I have complained about the noise of my neighbour's dog. Is it going to get worse?

[Chefpig]

My next door neighbours are an elderly couple, but fucking hell, they're noisy.

They have two dogs. One of the dogs barks at intervals of twenty minutes. There's always at least one of the couple in the house when the dog barks and so they're very much aware of the barking and they regularly shout at it. Barking is throughout the day and up until gone 11pm, when it wakes me up. It's just been barking for half an hour non stop now. Doing anything relaxing, eg reading, having a bath, etc. is bound to get interrupted and working from home is a nightmare. I know meetings will get interrupted by the constant sound of barking and them shouting the dogs name or 'for fucks sake' at the dog.

I won't go round as they're very much aware of the barking and I've shouted through the walls numerous times. Today, all through my breakfast it was barking with the woman home and apart from the odd shout of the dogs name, it was not shutting up.

I've finally flipped and submitted a noise complaint through the council. I'm in rented accommodation. Has anyone ever done this? What was the outcome and was the any retribution from the neighbours? I love my house so much I do not want to move.

Noise probably won’t get worse but if you put a foot wrong they’ll be looking for ways to get you back. Shouting through the wall is a bit much

Are the neighbours renting too @Chefpig ?

I think (as has been said) that you should have told them about their dog(s) first and not gone down the road of complaining first. But you are where you are now.

If they're renting, you may be able to complain to their landlord. (But talk to them first?)

Bit of an oxymoron. You are inviting conflict and confrontation by yelling through the wall! And then reporting them without talking to them first. Good luck!

No I don’t see myself as the language police. . I was simply pointing out an offensive term not interested in arguing

They don't ever get walked.

I really don't see what me going round talking to them would achieve. If they wanted to try harder to shut the dog up they would. Funny thing is, they do shut the dog up once I've shouted usually. It shouldn't take that though. If they know that the dog barking is disturbing me, and bothering them as they end up shouting and swearing at the dog which doesn't work obviously, then a conversation with those types of people isn't going to work and as they're pig ignorant disturbing my peace, they don't deserve a conversation. The man of the couple walks past at the same time each day and looks in. He can see I'm sat there with my laptop working. Still, the dog barks incessantly. They just don't give a shit.

They dint rent. Their house is bought and they've been here 40+ years.

After I shouted in frustration earlier, the dog has bene kept quiet all day long. They can keep it quiet, they choose not to. Laziness and not giving a shit.

Edit: I think I tagged the wrong person originally, this is @nfjufg .

Yikes, do you generally speak to people like that? Doesn’t make you seem pleasant either.

My dog is well trained and we live in a rural area where nobody would be concerned by a barking dog, as people have dogs guarding their property, but this post isn’t about me. It’s about an elderly couple being shouted at through the walls by an aggressive neighbour which is unacceptable, unless you’re in real scummy circles.

Are they too ‘thick’, horrible language by the way, to train their dogs or are they just overwhelmed by dog training, hard of hearing or dealing with more pressing issues?

Insane that you’re talking about empathy with a post like that.

It's not an offensive term if people don't know the offensive meaning. Language evolves. But fine, dredge up the archaic meaning and get the post deleted.
You ARE the language police.

"Overwhelmed by dog training,"🤣
"Hard of hearing"🤣
"Dealing with more pressing issues"🤣
All very feeble excuses for people who won't take responsibility for training their dogs and are inflicting enormous stress on their neighbour as a result.
You think "thick" is "horrible" language? Oh dear. What's REALLY "horrible" is that OP's life is being made a misery. Even more "horrible" is your ridiculous defence of the neighbours.

They don't seem hard of hearing. They have normal voluned conversations with each other. They also shout very loudly at the dogs, the dogs bark often through meetings I have. Funnily enough, me shouting shut them the fuck up yesterday and usually does but I don't like shouting.

They're very much aware their dog barks and that it's an absolute piss take as they shout at the poor thing every time it starts barking, which obviously doesn't get results and the dog barks more.

Also, with the 'poor they're attitude, I'm sick to death of being woken up at gone 11pm by the woman shouting or the dog barking, or both. Its every day that the noise starts up. They do know how to shut the dog up. Perhaps it's laziness that they don't.

Your post is naive and superficial. You are trying to downplay constant invasive noise that is being caused with no care for the effects on the neighbours.

I find some dog owners entitled beyond belief.

Op you have my utmost sympathy. I suffered this for some years, but thank God they're moving. It isn't a dog problem it's an owner problem. It's their entitled attitude that means they won't do anything.

I've decided to withdraw my complaint to the council and go and speak to the neighbours. I really don't want any poor neighbour relations, especially as I love where I live and the house I live in. I can't see the neighbours being open to discussion to change things, but I'll soon see. I also get the impression that the dog has been barking like this for years and years and they'll probably think it's a me problem.

But words matter, don't they? That's why we are careful to use respectful words when discussing race, gender or sexual orientation, for example.
Using the word cretin in a non-medical context is insulting. I'm surprised you can't see that.

I knew what it meant. I’m not offended personally but it is a perfect example of not using words you don’t know the real meaning of.

Would they hear you shouting over the noise if the dogs?

You don't have to be confrontational, just go round and explain how they are disturbing you.

You have nothing to lose by going round there to chat. You know they’re not a young mouthy couple who could possibly turn violent, they’re elderly.

Just tell them that the barking is really getting to you, ask what the circumstances are, does the dog have dementia etc. Suggest a vet trip, exercising it more, a thunder vest if it’s an anxiety situation and let them know that you’re taking it to the council if it doesn’t stop. This should push them to seek professional help.

That's a shame. Good luck.

Why not offer to take the poor dog for a walk?

Sympathies, it sounds like a nightmare.

It always amazes me how some dog owners are totally oblivious to how fucking awful this is for other people.

You're not up for confrontation but you shout through the walls?

You do know shouting through the walls IS confrontation, right? So you can't have an adult conversation, when you don't have things your way you just shout at people and expect them to have nothing to say back? Grow up.

Oh, shut up.

Agree. In my experience having a discussion will do nothing. They will continue - people like this shouldn't be allowed dogs. The gaslighting will probably start next whereby they tell you it's not their dog, you are imagining it, why don't you go out more, you are the problem not their dog, nobody else complains etc etc 😒

You realise the banging on the wall is making the dog bark more, right?

My neighbour used to bang on the wall at my late terrier. He'd yap at me once to get my attention because he wanted to go outside/play/have a treat, she'd hammer on the wall like a fucking lunatic, the dog would then run in circles yelling his head off at this strange, sudden noise, until I calmed him down. He wasn't used to sudden banging on walls because our previous neighbours were sane.

It only stopped when he started losing his hearing. I tried teaching him not to bark at her, but it never stuck. I have no clue why. I successfully taught him not bark at birds in the garden, or people walking past the house, but there was just something about this sudden banging that sparked fear in him and caused him to lose all sense of what I was saying until the banging stopped.

Dog barks, neighbors shout at it. You join in through the wall.
The dog sounds like the most adult one there.