Neighbours dog barking

D3V!L

Just looking for advice. I bought a house a year ago and moved in. From the first day my neighbours dog barks constantly all day, EVERY SINGLE DAY. Its a bark..... pause ....... bark. Which I know is the dog looking for an answer, usually because its lonely.

Its left out in the back garden day in day out. I spoke to the neighbour and they didn't want to know and said its normal. My wife also spoke to them and got the same answer. The DSPCA said because the dog has a kennel, food and water then can do nothing.

Any suggestions ?

bertiebomber

ask if you can walk the dog?

D3V!L

bertiebomber wrote: »

ask if you can walk the dog?

We did , they weren't interested

D3V!L

bertiebomber wrote: »

are they travellers?

No, eastern European as far as I can tell.

miss flutter ups

My parents have the same issue and were advised by the council their only option is to take the dog owners to court. If doing this, you have to keep a record of any time you called to the house/sent letter requesting the owners to take action.

The Gardai / county council can do nothing. Very frustrating as noone wants to fall out with their neighbours

Just to add when my father called to the house he was told "it's the dogs right to bark"... we always had dogs and a happy dog never barks

Grab All Association

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I don’t know if these devices actually work. Hopefully other boardies reading this will share their experience using one.

Cherry Blossom

Bertiebomber, I have deleted two of your posts. Please familiarise yourself with the charter stickied at the top of the forum. Please do not advocate illegal activity. We take a pretty dim view of “staunch animal welfare activists” here. Do not reply to this post on thread.
Thanks,
CB.

Graces7

miss flutter ups wrote: »

My parents have the same issue and were advised by the council their only option is to take the dog owners to court. If doing this, you have to keep a record of any time you called to the house/sent letter requesting the owners to take action.

The Gardai / county council can do nothing. Very frustrating as noone wants to fall out with their neighbours

Just to add when my father called to the house he was told "it's the dogs right to bark"... we always had dogs and a happy dog never barks

Adding here that often the letter advising them that you are preparing to take them to court stops the problem. A formal typewritten letter..

Court action for this costs I think E20 and no solicitor needed.

I had this issue out here with a collie that barked and barked and barked all night. I phoned them in the wee small hours one night! They were furious until I then mentioned "the Gardaí" and no more problems then. I said the same to them that a dog never barked if it was happy.

You could try a "silent" dog training whistle.

JL555

D3V!L wrote: »

Just looking for advice. I bought a house a year ago and moved in. From the first day my neighbours dog barks constantly all day, EVERY SINGLE DAY. Its a bark..... pause ....... bark. Which I know is the dog looking for an answer, usually because its lonely.

Its left out in the back garden day in day out. I spoke to the neighbour and they didn't want to know and said its normal. My wife also spoke to them and got the same answer. The DSPCA said because the dog has a kennel, food and water then can do nothing.

Any suggestions ?

I would advise you to:

Take a log each time there's barking, record the time, the date.

Notify the neighbour, via registered post and keep a copy of the letter. If your neighbour bothers to reply keep that too.

Make audio recordings and make video recordings of the noise (video recordings to provide evidence that it is in fact the neighbours dog but you have to be careful how you video record, you'll figure it out.

If your neighbour continues to ignore your requests to keep the noise under control then go to the local courthouse and set a date for a hearing. It costs €25. You will then need to give formal notification (with a form you will receive from the court) to you neighbour. Again, send this by registered post.

Go to court, bring all evidence, you've gathered, bring all correspondence you've sent to your neighbour. The responsibility is on you to prove that this is causing a disruption to your life, but if you do all the above you should have a bullet proof case. By the way, the judge might only be interested in the previous 6-12 months of problems, so start logging and recording ASAP.

I had the same problem with my neighbours, had a serious impact on my job as I could not sleep and the job was very demanding. The neighbours denied there was any problem, then told me never to contact them again, luckily for me, I had all this in electronic format from them (idiots), brought all the recordings and correspondence to the court and they hadn't a leg to stand on.

Don't put up with it.

acequion

I completely agree with the last poster. Absolutely don't put up with it! A human being's right to some peace in his own home overrides the rights of an animal. So this business that the dog has to bark or has a right to bark is rubbish. Animal owners need to be responsible and to ensure that their pet is not being a nuisance.

So start recordings, audio or video and keep a log with times, dates, duration.

I had the same problem for over a year. I made several attempts to resolve the matter in a neighbourly way but all to no avail. So I started recordings which I showed them and told them that I would be left with no option but to take it further if they didn't control their dog. That pretty much did the trick as there is a big improvement since, though the dog is still a nuisance. A huge coolness between my family and these neighbours which we really wanted to avoid but we had no choice and at least we got it more or less sorted and no longer have to put up with constant barking.

Best of luck!

Graces7

acequion wrote: »

I completely agree with the last poster. Absolutely don't put up with it! A human being's right to some peace in his own home overrides the rights of an animal. So this business that the dog has to bark or has a right to bark is rubbish. Animal owners need to be responsible and to ensure that their pet is not being a nuisance.

So start recordings, audio or video and keep a log with times, dates, duration.

I had the same problem for over a year. I made several attempts to resolve the matter in a neighbourly way but all to no avail. So I started recordings which I showed them and told them that I would be left with no option but to take it further if they didn't control their dog. That pretty much did the trick as there is a big improvement since, though the dog is still a nuisance. A huge coolness between my family and these neighbours which we really wanted to avoid but we had no choice and at least we got it more or less sorted and no longer have to put up with constant barking.

Best of luck!

One of the "problems" in some cases is that the owners do not hear the barking so think we are either exaggerating or lying. Happened once when a neighbour had gone cutting turf and left the dog at home. Poor thing barked non stop for hours then shut up when he got home. When I tried to talk to him he went ballistic It was only when I said that I was about to call a vet out when he came back that he calmed down. The worst was when they used to tie the dog up in a field away from the house so they could not hear it. In storms. That poor dog howled. That is when they got a letter advising them of court action and they moved it to a shed near the house.

D3V!L

Through a little digging and my super googling powers I found out the owner of the house. Judging from the appearance of the property I gathered it was rented.

I'm calling the owner in the morning to gauge his opinion on it before I take it further.

D3V!L

This has been resolved , thankfully. After a year of daily barking, we had a nice quiet evening.

The tenant has been told he has 4 weeks to get rid of the dog. Seemingly they had 2 dogs recently and the landlord told them they weren't allowed any.

charlietheminxx

Glad you got sorted... hope the poor dog finds better owners

D3V!L

charlietheminxx wrote: »

Glad you got sorted... hope the poor dog finds better owners

Yes I know. I was sad to hear it was due to be rehomed. Its a case of animal abuse pure and simple.

Graces7

D3V!L wrote: »

This has been resolved , thankfully. After a year of daily barking, we had a nice quiet evening.

The tenant has been told he has 4 weeks to get rid of the dog. Seemingly they had 2 dogs recently and the landlord told them they weren't allowed any.

Great news. I did wonder when you said they were renting .

acequion

You were lucky though that the owner is sympathetic to the problem and got it sorted. Not always the case.

Enjoy the peace and quiet,it's like sunshine after the rain.:)