AIBU to ask my neighbour to stop his new dog barking so much?

[Doggodoggo]

My next-door neighbour got a young dog recently. I don't know the breed or how old it is but it is already massive and very very loud! He lets it out in the garden multiple times a day where it barks its head off constantly. He is a single man who works full time from home so I suspect that every time he has a work meeting/call he just lets it out in the garden where it barks non stop. He doesn't seem to take it out very much, maybe once a day in the evening. He also doesn't seem to have much control over it as it often lies in the road and won't move!

I had some sympathy at first as thought perhaps he would be training it not to bark all the time or the excitement of being outside would wear off. But it's now really stressing me out. He's recently started putting it out in the garden at 6.30am and it is barking non stop and waking me up which is so frustrating as I work US hours due to my job so end up working late in the evening, go to bed fairly late and don't need to be up until late. I'm losing so much sleep and it's stressing me out.

Now every time I hear the dog it makes me tense and anxious. Its a horrible noise, so loud and intrusive. And this is from inside the house so it will be even worse in the summer with windows open or being in the garden.

I don't know him very well but he seems fairly friendly and nods hello if we pass each other.

I don't know anything about dog training but I'm worried it's just going to continue like this as he doesn't seem to be doing anything to stop it barking. I'm so stressed out I've even been thinking of moving house if it doesn't improve.

AIBU to speak to him and ask him if he could somehow reduce the amount of barking? Especially at 6.30am! Or do I just need to suck it up and accept it as part of having neighbours?

Rubbish barking is not always a sign of stress! Calling the RSPCA is a sure sign to alienate OP from their neighbour. The RSPCA are unlikely to attend anyway. A grown up conversation is what is needed and explain how it is impacting on OP!

Council report..hopefully he will either look after dog or rehome. This happened with my neighbours. Huge dog. They used to use a horse whip to control it. Was better for everyone when all the neighbours complained and dog went.

Sympathy, op. This sounds absolutely awful.

You have the right to live peacefully in your own home.

I’m sorry your talk to him didn’t go well. What an idiot he is. How stupid/thoughtless/unself-aware is he??! It’s his dog, so why is he happy to make it your problem??

Your next step is contacting the council. Or buying him a book on how to train his dog.

You can expect some noise from neighbours, but this is far too much noise and totally unacceptable.

Our neighbour does this too at 6.30am. The dog barks very loudly. Dh asked the neighbour to stop the dog barking and it was good for a while. Now its back yo barking.

It’s like any bad habit that can and should be stopped like jumping up / pulling on the lead !

The guy sounds like he has not really thought through the idea of wfh with a dog .

There are toys that can stimulate dogs (food goes in them and dog has to figure out how to get the food out )
My mum also had an anti bark device plugged in (a possible
option in the house )

Suggesting these things could be delicate though !

I agree barking dogs are annoying - I'm
a dog lover and previous owner . It’s not an inevitability
YANBU

I wonder if you could post a leaflet through the door about curbing barking (print me perhaps )
Would plant the seed that it’s a disturbance

speaking to him has failed.

Next step is contacting the council and environmental health. My BIL and SIL got a puppy and never finished training it. We haven’t heard the full story but I’m pretty sure they have had complaints to the council about her and SIL actually cut her work hours to be home more, though it hasn’t helped as they won’t do anymore training for some reason. Their neighbour is constantly on at them about it as the dog barking is very annnoying.

it's absolutely not acceptable for any dog owner to allow their dogs to bark at 6.30 am! Gardeners and builders aren't allowed to start noisy work until 8am so what makes dog owners so special?? It's this entitled attitude from many dog owners that really, really pisses me off

Keep reminding and keep asking. They might assume as you haven't mentioned it lately that it's not bothering you. If you don't ask, you don't get.

The RSPCA aren't fit for purpose sadly and will do nothing about a barking dog. Saw a post recently on fb about a cat with a broken leg in a bad way in someone's garden and they wouldn't help so 🤷‍♀️ dog warden can be contacted or local council environmental health.

Of course he's going to get defensive. There are very few people who can take a percieved criticism on the chin. They don't like 'to be told'.
We had this with a neighbour re her barky 6 am dog. Her response? Well, the leaves from your tree are falling in my garden. I had to lol (I mean, I didn't). Anyway, luckily for us she moved, That was a sweet sweet day.

A friend had some joy from the Enviromental dept of her council (both privately owned). The officer wrote to the offending barky neighbour (well, the owner, the dog couldn't read, Too busy barking) and it stopped for a while.

I think you just need to make his barky dog a problem for him. So everytime it barks, knock on the door 'hey, neighbour, the noise is intolerable. Can you do something about it or my next step will to report, sorry!' Cheery wave.