Court order for barking dog

[Ted H]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 02 August 2024 at 19:40

[ralphrj]

Have you already reported it to the council?

https://www.gov.uk/report-noise-pollution-to-counc...

[sixor8]

Court action is a big leap.

First thing is Environmental health / council. They'd want you to keep a diary if you haven't already. A timed recording would help too. Bear in mind you'd have to declare any legal dispute with a neighbour if you own your house and want to sell it.

[NAAHD]

In the short term, investing in some good earplugs until it’s resolved

[119]

It’s bizarre behaviour as surely it must be disturbing the owners as well?

Unless they are always pissed or drugged up which seems to be more common than not these days.

[Mercdriver]

Garden hose every time it barks, it will learn

[QuartzDad]

Depends on the neighbour but I'd buy one of these and ask them to use it

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SUPERNIGHT-Citronella-Tra...

[Rh14n]

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[Pelicula]

Council will refer you to the RSPCA, who will refer you to the council.
Police will refer you to either, depending what day of the week it is.
Been there, done that.

[NFT]

Why are they barking though, is there a stalker at the bottom of the garden? And no, I don't mean you OP.

Currently mine have two large dogs, they do occasionally bark, but it's always a cat on the fence or someone walking down the side alley that sets them off, otherwise you wouldn't know when they were out, which is most of the time I walk by when they give a little growl and I shush them into silence.

[Mojooo]

I rang Env Health and lady was out within 1 hour

She spoke to neighbours later and it was sorted out

So worth a shot.

[donkmeister]

Mercdriver said:

Garden hose on the owners every time it barks, it will learn

FTFY

Training a dog takes effort, unfortunately that's too much like hard work for some people. Any dog can be trained to not shout its head off all night, but he can't figure it out by himself.

[donkmeister]

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[Simpo Two]

Think of a way to encourage them to move away...

[Mercdriver]

Still think best way is garden hose, do not involve council unless you run out of options as stated above you have to declare it if selling.

So soak the dog with cold water every time it barks, it will learn to keep quiet.

[hidetheelephants]

NAAHD said:

Please don’t kill it or poison it for the love of god

It's an inevitability on PH; threads about bad neighbours elicit hilarious bon mots about sausages and those about problem dogs will get at least one stone cold dog murderer.

[NAAHD]

hidetheelephants said:

NAAHD said:

Please don’t kill it or poison it for the love of god

It's an inevitability on PH; threads about bad neighbours elicit hilarious bon mots about sausages and those about problem dogs will get at least one stone cold dog murderer.

I sometimes wonder what the people who say this kind of thing have going on inside their nut for that to be their first thought. If they want to wage any sort of violence, I’d say take it out on the owner who’s allowing it to continue. The good thing about this method is that their new resistance will be far away from the dog and at the pleasure of his majesty’s

[Sebring440]

To the OP: Bring the dog into your home. Feed him, show him some affection and he'll stop barking. If you create a subtle passage from the "neighbour's" garden into yours, the dog won't bark when he's let out, he'll come straight over to yours for some warmth and nibbles.
There's nothing wrong with the dog in this situation.

[Muzzer79]

I was on the other end and someone complained about my dog

( who barked maybe twice a day, in the daytime, for about 5 seconds each time )

Very helpful council officer called me and agreed that dogs bark and that’s life but it shouldn’t be excessive. He said that one has to have a dog barking consistently and for a long time for it to be dealt with (which is what the OP has)

Expect to keep a diary of the noise and submit it. If you have a video camera, set that up to save having to do it later.

[Pelicula]

Why has my post criticising the person proposing the killing of the dog been removed ?
I see that that post has also been snipped.
Tedious.