How to deal with neighbor's barking little dogs?

Question

I live in a condo area and my neighbors on each side in the last year adopted small dogs that yip and yap at absoloutely anything because they've not been trained and are not walked frequently enough. Any noise will set them off. A fly...a falling leaf...any disturbance or change in their sequestered little world will set them off barking and I'm getting sick of the noise. I love dogs, really I do. But I'm not going to walk my neighbors dogs for them and I doubt I could convince them to watch The Dog Whisperer on Animal Planet and pick up some basic advice on dog training. I'm not so low as to poison the dogs (a heinous crime). But they're a nuisance and I'm reluctant to cause neighbor strife by complaining to the police. The barking is'nt all day or night...just intermittant throughout the day but it is that little yappy dog barking that just pisses you off, you know?. And no-one can exit or enter the front or back without setting off a barking party. Any bright ideas?

Answer 1

You are probably not the only person bothered by this, do you have a condo association or other person to bring up issues like this with?
The no-bark collars are quite effective, my mom has a barky little dog and that's what she did. What is more cruel, the dog receiving a correction for bad behavior or the neighbors being disturbed at all hours by an ill behaved canine?
I am a dog owner, and feel strongly that it is the dog owners responsibilty to be sure their dogs are not being a nuisance. I live in the country and have few neighbors, but when I do get to chat with a neighbor over the fence (this happens about once every six months to a year with various neighbors) I always check in about my dogs and if they are being a disturbance at all.
You may want to write your neighbors a calm, considered and polite letter advising them how disturbing the barking is and asking that they get control of it.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I understand the situation you are in now. Did you ever tell your neighbours about this problem, you know some people are ignorant and may not be aware that their barking dogs are a nuisance to you and other neighbours. Try talk to them and see if a solution could be worked out. If your neighbours are ignoring your complaint maybe you could gather a few other neighbours together and lodge a formal collective complaint with the management of your condo. If this also doesn't work, then i am afraid your last resort would be going to the police. Don't ever do the silly stuff like walking your neighbours' dogs, that's their responsibilities not yours. Besides walking the dogs won't guarantee that the dogs would stop barking

Answer 4

You do not have to involve the police. Have you spoken to these people and voiced your complaint directly to them? Have you repeated your complaint to them many times over many months without any effect? Time to get your home owner association involved. You know, those people you pay a fee to, to maintain the common areas, those people. Keep a record. Note how many times and on what days you have complained to the neighbors about their dogs barking. Take this information to the next association meeting and voice your complaint there. Complain to the home owners association about the dogs disturbing the peace, your peace. Maybe there are rules governing pets that are simply not being enforced. You got a copy of the covenants when your building went condo or you moved in to an existing condo. Read the covenants carefully. Look for rules regarding pets. Look for rules regarding noise. If all of this fails, then you get the police involved on disturbing the peace of the neighborhood. A friend in a rural neighborhood of residential housing had a similar problem. His next door neighbor had a standard collie which barked at the back door of the house all day long. Normally, this would not be a problem, it was only when the woman who lived there went to work, the dog spent the day outside in a very large backyard with a proper doghouse, food, water, all the comforts. The dog was not being mistreated in any way, but it would sit at the back patio door and bark and howl all day until the woman came home and took the dog inside. This became a problem when my friend went onto a night shift at which point he discovered a problem he had been unaware of since he had not been home during the day when the dog was outside. He told her, and she did nothing. After complaining several times over many weeks, he went to the cops and they could do nothing since the dog could not be heard at the front street where there was public property, only in the backyards on private property, which changed the rules to a civil rather than a criminal matter and the cops dropped out of the picture. Faced with civil litigation or taking an alternative course, my friend got an anti-barking device. This is a thing which is triggered by the unique characteristics of a barking dog. When it hears barking for a period of time, it turns on a very loud ultrasonic noisemaker, sort of like an extremely loud dog whistle, which stays on for as long as the device hears barking and turns off after it hears several seconds of no barking a few seconds later and is loud enough to cause the dog discomfort. The dog barks, the dog gets loud noise only it can hear for as long as it continues to bark. No bark, no loud noise. It was expensive, but it WAS effective. Within a few days, the dog stopped barking. This is NOT the correct way to handle the situation, but a last resort when there are NO other options open to you.

Answer 5

Do NOT confront the neighbors. If they are nasty, ill-bred people (and so many are these days), they will retaliate. You are in a condo. I hope your car is locked up in a garage and not open to vandalism in a carport! If you have pets of your own, I wouldn't let them out without your supervision. Nasty people can and will attack your pets and your vehicle and home.

If you must notify your neighbors, do so in writing and anonymously. They may be gone at work during the day and may not even be aware that there is a problem. Try calling your local police or Animal Control and ask if there is anything that can be done. Many cities have noise ordinances. If you have to, and unfortunately I don't think it will do much good, you could try attending an association meeting and explain your dilemma. But I doubt you will get any support from the condo association. Like it or not, condo living is little better than renting. You have all the disadvantages of both a rental and home ownership - with none of the advantages such as a manager with which to complain. You may end up wearing earplugs. Since you are an animal lover and obviously a person of intelligence, just try to remember that little dogs have short lifespans so this won't go on forever. Have you thought of putting the radio on during the day with soft music, sort of like white sound to help muffle the noise?

Answer 6

If you feel up to it, knock on their door and tell them that their dog is disrupting you and give some good (not necessarily true) reason like you have a big big big big BIG exam coming up. Or you can avoid contact by just sending them a letter.
TRY NOT TO SUGGEST TO THEM WHAT TO DO.
They might take it negatively that you think they are stupid enough not train and care for their own dog.

If they don't really care (which I don't think they will unless they want to live such a noisy life for another 10+ years), then blast music really loudly over at your place to drown their sounds, use ear plugs, or test your patience. If it continues for a long time I think you would get used to it already.

Thank God if they do listen to you, and if you feel friendly enough you can suggest a few good websites on training dogs or give them a christmas present of a book on dogs.

Personal suggestion: Don't give them something specifically on training, but on dogs overall. It will not show that you are irritated by their barking but interested in those dogs as a whole, so they would not be so offended if they get the hint (:

Answer 7

I have a good neighbor. Their fence goes up about 5 feet from my bedroom. When I moved in I remember seeing that dog. It was a Female Austrian Shepperd. That bread is not bad. But like you say no one ever walked it or trained it. She was very noisy. Barking at birds, bugs, clouds, and whatever sometimes at 2 am. One time me and a different neighbor were talking, I ask her if she could hear the dog. She must have told her cause it wasn't 2 Weeks later the dog was gone.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

I understand you. I trust Pete advice. I had a dog constantly on my again yard. I like colossal breeds and i often didn't have any barking predicament. In final few years the park in the back of my again yard was once changed via the town into a canine off leash field. At any time when puppies are jogging in the park just about my fence my dog is barking at them and they bark back. I consider that my dog as well as yours is barking when he feels that he ought to safeguard his property. If i will train canine not to bark i'll compromise my safety. Locking the significant dog within the house for daytime when i am at work additionally to the nights is evidently cruel to the dog. Metropolis takes all of the complains and is happy to hindrance tickets. To restrict penalties you have to coach your canine to discontinue barking. As to your neighbours, you simply restrict them and ignore them. I'm doing so for last two decades.

Answer 10

UHH! I know exactly what you mean. It makes me want to kill them ( and I am not a violent person.) I think you could ask your neigbors if there is anything wrong with the dogs becuase they bark all of the time. That way you can express your concern about the noise without being offensive.

After all, its better to have noisy dogs than enemy neighbors... but I know how annoying that sound is.