We have a neighbor with a boxer, whenever he’s outside alone, it’s bo-wo-wo, over and over. Periodically we complain, they use a bark collar and all is well. Then they stop and we have to start over with the complaints.
I’ve read about sonic bark inhibitors, anyone had any luck with those working? I’d love to discourage the dog without having to nag the neighbors, they must not really believe it happens, or don’t like the collar or something like that or they’d keep using the collar. I’d rather not go down the road of getting them feeling as cranky as we feel, they might be the type to be retaliatory.
Any suggestions?
I tried one but it did not work at all…luckily that set of neighbors moved. I am not sure why people that own dogs do not seem to realize how highly irritating a continual barking dog can be to others. They either do not hear it or do not care and I am afraid it is the latter.
DW and I would like to sell our house and move to a condo but we cannot find one that is pet-free. I like animals but cannot stand to hear a nonstop barking dog for long.
I think one of the reasons that people who own continually barking dogs don’t know how annoying it is is because dogs often bark a lot when they’re unattended (sometimes inside the house, more often outside the house), and if the owners are gone, they’re not going to hear the barking.
People don’t believe their dogs are a problem because dogs generally behave when the owners are around. Our neighbors house sitters used to let the dogs out in the yard at night when the neighbors traveled… the neighbors thought it would serve as a deterrent… the owners were not there to hear the non-stop barking. That was the only bad part about House1.
We have a neighbor who believes that barking dogs are just “being dogs” and doesn’t address his large dogs’ excessive barking. He actually reprimanded me for scolding my own dog when he was barking. Um no, I don’t want my dog to bark at every passerby! It makes me insane because they get let out at 5:30 am and some nights at midnight. I find it rude and inconsiderate.
I have a neighbor who likes to leave their upstairs windows wide open whenever they’re away. Their dog would bark literally every second out those open windows for HOURS. During the day time, I didn’t mind as much, but when it did one time when my neighbor was out until very late into the night, I had to call the neighbor to come home to fix that problem. I thought of getting a sonic bark inhibitor, too, but I read too many bad reviews to go for it. That dog died soon after, and the new dog that the neighbor brought home didn’t bark as much. My recommendation is to call the city government that deals with the barking dog issues if the problem persists after you’ve already informed the neighbor.
We have an aged dog who has started to bark for no reason. (Someone told me it’s a sign of dementia - irrelevant.) However, I can tell you it is highly irritating!! And I am not talking about to the neighbours! If I am upstairs and he starts barking I have to come down and sit with him because I CANNOT carry on with what I am doing because it drives me MAD!
Yep, I called animal control last time this happened and it was fixed, but they must have stopped using the collar.Yes, the dog only works when they are not home. I called animal control Monday and no change yet. Because it’s a small town, because it’s a remote vacation rental, I don’t want to risk them being vindictive when I am not here. They are new neighbors as of last year.
Our next door neighbor has three dogs that bark way too much. They bark at squirrels, wind, delivery people, me, my dog, my husband…I try to be patient with the animals because it is not their fault. The woman is a shrew and so rude and if I say something about the dogs barking she just yells at them louder. She is a morning person and the dogs are often out at 5:00 barking. She has lived there about 10 years and 3 men have moved in and moved out…last one lasted about 2 years. I could hear her screaming at him while they were inside and I was outside. A U-Haul rolled up the next day and I never saw him again.
Still, it is better than the previous owner who chain smoked on the patio. I did get a noise machine for our bedroom and we hear them less in the morning and our dog no longer barks in return.
Our neighbors smoke and have barking dogs! They actually are nice most of the time, but the previous invisible older couple were perfect. Yesterday the little dog got out and was prancing around in my yard. I went out on my porch and she started barking at me. So irritating!
I have dogs. I am a dog lover. Sometimes I foster dogs. In my village, it is more common to see a car pass by with several dogs in the passenger seats than children.
By law, all lots are a minimum of one acre & two horses are permitted for each lot.
Throughout the night I have to let the dogs out to respond to the howling coyotes.
We had trouble with a barking neighbor. He firmly believed that he had the right to live in a world completely free from any sound generated by dogs. I agree that dogs who bark incessantly or at night need to be dealt with by one method or another, but this guy made no allowance for any barking at all. At the sound of the first yip he was on the phone calling cops to complain. He was renting the house, and shortly after he moved in all the neighbors who owned dogs (not just problem dogs) got visits from the animal control officers due to this guy’s complaints.
Some of the neighbors were good friends with the owner of the house who previously lived there, and they called and told him what his tenant was up to. The landlord promptly kicked the tenant out because of his unreasonable behavior and came around apologized to everyone for the trouble the guy had caused.
The law gives you the right for peaceful use of your domain. If barking dogs are keeping you awake then you have every right to call the police. If your spending hours a day listening to a barking dog, then you have the right to call the police. No one should have to put up with a dog that barks all day long anymore than they should have to put up with a neighbors screaming, and I mean screaming, kids all day long, every day. Both just need proper training.
I love dogs but… continuous dog barking is a huge nuisance! Our neighbor would leave their dog outside when they went out for the day and well into the evening hours, sometimes for 6 or more hours. I only had 1 neighbor that it affected besides me. Since they would give her lemons off their tree, she would ONLY complain to me about it. Heck, I was always helping this same neighbor with simple fix-it jobs hoping she would join me in complaining but that never happened. After numerous calls to the offenders and profuse apologies each time without any action, as well as police notices on their door on the late evening occurrences, I documented each occurrence in the event I ended up filing a grievance but, without another neighbor joining me in my complaint, I wasn’t all that thrilled in pursuing it alone. I finally took matters into my own hands:
I found a 5 hour tape of an angry barking dog on the internet and played it loudly and proudly on my Bose wireless speaker in my upstairs guest bathroom on the bathtub ledge with the window open and the door closed, so it didn’t bother me when I was home. Since we didn’t own a dog, barking or otherwise, she FINALLY go the message. And as an added bonus, my next door neighbor stopped asking me for fix-it favors…
We had a barking dog in the past. TBH, he didn’t bother us at all, but I guess he drove our neighbor nuts. HOWEVER, the guy never said a word to us, but went straight to our town. Unfortunately, his timing was bad. He barged over and pounded on our door shortly after I’d brought our infant son home from the hospital with a serious illness. “See this paper?!?!? I wrote the town and if your dog barks one more time he is OUT OF HERE!!” The anger was over the top. If he had approached us first, of course we would have taken action. 
While writing my post #10 above, I was interrupted & had to leave.
My point is that even as a dedicated dog lover, I understand that constant barking is a nuisance for those living in close proximity to their neighbors. My suggestion is to ask the neighbors with barking dogs to provide dog chew toys or a small portable swimming pool or other entertainment for their dogs in an effort to curtail the constant barking.
I see this an owner behavior issue more than an animal behavior issue. Please do not take it out on the dog as it is the dog owner’s responsibility to properly care for his or her pet.
(Where I live, dogs tend to be treated more like children than as pets. We have very few problems related to complaints about dog behavior as a result.)
We had a neighborhood dog who barked incessantly when his owners were at work. The owners were sure their neighbors were incorrect that it was their dog who was barking, because “he never barks when we let them out.” I valued our friendship aside from this annoying dog, so it was awkward. One day after several hours of barking, I called their house and got their answering machine. I said nothing - just held the receiver up to my window and recording several solid minutes of audible annoyance. They never left their dog outside when they weren’t home again.
110% agree!
One of the main reasons dogs bark is that they are lonely. Dogs are pack animals & crave belonging to a group. We have found it easier to have two dogs rather than one as they play with, entertain & comfort one another.
FWIW All of my experience with dog ownership is limited to retrievers, or mixed breeds with clear retriever in them, & border collies. We adopt rescue dogs so I cannot be more specific about the mix of breeds.
I am very proud of my two dogs, they completely ignore this dog on the other side of the back fence, good dogs! And yes, it is totally an owner issue. I agree that they must either not be bothered by it themselves or not believe it’s as bad as we say.
I am typing a note to put on their door today and will offer my mobile # so that if she wants to text me her number, I can text her the sound so she knows it’s real.