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 😬

That is really weird behaviour and sounds unhinged

That's hilarious but your DH has nothing to apologise for

I think it’s hilarious! 😆

Haha 😆 depends on the neighbour. If it was me (although I wouldn't leave a yappy dog in the garden) i'd know everyone has a bad day when they loose it! And TBF maybe neighbour will take the hint her dog is annoying

She takes it in if it barks... This sentence is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Takes it in 5 seconds later after 2 yaps - well done, good sensible owner.

What I suspect happens is that the fucking thing yaps incessantly at literally anything for about 25 minutes before it gets moved indoors. In that circumstances, I don't blame the poor guy for getting irritated

Maybe she will have got the message! Just leave it.

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I can understand him snapping, dogs barking is intolerable. Regular barking is intolerable. It the kind of noise that can really affect people mentally. He should apologise, not you but still. I get it 😂

I salute your dh and intend to test out his theory at the first opportunity..

Well done DH! I’m a dog lover and have had dogs since forever, but I can’t stand these yappy bastards. I know it’s the owners’ fault but it’s still unbelievably annoying.

God this reminds me of the time I wanted to annoy my brother who was on the phone to his friend so for some reason that made sense to my 8...ok maybe 10... year old brain I started barking. There was a pause and then my brother said 'no we don't have a dog. That's my sister.' That shut me up! 😂

My DH has barked back at next doors dog. He wasn't trying to make a point but was "talking" to it and it was answering, then he felt bad the dog got taken in...
He also talks to the same neighbour's cat (meowing)... Last week he was chasing a pheasant out of the garden like an absolute loon. They can get quite territorial... Both DHs and pheasants.

Apologies to my neighbour if she recognises us!

I haven't read the full thread but, no, don't apologise. Your DH did nothing wrong and hopefully now your neighbour might reflect on the impact her dogs barking has on the people around her.

But does he talk to the squirrels 🐿️

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He snapped and barkted.

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I’m team DH. Yappy dogs are very annoying.

Dont apologise. Tell her to keep her yappy dog under control

Can your DH come and bark at our neighbours dog? 😂

I can understand why he snapped as yappy dogs are awful! Yes it was embarrassing, but your neighbour isn’t apologising for her dog yapping all the time is she - so I don’t think DH should. She is a CF to leave her dog yapping like that and hopefully now she has the message!

She is a CF to leave her dog yapping like that

She doesn’t leave her dog yapping. OP has said the neighbour calls the dog in when it’s barking.

Clearly if she did leave it barking 25 minutes before getting it in, that wouldn’t be acceptable, but nowhere has OP said this, and, by her comment, she has implied the neighbour gets the dog in in a timely manner if it’s barking.

Ffs OP get a grip. So wet. They should be saying sorry to YOU. I'm team DH all the way.

God, how embarrassing and what a prat!

He’s behaved exactly in a way to encourage the dog. Idiot.

I used to have a neighbour like this (rental) with a yappy Pomeranian. In the end I'd have to wear noise cancelling headphones in my garden or else I'd have ripped down the garden fence and strangled the mutt with my bare hands.

Noise cancelling headphones for your husband for his Birthday / Christmas so he can enjoy his garden in peace?

I'd use the opportunity to talk to your neighbour and ask it the dog has had any training. She'll be oblivious to the barking as dog owners are always obtuse. Also mention that it is probably a nuisance to the other neighbours around her, especially those with small children that are put to bed early.

My yappy dog owning neighbour eventually moved as everyone around her became so hostile, especially after someone accosted her on the street with 'Are you the owner of that non stop barking dog?' She used to leave it in the garden during the summer and go off to work - so it used to be barking out there for 7-8 hours.

He shouldn’t apologise because it’s himself he’s embarrassed