Sunday afternoon

Chequers, it wasn't an unknown dog was it. The whole neighbourhood was intimately involved in the whole dog issue by then.

For dangerous dogs I recommend a nail gun to the head to put it out of my misery.

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I don't hate any animals. I love them all, but ask anyone in africa what you do if attacked by a hungry lion and they won't say "aww don't hurt it, it's just being friendly'

What I really can't stand is people who pretend the animals are children and then expect me to go along with it. It's their hobby. Let them do it where it doesn't disturb me.

I did consider getting a bull on a lead and trying to take it into the local china shop just to see the reaction

A dog that barks a lot can be deemed a Statutory Nuisance. You've admitted yourself that the dog drives you crazy during the day. A dog barking at 11.30 at night is totally unacceptale. You can't blame the late night barking on your neighbour because he's moving his car, it's your dog that's the problem.

If one of your neighbours reports your dog to Environmental Health, they can servce a Notice under the Environmental Protection Act on you. If you haven't managed to get the dog to shut up within 21 days, they have the right to remove the dog.

So, seeing as your daughter is so attached to the dog, my advice would be to train the animal immediately.

Frankly, I'm not surprised someone let him out.

your dog is a nuisance.

i pity your neighbour.

you're lucky they only let her out and didn't relocate her permanently.

irresponsible dog owners are even worse than dogs themselves.

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I think you're all being mean. I like to practice with my steel band in the back garden at 11pm. Surely the neighbours would've said if it bothered them...

Well, Chequers, it appears Greyriverside, like many of us, in going on about irresponsible people who own dogs and let them be a nuisance and even dangerous to others.

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I have 30 windchimes in my back garden, CL .

I moved house because of the neighbours barking dog. They left it during the day & it never shut up barking, when they were in & they went into a different room or up to the bathroom & it barked , I spoke to them but they were abusive, had to move as i was a nervous wreck.
We have a dog he rarely barks. Dogs need training & shown whos in charge.

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I'm pretty calm, Chequers, I've just had a cup of Tension Tamer tea and the girls are playing happily out in the garden.

But thanks for the concern.

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Kiki, if that happens again you can follow your council's guidlines about nuisance noise/noise pollution and bring action against your neighbours and, in rare circumstances, even bring suit against them in civil court.

Most people start becoming concern about their nuisance pets when someone or something starts trying to take a bit out of their purse.

well have spoken to mil earlier who said that she has already asked the neighbours (she knows them that is how dp knows them) if the dog bothers them as she is a 'barky' type so she that it would (mils you have got to love them) and they assured her that the only time the dog bothers them is when she is barking at the rowdy teens in the next sreet and they always hear me go out and bring the dog in and threaten the teens with the police if they dont keep it down! and this usually occurs early evening (well it starts early evening and carries on till the small hours). other times they do hear if they are awake but she is stopped as soon as she starts so that doesnt bother them.

i take the dog to vets regularly for injections and she has check ups then the vet has never thought that there could be anything wrong, but i have never mentioned the toilet thing so i will make an appointment specifically for that reasson.

i will be doing the bell thing the was suggested to help her learn how to alert us that she wants to go out!

also mil mentioned that she woken by the teens from the next street in the early hours delibrately winding up the dogs further up her street so presumably it was the them who let out my dog thinking taht it would be funny, in that case no they are not evil they are just silly teens.

Now look here lady, this is your dog and therefore it's your repsonsibility.
You should go and speak to your neighbours about your dog.

The fact that your MIL has already done this is irrelevant. Show some respect for your neighbours and go and ask them yourself.

It now seems that they don't just hear your dog, they also hear you! I bet they can't wait for you to move.

no they actually like when i tell the teens to keep the noise down because they disturb the whole street they have tried it themselves but had an altercation that nearly got violent, as i know the older brother of one of the teens i dont have this problem they will generally just go away.

dp is still going to speak to them later and the other side has just got in off nights so i wont be seeing him untill his night shift pattern finishes but if i see the woman who visits his house i will ask her if she knows wether he has had a problem.

mil can hear my dog and the other dogs in the street as she is a bad sleeper and has said that she doesnt hear mine that often, so i really dont think that her barking is as much of a problem as dp makes out but i will still check if it is bothering anyone

YOur neighbour works nights and your dog barks all day? Jesus.

micci- you are still missing the point. It really doesnt matter what your neighbours say. Your dog needs to be stopped barking and you need to be in control of it completely regardless of your neighbours.