Noisy neighbours dog

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  • Vice.Destroyer 28 Sep 2008 16:35:57 7,437 posts
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    I am at my wits end, but my girlfriend thinks that somebody on here will be able to think of a perfectly acceptable solution.

    Basically, our upstairs neighbour has got a dog which they spend very little time with. It howls all day when they are not home and howls all night when they are away for the weekend, which is most weekends. We've had a few words with the neighbours, but it hasn't made any difference to the dog. It is driving my girlfriend insane because she is a light sleeper and spends the whole night awake, waiting for the dog to howl itself to sleep.

    It annoys her during the days when she is home. Personally speaking, the noise doesn't bother me. But if it bothers my girlfriend, it ends up bothering me (if you know what I mean).

    Has anybody got any humane suggestions?

    (or inhumane, according to my girlfriend)
  • Deleted user 28 September 2008 16:36:19
    Fuck it and eat it.
  • Syrette 28 Sep 2008 16:36:39 51,181 posts
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    Shoot it.
  • Deleted user 28 September 2008 16:39:02
    Dogs suck. Use magic to banish the dog.
  • Vice.Destroyer 28 Sep 2008 16:39:31 7,437 posts
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    Fozzie_bear wrote:
    Fuck it and eat it.

    Pass. But thank you for your contribution.
  • Vice.Destroyer 28 Sep 2008 16:41:16 7,437 posts
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    @foreverafternothing. Even I have a problem with that. But my girlfriend likes that suggestion. Watch this space.

    @n@. Magic? Use magic? Are you having a little sport with us? Our suffering is real, can we please have serious suggestions?
    Use magic, indeed.
  • PinkSpider 28 Sep 2008 16:42:19 3,349 posts
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    Someone apparently called the Landlord of my next door Neighbours because their dog barks alot (at cats/ moving things). It's stopped since then.

    It didnt really bother me to be honest but it's nicer now.
  • Deleted user 28 September 2008 16:43:17
    Well I don't know what to suggest. Using magic would be the best bet but perhaps getting some advice on noise nuisance stuff?
  • Vice.Destroyer 28 Sep 2008 16:44:44 7,437 posts
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    @Pink. Unfortunately our neighbours aren't tenants. We've looked into stuff like that and apparently we are within our rights to call the police, but we'd like to do something which doesn't point the finger squarely at us. Since we are the only neighbours that could conceivably have a problem with that howling.
  • mrblackett 28 Sep 2008 16:54:24 855 posts
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    There's not much else you can do. You can either call the police, suffer in silence or shoot it.
  • Davinnicus 28 Sep 2008 16:58:16 292 posts
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    Call the RSPCA and tell them the animal is being neglected, or stick a bleach filled steak through the letterbox.
  • smugla 28 Sep 2008 16:59:33 2,303 posts
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    call RSPCA l them the dog is left alone all day or at weekends
  • FWB 28 Sep 2008 17:01:22 56,369 posts
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    Why do people get pets if they don't have the time or love for them?
  • techierob 28 Sep 2008 17:01:34 336 posts
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    the best bet is probably to check the website for your local council. There should be a list of instructions for reporting noises. Councils are generally able to intervene with household noise (loud music/tv's), alarms, roadworks and dogs among other things.

    How this gets handled can vary from council to council, but the official government guidelines can be found here.
  • Deleted user 28 September 2008 17:04:15
    FWB wrote:
    Why do people get pets if they don't have the time or love for them?

    Because they're morons. Morons who should be shaved, sterilised and destroyed.
  • techierob 28 Sep 2008 17:12:40 336 posts
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    FluffyTucker wrote:
    Seriously, wait til they go out and shove a sausage laced with something that kills dogs through the letterbox. You'll never get any results until it's dead.

    what kind of poison would you suggest for a fully grown dog?
  • Oh-Bollox 28 Sep 2008 17:13:34 6,513 posts
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    Chuck it a couple of big bars of chocolate (the cooking/baking type for preference). Dogs love chocolate, but fortunately are very susceptible to chocolate poisoning.
  • nickthegun 28 Sep 2008 17:14:18 87,711 posts
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    Steak with a lot of sleeping pills through the letter box
  • gbh08 28 Sep 2008 17:15:21 17 posts
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    dog shouldnt be left alone for the whole weekend, call the rspca and the council, maybe ask your neighbours if it enoys them and ask them to complain too, our neighbours dog barked constant everytime it was in there garden and the owner did nothing, but about 5 of the surrounding houses complained and she had to start sitting out in garden with the dog an we never heard it much since then

    dont poisen it lol not really the dogs fault its got a crappy owner
  • Syrette 28 Sep 2008 17:15:22 51,181 posts
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    Poison.
  • smoothpete 28 Sep 2008 17:15:59 37,743 posts
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    There are devices you can get that will emit an ultrasonic noise when a dog barks or howls, inaudible to humans but dogs hate it. I looked into them before when we had a similar issue with the neighbour's dog. In theory it will learn not to make any noise lest it gets its ears blasted off with high pitch squeals
  • Deleted user 28 September 2008 17:20:09
    Maybe you can reason with it?
  • techierob 28 Sep 2008 17:20:20 336 posts
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    FluffyTucker wrote:
    AIDS?

    sounds simple enough. Now we just need to engineer a canine immunodeficiency virus, infect the dog, wait 15-20 years and the job's a good 'un.
  • Syrette 28 Sep 2008 17:21:27 51,181 posts
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    ruggedtoast wrote:
    Maybe you can reason with it?

    Yeah, sit it down at the negotiating table.
  • Syrette 28 Sep 2008 17:24:37 51,181 posts
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    Maybe the dog just needs a stiff drink and a joint or two.
  • Oh-Bollox 28 Sep 2008 17:24:55 6,513 posts
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    Or find the doggie Freddie Mercury, and don't give the dog any treatment.

    Freddie Mercury, then.

    Shit, that means bringing him back from the dead. That's even more difficult.
  • Syrette 28 Sep 2008 17:26:25 51,181 posts
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    Let Michael Jackson have his wicked way with it.
  • Tremendosaurus 28 Sep 2008 17:28:04 1,194 posts
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    I'm with the "call the RSPCA" team. Anyone who suggests poisoning it should be shot.
  • Oh-Bollox 28 Sep 2008 17:29:51 6,513 posts
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    Bring back hanging!
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