Barking dogs

[Meezer2]

The absolute misery of living next door to a barking dog

I don't think dog owners realise the impact of their dog barking. Might not be for long, but it's so disturbing.

I live next door to one and next to someone with another.
They compete in a bark off.
It's not always for long but it's so loud.

All hours of the day or night.

The one next door is alone while the owner works. Howls and cries for 8 hours.
It's clear so unhappy. Yes I've told her about it.

Please dog owners consider your neighbours.

🙄

No I'm not one of those owner who lets their dog bark for long. As soon as mine start barking too much I get them in.

There is no 🙄 about it, the type of people that think you are "moaning" are the type of people who would throw a massive tantrum if they had to deal with it themselves. I had a shit, inconsiderate neighbour like this. I feel you OP. It seriously affected my mental health but unfortunately other than moving and hoping for the best I don't have the answer. "Hell is other people" was created purely because of self centred pricks like this x

Glad to hear that Vodka.
Wish you were my neighbour

I am sandwiched between someone with a barky Yorkie and someone who hates hearing dogs and yells at it to shut up. Yes. HE CAN HEAR IT THROUGH MY HOUSE. My poor sweet quiet rough collie gets the blame.

Anyway, bark back.

I feel your pain, next door have a new dog that is a barker, which would be bad enough anyway, but he has a weird bark that sounds like he's screaming, and doesn't like being shut out in the garden, which they do frequently.

The same house does loud, machinery involved, DIY at antisocial times inc 8.30 am on a weekend and 9.30 pm of a night.

I have come very close to putting a note in the door, but I'm aware we use the back a lot and sit out there chatting so that probably annoys them.

I don't like hearing other dogs barking, as they set mine off.

My dogs a bit of a barker and we managed to train him to STFU but not to stop (and oh my god we tried). Sometimes he’ll bark at wildlife in the garden but he’s called back in as quick as I can get to the back door. I think I’d be mortified if he barked multiple times a day (as opposed to maybe once or twice a week?) but I’m not sure what I could actually do about it.

Exactly it was justified.

I really struggle with these dogs near to me.
I work nights occasionally and I find it so difficult to sleep in the day.

I'm not trying to cause an argument to the dog owners here,

I just wish maybe they could be more aware of how intrusive their dogs are.

My dogs bark in the garden so I bring them in and shut the door.

Next door don’t do they. They allow their dog to bark however long she wants.

If my dogs are out, they do attempt a bark off but I go straight outside and drag them in

All dogs bark though - you're never going to get total silence as barking is part of how they communicate.

I agree that people shouldn't be letting their dogs bark constantly but the odd bark is considered "acceptable" by the council/environmental health as it's seen as regular household noise.

Mine isn’t a barker. Next door though, omg it sounds like it’s in my bedroom with me it’s so loud. They also don’t bring it in when it’s doing it’s pieces at 6am.

I feel you OP. I love my dog but hate the noise of the neighbours.

We have several ddogs. Ndn tells me he is always amazed he never hears them. Ime your life choices shouldn't negatively impact other people..
Wish the utter cunt who stands opposite my house from 5. 30 til 9 every day was of the same opinion.. Council apparently can't do anything.
But they can for you op!! Request a diary sheet. Fill in a Barking Record for 2 weeks and neighbour will get a letter.

They do have powers.

I have a barky dog, absolutely gets on my tits so as soon as he starts he is brought in right away. Tried all kind of behaviourists, tips, rewards for good behaviour etc but the little shit just wants to bark at his own shadow. We call it Little Man Syndrome. So, you have my sympathy OP, it's a noise that even as a dog owner I can't stand it.

My dog is not a Barker luckily, but I was horrified when the neighbour (semi detached) said to me, "you know I can hear your dog snoring through the living room wall late at night, when I turn my TV off to go up to bed" she laughed, as what can be done about the snoring, but I was mortified. 😳 He's a mastiff for reference.

I couldn't cope with a dog that barked all day, so I know what you mean OP.

Our neighbours dog barks constantly for hours. I am somehow able to mostly ignore it but my dh hates it. He really enjoys working in the garden and it completely destroys his peace. He has mentioned it to the owner who took terrible offence and doesn't speak to us any more but continues to allow his dog to back with absolutely no effort to stop the noise. It has affected dhs mental health as his happy place in the garden has been robbed from him.
If l had a dog l would be dashing outside if he barked once.

I genuinely didn’t realise how intolerant people were of dogs until we got ours last year and I’ve read many threads about the nuisance that is the existence of dogs. Ours barks in the garden, because of everything I’ve read on here it puts me totally on edge at what an absolute annoyance we are. Neighbours haven’t complained but every day I feel like I’m waiting for a complaint. It’s miserable and makes me wish we’d never got a dog, even though he’s an absolute sweetheart!

He’s bought in immediately he barks, he’s not allowed out unsupervised, he’s not allowed out before 8am or after 11pm. We’ve tried everything to stop him but at this stage it’s about getting him to stop quickly and come in rather than being able to prevent him barking at all. He’s 20 months old now, am still hoping he’ll naturally chill out as he gets older.

We can’t never let him in the garden but he lets of a volley of barks at any noises outside of the garden I guess he thinks he’s guarding his territory. This can happen several times a day but for no more than a minute (if that) at a time. He doesn’t bark in the house, he doesn’t bark on walks but in the garden he just goes. He’s not supposed to be a barky breed (Boxer). Sometimes people are really really trying but dogs aren’t robots and they’re not all perfect. It can be really really depressing to own a dog who you read on here upsets other people so much.

There's nothing more annoying especially if they lock their dogs outside because they can't be arsed to train them.

I'm reading this thread with such interest because we have two mixed breed rescue dogs who are barkers.
It never used to be a problem because I work from home and have always been able to keep them in check. However we are relocating and they have moved ahead with my husband. He has to go into the office twice a week and they are kept inside. They also bark if they run out into the garden so they can't go out unsupervised or for more than a few minutes. Even so, a neighbour complained during the second week that they arrived. She wouldn't leave her details so we could not contact her to try and find a solution and explain our situation.
Then she called the RSPCA. My husband introduced the RSPCA lady to our dogs and she was happy to see they were not abandoned (which is what the neighbour had reported to get them there). They said people with noise complaints try and get the RSPCA to intervene.
I have reached out two behaviour specialists and am going to see if they can suggest strategies to help. Obviously, as soon as I am there I can be more helpful in stopping the barking but for the time being, does anyone have any tips on how they have prevented their dogs barking, either when they are in the garden or when they are not home?

My NND complained about my dog barking so I complained about him screaming that his wife was a ‘fat c*nt’ regularly. Yes…hell is other people.

Literally nobody on this thread is asking for complete silence - or complaining about the occasional bark. Everyone is talking about neighbours who let their dog(s) bark constantly.

If someone started a thread about (say) their DH going out and getting blind drunk every single night, you wouldn't reply 'You can't wall him up in the cellar for the rest of his life, it's illegal. There's nothing wrong with going out for a couple of drinks once in a blue moon!'

Anyway, I've posted on here before about my own neighbour woes. They have five dogs (including three puppies), of a breed which really isn't suitable for inexperienced owners, and they keep them in the garden pretty much all day, every day. They all bark to varying degrees, but one of the puppies has developed serious behavioural issues and goes absolutely spare whenever we go out in our garden. As in, we can't actually speak in our garden, because we can't hear each other.

We've raised it with them so many times and they still leave him to bark - presumably because they think he'll 'grow out of it', even though it's been going on since January and he's clearly getting worse.

Main advice there would be that you really do need to look into doggy daycare or similar for periods when your DH is in work. As much for the sake of the dogs as for your NDN.

if you bring them in when they bark outside, then that would almost certainly be classes as reasonable noise. However, if you're concerned about neighbourly relations, your best bet is to work on distracting and redirecting them before they bark. This is how I dealt with my own rescue, who was highly reactive. It takes time but it's worth it!

@Whatevertheweather see, I would say that's absolutely fine. Obviously there is the odd one on MN who can't cope with the very idea of dogs, but this thread is purely about people who simply leave their dog's to bark for long periods and just don't give a shit about the impact on others. You don't fall into that category. If you're worried though, there's no harm in having a chat with your NDNs and explaining the situation, and asking them to let you know if it ever becomes an issue.

No. You are.

You've reactivated a 3 year old thread just to make that comment? Pathetic! 🙄