The natural thing to do when a neighbor complains about dog barking is to get defensive. “My dog? Causing a problem? How dare you?!”
Don’t go there. Defensiveness exacerbates hostilities, escalates tension, and encourages your neighbor to make a mountain out of what you perceive to be a molehill. Remember, it’s all about perception, and your neighbor’s perception is his reality. Instead of being defensive, try these things:
1. Listen intently to your neighbor’s complaint.
Unless one of you plans to move, defusing the situation beats all-out war. Set defensiveness aside, and listen to what your neighbor says. Assume there’s some nugget of truth to his complaint. You need to find it, so you can figure out what to do with it. He says your dog barks all the time, underneath his bedroom window, and wakes him up. That may be an exaggeration, but chances are your dog is barking some of the time, especially if you leave her out in the yard, or if she has free backyard access through a doggie-door.
2. Empathize and apologize for your dog barking.
Without admitting guilt, empathize with your complainer. “It must be frustrating to have to listen to barking dogs when you’re trying to sleep.” Be sincere. Tell him you’re sorry he’s being disturbed by barking. Reassure him that you don’t want your dog to be a nuisance, and you want to help find a solution to his concerns. Ask him to bear with you while you work on the problem. Bake him chocolate chip cookies.
3. Investigate your dog’s nuisance behavior.
Ask questions that won’t make your neighbor defensive. “Is there a time when it’s most annoying?” “Are there other dogs that are barking too?” “Other than giving up my dog, what would make you happy?” Set up a video camera or voice-activated tape recorder to document your dog’s activities when you aren’t home. Alternatively, take a day off and watch your own house from a distance, to see what goes on that might make your dog bark. Check the neighborhood to see if there are other dogs whose barking might be blamed on your dog. Ask other neighbors if they hear your dog, and if so, when and how much.
4. Respect all community dog laws.
Make sure your dog is currently licensed, and obey all local animal control laws. Maybe your neighbor is complaining because your dog runs loose and he feels threatened (even though you know your dog is a pussycat), or because you don’t clean up when you take her for walks. Those are legitimate grounds for complaint (as is excessive nuisance barking) even if your dog is a pussycat. You don’t want animal control to find you in violation of anything. Obey leash laws and scoop laws, and respect your neighbor’s discomfort with your dog – don’t let her off-leash even if you’re just walking out to your car. If she runs over to happily greet him, you’ll fuel the fires.
5. Take action to modify your dog’s behavior, and your own behavior.
Make changes to accommodate your neighbor and protect your dog. If his complaint is early-morning noise and she’s barking when you let her out at 6:00 am while you shower, alter your routine. Get up earlier and go out with her. Let her eliminate, then play with her. Keep her quietly occupied rather than leaving her to find her own entertainment. If it’s random throughout-the-day backyard barking while you’re away, bring her in and close the dog door. She doesn’t have to be outside all day. If things get ugly, leaving her out unattended exposes her to great risk from an irate neighbor. If necessary, pay someone to let her out for a noon potty break. If the complaint is about barking even when you are home, behavior modification is in order. (See “Modifying Your Dog’s Barking Behavior“.) If it’s something other than barking, determine how you can modify the situation to mitigate the problem. Some examples:
-Your dog charges the fence. Your neighbor fears for his children’s safety. Make the fence solid, or put up an inner fence so there’s an “airlock” between dog and kids. See, “Solve Fence Aggression with a Better Designed Dog Fence,” for more info on fencing.
-Your dog came over and attacked his dog. You think your dog was just playing, but whatever. Vow that your dog is never off her leash in your neighborhood. Even just walking to your car.
Keep your neighbor informed of your efforts to address his concerns. Document your actions in a journal in case you do have to face animal control. Ask your neighbor to let you know if he sees improvement – and document that. Save receipts for anything you buy to modify your dog’s environment. If you see your neighbor deliberately antagonizing your dog, document that with a video camera. Keep your dog safe. Be considerate. Keep baking chocolate chip cookies.
I am with Just Sayin,,, ,,, kids yelling and dogs barking just deal with it ??? really ??? that does not make for a good neighborhood. I too had a dog for years and worked very hard to control her barking,, i paid attention to her barks and learned her language,, why she was barking and at what. I just earned the right to retire,, and all i have wanted to do for 40+ years of working is sleep in,, no alarm clocks,, no having to go to bed at a set time to get to work ,, enter the new neighbors with 2 kids (which are quiet but play out front at times) and the endless barking dog from hell,,, REALLY ?? I JUST RETIRED AND WANT TO SLEEP IN ,,,, i called the police who told me to call the humane society who told me they would send a letter if this was the first complaint ,, they would send a real person if there were mutliple complaints,,,,, what a waste i thought ,, they would probably just throw the letter away thinking it junk mail like most people do… anyway ,, i figured ok,, im going out of town for a week we’ll see what its like when i get back. (mind you i patiently waited 6 months for them to do something about this dog),, anyway i came back home and guess what,, NOTHING,, they did absolutely nothing about it,, so a couple times (maybe i had a little wine) i screamed at their dog to shut up ,, (hopefully they think im just a crazy lady)… still nothing,,, here is what i have done 1st i spent 45$ on a battery anti barking device that looks like a bird house i put in my tree,, it senses the dogs bark and emits a high frequency people cant hear but annoys the dog,,, hmmm well,,, worked pretty darn good,, i would say it cut the barking down by about 50% still not enough for me though ,, so upgrade to 200$ model,,, i just put it in the tree.. If your defending the dog owner dont,, thats totally unfair to all the other nieghbors,,, i litterally had been sleeping with ear plugs in my ears and in the morning that didnt even help i had to put noise cancelling headphones over myh ears that already had ear plugs in them to be able to sleep through its high pitched crazy making barking…. be persistant,,, file a law suit if you have to video tape the behavior whatever it takes dog owners MUST BE RESPONSIBLE,,, I WAS
Be aware of the federal cruelty to animals law that went into effect 2019. Fine and/or up to 7 years in prison.
Don’t shoot or hurt any animal.
oops, I ordered a device on sale on the net, you mount it on your roof they say, infrared, autonomous, some sort of noise deterrent, computer driven, it warns 3 times, if no improvement it then shoots little balls of paper at the culprit saying all sorts of insults.” asshole”,” shut up”,” c..t”, I guess if a dog is aimed at, the owner can read and translate to the dog, noisy cars, bikes are targeted too, but the device is too slow unfortunately, and they recon it s useless, these people can t read anyway, they re working on a new device with sound and written words projected on surfaces saying ”please respect ur neighbourhood, thanks for being considerate”, if no improvement, it shoots 16 caliber bullets, maybe by that time the laws protecting uncouth , inconsiderate people and their noise making things, will be void, fingers crossed they say on the advertisement, one of my friends highly doubt they ll succeed, for there s always gonna be a market, business, money, gst, made out of these purposeless self titled good people he says…far out! I didn’t t think about that! I ll try to set a trend that makes it cool to own flies as pets, big blue ones attracted by poo… not saying that people are full of it, at all! imagine, it ll be buzzing in the neighbourhood! disclaimer: in some countries they put honey on their geni….and have their pets …it s getting rough, forget the last sentence. peace and love,, wherever furry end it comes from…
I’m a police officer…not a good idea for you to be telling people to shoot dogs, or anything else.
if you really are a police officer then keeping the peace should be your primary concern ,, advice like just ignore the problem hardly seems like something a peace officer would offer
Exactly… and we keep the peace by ignoring inane comments and taking a step back and diffusing situations whenever possible, not by suggesting one shoots other people’s dogs.
Ha ha that was awesome, thank you!
TR the police officer, people are sick of being kept awake at night and the law not doing anything about it. Spoke to someone recently who’s newly born baby couldn’t sleep, because of a barking dog.
Authorities didn’t care, the owner continued. A barking dog more important than a sleeping, human baby. When people get driven mad and the law won’t help, they start to do crazy things.
How’d you react, if someone kept your baby awake?
Wait for an opportunity for the dog to be out and shoot it dead. Your neighbor cares nothing for your peace of mind and is killing you in increments too minor to be considered a crime. You indeed MAY shoot a loose dog. Or just move away like KCW had to. The poor home owner who had to give up a home for peace of mind from low-life’s and endless barking. As for TR, you are beneath contempt and likely on parole. Hopefully, they get you back soon.
What a stupid comment to make! Does that mean if your my neighbor and you talk too much I would be with in my right to shoot you? Of course not. Bad Human
Well Steve, humans generally don’t stand in their garden screaming at 90db at 3am. If they did, the police would have a word.
So if little barking poodle pumpkins is a human in your eyes, perhaps you should make sure he isn’t a menace to society.
Talking and barking are same thing, just like a hair dryer is the same as a jet engine.
LOL dog people are so weird
no, it is not a stupid comment having lived through it and now permantly have a lovely auto-immune disorder – or x or y or z poor health condition. that is what happens when you miss years of sleep and it is well-documented
also – then all that leads to weight gain
and lots of pharmaceutical consumption to cope with all the loud jerks around you who won’t recognize another’s right to peace
my youngish neighbor had a massive stroke in her yard right next to the barking dogs she had been forced to listen to for years and would not speak up about. she had to relearn everything.
YEP I BLAME THE DOG PEOPLE (not the dogs – they could not help being with the idiot humans that refused to train them and let them be in the yard 12 hours a day)
I have moved – no point – evil humans like that don’t change
I have to English bulldog’s that are very sweet in nature. They are inside dogs and the only time they’re allowed outside is to relieve themselves. On the other side of the fence happens to be 3 dogs who stay outside 24/7 and unfortunately when my dogs are out and their dogs are out they all charge the fence. 3rd party neighbor complains and now I have the citation. Feedback?
Talk to your HOA or whomever cited you, and have the citation dismissed. It is baseless if dogs are allowed in the neighborhood and especially if you have your dog behind a fence. The person who leaves dogs outside 24/7 should be cited for animal neglect. Call the ASPCA or your local animal control authority.
I moved into a upper middle class culdsac & had a neighbor who kept their small yappy dog outside 24/7 & alls it ever did was bark bark bark.. ! most likey for stress & attension it never got, i feel dog owners if your going to have a dog you should treat it like it was your child not a piece of disposible property to keep locked up outside… there is a place in HELL for dumb ass pet owner who neglect taking care of things in life there pets their children their property.. etc etc… i nicely asked these people at least 4 times to please keep their dog quiet but they ignored my request i had to move away after owning house for only 2.5 months lucky i was able to sell my home emediatly.. it was a very nice home… i bought a 2nd home out in the country no stinking loser trailer trash neigbors to deal with now… I don’t even care for people any longer anymores… i believe in KARMA & people deserve what they get the bad ones deserve nothing….
How about keeping your dogs quiet? What a concept! Would you put up with your neighbor playing loud music at intervals all day and night? And to the one person that says all neighbors are assholes? Nothing tops Asshole like a lazy dog owner that thinks everyone should have to put up with their barking dogs. People have a right to peace and quiet in their own home. Put the barking flea bags inside so they can annoy you and not your neighbors, have some damn respect for others.
Yep. Common courtesy for other around you is the way to go.
My dogs don’t sit outside barking, you damn troll. They are trained German Shepherds. Obviously you are a dog HATER. Dogs BARK. Kids scream. If you can’t take it (living in a community with kids and dogs), move to a desolate atoll in the Pacific, and stick a pencil eraser in your ears.
You are an asshole.. People like you with no common sense are the ones who shouldn’t be allowed to own animals.. I have two dogs of my own.. But I will be god damned if I’m going to try and enjoy my backyard with a dog barking non stop . Fuck your thinking tough guy.. I’m assuming you don’t have a neighbor with a dog that does not shut up… until you do….. kindly mind your own business.. If you had a dog next door that wouldn’t shut up? You’d know it is most annoying…. Fu very much
Excessive barking is one thing but if a neighbor bitches from less then 10 minutes barking and not incessantly never later than 10 pm your neighbor is an asshole! I have a 7 month old pup who is in the process of being trained and always attended to but my neighbor sees it fit to yell at my puppy when I’m not there. I’ll be on my way out to get him but by then my cowardly neighbor will never say anything while I’m around. If he was a man he would call me. Stop your whining ppl.
exactly thank you
Yea but then ya have it bark 10 minutes in the morning then 10 minutes before lunch, then 10 minutes after that then bla bla…. Ends up adding up, and it turns into barking on and off throughout the day, your 10 minutes easily adds up to hours.
Beside the point, shouldn’t be barking for anywhere near 10 minutes! I know when my flea bag barks for more then a few seconds I go see what the problem is, she will get growled at if it was barking at a neighbour and if she does it again she gets the hose. Reason why I don’t let it go on is because its extremely loud and people enjoying the peace don’t need to hear 10 minutes of that god awful noise
At Michael (not Steve): If you think occasional bouts of 10 minute barking are “excessive” and your first inclination is to refer to your dog as a “fleabag” then you are A. a pussy and B. should not own pets.
TR
That’s really responsible. Just because people can’t stand barking annoying dogs doesn’t mean they are dog haters. It’s your responsibility of a dog owner to care for them properly. Don’t allow them to bark and annoy everyone. Not everyone thinks it’s cute!
That is an ignorant statement. Dogs bark that is what they do. Now lets be rationale and understand we all know that barking for Hours , literally ( if that is true) is probably a problem, maybe the dog is scared? maybe someone is provoking it, maybe it is getting used to being home alone. Most , healthy, well cared for dogs don’t bark for hours. That is a fact.
Dogs have normal happy barks that are reasonable — sometimes when dogs play – they bark, sometimes they bark if they are thirsty or hungry and their owner forgot to fill the bowls. Sometimes they bark because they hear people approaching their door , and in an apt or condo complex this could be multiple times a day.
As long as the barking is not on going for more than 10-15 minutes at a time, or at night for long periods at night, I would say tolerance and just normal human kindness is in order.
People have to be reasonable, just like children dogs do make noise from time to time. No one is promised 24 hours a day of quiet ,that is insane and unreasonable. If that is what you want you need to move somewhere with lots of property.
Dogs barking is way way louder then children playing.
For example a dog barking 10 houses away we can hear inside our house with all our doors and windows shut. When family members bring their children to our house and they play on our front we can barely hear them and thats with our windows open.
Thing is, if my children playing are being to loud I would be a responsible human and control them.
I also think its crap when dog people use the excuse about children playing compared to dogs barking. Dogs are just ANIMALS! They are not as important as a real human child and if you really do see your dog as your children and yet you still let it howl and bark says a lot about your parenting skills.
People COMPLAIN when dogs bark. That’s what people do. Human society, not dog society.
If you want to live in a kennel, go and live in one.
lol i love your responses. It’s so soothing to read while I try to get some sleep between 12 – 7 am with my Mexican neighbor’s sheep dog barking nonstop
Why not just get rid of ya flea bags! Problem solved, their just stupid animals anyway. All they do is run around and make noise… Hay, why not get a gold fish.
I would just ignore these whiny people . As long as a dog is not excessively barking and are not unattended while you are gone from the house they will have to deal with it I’m afraid . Funny when my neighbor started on his drunk rampage all my other neighbors came to my defense and he started screaming to them . I called the police and they made a report . I got him on video hitting my fence and when he started his drunk rampage of course my dogs started really going insane trying to protect . Then the neighbors came out and started yelling at him and he was telling them to suck his alcoholic dick ! It wasn’t because my dogs barked occasionally it was because his dogs would know when I let my dogs out I don’t know how perhaps the door closing and his dogs would start barking in his house and he couldn’t stop them . Hypocrisy is all through USA . Now I made my first call to police and will record my dogs not barking and his dogs barking anyway and sue him .
I bet youre one of them dickheads
Well said……
yes!! Thank you! These dog owners who let their dogs just bark incessantly and then wonder why people get annoyed with them. Be a responsible damn dog owner or don’t own one.
Exactlyyyyyyyyy what is it with these kinds of ppl that don’t understand disturbing the peace and that ppl are entitled to it. The humane society told me they would send an application for me to fill out. My neighbors who dogs bark no exaggeration 3-4 hrs at a time sometimes all f day. After the 2 letters are sent to the neighbors if problem not addressed. They send a 3rd letter and if problem still isn’t addressed. Then they come with the police and remove the dogs from the residence. I don’t know what world most of these ill mannered ppl live in. But disturbing the peace can be addressed by law. If they would start training the dogs moment they get them. Then the issue wouldn’t get out of hand I’m sure they wait until after months or even years having them. Actually they don’t bother to think of f training them until they get that complaint idiots. And this is coming from a dog lover and dog owner. 🙄
Pam, I just experienced the same thing today with my neighbor. I recently got a new best friend (9 month miniature poodle) she barely barks & I heard my neighbor (that has loud teenagers, two non-stop barking dogs) telling my dog “Shut the F*** **Dog”… Yikes
I was ready to go kick ass… yet I relaxed & I sent her a text stating “I’m sorry, if my new puppy that’s in training & barking disturbed you but she is gated in our courtyard & has a 30 minute playtime. It was only 4pm Ca.
Bottom line, we don’t owe anyone an apology. Live life Stress Free.
My Puppy Is A legit, Legit, Service Dog!!!
My neighbor doesn’t understand my medical issues & she is stressing me out more then she will ever know.
God Bless
Legit Service Dog? Does not mean you can let it annoy your neighbors. Train it, keep it quiet it is your responsibility to do so not theirs.
Asshole neighbors need to die.
CGR seems like a fking as hol, dog owners are doing their best to be patient with as hol neighbors. It is our land and house. We are doing our best to train our dogs. Dogs are living thing, people like us are protecting the animals and providing care. Isolated cunts like you, are the ones destroy the lives of animals. Try to care for other living things before trolling.
You ever f wondered why pet muzzles and bark collars were f invented. It’s for dogs who are such excessive barkers it disturbs the peace. If it were my dog being complained about I would slap a muzzle or bark collar on them quick. Neighbors with excessive dog barkers make excuses about their lazy training. Let a dog who barks excessively move in next to you and watch you sing a different tune. What is it about ppl who think like you and don’t train their dogs or kids. Instead of get mad at neighbors who’s peace is being disturbed address it.
EXACTLY why don’t these ppl get it. I have a Maltipoo big dog lover and I trained her not to bark and trained my kid not to scream. These ppl that think like this are ill mannered and don’t get ppl are entitled to peace. There is such a thing as disturbing the peace. Why do these ppl get offended by something they should know should be done. These are the types that let the f dog bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark and never ever say quite. Moment my dog barks I shhhh her and she knows. Just like with kids you train them ASAP when young. Well moment you get a f dog you start training them ASAP. Or as time goes on they get adjusted to never being told no by the owner or if it’s a kid by the parent wtf ppl.
you must beat your wife for cheating while your cheating with hookers.
Thanks for sharing. I am sorry you have to deal with that. It is rediculous. Some people just aren’t happy unless they are making other people unhappy.
Right, so your ready to kick ass because you feel entitled to disturb others with an animal.
Your a bully.
Like you have been told before “shut ya ****** dog up!
Problem solved.
Neighbors are generally assholes…everything they do is OK and everything you do is not. So I say fuck them and ignore it. Dont apologize for your dog. Do what you can but forget about baking cookies, and let them reflect on their own assholeness towards you and the ones you love, including your pup.
You are proof of that! People like you are the reason that others act like they do. You think all neighbors are assholes or at least potential assholes so anything goes right? Hopefully someone moves in nextdoor to you and has 4 large outdoor dogs and a small yappy one that they don’t care anything about and leave them outside all day and most of the night and never interact with them. You willsee what a true asshole is.
My point was – jerk – that no matter what you do and how considerate you are, most all neighbors will find something to complain about, so an apology tour of the neighborhood is not required, especially in this lady’s situation. What she said in her comment is not reason enough for complaint from her obvious ass-holey neighbor with the loud kids. She should not apologize to her, why should she?
Before you comment, read the entire thread.
Did you hear what you just said? So I happen to be that neighbor that is actually a very kool guy.. I have three kids that are now grown and all but my youngest are on own now.. we’ve lived in this home for 20 years and have never had issues with barking dogs that don’t stop! About four months ago a new person moved into the house next to us and have a dog that they have let out in backyard since day one.. the dog will bark continuously until they let it in. Sometimes for more than ann hour.. x four or five times they let it out, and that’s just about the whole day.. This has eliminated the enjoyment of outdoor activities for my family. We own two dogs of our own that go outside on a regular basis and do not bark. This is because I taught them not to.. my first move was to call the police and make a noise complaint. Only because I know all to well that me going over and talking to them about it is the wrong choice because years back I had done so. Only to be met with an asshole like yourself that got all defensive and started cussing me out.. So anyways I’ve called the police a dozen times with no effect. My local animal control does not deal with noise complaints, they are the ones who told me call the police. I don’t hate dogs.. I’ve had dogs my whole life. But I’m definitely not going to lay down and let this ignorant person keep me indoors. Anyone who thinks approaching an owner of an annoying dog next door… Don’t!! My next step will be to find the landlord of the “TEENAGERS” that are renting it . If that don’t work I will be having a small claims court case in the near future.. I should be allowed to enjoy my property without being annoyed by an animal that does nothing but bark…
How did you teach your dogs not to bark? Seriously. I have a neighbor who has singled out my dog from among many in the neighborhood as the sole cause of her unhappiness. We have a fenced yard and all the other neighbors just turn their dogs loose and they come up to our fence and bark at our German Shepherd and she barks back. I’ve consulted with trainers who had no solutions and I refuse to strap a shock collar on her or have her voice box cut out like some people do. I would love to know how you did it.
Exactly if my neighbors complained about my dog/s or kid/s. I would immediately address the issue no questions asked. Ppl who think that neighbors who complain are just complainers are truly ill mannered ppl. Excessive dogs barking for hours is so nerve racking like I never would have believed. I have a neighbor who moved in 2 years ago and their dogs bark for 3-4 hrs a day sometimes the whole day non stop. I would have never believed dogs could bark for that long at a time unless I experienced it. You can’t use the phone without it in the background, watch tv, eat a meal, talk with your family or friends ect. It is a 247 nuisance in your ear all day and really takes it toll. And on top of that they are the type that play loud music partying from 5 pm until 2 am with music as loud as a club thurs-Sun. Finally a notice went out to them from the owner and the extreme loud music stopped but the dogs haven’t. I can’t think of any other word for these ppl other than barbaric. The kind that when you approach them nicely about the complaint they want to fight. As I said if it were me being complained about my dog or kid. I would take immediate action because I am a f person with manners and respect for others peace period.
Jesus you are insane. No one is keeping you from enjoying your yard. You can still be in your yard, you just have to suck it up and deal with some annoying barking. You are being a selfish, pussy. You don’t own the neighborhood and if you aren’t threatened, then you shouldn’t be calling the cops. The court system has better things to do then dogs barking. You clearly have way too much free time and are insanely controlling.
You are anything but “that Kool guy” .There is always a reason for a Dog to bark. If you thought your dogs then politely ask your neighbor if you can do the same or teach her how to deal with her dog. I know people like you, selfish and crazy that think they are perfect and there is no flaw in their act. Wake up man, it is just a little dog no one died because a dog barked.
Yeah I see your side but what if those “teenagers” don’t have parents so they had to get a cheap place at a young age so they could afford to keep their dogs that they love dearly even though they bark because they have anxiety when their away from their owners but the teenagers have to work two jobs to keep afloat and the dogs cant be inside the whole day. Also they both have PTSD because of traumatic events during childhood so they emotional need the dogs. Are you going to call the cops on them so they’re dogs are taken away or they are evicted so you can go outside noise free? Or did you forget there are people who dont have it as good as you and might suffer greatly because of YOUR actions? Not disagreeing w you but there are two sides to every story so please yes take 2 fucking mins to talk to your neighbors first at least jesus.
Everything you’ve said is true. I have neighbors who let their dog out at 6-6:30 a.m. on a regular basis. They just open their door, enjoying the morning pre-sunrise, and allow their dog to bark on their lanai. Of course it wakes me right up, given the fact that my bedroom windows are only feet away from the direct barking. I made the mistake of addressing it with the man of the house today when I took my dog outside, and he got very defensive, and told me to “shut up.” He also gaslighted me, and tried to tell me that my other dog , whom was INSIDE and only barking for the duration of taking my other dog out due to separation anxiety, was barking and not allowing someone in the house to sleep at that moment…work hours blah, blah, blah. This was at normal afternoon hours, and my doors, windows shut; he tried to say it was the same thing as his dog barking at six in the morning, outside, directly at my bedroom. Yes, I can hear when their dogs bark when locked inside the house, but it is nothing compared to the noise level of his dog barking outside. I can easily sleep through that and would never even notice the slight noise from inside. I told him that I will likely take it up with the authorities, etc. Nothing surprises me about the depth of peoples’ sociopathy and complete disregard for others these days. I immediately hush my dogs up if they start any nuisance barking, even during day hours when reasonable noise is allowed, i.e. mowing, normal dog barking, etc. I even stopped allowing my own dogs out onto the lanai, during normal day hours, because they were barking out of boredom. This was a couple of years ago and before these jerks moved in, and I did it without anyone having to ask me or complain, but because I could empathize with others and didn’t want to disturb their peace. I have enough problems and stress in my life to deal with, and don’t want to have a war with a-hole neighbors; I just want to sleep in the very early hours of the morning.
I am in similar situation, my German Shepherd is barking a lot and I am sick of my neighbors complaining about my dog. I don’t know what to do, I did all the training and yet my dog is barking a lot. My dog is amazing dog, looks damn aggressive and protective but he will not bite or attack anyone. Loves to play with kids. And understands the basic commands. But for god sake it’s a German Shepherd that is so strong and active. I will try to do what is possible, but I am still not so sure on what I could do, should I give up my dog? I have 1300 square meter garden that my dog is running around. Or should I really tell my neighbors to fk off? I don’t know what to do also.
So your neighbors are wrong because your dog can’t stop barking? You’re sick of your neighbors complaining? How about your neighbors must be sick of your dog. Look, just because you think your dog is an “amazing dog” and looks “damn aggressive” doesn’t mean your neighbors feel that way.
Did you get your dog only for the looks? Do you spend proper time and give that dog breed the proper exercise and attention it needs so it’s not barking so much? That breed has a loud bark. Surely you knew that about the breed before You decided to own one. Be a responsible owner and care for it properly. So it doesn’t bark so much. The neighbors have a right to peace too.
Buy a f muzzle for when you’re gone or a bark collar. The bark collar will train him not to bark how do you not understand how nerve racking excessive dog barking is.
Bark collar
When it barks, squirt it with the house. It will take time so don’t get lazy and keep on it.
It is important that you try and do this every-time.
I had a kelpie that was very vocal, as far as I know no neighbours were upset but she was pissing me off.
Everytime she barked I squirted her with the house, it worked within a month. Years later on average she barks for 5 seconds a week.
HOSE… God why does it always come out as house..
No don’t squirt it with a house, that would be bad, use the garden hose.
🙂
I am in the same boat one of my neighbours has complained multiple times about our German Shepard barking. She claims he does it all day every day, we have security cameras and can confirm that it isn’t all day she even complained about him barking all day while I was working from home due to covid for 2 months which was a lie because I was home everyday except maybe an hour doing deliveries and he was inside with me, but there are times now that I am back at work that he does bark and it is for a few minutes at a time but it is only ever when the neighbours are in their back yard. He does not bark at the other neighbours on the other side ever as I have asked them and they said they never even hear him, the other neighbours in the complex have also said the only time they hear him is when a delivery van comes up the driveway of the complex. I don’t really know what to do because he only does it when we aren’t there. I am getting a barking collar to see if that will deter him and am going to introduce him to the neighbours to see if he will be relaxed enough knowing that it is them and he has met them before. He has lived with us for 2 years now and it has only been this year that he has started barking at them so I don’t what has changed besides them using their back yard more and that they have a wallaby in their yard.
I have to agree. I have two dogs in a condo. My dogs can be quiet for hours on end during the day – generally they sleep alot. When I am home, they bark when they play together, you know a fun playful bark. Sometimes they bark at me when their water bowl is empty. A couple of months ago my neighbor started pounding on the wall because he heard my dog bark . What he didn’t know was that I burned something in the oven and the fire alarm went off, the dogs were scared. HIs pounding scare them more and they barked in a panic. After I got them I calme down I went to talk to the neighbor, he yelled at me told me that this was a quiet development and that it should be quiet 24 hours a day. I said uh no, first of all dogs bark sometimes, second my dogs only bark in a few instances, they hear a delivery at a door by me, they bark for about two seconds, they sometimes bark when they are playing together.. and sometimes they bark when their food bowl is empty,he interrupted me and told me he didn’t care. He told me that he had called the police and our home owners association and both of them told him there was nothing he could do. I just left, clearly he did not want to work at a solution. Two weeks pass. My dogs are at my feet, I am working from home due to Corona virus, virtual work. It is 10:30 in the morning they start playing and bark a couple of playful barks. He starts pounding on wall about 16 pounds , loud, vibrating the wall. I call the police. The officer tells me that he cant do anything but that the neighbors behavior is harasment and I can file a anti harasment order against him. I don’t want to be that kind of asshole, but I don’t want my dogs to get taken away either. It is bullshit. My dogs right this minute are quietly sitting with me on the couch. They have been quiet for hours. Being home has allowed me to see them all day and they have been great. They are dogs, Dogs bark. Our development allows dogs . There are children here…. wanting it to be quiet for 24 hours a day is not realistic. He is a bully and gets off on trying to make trouble.
You are an idiot. Grow up
You are absolutly positively correct. Excellent choice of words
“They are dogs, dogs bark” is legitimately the shittiest attitude to have. You’re a selfish asshole.
I completely agree , there is dog etiquette. When you have a neighbor punching your fence and yelling of course your dogs are going to go crazy at them . The neighbor can escalate the problem . As soon as I hear my dogs barking after 15 to 30 seconds I go see what’s wrong and usually bring them in . I always respect my neighbors and do everything that I can not to disturb or let my dogs disturb . Sometimes you just live next to an asshole neighbor who doesn’t work and drinks all day and he is annoyed that when I let my dogs out in morning his two dogs bark in the house because they have no yard so they let them shit and piss in his dining room and then gets child protective service comes in for the shit and piss and maggots in his kitchen sink then he wants to bitch because I just open my back door to let the dogs out and they didn’t even bark but his own dogs hear and start barking and wake him up .
God it’s so true ppl who think kids scream and dogs bark are the true assholes. If you live in an apt building and kids scream all day outside and dogs bark all day. That can really bring on stress even the kind that manifests into physical ones. Ppl who are responsible for their kids behavior and loudness other their dogs who bark hours on end. Are ppl who respect themselves, others and are courtesy neighbors. I have a small dog and I trained her not to bark excessively. Now she only barks if someone knocks on the door. New neighbors that moved in have 2 dogs that bark hours on end and I am not exaggerating. I’m talking about 3-4 hours at a time something must be mentally wrong with the dogs. I’ve never experienced this and can’t believe how long a dog can bark for. All the neighbors in the building are complaining it’s so nerve racking omg. The owner has sent them a letter but they refuse to muzzle them or a bark collar when they leave. I am a complete dog lover but this is too much it’s literally affecting my mental state. To make sure I wasn’t exaggerating for being a complainer. I knocked on 10 of my neighbors doors to ask if it was affecting them. Very last one of them said. “Omg I can’t take it it’s driving me crazy.” Again I’m not exaggerating when I say hours at a time. I know kids scream and dogs bark but there has to be a limit and respect for neighbors. I trained my dog not to bark and I trained my kid to keep a light tone when playing outside. I mean there are retired elders in apartments, disabled ppl ect. They are also the type of neighbors who blast music 3-4 days a week as loud as a club. Basically the kind of nightmare neighbors you hope never move in. For anyone who thinks like the above commenter. I hope a neighbors moves in with dogs who bark 3-4 hrs at a time. I mean a few mins here and there or even 30 mins is one thing, but f 3-4 hrs at a time sometimes it’s been all day. And then these kind of ill mannered ppl that live in apt buildings are the true assholessssssss. We all have a duty and obligation to teach our dogs not to bark excessively and to teach our kids not to scream for hours at a time.
Why don’t you move!? Only one person out of ten was also annoyed?? Idiot
Make sure no dogs are allowed before, moving in if it is so much of a bother to have barking dogs and noisy kids.. Or Yes, move else where…
Why should people move because of your barking dogs Danielle? Do you own the street? Do you bark at people, and they have to go through the stress and expense of moving home?
Sociopathic barking dog owners. Scum of society.
You really aren’t very bright. In fact you are incredibly stupid. You far surpass mere ignorance, as you have a very twisted sense of logic. Actually, You have no logic, you are not logical in any way, which makes you completely Illogical.
So we should move because of lazy dog owners?? I should scream over my neighbors fence over and over at them to see how they like it…scream at them every day for hours..sometimes in the middle of the night. That’s what their dogs do..BARK..BARK..BARK..BARK..BARK..BARK….repeat.. Or maybe I should play heavy metal music really loud….every fking day..to see how they like being annoyed. But I wouldn’t because I have consideration for my neighbors..unlike the lazy ass dog owners..like Danielle.
You’re the arrogant idiot Danielle! People need to do something about their dogs barking incessantly! Be respectful of other’s peace and quiet.
Did you hear what you just said?
I agree…neighbors suck. People for some reason have forgotten that the world doesn’t revovle around them. You are always going to have neighbors with dogs or kids that irritate you, and you kind of have to suck it up and deal with it. I hate to break it to the world of complainers, but the shit you do annoys other people too! If you want to be able to do what you like then you need to let others live the way they want too. There are worse things in life then barking dogs. People have way too much time on their hands.
How would you like it if I kept you and your kids awake all night? You wouldn’t.
Barking dogs and feces on the street belong in third world countries. Perhaps you should move to one.
😂😂😂😂 firstly I can tell you haven’t been to a 3rd world country because please let me know how you THINK a third world country is and I will prove you wrong . If you don’t like dogs don’t get one but if your neighbor has one and is barking on occasion not excessively than you are the one with the problem not your neighbor .
Word. You are right on!
I meant my response to be for why are people so controlling and intolerant…. thank you , you are right on.
Phil the fact is that there are all kinds of noises in communities, Kids playing ball , basket ball thump thump thump, young adults that play music and come home late creating noise in a small community, cars that make noise, delivery services, yard maintenance workers…. children crying. To pick on dogs is BS. People who live in small communities need to be tolerant. Maybe an approach to this could be a simple and understanding conversation instead of a rally of all the police and neighbors one can get to listen to their complaint. People who don’t try to talk it out show there true colors. They just want and thrive on conflict, they are bullies and their intent is to control poeple. F them.
Then don’t complain when we ride our motorbikes around right next to ya bedroom window 🙂
And I say fuck you. One day you’ll get a taste if your own medicine, you sociopathic cunt.
The above comment was directed at Danielle, who feels entitled to make her neighbours life hell, with her neighbours by having an animal bark at them.
How would you like it if someone bombarded you with 90db+ of noise, everytime you went in your garden Danielle? How would you like it if your kids couldn’t sleep before school, your baby couldn’t nap because some scum want to have a barking animal? You wouldn’t, would you.
Always the same with sociopath dog owners, fuck the world, fuck people’s sleep, fuck the neighborhood.
Then you complain when someone has had enough and takes matters in their own hands.
So don’t be an asshole. Because if you have an animal keeping people awake, destroying their right to peace and quiet IN THEIR OWN FUCKING HOME, you are the asshole.
Agree with Phil 100% and I’m a huge dog lover. Unfortunately, there are horrible dog owners out there who never walk their dog or interact with them..so they bark…non-stop out of boredom and frustration. My neighbors NEVER walk their 2 dogs and I get to be woken up from them with their piercing loud bark almost every night..sometimes between 2-4 am. Many other neighbors have dogs and they walk them and socialize them often..guess what? Those dogs rarely bark.. I’m selling this house (which I love btw) but hate the horrible, irresponsible dog owners that live behind me. ..those dogs are so loud, I can hear them through noise cancelling headphones. THanks assholes!!
dog owners can be so f**kin stupid sometimes. if my neighbour’s dog doesn’t stop soon I’m gonna throw chocolate and mushrooms over the fence. Here you go, wa*kers, suck on that thought!
It is avout respecting your Neighbour and not Assholes. How would you be if someone had that attitude towards You?
Help. My neighbor has started complaining about my 6 month old Cowboy Corgi.I have a 6 foot stockade fence. This woman has a pool…4 kids… and 3 pitbulls. Its usually full on party music too. My pup barks then runs away. My girl is learning. She doesnt quite understand the barking and the noise. She gets barked at she barks back. What can i do to make this woman understand…..kids scream dogs bark thats life. We are not outside very long. She is becoming very hateful.
I have 2 dogs and kids.
My kids don’t scream and my dogs don’t bark.
Shut ya dog up or get rid of it and let the kids enjoy their pool in peace next door.
Just because they have a party now and then (probably once a month) is not the same as your dog barking EVERYDAY
Some people are truly miserable and cannot focus on their own misery so they have to blame it all on the neighbors dog lol
“I have 2 dogs and kids.
My kids don’t scream and my dogs don’t bark.”
Good job demonstrating you weren’t capable of fully reading the previous comment. Pam’s neighbors have children who scream and three dogs who bark, and clearly they regularly have parties otherwise it wouldn’t be worth describing as “usually full on party music.” A dog barking in reaction to kids yelling or other dogs barking =/= “your dog barking everyday” in response to nothing. Congrats on your kids and your dogs but you’re obviously not her neighbor. Grow up and don’t take your own beef out on someone else with a legitimate issue via making baseless accusations and assumptions.
Totally agree! I was just about to write the same as you but you beat me to it lol x
I’m agreeing with the Dog LOVERS! Young kids do scream and get excited fact, dogs do bark fact! Stop waking people up partying or blasting your music, maybe that’s to blame for the Dog barking! Dog’s bark for a reason, that’s how they communicate! You’d soon be grateful to the Dog if it was barking at an intruder or burglars
I agree with you that barking is for communication, but the question is, some dogs bark at unnecessary things, when master comes home, when people walks by the road, when stray dogs walk by the yard, they need more training, patience, ther think their territory is the whole world!
Thank you so much for your response back to the person who clearly has comprehensive issues..
“comprehension” issues, ironically.
Dog lovers are the most arrogant people. Most of us are on this particular page because you bought an animal you’re incapable of training, madam.
Well said my friend ! xx
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“””””””Dog lovers are the most arrogant people.””””””””
And here YOU are calling dog lovers “arrogant people”
GET REAL you Condescending Hypocritical “arrogant” & Opinionated t***!
You obviously haven’t a clue about “love” or “dogs” have you …
IDIOT
My neighbors dog climbs on the fence and looks and barks at the kid or anytime I open the door to go outside. These dogs are out all day? I plan on talking to them because I want to have a get together in the back yard but don’t want the constant dog peeping over and barking to ruin it. And it’s Rottweiler.(I am sure it can’t be dangerous)
Shut up ! Dogs bark . They are allowed to bark when someone gets to close to the house . As long as the dog stops barking when the person passes no harm done . My dogs are absolutely allowed to bark if I had you as a neighbor I would allow them to bark at you a minute or so . If her dog barks on occasion that’s not against the law . My german shepherds bark if someone comes to close to my privacy fence . If I hear my dogs barking more than 30 seconds I go see what the problem is and usually bring them in that’s the responsible thing to do . My dogs are not allowed to bark in morning or after 9 pm not even once that’s being respectful . I feel sorry for your dogs . I don’t complain about the other neighbor dogs barking non stop this is what dogs do 🤦♀️
I agree. I have a neighbor who sleeps with her windows open 365 days a year. I have lived next door for 10 years. I have always had dogs. They bark. Up until last summer, if I apoligized for my dogs barking, her reply was always, “oh, there no problem, I love dogs” Now if they bark once she yells and screams out the window for them to SHUT UP. I have a fenced in yard that my dogs can no longer enjoy, because I am constantly on edge waiting for a bark. I have purchased anti barking collars, and I yell, “No barking” as soon as they bark. I have 2 little dogs, 10 pounds each, and a 9 month old lab pup. I broke down and purchased a shock collar for my puppy today. I’m sorry, but this is breaking my heart. To the pers Maybe if you on who said to get rid of the dog, shame on you! Dogs are not disposable! Maybe you should be the one to leave. When my husband shot himself a couple of years ago, my dogs licked my tears away. They neighbors reaction? “Oh, that’s just all I need” Never, are you ok can I do anything for you. I will NEVER give up my dogs. I try to be a very good neighbor, no one else in the neighborhood has a problem, just her. She will be carried out on a stretcher before my dogs go anywhere. Sounds harsh. I just had another smal stroke because of the pressure she puts on me.
If this lady was fine with your dogs for ten years and now she’s having problems with them, that sounds like a behavioral change for your neighbor, and that could be a result of a health issue. Are there any friends or family members you can talk to? She might need help.
Pity everyone doesnt have your attitude I agree with you 100%
We have dogs on our private property who bark only if someone comes to the door or with excitement if we return after being away for a while they never ever bark at night NEVER and are all kept indoors in our bedrooms and sleep with us I have been down to the environmental section of the council and they reassured me that my dogs barking during the day is not an issue and is actually allowed because of the time and length they are barking at/for …some people just complain as it’s a polished way of bullying and sometimes it can be done to cover up jealousy when they are annoyed over you getting a new car or they see a workman doing some home improvements to your property I’ve been there we had some work being done on our property and our neighbour sent a text to ask if we could hold off on the hammering that he was tired and was going to bed this was at 7:40pm on a summers evening in June the bathroom walls needed to be slabbed before getting plastered the next day even the workman said he was ‘out of order ‘ and questioned his mental stability
I wouldnt put a barking devuce on my dog unless she started doing it incessantly, all dogs have times when they bark its their communication, excited, warning you, etc. Maybe they dont like your neighbour, they’ll pick uo on yoyr anxiety over the neighbour too, I have a control freak if a neighbour who used to have a jack russel evety time she went oyt swimming 3times a week it would bark for the whole time she was out. Unfortunately their is practically no sound proofing in our party walls so it sounded really loud, I didnt complain because its not her fault the landlords haven’t done anything about it. However since covid she has become mentally ill from being restricted to home & has started banging on my bedroom wall on the odd occasion my dog barks in the morning (after 7am) to be let out for a pee, so its a short bark not for hours on end. Banging on the wall is totally unacceptable, the problem is with her, she needs help for her mental health, before I movrd here she had made unnecessary exaggerated complaints to the landlord about all three of the previous tenants, her own teenage son constantly woke up the neighbours revving his car up at night & in the early morning, & her own voice was so loud you could hear her in the livingroom. Shecneeds to be rehoused in a bungalow down a long track with only sheep for neighbours 😂
There are responsible Dog owners and then there are the others. I am retired and have a Neighbour with a Dog. It barks when people walk by and then it is quiet. Unlike the one next to him. It barks near my back yard, not just for a minute or so but goes on for quiet some time for a couple or so of times a day. I think it comes down to in having consideration and respect for your surrounding neighbourhood. It is Not ok for a Dog to bark encroaching on other peoples
Piece and quiet. It is Not ok to say that is what Dogs do.
thank you. i have no problem with dogs occasionally barking during the day, but my Mexican neighbors have a sheep dog with a deep bark from 12 – 7 am. It is driving me crazy. It gets nearby dogs going too. After it started barking at 3 am continually, my brother drove over there at 5:30 am. The Mexican owner said he owns a farm (only like 3 acres and he got houses all around him) and it’s okay in the country. If it were the city, it’d be different. And the neighbors said they’re okay with it. His wife just sent me a hostile text saying not to come onto their private property at 6 am anymore. i’ve extended as much courtesy as I can, and i need some sleep. I’ll be contacting the neighbors to get the real story, document the barks and actions taken, as well as contacting the police station.
You want peace and quit move to the country where there is no people dogs maybe a bear . Dog bark and have a right to be outside in there yard. I have a neighbor who is going to court very soon. HE IS RIDICULOUS.
I wish all dog owners were as responsible as you are. A 30 second dog bark is nothing! My problem is my neighbor got his dog and all was well when he was home. Now he has a girlfriend and quite frequently leaves on the weekends. The dog barks on and off at different times of night. Last night it was from 10-11 PM. I’ve heard the dog bark and wake me up at 1:30 AM! It’s a Pitbull so his bark is very loud! I rarely see the tenant, so I’ve left him notes. He seems like a nice person, and I do like his dog. I understand the dog is protecting his domain. But this excessive late-night barking has to stop! Last note I left I told him I’m contacting the landlord! I’ve had enough!
exactly
IDIOT!!!! People like this should be ashamed of themselves – no class whatsoever. Get a life or better yet, get help – YOU NEED IT!!!!
Well that was impressively unhelpful, madechi. Sure, your perfect kids and dogs never make noise…..riiiight. Everything else you said after that is dismissed as idiocy, since it’s impossible to get past your first supremely stupid remark. lol
Your advice sucked a couple yrs ago, an prob still does . But every couple yrs…its within range ,an dosn’t want you to ask for anything
Barking dogs = irresponsible dog owners. If you aren’t good enough to control your dogs behavior you shouldn’t own a dog.
How about we put a shock collar around your neck to stop you from saying stupid things?
I love dogs. I mostly do residential installs and repairs for income..
…. But then there is those times when I get a house with a dog that doesn’t shut up.. Cannot even have a conversation with the customer without the dog yelling over our voices…
… or maybe it is the neighbours dog barking for an hour through the fence at me … Barking about nothing..
Almost 100% of the times this happens , you can bet it is a small dog…
So then 1 day I changed my modo to… I love dogs, except small dogs…
Then later I realized that is not fair to the small dogs…
It’s the dog’s owner that I dislike…
Customer’s dog is barking every second…. owners might even tell the dog to be quiet… the dog doesn’t listen , cause it thinks it is boss and never had to listen its entire life with consequences… The customer goes to pick up dog, but the dog runs in circles so they can’t…
It entirely the dumb owners fault for never training the dog as a puppy..
Yes, dogs bark when someone’s at the door… After the dog sees the owner allow you inside and the dog does his greating (sniffing you) , all barking should stop..
Other than that, a dog should only bark when a threat or excitement happens,, and again stop seconds later…
Yes, I agree with RW… Owners don’t deserve to have a dog that hasn’t had 1 minute of attention and training… The owners only taught their dogs to be rude to everyone and everything… Not acceptable. Period.
HOw about I be your neighbour and yell at you over the backyard fence everytime you try to enjoy your yard ?
Would you like me ? No? Oh, why not ? By your reply, you should embrace me yelling at you for hours…
Maybe we should keep your mouth shut . Locked up and only allowed to pee between the hours of 7 and 10 again ridiculously uncalled for. I am putting up cameras and I will catch my neighbor provoking my dogs. To court we go.