Recently purchased house, barking dog.

ED2

jondav wrote: »

What would happen if the neighbours had very loud, boisterous, screaming children running around outside whilst your "friend" was trying to relax in their garden?

Of course the parents should keep an eye on this for the sake of the neighbours peace and quiet, but would they? And then what? Report them to the social?

Unless your "friend" can move to a detached place in the middle of nowhere then they need to accept that other people have lives.....that is what a community is all about

Well 'jondav,' I don't think any respectable parents would have their kids creaming in the garden in the middle of the night would they? And what greatly helps being a helpful member of the community 'jondav,' is quite simply not creating loud, potentially distressing noises that would potentially upset the neighbours. I fail to see how you can't comprehend this basic point.

ED2

teddysmum wrote: »

I may have future problems with neighbours, though we have been OK for ages, as the other half of our semi has been vacant and is now being slowly renovated (builder has other projects to deal with).


The problem is not that we are demented, but our elder little dog (14+) has the start of dementia and we have found that he now barks or cries when left, even with his companion (though having been upstairs when he thought I'd gone away, I found that he only carries on foe about 5 minutes before going back to sleep).


I rarely go out, shopping being done mainly at the weekend when my husband is home, but I have to go out for emergency supplies and medical appointments, during the week.


If the new neighbours (hopefully well in the future so it won't matter) do object, the only way out would be having him pts; sad, as the vet said, only yesterday, that he is quite contented in his little world.

5 mins is not a problem at all, and I sympathize with your pets condition. Its the barking late at night, and in the early hours for hours on end that gets most people, which is clearly not the case in your case.

Gilead

ED2 - in your op you said the dogs were barking until 9pm or later as the nights get longer, but your last post now states late at night and early hours. What time is the majority of the barking done? From my experience of local authorities unsocial hours are after 10 or 11pm or earlier than 7am. But even in that scenario it would have to be excessive noise.

For example - a couple of weeks back my neighbours behind us (our two rear gardens back on to each other) were having what sounded like a birthday party. They had music, were quite loud and it went on until around midnight. It was a tad annoying, a bit inconsiderate but it wasn't excessive.

I have a 10 month spaniel puppy, which while we are at work has a cage and kennel out the back. I am sure it barks on occasion, but it is a dog. When we are home it is in the house and sleeps in the house. There a number of dog owners in and around us - some of their dogs bark, particularly during the weekdays - but that is to be expected as we live in an estate.

God forbid your friend ends up with neighbours who work shifts, have to come and go at unusual times, or drive loud vehicles.

Your local authority will do little to help unless the noise is excessive during unsocial hours. she should suck it up and either talk to her neighbours or ignore it.

spadoosh

I would advise you to advise them to deal with it.

Ear plugs are like £4.50 for hundreds. Much cheaper than moving, easier than declaring disagreement between neighbours, less being a crazy recording and monitoring every action of the dog.

Heres a pack of 10 pairs of ear plugs for £2.35

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-SOFT-FOAM-EAR-PLUGS-10-PAIRS-OF-HOWARD-LEIGHT-LASER-LITE-EARPLUGS-SNR-35-dB-/281735308688?hash=item4198bba590:g:RVEAAOSwcUBYOC9Y

elsien

No, the country has roosters crowing at silly o'clock. And possibly church bells. The OPs friend would probably have a breakdown.

Davesnave

elsien wrote: »

No, the country has roosters crowing at silly o'clock. And possibly church bells. The OPs friend would probably have a breakdown.

About 05.30 at present for my cockerel + the hen that thinks it's one!:rotfl:

But tractors, chain saws, roosters and other country stuff aren't really comparable with a dog that barks non-stop for hours on end, five days a week. Even the largest muck spreader runs out of muck....

Anyone who thinks they are, is either fooling themselves or has no direct experience.

And like the rooster crow, in the country the sound can travel far, especially if the wind is in the wrong direction. I used to hear my neighbour's dogs clearly in the village, almost a mile away.

PasturesNew

Brock_and_Roll wrote: »

The moral of the story here is that when you are buying a house (a huge investment), it is a very good idea to sit in your car outside for an hour or so in evenings/weekends - get a good idea of potential noise/neighbour issues.

That's not always possible. Some places you can't get to unless you're a resident, there's resident only parking etc. If on the main road, say, there's simply an archway - that you drive through, then there's space for cars to park in their designated spots ... and/or turn round and leave, you'd be spotted and couldn't park or hang around at all... and if the road you'd turned off had double yellows, that's your lot.

PasturesNew

elsien wrote: »

No, the country has roosters crowing at silly o'clock. And possibly church bells. The OPs friend would probably have a breakdown.

But they're part of what you can see/buy into... I viewed a flat years ago that was right opposite the church; I didn't buy it because of the bells. Ditto for a house in ~2000, the church was at the bottom of its garden.

There was one new resident in a village I lived in that bought a new house right opposite the local village factory - that had 4 shift hooters per day: 8am, 12pm, 1pm, 4pm. She made them stop, but the factory was of such "historical importance" to the village the villagers got them restarted. She did manage to get the phone box moved from outside her house though.

Stayontheground

Our neighbours own a dog which barks all day and all night without fail, apart from between 6am until 7. It obviously needs very little sleep.
It is kept in a chicken coupe,locked away constantly. They take it for a walk once a day and allow it to crap all over the pavements without cleaning it up. It barks constantly even when it's walked.
I have contacted the rspca, nothing, it seems they are only effective when they have a camera crew beside them.
I've complained to the council many times, kept the diaries everything. Nothing has happened and it's been a year since I made my initial complaint.
This incessant barking has been going on for four years now and I can't even explain how enraged I feel everyday. I would make a racket it if was locked in a small coupe too. I feel bad for the dog but I swear, sometimes I want to kill it and I know how bad that sounds.
Unfortunately I work from home and my work is very intricate. I just cannot function because of the noise and I'm now worried I may have to become bankrupt. As I don't make any money at all right now. The noise drives me insane. I wear earplugs as much as I can but I shouldn't have to wear earplugs in my own house.
We cannot sell our house, it would be impossible, it never stops barking, our neighbours are trying to sell their houses. Good luck to them, they'll need it.

Stayontheground

Oh and if i were to buy a house now... I'd definitely be listening out for barking. I would visit the street at different times of the day. I would want to know who has a dog nearby.
Our neighbours bought the dog after we moved here.