Neighbours dog barks 10-15hrs a day a few doors down. What do I do?

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Well, he slept from 11pm-3am, then 3.15am-6am

So.. progress. He will still howl a bit when he's first put in, then starts barking after 5 minutes. I know you aren't meant to go in.. but both my wife and I go in when he starts barking and tell him to stop - and he does. I've also figured out the radio needs to be much quieter.

To be honest, it's not much different to how we got our son to stop crying all the time when he was a baby!

It does seem that he's just learning to trust our house and get use to all the different noises.

catkins

bmthmark wrote: »

I have a puppy cocker spaniel (13 weeks old). I know the age difference is big but I reckon they are both suffering from the same thing - in my puppies case missing its mum and siblings and your case missing the owners.
I literally had a few hours sleep over 3 or 4 days (when I got him at 8 weeks), I was at the point of not being able to cope.

But please hold on in there, I promise it will get better. They just don't like change, but they will soon realise that the change is for the better and your dog will chill out a bit.

I read online how to crate a dog and the main thing to remember is no matter how much they cry and howl - DO NOT GO TO THEM!! If you do this is encouraging him to be loud to get attention.
I know its hard as it really did affect me hearing a puppy cry but he soon calmed down when he realised he wasn't getting anywhere. I had the added complication of judging whether he is crying as he needs the toilet. Because in my case I was house training as well, so I didn't want to keep him in when he needed the toilet.

I too read online how to crate train a dog when I got my puppy and the main thing was NOT to ignore the pup/dog crying. They cry for a reason. Would you just leave a baby to cry?

We didn't want our dog to sleep in our bedroom so for the first couple of weeks me and OH took it in turns to sleep downstairs on the settee. We started with the crate next to the settee and if pup woke in the night and cried we would talk softly to him and stroke him through the crate. Most times he went back to sleep quickly. If not we took him in the garden as he needed to toilet.

The first few days he woke a couple of times but then it got less and less.

We gradually moved the crate away from the settee and he was fine. Sleeping downstairs on his own with no problems

Person_one

catkins wrote: »

I too read online how to crate train a dog when I got my puppy and the main thing was NOT to ignore the pup/dog crying. They cry for a reason. Would you just leave a baby to cry?

Some people do.

Ringo, you have to think about the reason why the dog is barking. Its because he's being left alone in a strange new house and he feels scared and anxious and insecure. You, his new people, are his security, when he sees you, when he knows that you are nearby, he feels calmer and more secure and less worried.

Until he feels that the house itself is his security, he needs you more. What about putting the crate just outside your bedroom and leaving your door open for now, if you aren't willing to either have him in the bedroom or have one of you sleep downstairs.

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It's a !!!!!!! big crate and I can't fit it many places in my house!

We can see he's feeling more secure every day. He's falling asleep next to us and is less 'on guard'. He won't follow us room to room as much either. It's clearly all about familiarity and his own feeling of security. I don't think it even has anything to do with him having new owners since he responds really well to us and is excited to see us return.

I'm sure we're only a day or two away from him 'sleeping through'

Person_one

ringo_24601 wrote: »

It's a !!!!!!! big crate and I can't fit it many places in my house!

We can see he's feeling more secure every day. He's falling asleep next to us and is less 'on guard'. He won't follow us room to room as much either. It's clearly all about familiarity and his own feeling of security. I don't think it even has anything to do with him having new owners since he responds really well to us and is excited to see us return.

I'm sure we're only a day or two away from him 'sleeping through'

Rescued and rehomed dogs will attach to a new owner/family almost instantly, but it still takes a good few weeks for them to fully calm down and settle into the new situation and in that time their stress hormones and anxiety levels will be high.

gettingready

ringo_24601 wrote: »

It's a !!!!!!! big crate and I can't fit it many places in my house!

Zara's was massive and I had it under the stairs as that bit was open space.

You can always cover 3 sides with a blanket and leave only the one with doors to the crate open - they feel more secure in their "cave" then and seem to like it this way rather than to be exposed from every side

bmthmark

ringo_24601 wrote: »

It's a !!!!!!! big crate and I can't fit it many places in my house!

We can see he's feeling more secure every day. He's falling asleep next to us and is less 'on guard'. He won't follow us room to room as much either. It's clearly all about familiarity and his own feeling of security. I don't think it even has anything to do with him having new owners since he responds really well to us and is excited to see us return.

I'm sure we're only a day or two away from him 'sleeping through'

That was my issue the crate was too big for the little dog. I downsized and he is now happy.
He only makes noises when he needs toilet (i'm house training at the moment)
When I downsized the crate I also turned the radio off. I wasn't sure if this was keeping him awake.
But something seemed to work as he is one happy little pup now all cozy in his bed.

It might have been nothing I did, it may simply be he feels safe in his new environment.

Either way I know exactly what you are going through.

bmthmark

catkins wrote: »

I too read online how to crate train a dog when I got my puppy and the main thing was NOT to ignore the pup/dog crying. They cry for a reason. Would you just leave a baby to cry?

We didn't want our dog to sleep in our bedroom so for the first couple of weeks me and OH took it in turns to sleep downstairs on the settee. We started with the crate next to the settee and if pup woke in the night and cried we would talk softly to him and stroke him through the crate. Most times he went back to sleep quickly. If not we took him in the garden as he needed to toilet.

The first few days he woke a couple of times but then it got less and less.

We gradually moved the crate away from the settee and he was fine. Sleeping downstairs on his own with no problems

Sorry I didn't word my message correctly. I meant if they cry/bark/howl do not go to them straight away. Wait util they calm down otherwise they believe crying/barking etc gets attention.
As I said I read this on many websites. I did a quick search and found this at the top:
https://www.caninejournal.com/puppy-crying-in-crate/
Quote from website:
"If he continues to whine, don’t go to him or pay attention to him. He’ll quickly learn that whining will get your attention, and then you’ve got a major problem on your hands"

This is the same stance on many puppy websites

prosaver

if you tell your neighbour about the dog and he tell you to --- off.
then if you complain to the council he will then know its u ..so i would just complain to the council, he wont know who it is then.
Tell them you think its in distress too

gettingready

Ringo - you probably should have started a new, separate thread lol