AIBU to apologise after DH barked at the neighbour's dog?

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Last year the neighbour behind us got a small dog. It yaps.

Anyway DH has been complaining to me about this irritating dog ever since she got it and admittedly it is very annoying but what can you do? It’s during the day and it’s not constant.

He’s been away with work for 3 days and has come back grumpy and tired - last night he went outside to check on his plants and the dog started yapping. DH went absolutely bonkers, started running up and down the fence barking and snarling like a dog until the woman came out and hastily took her dog back inside. Mortified!! I know he was tired but Jesus he was acting like a psychopath

Hes back at work today and she’s sat outside in the sun - do I pop my head over and apologise/explain or leave it and assume we’re no longer on good terms 😬

Excellent!! Well done DH!

Team dh here. When we lived next to an extremely inconsiderate dog owner who would go to work and leave her poor dog alone for hours it would bark from when she left to when she came back. Then when she returned she would let it outside to continue barking and dh shouted to shut the fucking thing up more than once.
Unfortunately the dog died so she started banging doors whenever she was home, up to 40 times in a hour, I mean who has the energy to be that demented? We had involved the council and eventually moved mainly because of her.

We have two similar neighbours. We’ve had the first two really sunny and warm days here and one neighbour is out in the garden while the dog runs around yapping at the slightest noise. She doesn’t attempt to control it. The other has chucked their little yapper into their back garden and presumably gone to work because it’s been there most of the date creating noise. This is about par for the course for both of them during the summer - they don’t give a monkeys about anyone else. OP I feel your pain.

The dog owner is the one who shouod be apologising. Cant even go out your own door without a yappy dog going bonkers.

I’m team DH and I don’t hate dogs. I have one who can be considered the ‘happy’ variety but I wouldn’t dream of inflicting the noise on my neighbours. The fact that you think DH’s actions are concerning rather than those of the neighbour in letting her dog annoy others says more about you than him frankly.

This thread reminded me of a meme I stole a few weeks ago.

buy him a copy of "who let the dogs out" so he can practice his woofs

Put DH on a lead and walk him around the garden

A bucket of water every time, he’ll soon learn.

You are being unreasonable. Your neighbour should apologise. Bloody dogs and their owners 🙄

It could have been worse, OP.

He could have gone around and cocked a leg pissed on her begonias.

🐩

Her dog yaps. Yes, you can complain. The fact that you haven't, she should take as a sign she has good neighbours.

I would not apologise, you personally have nothing to apologise for. And to be honest, I don't think your husband has anything to apologise for either.

He reacted to her yappy dog, she'll be aware how yappy her dog is. If she's got any sense, she'll be the one to apologise for having a yappy dog that she presumably hasn't tried to train out of its yappiness. If she does mention anything, my response would be along the lines of

'Yes, your dog does bark quite a bit, doesn't it? DH had just got back from a tiring trip, and I think it just got to him more than it usually does.'

I'd definitely word it to make perfectly clear that her dog's barking is irritating.

Give him a pat on the back for sticking up for himself. The woman is entitled to think it's okay for her dogs to yapping all the time. She needs to train it or give it to someone who knows how to look after dogs. You should be proud of your husband it would drive anyone insane.

You see most people I know would just laugh if someone barked back at a barking dog but I suppose other people have very little to occupy their minds other than calling people's husbands names.

OP complained about the dog making a racket, her DH seems to have solved it. Who cares how he went about it

This is hilarious

Poor man snapped. Dog sounds like a complete PITA.

I agree with @VickyEadieofThigh . He's made a fool of himself.

I'm sorry, I can't help myself. 😂

https://youtube.com/shorts/68qThzksLvA?si=D9kVIdQUOmq9e3rp

well, rightly so
we have a neighbour in communal gardens and her dog does this. Next time I am out I am going to stand by her maisonette and yap until she gets the message and keeps her lovely bundle of joy happily satisfied on dogs buscuits or whatever

Leave it……..he did the deed and FWIW a happy dog would rattle my brain too so I’m in DH camp on this one!

Your DH is my hero.

It's not for you to apologise for another adult.
Yappy dogs are so irritating. The owner clearly isn't bothered about the noise annoying the neighbours so DH cut out the middle man and "spoke in dog" to it directly. (Did it work? As in did it shut up? If so, objective achieved.)

Our NDN have a German Shepherd. He's lovely but very protective of the house. If he's in the front room we can hear him woofing at anyone going past. Sometimes we woof along with him for our own amusement. I really must get a life!

they don't appologise. Mine told me that even though it is communal gardens, her dog is on their own territory lol when outside in the garden

Yeah why should be apologise? He was making a point and hopefully she's got it and will now train her dog.

No advice, but that's hilarious. It's going to be a long summer for your DH trying to avoid your neighbour.

The only thing I can think of is that he offers to walk the dog so it gets used to him and doesn't yap every time he appears.

But. I. Am. Howling at the mental image.