Complaint about Excessive Barking, what exactly is excessive?

Davesnave

Loz01 wrote: »

Report that to the RSPCA - never taking a dog for a walk is abuse.Poor thing

You can report anonymously to the RSPCA about dogs, I've done it.

If the dog has food, water, adequate shelter and somewhere like a run to move about in, that isn't abuse, no matter how you or I might define it.

elsien

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

My partner's neighbours have a dog that barks loudly and aggressively from early in the morning, regularly punctuated by their yells at it to "SHUDDUP". He's never seen it taken for a walk; it's a big dog in a small crowded house.

I think we are far too indulgent to rubbish dog owners in this country.

I fostered a dog some years ago that barked continuously every time there was a noise outside or anyone walked past. As I live on a busy road, that was pretty much all day. It completely did my head in and also involved a degree of swearing.

Not the dog's fault - completely stressed out and in the wrong environment. Not mine or the organisation's fault as we were completely misled by the previous owner. And because the dog was extremely dog aggressive, I could only walk her in the early hours when no-one was around. She was with me for 6 months because no-one more suitable would have her.

For those months I was the neighbour from hell on the noise front and there was very little I could do about it other than dump the dog which I wasn't prepared to do. There isn't always an easy answer.

dekaspace

elsien wrote: »

I fostered a dog some years ago that barked continuously every time there was a noise outside or anyone walked past. As I live on a busy road, that was pretty much all day. It completely did my head in and also involved a degree of swearing.

Not the dog's fault - completely stressed out and in the wrong environment. Not mine or the organisation's fault as we were completely misled by the previous owner. And because the dog was extremely dog aggressive, I could only walk her in the early hours when no-one was around. She was with me for 6 months because no-one more suitable would have her.

For those months I was the neighbour from hell on the noise front and there was very little I could do about it other than dump the dog which I wasn't prepared to do. There isn't always an easy answer.

My neighbour said something similar but it was a lie, she began "babysitting" a new puppy on exactly Christmas Eve saying the owner had gone on holiday and a month later said the owner had not returned to the country and dediced to stay abroad, therefore she couldn't just put the dog down or give it away.


How convienient she got a newborn puppy at Christmas Eve to babysit and how convenient the "owner" never came back for it, I doubt that was what happened in your case just saying she used similar wording as a excuse.

Claddagh_Noir

My next door neighbour's dog kept on yapping, for no justifiable reason. If it sees either of us in OUR back garden, it will look at us and yap non-stop. We are no where near its territory. If it hears any form of noise (usually our voices or if we move the bins or any other neighbours) it will start its yapping again. It is like a really sensitive car alarm!!

The only time the neighbour tries to shut it up is if they see either of us in our garden, otherwise, it will keep barking incessantly. It does not listen to its owner, it keeps going, so it clearly does not respect my neighbour.

If we come in or leave our home, it will start its tirade. If anyone walks by their house, it starts mouthing off. When it goes for walks, it yaps and another neighbour said her dogs start barking when it hears my neighbours! I overheard my neighbours talking and they mocked the dog by making the high pitched barking sound. It will bark all morning and throughout the day. Not really in the early hours or late at night, nonetheless, it is still a nusiance hearing that annoying noise all the time. The dog will bark WHILE its owners are in the house!

We have put up a 6 foot fence to stop it seeing us and winding itself, being a nuisance to the rest of the neighbourhood. It's a vicious little thing too, because we had a sort of picket fence and it would stick it head through to get at us, it nipped at my relative and nearly at my own pet also. When my dog barks, I go to her and see what she is barking about, just does it once, usually to come back in. If my dog barked constantly, I would be concerned and look into why it is barking all the time.

Since the fence has gone up, it has somewhat calmed down a bit. I would have complained if the noise persisted also. I am not saying dogs should not bark, but they usually bark to let their owners know of someone or if they are distressed or there could be a behavioural issue. I mean, what if there was an intruder and the neighbour just ignores the barking?

sheramber

Your neighbour ma be so used to the barking she no longer hears it.

I used to train with a woman who had 5 collies. At training they were tied up at the opposite end of the hall to where we were.

Her dogs barked a lot when she was training other people.

One night she turned to us and said 'Will you keep your dogs quiet we can't hear above the noise'.

As a chorus we replied' Our dogs are quiet. It is your dog that is barking.'

Robisere

A part of my Army career included Dog Handling and I was given a German Shepherd, trained by the RAVC. I learned quite a lot about dogs and how to handle their individual qualities and characteristics. One lesson was how to train a dog to stop barking, but it cannot help with much older dogs set in their ways: the younger the dog, the better this works.


If you are capable of picking up the dog with hands around its chest and ribs: when it barks, do that and say "NO!" in a loud, clear voice. This will need to be repeated several times. Dogs are creatures which need repeated learning before the message goes home. You may need to do this over more than one week, a few times a day, although I have done this with a neighbour's 9 month old Jack Russell and cured it of barking in 2 days. Another neighbour has a 14 yo JR b i t c h, which is rarely walked and does bark excessively: the dog has never been cared for properly, but we neighbours put up with it, as it is the companion of a very sick man.


Please note how to pick up the dog: hands around its chest ribs from above, your feet apart and looking towards the dog's muzzle. This is the strongest part of any dog's body and will not hurt the dog, unless it has a pre-existing condition in that area.


I have had many dogs over the years and have had to do this only twice with my own dogs. Unfortunately, it rarely works with older dogs.