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Lol... tell him to bring it over to mine... Lupo will sort it out ;)

Good luck in finding a solution, sounds to me if it is aggressive towards people and barking out of bordom and lonelyness it is a really badly trained dog... it needs stimulation tell him to buy a kong and fill it with tuna and put it in the freezer and give it to the dog when he goes out and when he gets home again pick out the remaining bits of tuna and give it to the dog.... sounds like the dog has them under the paw :p. If all else fails a kong is about £5 for a small one from Pets At Home... worth an investment if it keeps the mutt quiet. I am assuming it is a small ratty dog??

Edited to add.... with the training the guy needs to get the dog used to being on his own. Start by walking in and out of the room and ignoring the dog, he also must never make a fuss of the dog when it is jumping up at him.... i know that this is kinda irrelevent as how can you teach the guy to train his dog, but just ask him if he needs any advice in training the dog to not bark.... they are many ways to do this he just has to be willing to accept advice... the threat of action via the authorities will get him wanting help.

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these balls work well too and keep lonely dogs amused for a while

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That's another good suggestion - more food for thought and definately more things to suggest to the neighbour. It's not a small ratty dog, it's a medium sized dog, sort of sheepdog sized, which is why it's so menacing when it's barking and lunging at you :smt100

I'm hoping my husband's chat with him last night will make him think about sorting something out, if not it'll be letters to the council etc. Fingers crossed it doesn't come to that!

Cheers

Amanda

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After confiring with them, I was implying you put YOUR hand in YOUR pocket and get one and you will have the controller when the owner is out ... I know its technically the owners responsibility, but if they are pensioners and have health issues ... buying a dog training devices is way -way down on their list of priorities ;)

I like the idea of the food toys to keep him amused too 8)

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We got one of those well something similar... we got 2 kongs (2 different sized ones lol) 4 chew toys that you push treats into, pigs ears, teathing toys that you can push about 10 soft toys with squeekers (most of them desqueeked as he can desqueek most things in 5 seconds).

We usually have one kong in the freezer at a time one for when we both go to work and the other for when we go to bed so he always has something to concentrate on :). We also hide treats around the kitchen which he has to find when we are out.

There are collars which you put a liquid in called citreonella (sp?) it will send a spray shooting into the nose which is fowl smelling to dogs every time it barks. don't even think it is remote controlled.

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Does Wales count as out of the country? ;)

Section 79(1)(d) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 is what you want, as enforced by your local authority......... usually by their EH/Pollution Control section.

If you have no joy in trying to resolve it amicably then contact your local Council; they will be pleased to give you informal advice in the first instance and yes, there are things that can be done to help. There is some good advice earlier in this thread, but much of that requires the owners to do something.

Abatement Notice and Prosecution is a last resort. At the very extreme, the Council could actually seize the dog as a "work in default" (we do it regularly in other circumstances such as amplified music) but I've not heard of this being done with a pooch :lol:

PM me if you want to chat about it a bit more.

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hiya amanda sorry to hear about your hassles. if they leave dog in a cage in the garden you or hubby stands at fence and when it barks squirt it with a water pistol its supposed to work.

alternatively get the noisy cans back on the raptor, park outside their house when they are home and give it a few revs every few minutes.

of course the latter will involve your neighbours never speaking to you again

hope you get it sorted. xx

Re: Noise nuisance/barking dog
 

Buy gun.



Shoot dog.



Shoot owner?

Take over house and claim squatters rights then sell house pocketing a tidy sum.


Sweet. Sorted.













Next!!

Re: Noise nuisance/barking dog
 

eh, they're doing what unsocialized and overanxious dogs do. Barking at cats is one thing and I agree this is normal; barking relentlessly and incessantly at every person walking down either side of the street, bicycles, cars, birds flying overhead... a gust of wind... it's not acceptable behavior.

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Amanda - Get Bill and Falc to go round and let it out. sorry couldn't resist.

Sorry to hear about this hun, def go to the council but it is a long process, having been through this myself i know how you feel. Def talk to Jabba