my gaurd dog barks and 1 neighbour complains?

My Neighbors And The Dogs From Hell!

We had been having trouble for months with our neighbors and their dogs. The dogs will bark all day and all night and it does not seem to bother them.

I have tried everything from cursing at the neighbors to calling the cops but nothing worked and it seemed like the cops felt like they had better things to do.

I finally found a solution to this problem and I could not believe how easy it was. Just go to http://www.antibarkingdevice.com/ and it will show exactly how to stop your neighbor's dog from barking.

I just popped their cd into my stereo and blasted the dog with an ultrasonic sound that humans cannot hear. It worked after one day and I was totally amazed. Anytime I hear them bark, I give them a taste of the blast just to remind them not to bark. You will love the power of shutting them up!

A dog is a dog. He is going to bark. I have two guard dogs, and they bark when the door goes too, and they also bark when they are playing outside. Your neighbours sound like they are complaining an awful lot, so like someone else on here wrote, keep a diary of all of their complaints, with times and dates etc, so that if anything official does happen like the council coming round you will have evidence of what has been happening and when.

We have awful neighbours too. They complain about everything we do too, but, in the end, we have as much right to live where we do as they do, and have the right to keep pets. If they had a guard dog, then they would only expect it to bark too. Our neighbours used to complain about our dogs barking because he sounded aggressive. It was their children taunting the dog which made him bark. It seems strange that they only complain about the dog barking when you go out. Are you sure he is really barking, or are they making this up too? I can believe he barks, but if they complain about lots of things, maybe this is made up too. As you have only had the dog a week, you can't expect miracles straight away. He is going to bark whatever happens, but it's just trying to control when and where he barks, and why. He needs time to settle into the house, and you should write this down when you get the complaints and such, so again, you have evidence. Hope this helps a little. :)

I have 4 dogs at my house. They have these loud barks too, when someone walk past or a car or motor past through my gate.

Honestly, there is nothing you can do. You can't be scolding your neighbour right?

I just need to say that is you have inconsiderate neighbours.

Dog barkings are actually good you know? It rises attentions among the neighbourhood.

Dogs never bark for nothing.

And that's why you have dogs too, right? But since you mentioned that your dog's still new @ your home, you may have to train it, which to bark at and which not to bark at.

You can do some research online. There are some free lessons on training dogs.

Well, neighbours are neighbours. I won't be teaching you to actually publish their bad acts online or via newspapers. Sigh. You'll just have to bear with it, talk to them nicely ( maybe they will NEVER LISTEN ) or something.

What dog have you got. He is obviously an adult dog if you have only had him one week and you are leaving him outside. He might not even be used to being outside much.

I would urge you not to think of him as a guard dog and I do hope he is used to living with children otherwise it is not wise to bring a large male into the home.

As for the barking, it is not pleasant to get into arguements with your neighbours anyway - and the council will get involved if they complain and you could end up losing the dog. Apart from that they can try nasty tactics like throwing poisoned meat over so try to resolve it without any nastiness.

If he has only been there a week, then he hasn't even got his feet under the table -- so to speak. His barking won't get better but will get worse once he does find his feet.

I think where the law is concerned it has to be proved you are not taking reasonable steps to keep noise down. If you are only leaving the dog for ten minutes at a time then that doesn't sound unreasonable to me and as you say, he's still settling in. I would write a polite letter to your neighbours and apologise for the dog barking but that he's new to your home and that you will endeavour to do your best to keep noise down.

They have no rights whatsoever about cars parked outside their place if there's no allocation so ignore that one. Tell your kids to avoid playing near their car and think about where you are putting your bins.

After all of that, if they continue to complain, ignore them totally. You've done all you can. As for the mother getting your home that's highly unlikely as she would only be deemed as needing a studio or one bed property.

We have a lousy neighbour who is permanently drunk and kicks in his door every week or two, with his mates coming round and waking our household at 2 in the morning at least twice a month. But guess what? He's regarded as "vulnerable" because he's an alcoholic and therefore will not be removed from his housing.

All the best :)

Eventually they could report you to the local council and eventually after a lot of impartial testing you could get banned from keeping a noisy dog (if you disobey a noise abatement order). Eventually you could end up evicted. But if those nasty neighbours want your house then they're going about it the wrong way and in any case given the bone-headed way in which housing departments work they'd probably house the extended family in a bigger house in a different part of town anyway! So they actually need to keep a low profile with the council don't they.

Give your dog a month to settle, keep it indoors when you're away. Apologise (try to make it sound genuine) if they moan about it and say one day it may even help keep them from being burgled next door. Keep a diary of events related to the relationship between yourself and your neighbours. If you really want to you can get a good enough CCTV system from one of those second-hand shops or maybe one of the discount supermarkets will have them on offer.

Sounds like you have some terrible neighbors. But regardless of how horrible they are excessive barking is unacceptable behavior. Legally they have the right to lodge a complaint if they feel your dog is disturbing the peace. I'm not exactly sure what action the authorities till take if they are notified.

It's extremely difficult to train a dog to bark at certain conditions. If they are trained to bark at intruders it's likely they'll bark at neighbors (which can be bothersome). If you have your mind set on keeping your dog as a guard dog it's best to train him/her to be quiet on command. You can't stop a dog barking but you can control it. Good luck!

If I was your neighbour and living alonside your barking dog, I'd be complaining. Sorry. You might want protection, but frankly your neighbour doesn't have to put up with your dog kicking off ....as for the rest of it - no comment. The arrival of your noisy dog is probably the final straw, by the sounds of it.

Be a respoonsible neighbour (and dog owner) and if you want a dog to protect you, that's your choice, but don't just leave it outside to bark it's head off and annoy everybody living within earshot, poor thing.

can you keep the dog indoors when youre out with maybe a radio on?

hes barking because hes settling in (as you say) but it could lead to seperation anxiety which is difficult to control

they can get a court order for you to remove the dog, but keep a note of all the petty things hes doing so if anything comes up you have a bit of evidence to back up the claim that hes mental.

If that's the way you and your family will feel safe that guy is just going to have to have to deal with it. It's life. Tell him you'll try and tame the dog but that he also has to adjust to the dog too. show the dog to like that man (if your fond of him) so he won't bark at him. Make a compromise, and try to keep the peace in your neighborhood. For now atleast.