Next door's dog

Blackpool_Saver

Yes, I had this in a house I lived in and it nearly drove me insane, I hope you can resolve it amicably..........

chomsky_2

Not sure how far you'll get with Environmental Health if the barking is during day time hours only. We have a nightmare neighbour, he is a nasty cantankerous old man and he plays what can only be described as funeral music at full blast every single day, it's awful you can't go in the garden as you can't hear yourself think. We were informed by Environmental Health that there was nothing they could do as he only plays it during the day and they only respond to complaits between 11.00 pm and 7.00 am. Thank god I am moving in the next few weeks!

Sorry I can't be of more help just thought I would let you know what my experience was.

Enfieldian

Is the OP in the USA? Judging by the spelling of "neighbour" they may not have an Environmental Health......

ComplexP

Well spotted but I have to admit to being UK based. It's all this US media getting into my head!

anotherginger

barking dogs are covered by environmental health legislation - statutory nuisance. and the noise doesn't have to be only at night.

see most recent court case regarding barking dogs: http://www.cieh.org/ehn/ehn3.aspx?id=30386&terms=barking+dogs
and here: http://www.cieh.org/ehn/ehn3.aspx?id=28322&terms=barking+dogs

chomsky_2

Thanks, that's good to know, pity they aren't more helpful at combating excessively loud parlour music!

z1985m

Deffo should advice them to try the radio trick, works for our two dogs. or even one of those fabric dog muzzles, they leave enough room for the dog to lick up its water e.c.t but not enough for them to be able to open their jaws to bark..

Pound

Gavin83 wrote: »

Are they actually breaking any laws though? I thought noise was only a legal issue should it happen outside of reasonable hours.

Nu Labour brought in lots of 'catch all' anti social behavior laws in response to a series of Neighbours from Hell. So it's certainly worth a go.