Another barking dog thread

loveisdivine

I know it's been asked before and I know there are probably no solutions in this particular case but I thought I'd ask anyway, and also just to get it off my chest cos I'm losing it today.

Our neighbours were super quiet up until about 1 year ago, when their daughter, her 2 children and a dog moved in with them. It's my understanding from talking with another neighbour that the parents don't really want the dog there, so because of this the dog is left tied up outside 24 hours a day. I know the poor thing is just bored but it yaps constantly, all day, everyday.

I've considered approaching them but I don't feel it would help and would probably make things worse. The family themselves have become increasingly noisy, the children scream all evening in the garden (and I mean literally scream, not just playing noises) they have music blaring and the younger mother shouts constantly.

The most frustrating thing is they sit out all evening with the dog barking constantly. How does it not drive them mad? It's not like they are out and they don't realise the dog is barking so much. They know exactly what's happening because they are there all day and then sit out in the garden with the barking dog all evening. So they know, they obviously just don't care.

So is there anything else I can try? Other neighbour thinks making any kind of report would encourage an unwelcome response from them, she says they are not the type you can approach and she's lived next to them for decades so knows them better than we do.

Dog whistle? White noise machine for us?

Edited to add - We actually live in a more rural area with a good 50 foot between each house. Theres about 10 other houses on the road and they are all quiet old people, it's what drew us to the area, we are quiet people. We enjoy sitting out in the evenings and listening to the birds and such. Now I feel like we're back living in Coolock it's really ruined things.

em_cat

I can totally understand your frustration, we live in D8 and have kids screaming all day along with dogs that bark at everything and what’s worse is that one is a young puppy 8 mos old that has cropped ears and is super reactive to almost every thing that passes its house & the owners stand out the front with it barking at everything, do they care, not a chance. It’s been awful lately, we spend most the day with earphones in/ on just to get some peace.

I wouldn’t bother with the sonic sound devices especially if you have your own pets or livestock near, also they mostly don’t work. If they are council tenants, you could go through them. The dog warden and the EPA are your primary sources for dealing with nuisance barking & the SPCA (as it’s tied up).

I’d say if they had the right 'prompt' the mother might put her foot down.

bubbles o hara

I feel your pain. We have neighbours who either play music at ear splitting level or have their tv on so loud we can't hear ours. As a last resort, we did call the guards and they were most sympathetic. Nobody should have to put up with constant noise.

My heart breaks for the poor dog. Can you imagine being tied up every moment of every day? Soul destroying for a living being. :mad:

I wish you the best of luck and I hope that poor fur baby finds a home he deserves very soon.

loveisdivine

Thanks. It’s bloody ridiculous. Last night, about 10, the poor thing was whimpering. I ended up having to close the windows cos it was too upsetting.

Even now as I type, it’s barking like crazy.

They’re not council tenants. We’re rural houses and they’ve been living there for decades. That’s something that makes it more annoying, we’re not even in an estate with lots of families and noise. It’s a super quiet area full of elderly people, until this woman, her boyfriend and her kids came back onto the scene.

To be honest I’m hoping the younger daughter and grand children move out eventually. I mean, what mother would want to live with her parents and 2 kids forever? Maybe they’ve just moved back to save for their own place.

I’m not sure about reporting them. They’d know it’s either us or the neighbour on the other side and she’s already said she doesn’t want to confront them, so I don’t want to put her in an awkward position. She finds he dog barking just as distressing as I do.

I admit, I feel bad for you guys, but it’s a little comforting to know others are dealing with the same things as well.

Maybe I’ll blast some of our heavy metal, give them a taste of their own medicine. Maybe record of deaf cat yowling and play it out the window at full volume!