Noisy dog in new area

rosyw

vqmismatch wrote: »

To the OP I would be concerned that it could be a nightmare, I went home to visit my parents a few months back and kicked a neighbours new dog in the face as it stuck its head through the hedge to bark as I walked past. I thought it was going through the hedge to attack me but as it turns out it does it to bark at anyone going past any time from 0700 to 2200 after which it is locked in its kennel.

Jeeez! What makes you think it's OK to KICK a dog in the face?? the poor dog hasn't been taught that it's not OK to bark at everyone, stupid owners leaving the poor thing out all day, you'd be better kicking them! I hope one day you do get bitten if that's how you treat dogs :mad::mad:

lavalamp

OK, I live in a rural village and the house next to us was empty when we moved in. My dogs got used to that and so when people started to look around it, if they noticed them, they would bark to alert me that someone was there - they weren't expecting it. Now we have new neighbours, the dogs never bark - they know who they are and that they should be there. I think maybe you could be worrying about nothing.....

vqmismatch

rosyw wrote: »

Jeeez! What makes you think it's OK to KICK a dog in the face?? the poor dog hasn't been taught that it's not OK to bark at everyone, stupid owners leaving the poor thing out all day, you'd be better kicking them! I hope one day you do get bitten if that's how you treat dogs :mad::mad:

The fact that at the time I thought it was coming through the hedge to attack me, making it absolutely ok to kick in the blighter in the face. It was rather lucky I had nothing heavier to hand frankly, how do you deal with attacking dogs? Not having encountered it before as they had just moved in I had no reason to believe the rest of the thing wouldn't fit through the hedge.

Going back to the OP it may be if the dog gets to know you it will stop barking, I occasionally walk a colleague's dog who no longer barks when he sees me coming.

sofarbehind

vqmismatch wrote: »

The fact that at the time I thought it was coming through the hedge to attack me, making it absolutely ok to kick in the blighter in the face. It was rather lucky I had nothing heavier to hand frankly, how do you deal with attacking dogs? Not having encountered it before as they had just moved in I had no reason to believe the rest of the thing wouldn't fit through the hedge.

Going back to the OP it may be if the dog gets to know you it will stop barking, I occasionally walk a colleague's dog who no longer barks when he sees me coming.

I couldn't agree more. I would've done the same and been absolutely terrified. I would stay well away from this property if the owner isn't helpful. If they are irresponsible they won't care if the animal is aggressive. You need to be able to go in your own garden without you or your guests being terrified.

rosyw

vqmismatch wrote: »

The fact that at the time I thought it was coming through the hedge to attack me, making it absolutely ok to kick in the blighter in the face. It was rather lucky I had nothing heavier to hand frankly, how do you deal with attacking dogs? Not having encountered it before as they had just moved in I had no reason to believe the rest of the thing wouldn't fit through the hedge. .

You THOUGHT it was going to attack, it hadn't attacked, therefore NOT right to kick the poor dog, and you were in fact committing and offense by doing so! no matter what you "THOUGHT"

vqmismatch

rosyw wrote: »

You THOUGHT it was going to attack, it hadn't attacked, therefore NOT right to kick the poor dog, and you were in fact committing and offense by doing so! no matter what you "THOUGHT"

So you have to wait until its teeth are in your leg before you attempt to deter it, that is a suitably barking mad concept that I would happily explain to the magistrate how my boot came to become lodged up its nostril rather than wait and see where it stops.

Unless the OP is looking to buy a place with a seriously ropey fence I'm not sure this is helping the thread, in all probability they can move in, make friends with the thing and all will be peaceful. Or would you suggest they leave the house wrapped in padding incase it looks like it might attack so they can wait until they are absolutely 100% sure it means to sink its teeth into them?

Scottie_dog

From personal experience, don't buy a house next to a noisy dog. We bought a house last year in the estate I grew up in, my parents still live in the estate and we wanted to move near them. We sold our house and waited 9 months for a house to come up for sale in our desired area. On viewing the house it was almost perfect, move in condition, nice garden, everything we wanted and more. We spoke to the neighbours after our second viewing, neighbours are really nice. Their dog however is not nice. It barks for hours when they leave it alone in the house. The neighbours work shift so the barking can be very early or very late at night. It barked on Thursday from 6am till 11-30am. I have spoken to them about it, 3 months ago and despite various relatives coming around to walk the dog when the neighbours are both at work, the problem persists. It's a big dog, with a loud bark in a semi detached house. It's not nice and sometimes it drives me round the bend.

rosyw

vqmismatch wrote: »

So you have to wait until its teeth are in your leg before you attempt to deter it, that is a suitably barking mad concept that I would happily explain to the magistrate how my boot came to become lodged up its nostril rather than wait and see where it stops.

Unless the OP is looking to buy a place with a seriously ropey fence I'm not sure this is helping the thread, in all probability they can move in, make friends with the thing and all will be peaceful. Or would you suggest they leave the house wrapped in padding incase it looks like it might attack so they can wait until they are absolutely 100% sure it means to sink its teeth into them?

You absolutely have to wait until a dog actually attacks before attempting to deter it! sadly your actions in kicking the dog may well cause it to become more, not less, aggressive, in an attempt to defend itself!

You suggest that the OP makes friend with the dog and all will then be peaceful, which is quite correct! You need to take your own advice methinks!

For future reference:

Section 1(1)(a) of the Protection of Animals Act 1911 - It is an offence to cruelly beat, ill-treat, kick, over-ride, over-load, torture, infuriate or terrify any domestic or captive animal, or, if you are the owner of any such animal, permit it to be so used or permit any unnecessary suffering to be caused.

vqmismatch

rosyw wrote: »

You absolutely have to wait until a dog actually attacks before attempting to deter it! sadly your actions in kicking the dog may well cause it to become more, not less, aggressive, in an attempt to defend itself!

You suggest that the OP makes friend with the dog and all will then be peaceful, which is quite correct! You need to take your own advice methinks!

For future reference:

Section 1(1)(a) of the Protection of Animals Act 1911 - It is an offence to cruelly beat, ill-treat, kick, over-ride, over-load, torture, infuriate or terrify any domestic or captive animal, or, if you are the owner of any such animal, permit it to be so used or permit any unnecessary suffering to be caused.

It was well within kicking range teeth out making a horrid noise, if that isn't a fair point to define attacking and therefore necessary to deter it I'm happy to discuss it with a magistrate. A quick flick through the .gov whatnot suggests a dog is dangerously out of control when an individual fears it may injure them which leaves me comfortable with my judgement at the time.

That said this is of no relevance to the OP unless their new place has a seriously dodgy fence, they have the opportunity to get to know the creature under controlled circumstances, I didn't.

Paully232000

britishboy wrote: »

I get what you are saying, and others, but surely if the house is perfect in every way, you shouldnt be put off by a noisy dog/inconsiderate neighbour?

You would think that if it was perfect in all other aspects I could get over it, but no, given previous experiences this would now be high up on my list of things to look out for.