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 😬

Your DH is my hero😃 I might try barking at my sister-in-law’s yappy mutts next time I visit. At the very least she might take them out of the room to get them away from the madwoman. The barking is absolutely relentless and just seems to hit my eardrums at a certain frequency that makes me want to cry real tears.

It might have taught her a lesson. I have a dog. I do not let him bark in the garden. It’s not acceptable. She needs to know.
she’s in the wrong and he was at the end of his tether. He came home tired. Wanted a bit of quiet time in his garden and the dog ruined it. I’d do the same !

So glad I'm not the only one who'd love to see that performance 🤣🤣

Crying 🤣🤣

Neuter him.

Do not apologise! Hopefully your DH has exhibited a level of weird that will encourage your neighbour to train her dog. However if she does ever mention it, you both need to act very confused and deny all knowledge of what shes talking about.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

honestly I’ve had such a shit day.
thanks for this!

He can come and do it to my neighbours if he wants.

Haahahahhahahah this is brilliant! Team DH! 🙌🏻 🤣

Get a parott to mimic the dog, DH can have a little rest then.

I would mention nothing, but maybe offer your dh a gravy bone with his coffee sometime very soon, and maybe call him a good boy a few times.

No. If anyone they should apologise to you, might make them think how blo@dy annoying it is.

Whilst his behaviour was crazy, it is annoying to hear a dog yapping. Neither of you need to apologise. It may have actually made the dog owner realise how much the dog is annoying the neighbours. She might do something about it now!

Haha that’s hilarious! He was a silly twat of course, but if I were you I couldn’t be too mad at him- yappy dogs are a proper pain in the ass. If you want to remain on good terms with the neighbour you could say something like ‘sorry for Joe’s behaviour last night. The dog barking annoys him but he shouldn’t have done that’. That way you acknowledge his twattiness while also making it clear the dog is annoying. Who knows, maybe she’ll appreciate your candour and do something about it.

I would have applauded him and poured him a nice drink.

There's nothing as grating as the owner of a yappy dog.

Sorry but that would have amused me

My daughter barks back at annoying dogs as well.

Is she very young? (Like 5-6 years old)

Clearly not. HTH

My cat loved to torment next doors handbag dogs from the fence.
She would send them into a wild frenzy. They have moved now.

You are not accountable for your DH. Stop doing the emotional labour for him.
If he wants to apologise, he can do it himself.

If you want to maintain a relationship with the neighbour, you still can without apologising for a grown man, just talk to her as normal.

Team DH I may have also barked at next doors yappy dog

Why “clearly”?