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Dog with very loud bark next door

  • 20-01-2008 01:42PM
    #1
    The Denouncer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 435 ✭✭


    The family next door got a dog recently..now it doesn't bark that often, but when it does..it can bark at all hours of the morning (about 80% of nights it barks very early am) and wakes me up every time. I have a problem sleeping as it is and the dog wakes me up even when I wear ear plugs, its very loud.
    I have said to them a few times and it improves for a while but then reverts to the same old. The thing is it actually doesn't bark that often, its just that the bark cuts right through you, if you know what I mean, no matter where you sleep in the house. I call it the "noise machine", to them it may be classed as a dog but to me its just noise, and I need some proper advice on my next step..


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  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    The Denouncer wrote: »
    The family next door got a dog recently..now it doesn't bark that often, but when it does..it can bark at all hours of the morning (about 80% of nights it barks very early am) and wakes me up every time. I have a problem sleeping as it is and the dog wakes me up even when I wear ear plugs, its very loud.
    I have said to them a few times and it improves for a while but then reverts to the same old. The thing is it actually doesn't bark that often, its just that the bark cuts right through you, if you know what I mean, no matter where you sleep in the house. I call it the "noise machine", to them it may be classed as a dog but to me its just noise, and I need some proper advice on my next step..

    Not a PI really...but i'd say there's not a lot he owners can do about a dog that barks every once in a while...


  • #3
    the dee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭the dee


    Maybe move to animal and pet issues. This sort of thing has come up before there?


  • #4
    pebbles21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭pebbles21


    jump over neighbours fence and throw dog in your garden for the night and see how your neighbours like it then!!
    that will teach them;)


  • #5
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Gun.


  • #6
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Have anyone else in the neighbourhood mentioned it to you or the dog owners?


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  • #7
    Daithio
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    Call over to their house and as friendly as possible stress the issue again, but let them know it's becoming a serious pain. Tell them it's really disrupting your sleep and that you'd really appreciate if they got a bark collar for the dog (it's a thing that has a noise sensor on it and squirts lemon juice at the dog when it barks lol). They really work. If it wakes you up again after you've suggested this in a friendly way then call over and start shouting at them!


  • #8
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    dogs need to be indoors at night imo.


  • #9
    The Denouncer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 435 ✭✭The Denouncer


    Thanks for the replies. One night a while back there was a gathering of neighbours ready to complain when it was going nuts for 4 hours. Anyway I knocked in and he was stressing that "Come on now it doesn't bark that much compared to.." but I stressed that it is a problem and had a friendly chat, and last night it didn't bark. Had a nice relaxing sleep.


  • #10
    padi89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭padi89


    Overheal wrote: »
    dogs need to be indoors at night imo.

    Why:confused:


  • #11
    Squiggle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,267 ✭✭✭Squiggle


    The Denouncer wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies. One night a while back there was a gathering of neighbours ready to complain when it was going nuts for 4 hours. Anyway I knocked in and he was stressing that "Come on now it doesn't bark that much compared to.." but I stressed that it is a problem and had a friendly chat, and last night it didn't bark. Had a nice relaxing sleep.

    You took the right approach imo but if there is a nuisance dog and the owner is inconsiderate and uncooperative the Control of Dog acts is always there to fall back on.


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  • #12
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    padi89 wrote: »
    Why:confused:

    so that:

    1) they don't make a nuisance of themselves by barking through the night
    2) they can't get nicked or escape while you're asleep
    3) you become aware if they have any medical emergencies


  • #13
    The Artist
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    peasant wrote: »
    so that:

    1) they don't make a nuisance of themselves by barking through the night
    2) they can't get nicked or escape while you're asleep
    3) you become aware if they have any medical emergencies
    i tottally agree i keep my dogs in as one night my staff woke us up as there was smoke comming from the kitchen as i left one of the rings on cooker to heat up teapot,got burnt out thanks to my dog.If he was outside god knows what would have happened.Dog inside are life savers!


  • #14
    The Denouncer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 435 ✭✭The Denouncer


    Theres also 2 other dogs roaming the estate, a small Terrier and another bigger dog. I know where one of them live (they just let it out in the estate) but the other one is filthy and just wanders around doing its business. Its only a pup really. Thinking about calling the dog warden sometime.


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