Dogs barking all night

So, after you talked to her did the dog stop barking? Or does she still leave him outside? I think you handled it correct as long as it stopped barking. I couldn't leave my dog outside if I knew he was barking. I hate when dogs bark, and even if I wasn't home (which I don't let him be outside unless someone is home) I would still want to know. I have searched my neighbors out to ask if my dog barks while I am not home because when I leave he runs up to our bay window and barks like oh where are you going without me you know I am suppose to go with you.

I have been on the other end of the situation. Our neighbors once called us and were really ugly to us because "our dog was barking" and bothering them. By that time in that dogs life he was very very old and he never ever barked anymore who they heard was the neighbor behind them who had a rather large dog--they even called the police on us, even though it wasn't our dog!

It sounds like you have a good relationship with your neighbor, so calling animal control would have been a bad idea. You did the right thing by talking to her and letting her know - chances are she didn't even know the dog was annoying people. Sometimes when I let my dog out, she does bark at people, lights, other dogs... I get her in the house quickly so that it doesn't bother other people. I did have one neighbor that would antagonize my dog and she would bark at him all the time. He called animal control on me and after that I just let her bark at him all she wanted to. We now have a neighbor that has a rooster that crows ALL DAY LONG and ALL NIGHT LONG. The woman has joked about it to us and is very rude. Her and her husband yell at each other all the time and the kid throws objects over the fence at our dog. We called animal control on them, the rooster should be gone in a week or so.

In the trailer park where we used to live, we had a neighbor across the street that would leave her dog tied up all day while she went to work. One of the park rules was your dog couldn't be outside by itself for no more than 1/2 hour. Legally, the park manager could of took the dog to animal control or have them come out to get her but being she was such a huge animal lover, she couldn't do it. I went over every few hours to make sure she had plenty of fresh water to drink. She would bark non-stop all day cause she was lonely and bored. Eventually, I started bringing her over to our place and letting her loose since we had a fenced yard and she got along with our dog. No more barking from her then. I talked to the neighbor about it and she was happy I was taking her in and from then till she moved, Lucky came over every day in the morning and stayed till her mom came home from work and picked her up. We ended up giving her a loving permanent home soon after the neighbor moved cause Lucky was just beside herself and causing her mom major problems. She was a husky/shephard mix and was very active and got bored easily. Now that we are out in the country on our own property, we have no problems with barking dogs.

I am sorry to hear that the dogs barking was interfering with sleep,where my parents live we have only a couple neighbors,and they are all very nice,the farm across from us has a couple dogs,but they dont ever cause any problems,the only dogs that do are our own chihuahuas,who like to run through the house in the middle of the night barking.

When I first got my dog we left him outside when we went out and when we left he was barking. We were only gone about an hour but when we got back my dad asked our neighbour (whom we have a good relationship with) how he had been while we were gone and he said he barked the entire time. After that we started leaving him inside the house and there was no more excessive barking. It's good to be able to talk calmly and politely whenever there is a problem. A few weeks ago I had a nasty run in with a man who lives in my mom's street. Fifteen minutes after I arrived there with Max this man came banging on the door, and hurled abuse at me because my dog had been barking for two hours straight and it was setting all the other dogs off. Obviously it had not been Max because we had only just arrived. I tried to explain that but he wouldn't listen and just hurled more abuse as he was walking away. Anyway, because he was so aggressive towards me I did as he said and brought Max inside out of the garden. Then my grandma asked me to bring the bins in so I went out of the back gate and Max followed me. The man was standing outside his gate and as soon as he saw Max he came striding over, hurling more abuse and telling me that if I didn't get him inside now he was going to poison him. Of course this was punctuated with a lot of pointing and very bad language. When my brother came home he was so angry you could see in his eyes that he wanted to go over there and beat the guy to a bloody pulp. We would have called the police if we didn't think we'd end up with a brick through the window. The next day my mom spoke to another of her neighbours and she said that there has been a dog barking but that it had obviously been coming from further away than my mom's house. The thing that infuriates me the most is that he just wouldn't listen to what I had to say. Furthermore, his two dogs are allowed to roam the area unattended and when they see you coming they run up to you barking and growling and they scare the life out of my three year old niece. Who is he to talk about unruly dogs?! Wow, that was a long rant. Pushed my buttons there!

Talking to the owner first is the best way to do it. If you called animal control before you called or talked to her she would then be more inclined to strike back at you if something should arise in the future....if the problem persists though.....I would take it to the next step.

I think that you handled it perfectly! I also have 2 dogs and on occasion they will bark as I am pulling out of the driveway. I am pretty certain that they will quit when they know I am really gone. But, if they don't, I would really appreciate my neighbors telling me about their bad behavior! Rather than getting the law involved.

Some folks are very tolerable others are not. That was sweet of you to tell her and she was nice to aplogized. My daughter had a similar problem with her dogs also. They were out to work daily, and they would leave the dogs at home; one of the neigbours repoted them to animal control and they received letters from them about the dogs disturbing the neighbours. They wondered who would complain them rather than coming upfront and telling them. There were other neighbours but they never complain. They were not very nice people from the get go. They were military people who worked 5 fays a week. Had they told them they would have done something about it before.

I think you did the right thing by talking to your neighbor and being nice about her dog barking all day and night. The dog was probably lonely looking and hopeing someone would come to him for attention. I wouldn't call animal control on the person for I wouldn't want it done to me. I would try to ignore it and wait til they got home to talk to them.

at least your neighbor is like that. My neighbor yelled at me for stirring up things, when what I only said was I can't sleep for a few nights because her dog is howling like a monster wolf..All neighborhood and up to the block can hear it. Worst is, when her dog starts howling, the other dogs howls with him too. My son got scared coz it sounded like a witch or a monster is coming and the dogs are welcoming the monster....She yaks and yaks and we ended up in the nearest police station because that time all the other neighbors complained too..

My sister and I had a dog before. We went out of town years ago and we have nobody to take care of our pet. We can't let him stay inside the house because for sure he'll bite all of our benches and slippers. So we left him at the garage with lots food and water. The garage is open though, just in front of our house. When we came back few days after (less than a week) we recieve a letter from the management (village mgt.) that we have to take care of our dog because they recieve a complaint from our neighbors regarding our dog that barks all day long. From that moment of incident, we never left him alone anymore.

yes definately try and deal with it with her, going to animal control etc would only cause trouble. Just keep an eye on the situation and talk to her again if it keep up. However if it doesnt stop then you may need to take things further.

I've never had a problem like this but you handled it really well. Most people would probably get a bit too angry about it and call animal control or even if they did confront the person they wouldnt be polite about it.

Yes, I once had neighbors who had 2 barking dogs. For some reason they couldn't hear them. Maybe the wind blew the noise our way, I don't know. Finally I called then in the middle of the night and they brought the dogs in. Then , one day, the neighbor lady was at my house and heard the dogs. She said "I don't believe it!" They never heard their own dogs at their house. Strange, but true.

fortunately i havent a neighbor whose dog barks all day...of course if happened to me and it disrupts me especially during the night then surely i will informed our nice neighbor about the disturbances that causes her dog..and of course nice and orderly fashioned and must have arrive some agreement about the dog..

I don't really think animal control is really a necessary thing to do - especially if you can speak to the person & they're happy to help fix the problem. Ask her if she'd mind maybe leaving the dog in the house while she's away as he's barking a lot & that could be a sign that he's lonely or suffering from separation anxiety - especially if they had previously spent a lot more time together :) I think leaving him inside with items that he can associate with her will make him feel less anxious or lonely but that's about all i can come up with. All my dogs have always been outside dogs so they don't get thrown out to be along when i am not around.

I think you handled it well. That is a good way to keep relationships with neighbors in tact. As yet I haven't had a problem like that.I would handle it in much the same way. Good for you.

I will talk to them, a problem can be resolved if someone has a nice approach. and i love dogs,dogs all have reason why they bark and I suggest owners should check. Have a nice day!!

If this happen to me, I will try to contact my neighbor and have some conversation. Asking animal control or flaming wouldn't change much, but only to make you and your neighbor relation turn bad.