Barking Dog

Davesnave

Aranyani said:

Davesnave said:

Aranyani said:

Working full time and owning a dog is not abuse. 

Thanks, Columbo! Without your close questioning and persistence, perhaps this enlightening conclusion might never have been reached. You're right of course; when we had a dog in the family, it used to go to work with one of us.

Any need for the sarcasm? 

I have a wonderful dog walker and my dogs get 2 hours out of the house each day running free in the countryside, but according to you because of the 3 hours either side of that they spend asleep I am an animal abuser. 

I look forward to your next insult.

Yes I thought the sarcasm was deserved. You gave the OP the third degree and then came out with the bald statement "Working full time and owning a dog is not abuse" which seemed to be in response to something I said earlier referring specifically to bored or anxious dogs barking.

I didn't call you an abuser or even realise you had a dog, as there was no context for your assertion. I'm not heaping that insult on you now. As you can see, we both know there are circumstances where what you said may be true, but without qualification, the statement you made is virtually meaningless.

Or did I miss something? Sometimes it's hard to keep up, so if I did, I'm sorry.

Aranyani

youth_leader said:

I'm so sorry to read this, I also cannot stand barking dogs as I imagine they are suffering from either loneliness or hunger. 

Have you ever had a dog?  Those are most definitely not the only reasons they bark.

I’d say the most common reason for a bark from mine is that a stranger is approaching the house, which is their job!

Paully28

Do not buy this house if dogs barking annoys you this much, on a 20 minute visit. 
I couldn't wait to get away from a house I once lived in that had a barking dog next door. 

Aranyani

Davesnave said:

Aranyani said:

Davesnave said:

Aranyani said:

Working full time and owning a dog is not abuse. 

Thanks, Columbo! Without your close questioning and persistence, perhaps this enlightening conclusion might never have been reached. You're right of course; when we had a dog in the family, it used to go to work with one of us.

Any need for the sarcasm? 

I have a wonderful dog walker and my dogs get 2 hours out of the house each day running free in the countryside, but according to you because of the 3 hours either side of that they spend asleep I am an animal abuser. 

I look forward to your next insult.

Yes I thought the sarcasm was deserved. You gave the OP the third degree and then came out with the bald statement "Working full time and owning a dog is not abuse" which seemed to be in response to something I said earlier referring specifically to bored or anxious dogs barking.

I didn't call you an abuser or even realise you had a dog, as there was no context for your assertion. I'm not heaping that insult on you now. As you can see, we both know there are circumstances where what you said may be true, but without qualification, the statement you made is virtually meaningless.

Or did I miss something? Sometimes it's hard to keep up, so if I did, I'm sorry.

The third degree?? 🤣🤣🤣

I hope your day improves. 

pbhb

couriervanman said:

pbhb said:

Hello, I’ve posted in here a lot but will put a quick back ground regardless.

currently in the process of buying a house (just waiting on searches to come back then hopefully ready to exchange), this is the third one as the previous two fell through. Everything was going smoothly, any queries were quickly answered. It’s like it felt too good to be true.

However, I have visited the house on three different occasions, today was the fourth. It is a semi detached, listed home and the attached neighbour’s dogs were barking. I was there for 20 minutes and the dogs barked continuously for 20 seconds, they were in the room that adjoins the study, where I will be working (I work from home).

After 20 minutes I burst into tears and left. The estate agent didn’t ask if I was okay, she knew I was getting upset at the noise. The issue is I have a dog, and I love dogs and these dogs sounded like they were in distress due to being left home alone, and that’s why I was upset, I felt sad for the dog.

But also, it is just myself and my dog, and it has taken me a long time to find a home suitable for us both. He is not a barker; I have a camera at home and when I leave the house he is fast asleep the whole time. My main concern, other than being driven insane, is that the barking will disturb my dog and leave him unsettled. He is 20 months and is settled and happy, but I know if he could hear dogs barking all day, he would not be happy.

On the previous three times (all during the day) I have visited, I have not heard the dogs and didn’t know they had dogs. We found out the owners both work full time. 

Am I over thinking this? Could the dogs have just been unsettled today? I feel sick to my stomach that I have spent lonely on solicitors, searches, surveys, tradesmen 3 times and might be left with nothing again. I split up with my husband in May which is why I’m moving, I’m currently living with my parents and it’s just not going well so I desperately need to move.

I will be visiting the house every day for a week at different times to see if I can hear the dogs. But I know I won’t sleep tonight with worry. If they continue barking. What would you do? Pull out? Speak to the neighbour? I don’t want to be an a*s but I also don’t think it’s fair to subject anyone to a continuously barking dog! 

"He is not a barker; I have a camera at home and when I leave the house he is fast asleep the whole time."

Are you saying you leave the house go to work for up to 8 hours and your dog stays asleep.......we used to have neighbours who swore blind their dogs were didn't make a noise when they went out. Just took a few recordings of them howling for 5 mins every day when the went out, plus every time someone walked past with dog/postman/deliveryman etc......they moved six months later 

I’m self employed and work from home and the longest I’ve ever left my dog is four hours and that’s only ever been a handful of times, if I have to work away, he goes to my parents. I don’t think any dog should be left for 8 hours  

staffie1

pbhb said:

couriervanman said:

pbhb said:

Hello, I’ve posted in here a lot but will put a quick back ground regardless.

currently in the process of buying a house (just waiting on searches to come back then hopefully ready to exchange), this is the third one as the previous two fell through. Everything was going smoothly, any queries were quickly answered. It’s like it felt too good to be true.

However, I have visited the house on three different occasions, today was the fourth. It is a semi detached, listed home and the attached neighbour’s dogs were barking. I was there for 20 minutes and the dogs barked continuously for 20 seconds, they were in the room that adjoins the study, where I will be working (I work from home).

After 20 minutes I burst into tears and left. The estate agent didn’t ask if I was okay, she knew I was getting upset at the noise. The issue is I have a dog, and I love dogs and these dogs sounded like they were in distress due to being left home alone, and that’s why I was upset, I felt sad for the dog.

But also, it is just myself and my dog, and it has taken me a long time to find a home suitable for us both. He is not a barker; I have a camera at home and when I leave the house he is fast asleep the whole time. My main concern, other than being driven insane, is that the barking will disturb my dog and leave him unsettled. He is 20 months and is settled and happy, but I know if he could hear dogs barking all day, he would not be happy.

On the previous three times (all during the day) I have visited, I have not heard the dogs and didn’t know they had dogs. We found out the owners both work full time. 

Am I over thinking this? Could the dogs have just been unsettled today? I feel sick to my stomach that I have spent lonely on solicitors, searches, surveys, tradesmen 3 times and might be left with nothing again. I split up with my husband in May which is why I’m moving, I’m currently living with my parents and it’s just not going well so I desperately need to move.

I will be visiting the house every day for a week at different times to see if I can hear the dogs. But I know I won’t sleep tonight with worry. If they continue barking. What would you do? Pull out? Speak to the neighbour? I don’t want to be an a*s but I also don’t think it’s fair to subject anyone to a continuously barking dog! 

"He is not a barker; I have a camera at home and when I leave the house he is fast asleep the whole time."

Are you saying you leave the house go to work for up to 8 hours and your dog stays asleep.......we used to have neighbours who swore blind their dogs were didn't make a noise when they went out. Just took a few recordings of them howling for 5 mins every day when the went out, plus every time someone walked past with dog/postman/deliveryman etc......they moved six months later 

I’m self employed and work from home and the longest I’ve ever left my dog is four hours and that’s only ever been a handful of times, if I have to work away, he goes to my parents. I don’t think any dog should be left for 8 hours  

So are you buying this house or not?

pbhb

staffie1 said:

pbhb said:

couriervanman said:

pbhb said:

Hello, I’ve posted in here a lot but will put a quick back ground regardless.

currently in the process of buying a house (just waiting on searches to come back then hopefully ready to exchange), this is the third one as the previous two fell through. Everything was going smoothly, any queries were quickly answered. It’s like it felt too good to be true.

However, I have visited the house on three different occasions, today was the fourth. It is a semi detached, listed home and the attached neighbour’s dogs were barking. I was there for 20 minutes and the dogs barked continuously for 20 seconds, they were in the room that adjoins the study, where I will be working (I work from home).

After 20 minutes I burst into tears and left. The estate agent didn’t ask if I was okay, she knew I was getting upset at the noise. The issue is I have a dog, and I love dogs and these dogs sounded like they were in distress due to being left home alone, and that’s why I was upset, I felt sad for the dog.

But also, it is just myself and my dog, and it has taken me a long time to find a home suitable for us both. He is not a barker; I have a camera at home and when I leave the house he is fast asleep the whole time. My main concern, other than being driven insane, is that the barking will disturb my dog and leave him unsettled. He is 20 months and is settled and happy, but I know if he could hear dogs barking all day, he would not be happy.

On the previous three times (all during the day) I have visited, I have not heard the dogs and didn’t know they had dogs. We found out the owners both work full time. 

Am I over thinking this? Could the dogs have just been unsettled today? I feel sick to my stomach that I have spent lonely on solicitors, searches, surveys, tradesmen 3 times and might be left with nothing again. I split up with my husband in May which is why I’m moving, I’m currently living with my parents and it’s just not going well so I desperately need to move.

I will be visiting the house every day for a week at different times to see if I can hear the dogs. But I know I won’t sleep tonight with worry. If they continue barking. What would you do? Pull out? Speak to the neighbour? I don’t want to be an a*s but I also don’t think it’s fair to subject anyone to a continuously barking dog! 

"He is not a barker; I have a camera at home and when I leave the house he is fast asleep the whole time."

Are you saying you leave the house go to work for up to 8 hours and your dog stays asleep.......we used to have neighbours who swore blind their dogs were didn't make a noise when they went out. Just took a few recordings of them howling for 5 mins every day when the went out, plus every time someone walked past with dog/postman/deliveryman etc......they moved six months later 

I’m self employed and work from home and the longest I’ve ever left my dog is four hours and that’s only ever been a handful of times, if I have to work away, he goes to my parents. I don’t think any dog should be left for 8 hours  

So are you buying this house or not?

Undecided. I’m going back at different times each day to listen for any barking. If I hear nothing it’s likely it was a one off. If I keep hearing them then no, I won’t proceed 

allIcouldwishfor

GixerKate said:

So the house you are in the process of buying is normally empty and the dogs next door have been barking the whole time the electrician or whoever has been there, is it possible that the dogs are barking because there is something happening next door outside of their expectations?

I've got two dogs and they like to alert me when anything unusual happens.  When our next door neighbour did some building work my dogs went nuts because they could see strangers in the next door's garden (the builders).  

You are planning on visiting a few more times which should flag up whether this is a constant issue or not, the fact that this is the 4th visit and the first time you've heard the dogs makes me think its more likely to be a one-off rather than a regular thing.

If the owners work full time there is every chance that they have a dog-walker who visits or a routine set up for all anyone knows.

This right here ^^
My dogs normally snooze the time away when left alone but if something exciting is happening, then they'll be telling the whole world about it. 
If it were me, I'd go back a few more times before deciding - and knock on a couple of the neighbours' doors and find out how much noise there normally is. 
Or just buy a detached house.

spinspiral

In my opinion you would come to regret buying this house. You have already become sensitised to the barking dogs so it will grate on your nerves  on a daily basis.  If you cant afford a detached house, maybe look for a halls adjoining semi, which would greatly reduce any noise irritation, particularly with heavy solid wood doors to the rooms.

Aranyani

pbhb said:

staffie1 said:

pbhb said:

couriervanman said:

pbhb said:

Hello, I’ve posted in here a lot but will put a quick back ground regardless.

currently in the process of buying a house (just waiting on searches to come back then hopefully ready to exchange), this is the third one as the previous two fell through. Everything was going smoothly, any queries were quickly answered. It’s like it felt too good to be true.

However, I have visited the house on three different occasions, today was the fourth. It is a semi detached, listed home and the attached neighbour’s dogs were barking. I was there for 20 minutes and the dogs barked continuously for 20 seconds, they were in the room that adjoins the study, where I will be working (I work from home).

After 20 minutes I burst into tears and left. The estate agent didn’t ask if I was okay, she knew I was getting upset at the noise. The issue is I have a dog, and I love dogs and these dogs sounded like they were in distress due to being left home alone, and that’s why I was upset, I felt sad for the dog.

But also, it is just myself and my dog, and it has taken me a long time to find a home suitable for us both. He is not a barker; I have a camera at home and when I leave the house he is fast asleep the whole time. My main concern, other than being driven insane, is that the barking will disturb my dog and leave him unsettled. He is 20 months and is settled and happy, but I know if he could hear dogs barking all day, he would not be happy.

On the previous three times (all during the day) I have visited, I have not heard the dogs and didn’t know they had dogs. We found out the owners both work full time. 

Am I over thinking this? Could the dogs have just been unsettled today? I feel sick to my stomach that I have spent lonely on solicitors, searches, surveys, tradesmen 3 times and might be left with nothing again. I split up with my husband in May which is why I’m moving, I’m currently living with my parents and it’s just not going well so I desperately need to move.

I will be visiting the house every day for a week at different times to see if I can hear the dogs. But I know I won’t sleep tonight with worry. If they continue barking. What would you do? Pull out? Speak to the neighbour? I don’t want to be an a*s but I also don’t think it’s fair to subject anyone to a continuously barking dog! 

"He is not a barker; I have a camera at home and when I leave the house he is fast asleep the whole time."

Are you saying you leave the house go to work for up to 8 hours and your dog stays asleep.......we used to have neighbours who swore blind their dogs were didn't make a noise when they went out. Just took a few recordings of them howling for 5 mins every day when the went out, plus every time someone walked past with dog/postman/deliveryman etc......they moved six months later 

I’m self employed and work from home and the longest I’ve ever left my dog is four hours and that’s only ever been a handful of times, if I have to work away, he goes to my parents. I don’t think any dog should be left for 8 hours  

So are you buying this house or not?

Undecided. I’m going back at different times each day to listen for any barking. If I hear nothing it’s likely it was a one off. If I keep hearing them then no, I won’t proceed 

What would you do if you bought a different house and then a year your neighbours bought a dog and carried on having jobs?