Barking puppy next door is a nuisance
I seem to remember not long after I moved here having a discussion with my neighbour in the garden. 'Vermin' he called them, referring to the neighbourhood cats and to be honest there's quite a few around here. Personally I don't mind this because I have cats myself and generally they're not a nuisance. Dogs or puppies on the other hand that bark incessantly are!
Having lived next door to people with dogs before I am very aware of how these animals can ruin what would otherwise be a quiet relaxing afternoon in the garden. When we first moved to this street the fact that there wasn't a dog next door was a serious plus point. Unfortunately that all changed within a couple of months when the son moved back in and brought the dog with him, and yes, it barks whenever it hears the slightest sound. Emptying the bin, opening a door or even just hanging out washing and the damn thing goes off like a fire alarm.
To make matters worse it used to escape through the fence and get into our garden and terrorise the cats. This happened on an almost daily basis at one point and I came downstairs one morning, opened the door and was confronted by the dog barking at me in my very own back yard. Whenever we mentioned the dog to next door the response was always something like "Oh he's alright, he won't hurt you", or "He's just being friendly..." This would then be followed up with some yelling at the dog to try and persuade it to come back through the fence into their garden.
just as bad as the dog barking is the neighbour cursing at the dog to get it to shut up...
Eventually my neighbour sorted out the hole but their dog still barks all day long. This really isn't fun when you work from home and could do with some quiet to concentrate and earn a living. Actually, just as bad as the dog barking is the neighbour cursing at the dog to get it to shut up. Oh and then there's the number of balls thrown to the dog that end up over the fence and in our garden. I've lost count of the number I've tossed back over in recent weeks.
This dog isn't the main reason for this gripe though. It's been very annoying, but circumstances have changed recently and now there's a new puppy in the house as well. Now I know that puppy's tend to yelp and whine a bit, but this one seems to have picked up a few bad habits from the older dog and it goes at it all day as well. For the last two hours in fact that's all I've heard. I had thought that the puppy belonged to a member of the family that was visiting, however, it now seems to be a permanent feature. Does anyone have any ideas what you can do when the neighbour has a dog or puppy that barks all day long?
By: Fed up with barking next door
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Shosh Ages.... - 18-Sep-10 02:08
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You need to be the judge of the conditions it is being kept in but it could die if it overheats. You should look out for the dog's best interests.
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Oh yes, Bye bye France, you also need to apologize for high jacking this thread from the gentleman that created it. You see, you were supposed to stay on topic, which you obviously have extreme difficulty coping with, which is an indication that you have a neuro behavioral developmental disorder. Probably ADDS.
I also apologize to that same gentleman for my responding to a mindless twit such as you. I won’t be responding to you any longer Bye bye France because you have already had your tiny teaspoon of attention, and I have nothing more add to this thread, except that you may now babble and curse all you wish.
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I wouldn't wish a death such as Mr. Reeves on anyone. People such as yourself, usually pass on from acute moron syndrome.
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Some thirty years ago, I lived in a rural area, where I encountered a similar situation. I owned several pedigree working class dogs. These dogs were used for hunting and breeding for profit. They were kept outside in kennels with tall fences. One day I found a neighbor’s male dog in my kennels inseminating one of my pedigree females. Yes, it scaled tall fences in a single bound. I reported the incident to my neighbor, and he found the incident rather amusing. I kindly asked him to restrain his dog while it was outdoors or consider neutering. He replied that he and his wife had no intention of restraining or neutering their dog, and that they felt that their dog should be able to freely roam the rural area. A couple of months passed, and once again, I found the neighbors dog inside my kennel. I entered the kennel, and leashed my neighbor’s dog. I then placed the neighbors dog into my pickup truck and took him for a very long ride into the countryside where I released him, with the hope that this quiet good natured animal would find a new home. In the end, I had to deal with the time and expense of feeding and finding homes for a litter of mixed breed pups, and the neighbor and his wife had to deal with the loss of a pet.
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It must take quite a lot of time to produce and is totally pointless.
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Other breeds are nasty aggressive evil things and the breeding of them should stop, but then it has been said for many years that dog owners like to choose dogs that are like themselves,
No wonder that over the last twenty years, the breeds of dogs walking our estates have mainly changed over from poodles, yorkies and other harmless lap dogs, over to pitbulls and all the other nasty "make you look hard dogs"
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Gainsborough lad. - 16-Jun-10 20:58
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My cat was trained to use a litter tray so did not cause a problem for anyone. I also like dogs by the way - I have never understood why people have to be in one camp or the other. I like all animals.
I realise that you meant it as a joke but there are a lot of attacks on cats by vicious people, many of them using air rifles so perhaps your comment was a little ill advised?
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Get rid of them (and their owners).
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I hope you are joking about the air rifle.
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