problem neighbours

muckybutt

RSPCA will not get involved with this matter as providing the dogs are fed and watered and have shelter it isn't a welfare issue as has already been said.

Your only route other than talking to her will be through the council noise team or environmental health. I would strongly urge you to not only make a diary of when they are barking etc but also video it from the garden and from various points inside your house, the more evidence you have of it being a nuisance the better in the eyes of the council.

SailorSam

andydiysaver wrote: »

Brief History - What does everyone think?

And that is the brief history ?

System

muckybutt wrote: »

RSPCA will not get involved with this matter as providing the dogs are fed and watered and have shelter it isn't a welfare issue as has already been said.

Surely throwing them out the back door and ignoring them for the rest of the day counts as neglect?

I thought the RSPCA were real sticklers that sort of thing. They way you make it sound you could get away with locking them in a shed indefinitely providing they have food & water...

I wouldn't expect the RSPCA to threaten to take the dogs away or anything, I would just be expecting them to check out the situation and "spook" the owners a little bit. Obviously when you make the call you would say you were "concerned for the animal's welfare" instead of just complaining about the noise.

Sterlingtimes

In law, it is the tort of private nuisance: the unreasonable use of man of his land to the detriment of his neighbour. Having first tackled your neighbour to attempt to reach resolution, you would take out a civil action in a country court.

[Deleted User]

I would write to the council. I had a letter telling me that a neighbour had complained about my noisy chickens, so it's clearly within their remit.

(BTW I don't own any chickens.)

Pennylane

Have you asked any other neighbours whether it annoys them? If there were a few of you who were affected by this, you could write a letter and it might carry more force.

I_have_spoken

BTW I don't own any chickens.

Do you do chicken impressions?

robotrobo

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Do you do chicken impressions?

not on xmas day , he keeps his head down or he might end up next to the turkey!:rotfl:

muckybutt

dieselpower1988 wrote: »

Surely throwing them out the back door and ignoring them for the rest of the day counts as neglect?

I thought the RSPCA were real sticklers that sort of thing. They way you make it sound you could get away with locking them in a shed indefinitely providing they have food & water...

I wouldn't expect the RSPCA to threaten to take the dogs away or anything, I would just be expecting them to check out the situation and "spook" the owners a little bit. Obviously when you make the call you would say you were "concerned for the animal's welfare" instead of just complaining about the noise.

Having had neighbours that did this many years ago that is exactly what we were told by the RSPCA, similarly you see dogs chained up in scrap yards etc all day long, they have a shelter and have food and water - RSPCA don't want to know.

Now if you saw a dog that was chained up and was emaciated or clearly had medical problems they would than take action as that would be neglect.

[Deleted User]

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Do you do chicken impressions?

I wondered what the sage and onion was doing up my bum.