Dog Outbuilding in neighbour's garden - allowed by Taylor Wimpey

ging84

How recent is was your purchase, and more importantly how recent was the neighbour's purchase
i've recently bought a TW house and my transfer agreement basically states that i would need their consent for something like this for 2 years after the date of purchase, after that it would just be down to planning consent

bylromarha

Mallotum_X wrote: »

Is the estate all sold now, if it is TW won't do anything as they have nothing to gain and risk bad publicity.

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This is the route I'd be looking at. How much of the estate is sold?

yorkshire_terrier_owner

Springers are by nature working dogs and if they really are trained to the gun, they would be worse in a house than they are in a kennel. Nevertheless, a new build property with a small garden is not the right environment for this type of dog.

My dogs are all kept in the house but I breed toy breeds so there's no way they could be kept outside. I have a friend who has 7 Springers who are all trained gun dogs. They all live outside, but they are worked all day every day, so at night they sleep. She also lives on a farm! These Springers do not sound like they are being worked as they should, hence the barking problem. Springers can be highly strung and easily bored. I doubt these are true gun dogs and are likely not getting anywhere near enough exercise and mental stimulation.

People and their stupidity with dogs never fails to anger me.

Sorry I can't help more with the issue you have, but as others have said, the RSPCA will be as much use as a chocolate teapot.

Ms_Chocaholic

If the estate is not sold would it be possible for you to move to the same house in a different part of the estate.

On our news only this week, there were a couple who bought a home backing onto some trees. Beyond the trees was a prison. Weeks after they moved in the trees were cut down and the prison extended, all they could see from their back garden was high prison walls.

The developer agreed to move them to a different part of the estate.

http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Family-s-dream-new-home-prison-builds-cell-block/story-21119961-detail/story.html

bouicca21

Spot on Yorkshire terrier owner - springers need to work, they are very intelligent and very easily bored. No wonder the poor things bark.

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

On a different tack, I'd never thought for one minute its a generation thing to keep dogs outdoors. My parents certainly never kept their dogs outdoors. They stayed indoors and were taken outside when it was time for their walks. I tend to think its something that happens in some areas of the country and not in others. I don't think I'd even come across dogs kept outdoors until I moved here.

Don't forget where I live! :rotfl:

It's traditional farming practice, probably everywhere there's livestock and shooting or hunting. The difference is that farmers use their dogs most days, so those get exercise and mental stimulation.

'Normal' house dogs aren't necessarily much better off than their outdoor-housed cousins though. A dog cooped-up on its own in a flat all day, may be just as scared or bored as one in a shed and outdoor run.

yorkshire_terrier_owner

Davesnave wrote: »

'Normal' house dogs aren't necessarily much better off than their outdoor-housed cousins though. A dog cooped-up on its own in a flat all day, may be just as scared or bored as one in a shed and outdoor run.

Completely agree. I work, but EVERY day I walk my dogs, do some training with each of them one to one, and provide them with mental stimulation. Two of them are agility dogs so twice a week they are on a field with me training. My weekends are devoted to doing things with my dogs. My parents come in to them during the day while I'm at work so they get to relieve themselves and have a play. Because of that, they can be left without getting bored or worried. I know exactly what my dogs do while I'm away from home - sleep!

Irresponsible dog owners make me mad - because of the poor dogs but also because they give no thought to other people it affects as well.

missindecisive

sounds like your neighbour is a complete idiot. Bet he has an office job and works 9-5.
Bet he has a very nice, new clean , car...like an Audi or BMW.
Bet he walks around with sun glasses perched in his head.
Bet he feeds those poor animals wagg or such like.
They probably only come out of that kennel when its time to 'play' at his sport. And I bet thats not often.

Feel sorry for the dogs, its not their fault that their owner hasn't got a clue.

The best you can probably do is offer to take them for walks.

clark24

If you do decide to ring the council to complain, make sure you do it when the neighbours are out and their dogs are at their most vocal, after you've had to repeat yourself a few times and raise your voice to the person on the other end of the phone you may find you don't have to explain in too much detail what you are ringing about...

GalaxyStar

My friend is an environmental officer in our council, where we live if she gets a call about dogs barking as such they can't tell the owners to do anything other than keep them quiet, they can prosecute them and give them a hefty fine but that's about it, they won't get the RSPCA involved as they'll have water and shelter so they won't do anything anyway. That's how it is here anyway. She knows of a woman who has 10 dogs in a tiny house, who's neighbours have to listen to them bark constantly for hours on end but the RSPCA won't do anything because they have water and food and shelter and all the council can do is fine her, which she has paid so nothing they can do