About to rent my property, barking dog issue.

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I read that last paragraph and thought "Sounds like a good way to handle it if need be".

Instantly translated over into maybe the OP is feeling unsure about going down this road because the barking dog is owned by a "local" and OP themselves aren't a "local" and they've got a corrupt local Council

If this applied, would the OP not have said so somewhere?

People's posts don't need 'translating' through supposition; in fact they might take offence at having the context misconstrued.

The OP set out the scenario to the best of their ability.

Edited to add:
So far as councils are concerned, the problem is now often lack of funds. I've had it first hand from our dog warden that prosecutions are much reduced since all the cuts. I don't think that precludes the EHO installing monitoring equipment and getting evidence, but more and more they may look to the home owner bringing a private prosecution if letters and visits prove ineffectual.

seven-day-weekend

Davesnave wrote: »

That's a little harsh. If the OP is telling the truth in the above sentence, he has reason to complain. Are you saying that's an exaggeration, a lie, or what?



Dogs bark because they are left alone with nothing to do, and some breeds bark much more than others. The RSPCA are powerless to intervene just because a dog is bored. Provided it has food, water and basic shelter, there's damn-all they can do.

We've had several barking dog threads, most of which have convinced me that many contributors have little first hand experience, and thus too little empathy about the distress caused by an 'incessantly' barking dog. Like a baby crying, it's a sound that has evolved so that it's much harder to ignore than, say, traffic.

And as with all the other barking dog threads, the advice is the same: get as many neighbours as you can on-side, then contact environmental health at the council. You will have to keep records and they may need to install monitoring equipment, but if it's as bad as you say, a resolution will probably be reached. It just won't happen quickly.

Whilst dogs DO bark under these circumstances, it is not the only reason they do so, At my old house, for the last two years I was there, there was a neighbour two doors away who had two dogs who yapped loud and long for most of the day. The couple were usually in, and the dogs even yapped when they took them out on a lead. I found it very intrusive, and it was one of the factors that led to us moving two years ago.

To the OP : I would try renting and see what your tenants say. You can always take the case up at any time.

thepurplepixie

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

You could find the tenant took the same view as most people would though and promptly decided "Thanks very much - not - landlord and here's my notice".

That's what I would do if I found I was exposed to a dog barking like that after I moved in.

My sympathies OP and hope you manage to resolve it. I get annoyed enough that I've got a similar "antisocial" near me and their dog just barks intermittently and has continued to be allowed to do so (despite my pointing out to them that quite a few houses nearby can hear this besides myself). So very frustrating - even if the barking is infrequent enough that I just resort to saying "Chav" or the like rather loudly in my garden when they let it start up again.

If you have signed a contract for 6 months or 12 months you would be stuck. Similar thing happened to a member of my family a year ago, they had signed 12 month contract 2 weeks before they realised it wouldn't work for them, landlord wouldn't budge so they were stuck for a year. Moved a few weeks ago and very happy.

Davesnave

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Whilst dogs DO bark under these circumstances, it is not the only reason they do so, At my old house, for the last two years I was there, there was a neighbour two doors away who had two dogs who yapped loud and long for most of the day. The couple were usually in, and the dogs even yapped when they took them out on a lead. I found it very intrusive, and it was one of the factors that led to us moving two years ago.

To the OP : I would try renting and see what your tenants say. You can always take the case up at any time.

You're right. I forgot the over-indulged dogs and their ineffectual owners, who don't understand that they're essentially pack animals and look to humans for leadership. When they don't get it, they become nervous and fractious, just like spoilt children who have no security of boundaries.

Those dogs are often small and yappy and owners typically make apologies for them, rather than face the truth, which is that they haven't a clue what to do to prevent the behaviour, which they caused, right from the time when they selected the breed.

Mind you, I have a friend with a similarly over-indulged wolfhound. It's very quiet, but it knows how to sneak up and get attention with a sharp nip! :rotfl:

gettingtheresometime

adamsNancy wrote: »

I heard this very stupid story from my sister's friend apparently her friend's dog bark every night and they can't get any sleep good thing though the dog get's shy/scared when introduced to new things so they would just usually put new things near the dog or attach it to his collar or something and it would shut up for that night, and there was this one time where he almost got lost when he got loose so they attached a dog gps tracker on his collar and he never got over it for 6 straight months they a good nights sleep because of that.

Sorry but that's bordering, if not, animal cruelty.