Next door to us have 1 dog,but also look after their daughters dog during the day.They are no trouble at all,but recently,they have added a puppy to the family-he is about 4 months old & at first didn't used to be left with the other two.
He is now here every day & is very excitable & if he sees or hears any of us in the garden,goes wild,barking & flinging himself against the fence.
It might seem trivial,but in our last house,we had to put up with a neighbours dogs doing this from 7am til 10pm every day for years & we were so relieved to escape from it.I'm dreading getting into the same situation again,where I avoid letting the dd's play in the garden because of the bedlam the dog causes.
We are on good terms with our neighbour & she did come outside the other day to see what he was barking at & I explained that he didn't seem to like me much!She commented that he barks a lot,told him off & went back in.
I'm hoping he will get used to us & calm down eventually.I do make a point of going out in the garden as often as I can,in the hope that he'll get used to seeing me & the girls & not bother so much.
Should I ignore him? I get the feeling that he is barking out of excitement & that if I go & 'make friends' with him,he'll get more excited & get worse.
I'd be really grateful for any advice.
Thanks