[RichardG]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I agree it can be annoying and I am a dog owner,fortunately where I am currenly living the next house is some distance off but I get people who do walk past the garden and if my Dog sees them he barks.
I was in the front garden and he was in the back, when 2 people came round the front of the house, one of them said ''Your Dog Barks''.
I had to stop myself laughing as I really don't know what I was expected to say to that really.

However,all day barking can be annoying and is it that people are walking past as Dogs are territorial and will bark if anyone is around,either the fence or outside the garden area if they don't know them.

I hope you talk to the owners rather than reporting it as it goes down as a black mark against the dog.
Someone reported mine because he had barked as she passed the fence,to the Police.
When they came they were great though, we have a 7 foot high fence all round the garden so no way is he any danger but because he is a Staffie she reported him since she 'hated' that breed apparantly.
They would record that reporting though and the sad thing is it is the Dog who could suffer,not the owners.

So I was really glad of the Police response and I know the lady got a firm talking to for ever reporting him in the first place.

I hope your new neighbours are reasonable though and they should try to make sure their Dog when in the garden is occupied. Dogs often hate to be alone for long periods and consistent barking can be a call for attention so I hope they listen to you and all gets sorted out easily and quickly for you.

Anyway really good luck RichardG.

It's in their back garden and there's really large fences all around it so I doubt it could see anyone other than those in the garden with it / in the house. I think the least they could do is take it indoors when it's barking loads and then try to calm it down. There's no excuse for them leaving it in the garden to yap yap yap all day every day and make no attempt to stop it.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by RichardG

It's in their back garden and there's really large fences all around it so I doubt it could see anyone other than those in the garden with it / in the house. I think the least they could do is take it indoors when it's barking loads and then try to calm it down. There's no excuse for them leaving it in the garden to yap yap yap all day every day and make no attempt to stop it.

It is likely that is what it is barking for in the main, to be inside the house rather than out, you are right, they should take in when it barks.
It sounds like a Dog that has maybe way too much energy and is not being tired out as it should be.
Again good luck with it, hope you get some real peace again soon.

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Stopped now. Hope they arent reading this forum.