Should I feed my neighbor's barking dog?

Question

Rude neighbors. Small cute loud dog is ignored by them, unloved, nervous, runs free and barks all day long. Animal control (including supervisor) refuse to do anything. Ever. Neighbor refuses to do anything. Attorney wants $$$ to even file a restraining order. Hey, I feel sorry for the dog! Should I try to feed/befriend/liberate/other? It's one of those teeny yappers. They leave it home alone all day from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. It's really sad.

Clarification: The neighbors WANT it this way ..... they say their "philosophy" is to "create" an angry junkyard dog mentality so that it is "a good guard while we are away." The last dog was this way too. Miserable, barking, hungry. Animal control and the neighbors will do nothing. I've made repeated attempts. I feel really sorry for these dogs.

Animal control says "well he looks okay."

Answer 1

Latchkey dog, hmm? Well, I always get philo-
sophical with these questions...I think Earthlings
think that Earthlings are the most important
beings on Earth. But, about the barking...(umm,
you seem to have several questions here),
go outside and bark at the dog. That's worked
for me, with dogs several yards over, or find some
good hard rock or metal you can play on a portable
boom box, take the stereo outside and blast the
dog with the music. Or you could take to sitting
on the back porch listening to Helmet or Motorhead
or the Beatles, and wait for the useless owners
to b****. Then you can read them the riot act.
Hope I've helped. Remember, it could be a
Labrador, but their owners are usually kinder.

Answer 2

Some people should not be pet owners. If they are gone a whopping 15 hours a day, every day, why have a dog? Yet, if the dog is healthy overall, there is little Animal Control can do. Just because a dog is alone, doesn't necessarily mean it's abused. If the dog has his shots and is well fed, then that means the owners are at least doing the minimal amount necessary to keep the dog healthy.

My advice might be to talk to your neighbors. If necessary, make up some excuse - like you work from home and the dog's barking makes it difficult for you to conduct business. But instead of being accusatory and threatening, offer to care for the dog during the day or at least part of the day, that is, provided you can. It might be far better that the dog is with you from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at least, than free in the yard. Also, by asking permission, the neighbors are agreeing to let you feed their dog. I'm not crazy on people, even ones I know, feeding my dogs. Dogs have more particulal stomachs and a food that you think is perfectly fine may be very upsetting for a dog. Hence, it's best to ask.

If the neighbors refuse your help on all levels (from watching to feeding), then remind them that the dog is disturbing your work and you simply cannot have a dog barking all day, every day. Again, try a gentle approach to see if they can come to a solution (I crate my dogs inside, with lots of food and toys when I'm not home - but I don't work those long hours and I come home for lunch). Perhaps they can find a dog-walker (another service you can offer) so that they can leave their dog inside (or inside in a crate).

If they still refuse to do anything, then sadly, you may have to get that restraining order. But before paying big $$ to a lawyer, shop around. You may be able to get a second or third year law student to help you for free or at a very reduced price. Given that this is a small claim, you don't need someone with years of experience - heck, you might even be able to do this on your own!

Good luck!

Answer 3

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/qadDG

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 4

in the event that they stated he howled at 4 am once you recognize for a actuality that he replaced into interior and you've gotten heard him howl, then there may well be some confusion going on approximately the place the howling is coming from. i recognize from adventure that it rather is totally puzzling to confirm the place a barking canines is that in case you may no longer see it.That stated, in spite of the indisputable fact that, if he's exterior while you're at artwork, you haven't any longer any way in any respect of understanding despite if or no longer he makes noise while you're long gone. You stated he's exterior "in basic terms jointly as we are at artwork", yet how long is that? while you're like maximum individuals, you're long gone for 9 hours or greater once you bypass to artwork. this could be a significant component of the day. then you certainly stated he would not bark, different than if he's worked up/enjoying. How commonly is that? From what you assert, for all you recognize the canines is making noise everywhere as much as ten hours an afternoon. the only way you would be rather useful your canines isn't being a nuisance while you're no longer there is to limit him to the abode. If he's no longer totally abode experienced(why no longer? how previous is this canines?) and can't be depended directly to no longer get into issues, that's what crates and comparable issues are for. And while you're very sound sleepers, maybe you sleep via noise the canines makes that the neighbours hear. I even have certainly been stored unsleeping, and woken up, by way of a neighbour's canines while the neighbours themselves have been curiously able to sleep via their very very own canines barking at 2 am.

Answer 5

If you think you could befriend it , then by all means do so.
Maybe then it would have some security and not bark so much.
You should feed it!
Someone above had said there could be legal issues. Which is a good point, so call animal control again, you said you had done that already, but this time let them know what you intend to do. Maybe then they could document the call. That way if any legal thing should arise you have some proof you only had good intentions!

Answer 6

Well if you "liberate" her, it would be wonderful for the dog :)
I had the same problem here a couple years ago, except the owners kept calling the local shelter and finding her every time I would bring her in for running free. So the last time I brought her in for running the streets ( I almost hit her) I took her to a shelter further away and said I found her and I couldn't keep her. I got a phone call from them a bout a week later to say she had been adopted by a wonderful family with a stay at home mom and 3 boys.

Answer 7

I would call animal control or police, don't feed it. What if it is allergic to something you feed to it, then maybe you would be held responsible for vet bills or worse. Also they might accuse you of harming the dog. You could tape the barking, so you would have something for the police to hear or maybe call the people in the middle of the night. ( as long as they don't have caller ID) so they would hear the racket, and they will get the hint.

Answer 8

go ask the owner to shut the dog up
do it in a nice way
spray it with a squirt gun of plain water
dont murder that dog with poison food
offer to baby it till it shuts up
its scared and lonely and needing attention
find out what can be done to stop the yapping
dont get a damn lawyer
dont get a shotgun
go over there nicely and explain the situation
make friends with the dog
bring your dog with you
let them make friends if posible
get the other neighbors to do likewise
then the dang dog will shut up because he will think he BELONGS plus you want the little bugger to bark sometimes to keep the petty thieves away

Answer 9

Does this little dog have food, water and shelter? Make sure it does. Then go talk to your neighbors. Ask if you can have the dog or find it a new home since they are gone so much and don't have time for it.

Answer 10

Maybe instead of confronting your neighbor, you could approach the issue as a favor to you. I know, it's cheesy, but rude people respond better to this than being scolded. Maybe just ask them if you could puppy-sit during the days while they're gone. Ask if they wouldn't mind your coming over and playing w/ the pup. I don't advocate dishonesty, but maybe you could say something like you just think he/she's SOOO cute and you're not able to have one, so you'd love to be able to spend time with theirs while they're at work.
Just a thought. Wouldn't hurt to try.