Neighbours dog barking

Samie1

We live in the countryside, next door is a rented house, a Polish couple moved in about a month ago, they have a little jack russell (I think!). our introduction to him was for him to jump the wall between our houses and bark in our sitting room window at us, my husband ran him out the drive and the dog just went in next door and hopped around barking across the wall to us. At this point the neighbours came out and my husband just said, We don't want your dog in our garden.

We have two small children and as any normal kids they tend to play in the garden and if the dog is outside next door, albeit tied up, he just keeps barking and barking until the neighbours take him in. This barking terrifies my little girl who thinks the dog is about to come across the wall again.

Lately they've started leaving him roam around the place, and if we go outside at all he's up to the wall barking again, it's not very nice for us at all.

Then this morning was the straw that broke the camels back, at 6:30am the dog started barking and continued until about 9:30, and of course starts up anytime I open my back door. I called round to mention to them that we didn't appreciate being woken my their dog barking but got no response to ringing the doorbell, so I'm guessing this is now what the weekdays are going to be like, woken at 6:30am with a dog barking.

We don't know what to do, is it normal for a dog to bark so much? should he not have "settled in" by now? Are they safe dogs to have around children? I do say to my kids that it's ok he's only barking, but I honestly don't know if he'd bite them or anything?

Ave Sodalis

keep trying to mention it to your neighbours. if they ignore you then i think you can write a complaint to the council. it shouldnt bite unless it is growling at the same time but again i would consult your neighbour to make sure it is okay with children!

Intothesea

Hello there. Dude is right, you can complain
to your local council after a 'good neighbourly'
chat with your lovely neighbours. If you can't
ever collar them I would leave a note in their
letterbox asking them to arrange a chat-date
with you. If nothing happens in a reasonable
amount of time, off to the council, I say

It sounds as if you're a victim of a prevalent
disease: dog cluelessness. I'd hand over some
printed internet articles on basic dog needs:
regular exercise, stimulating play, basic training
and a nice comfortable role at the bottom of
the pack, or maybe you could chance pointing
them in the right direction? If they couldn't be
bothered to look after their dog, there's no way
it should be bothering your children or you.

Here's a few basic-consideration dog websites:

http://dogplay.com/GettingDog/choosing.html

http://ezinearticles.com/?Dog-Training---Exercise-and-Play-Can-Make-A-Difference&id=295839

http://www.terrificpets.com/dog_breeds/Jack_Russell_Terrier.asp

In general Jack Russell dogs love children and play
well with them, but still have to be watched. A
badly-handled dog is an unknown though, and it
wouldn't be nice to find out the hard way. If you
are inclined to want to be kind to him and give him
a chance you could always interact a bit with the
dog, offer him food, see how gentle he is, toss a
ball for him etc. I'd guess that he's absolutely bored
off his little rocker and can't keep quiet or still, and is
not properly socialised.

Hope it works out for you

Ruby-J

samie1 i can whole heartedly agree sympathise with you as we have the exact same problem!!! We have our own dog but she is more a house dog and only goes into the garden to use her bathroom, or if we are out there playing with her. There are 100s of dogs in our estate BUT there is one particular dog that is about 6 houses down behind us and the dog barks night, noon and morn. I personally think the dog is abused because it is not normal to have a dog bark so much imho! I have rang the guards at 4am to say "ive been rudely wakened by a dog barking, what can i do??" It has come to a point where i believe the dogs owners are either deaf or are just inconsiderate and i feel so bad for their direct neighbours either side having to cope with it as im sure its 100 times louder for them.

raindog.promo

I've been listening to the neighbours dog bark for 4 hours now (and counting). It's a regular occurence.
It's a beautiful dog, is left out the back garden for the majority of the day and has no kennel even. It was caught out in the thunder and lightning the other day and I thought it was disgraceful.

I don't think you should have a dog unless you're going to train it and take proper care and show it enough attention. It's unfair on everyone else and especially the dog.

I once had the pleasure of minding a collie that was so well trained you could walk it without a leash and she would follow at your heel and respond immediately to a host of verbal commands.

kerrysgold

Raindog, if the dog has no shelter they are breaking the law and the local SPCA might be able to do something about it, you should report it!

OP, poor dog is the victim of ignorance here, left out in the yard tied up, no walks or attention I'm guessing? Is he brought in at night? boredom is probably the cause of the barking, he is bored and looking for some attention.

as for you're daughter being afraid of him, again, whether or not a dog is aggressive or not has nothing to do with his breed, I'd say meet the dog and assess him yourself, maybe try and make friends with the neighbour, maybe offer to walk the dog for them or something to help yourselves and the dog? probably a bit difficult with the language barrier but still. could be a good experience for yourselves and your daughter and especially the dog if they agreed to such an arrangement.

LadyTBolt

kerrysgold wrote: »

Raindog, if the dog has no shelter they are breaking the law and the local SPCA might be able to do something about it, you should report it!

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+1 You must report this cruelty