Neighbors barking dogs are driving me mad

[whyisnothingsimple]

I moved into my new house in March - all great except for next door’s 2 barking dogs. They seem to bark for no reason whatsoever and one will set the other off. It’s often just a minute but is frequent through the day and night. I’ve met lots of other neighbours who are lovely but not spoken face to face with these ones. They keep themselves to themselves according to others. I’ve started to tell the dogs to be quiet as the owners don’t seem to. Tonight I’ve been drifting off 3 times and then woken by their barking. They must hear me telling their dogs to be quiet - is it time for a face to face chat? I would have thought they might come round to me but looks like they won’t. I’ve no wish to fall out with anyone but am I being u reasonable in expecting not to be barked at when I go into my garden - I’m grumpy and tired tonight so now is not the time although I’m sorely tempted.

I have been looking at the sensor things that omit a high pitched sound - think I’ll have to invest in one and it will hopefully have the same result as your CD!

I bought one of those high pitched dog whistles once to try to stop my vile neighbour's dogs from barking, and the bloody dogs ignored it!

I tried all of this it didn’t really work honestly I would just report them to the council they are being very selfish & rude leaving their dogs to bark all hours.

The solution is to stop breeding from barky dogs, so that eventually this trait dies out in the population. I say this as an alternative to having the dogs put down if they don't respond to training.
Barky dogs have no place in civilised society.

Didn't take long for the people to pop up who can't tell the difference between an animal and a child, did it? 🙄

Absolutely you should say something OP, and if they don't care / don't act then start keeping a log and report them to the council. They need to keep their animals quiet.

😁 children are just baby goats anyway.

YANBU. I’ve got 2 dogs and they bark very little. I couldn’t stand it. The old dog has a particularly horrible bark, poor thing. Her vocal cords are shot I think. The other is a big German Shepherd so he has a big bark.
In your situation OP I would speak to the neighbours amicably so they can’t say they are unaware of the nuisance. Instead of shouting at the dogs (ime it doesn’t work. Can make them bark louder). I might well be tempted to shout “Neighbour shut your dogs up!”

Thing is, my dogs know I’m in charge and I’m fearless (if only 😂) so they only need to alert me to an unknown and they are secure knowing I can and will deal with it.
My dogs get lots of love, I’m kind to them, but they know I am the boss and in charge.

We have a similar problem OP - dogs left outside to bark late into the evening (last night until 11.45pm).

We have also spoken to the owners and asked that they bring the dogs in after 10pm (they can't stop them barking). The adult daughter who lives there though thinks she should be able to leave the doors open late evening and doesn't care if the dogs are barking outside. 11.45pm isn't late for her as she doesn't get up for work.
Its caused a lot of friction with their immediate neighbours - who also have to put up with the dogs being left to bark at the front window very late at night (I've come home at 1am and seen them). Its why the previous owners sold the house.
I feel sorry for the dad as he's doing his best but the daughter just screams at him.

Do complain and do get other neighbours who are disturbed to do the same. The more households effected, the more likely the Council will do something.

Off to look up dog deterrent noises.....thanks for the tip.

YANBU op. We have a real problem with dogs barking around here. Someone 3 doors down from me has FOUR untrained dogs in a tiny terraced house and every time he lets them out for a wee it is bedlam. Someone next door has just moved in with a dog as well so they now bark at each other.

Shouting at them to STFU does work if only to alert the neighbour that they are being inconsiderate and make me feel better. Talking to them makes no odds - a considerate person wouldn’t have four dogs in a tiny terraced house to begin with!

I have an app on my phone I use to play the sound they don’t like and we’re going to move next year to somewhere with fewer neighbours. I don’t understand how it doesn’t bother the owners - it must be so over stimulating to live in this man’s house with that constant racket!

Oh - what is the app please - I’ll have a google

I feel your pain, OP. I'm frequently driven mad by barking dogs. I have three dogs and I barely hear a peep out of any of them. My neighbour has two dogs, who bark constantly whenever they are outdoors, which is usually in hour-long stints. These hours outdoors often coincide with my lunch hour, when I would like to go to bed, and sometimes waking me up on my weekends off work. I have tried the anti-barking device which did wonders for my (at the time) noisy puppy, but it barely puts a dent in the noise of their dogs, even in conjunction with other anti-barking devices.

Their barking gets even louder and more frantic if my dogs or I have the audacity to be in our own garden, or if there's anyone else about.

Very few things work. One is if they break into their other garden and come face-to-face with my (formerly) noisy dog, who takes them on, and the neighbour takes her dogs in. On the worst days, I have shouted at them and slammed my windows shut, and the neighbour takes them in. Then we have peace and quiet, unless they start barking indoors, where I can still hear them. I live for the times when my neighbour and their dogs go away on holiday!

I still aspire to living in a detached house in the middle of a field, far away from any neighbours or dog kennels...

I’m seriously considering investing in a long range anti bark device and putting it on after 10pm every night. Will report back if it works.

Before anyone piles on that it’s cruel, it’s obvs a last resort. What’s cruel is owners who leave anxious rescue dogs to bark. They don’t sound happy and they’re not playing. The poor dogs.

I agree that they aren’t happy. My old neighbou’s dog was clearly very anxious, seemingly on guard all the time. It must be exhausting for the poor things.

We have a few neighbours with similar yappy twat dogs, they start if you so much as open a window or go out of the front door and for most of the night setting off their unnecessary strobe security lighting. Who is desperate to burgle one of our very modest terraced houses on an estate for God's sake?
It's not the dogs who are twats it's the owners and they couldn't care less.

Another one here suffering. My neighbour has a horrible barking dog that barks every time I dare leave my house. It also barks at the windows whenever someone walks past. My nerves are shot.

Ruined our home to be honest. I long for the day it is no longer here but it’s only a year or two…and I say that as a dog lover.

I have this week lost my older dog who had developed doggy dementia. There was an hour every evening where he would bark and eventually during the night as well. Overall we managed to comfort him and calm him ( with copious amounts of cbd oil and by laying with him. )Our neighbours have been wonderful and we have worked very had to avoid them being disturbed because it is our responsibility as responsible dog owners to try and prevent our dogs being a nuisance- the point I’m making though is it’s not always lack of training that causes a dog to bark .

It has taken the joy out of moving to my new home. I’ve been told the owner works for a dog Charity but don’t know if that is true. They had a minutes bark this morning a few hours ago and now silence. I can’t even hear them in the house so a good day so far.

Please do - I’ve been looking - I will talk to them and tell them I’m considering it though to give them the chance of dealing with the issue. They must hear me when I tell them to be quiet and I’ve heard them speak to the dogs but they are not assertive and the dogs ignore them.

Sometimes this one doesn’t bark for a day but I still can’t relax…I sit waiting for it to bark or dread seeing them pull off the drive incase it starts up again. I’m sure barking dogs can be used as a form of torture!

Really hope it gets better for you

She shouldn’t have to tell them as the owners should be the ones telling them to be quiet. I wouldn’t want to listen to it all day either.

I know there can be lots of reasons why dogs bark but you have been responsible in trying to keep the noise down. I’ve been told these dogs were adopted from a war zone - if so they must be traumatised- I feel for them. Their garden is tiny and I’ve never seen/heard them being played with. I have only seen 1 of them walked once and I only saw that as I heard a terrible commotion outside and their dog was going ape at another dog walking up the road - it was very aggressive.

They might have recognised themselves

You can get those silent dog whistles but I think they're only effective if the dog is trained to respond by not barking.

Dogs could be trained to do something (like dogs who herd , or agility) with a whistle signal.
Local noisy dog would think Parrrr-tayyy if a whistle blew !

I would be so tempted to ask them "Oh you work for a Dog Charity , is it specifically re-homing traumatised dogs . Does this mean you;re fostering these two (noisy little gits) and they;ll move on any time soon"
<Hope Springs Eternal>

The barky dogs around me are all owned by elderly people and I have never seen either of them go for a walk. They are properly bored, which is probably why they bark. My cat doesn't help, she taunts them from the roof. I have to keep my bedroom window shut so she can't get up there.
I think it's wicked to have a dog and keep it in a small back yard.