Dog's barking causes a problem for neighbor ..

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So the ex-wife phones me, they stay in a complex and my kids have 2 Yorkies which according to her neighbour, who works nightshift, barks excessively through the day. Latest is she got was a nasty sms from the neighbor, to the order of 'if you don't do something about your fsking dogs i'll do something about it myself'.

So .. my advice to her was to take the sms to the police, file an affidavit and deliver a copy to the neighbor just so she knows there'll be consequences if something happens to the dogs.

Secondly, and this is the part I need advice for, how do you get stay-at-home dogs to be quieter? She's taken to locking them in the house during the day, which I don't like but at least it muffles the sound a bit. She found out having their vocals removed will cost R4500 per dog (which I don't support out of principle, besides disposing of the neighbor would be cheaper) or getting those shock bracelets to train them not to bark. Problem is the dogs are a first line defence against things of the night so I want them to be vocal - just not in the day when the [-]old cow[/-] neighbor is sleeping. Do we have a local dog whisperer type that could make quiet little sweethearts of the noisy little devils?

Any suggestions?
 
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Try leaving the tv on for them. Did the trick with my pooches

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Yorkies are yappers. I'm not sure there is anything you can do to shut them up..
 
Besides drugs or electrical shock devices there are no quick shortcut ways of training dogs. My dogs love barking and what I found works is using a water pistol to shoot them with whenever they are barking at nothing. If you keep it up they will eventually learn.
 
My gf's yorkie hardly barks at all - usually only when somebody rings the doorbell. She treats the thing like a human though, smothering him at every opportunity.

She did train him to recognise when he does something bad though (messing in the house, barking at nothing), so a simple "NO!" usually does the trick.
 
I think you went a tad overboard with the affidavit. Non-stop barking mutts can be truly irritating, especially when their owners are not around. If it was me i would have sent a much ruder sms. And then i'd soak your dogs with my hosepipe, everyday, and if you caught me doing it I'd soak you too!

:) Fair play
 
It bugs me that you consider the neighbour to be the problem.
Irrespective of what SMS was sent,the incessant barking of dogs,day or night, is a royal pain in the @ss.
I'm sure the old ladies earlier pleas to silence the dogs fell on deaf ears or was greeted with a cool fsk off,hence the message.
 
My complex has a strict no-pets rule,our neighbouring complex however does not share this opinion. There is a godforsaken irritating yapper that barks from 6am to 8pm without fail. Multiple complaints and people screaming at the cretin does naught.

I've considered teaching the animal a lesson in volume control with explosives or vehicles with big tyres,so I can entirely grasp where the neighbour comes from. Don't underestimate how grating the repetitive noise can get ;)

The point of the barking should be to warn of danger,not to try to get attention during the day,that's purely training required. Though the shock collars sound good:twisted:
 
DrYes said:
It bugs me that you consider the neighbour to be the problem.
Irrespective of what SMS was sent,the incessant of dogs,day or night, is a royal pain in the @ss.
I'm sure the old ladies earlier pleas to silence the dogs fell on deaf ears or was greeted with a cool fsk off,hence the message.
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This +1000000
 
lol, My last neighbours had some yappers, I got them to quieten down nicely using several buckets of water over the wall each time they started up.
 
Dude ... things that jump to bark are not classified as dogs .....

Heheheh ... just a joke - I love dogs ... I don't like neighbours that much - can I bring my goldie to bark with them - my neighbour also complains. By bringing my dog to you in daytime, only your neighbour will be irritated and mine will be happy.

I don't like your options of either leaving the dogs inside or having their vocals removed. In both cases it feels a bit in-dog-mane (as opposed to inhumane ... get it ... get it ...). The dogs need some sunlight and a bit of exercise and that is best outside. Your current solution allows the dogs to only be outside for a small time in the evening and over weekends (if the neighbour will permit that). It is a bit unfair. Seeing that your complex allows you to keep pets (within limits), you have a right to keep pets. I am sure it is not written in your complex rules that all animlas must be quiet at all times etc etc etc. So for any reasonable person, the keeping of (even noisy) dogs in a complex allowing it, is legit. Your neighbour unfortunately has no right to prevent you from keeping them or insisting you do something to keep 'em quiet during daytime.

There are ways to solve this ...
1. Have your neighbour soundproof his/her bedroom and,
2. Install "white noise" (noise emitted that is not clearly heard, but drones out other noises slightly)
You can offer to assist financially for such installations.
 
OGroteKoning said:
Dude ... things that jump to bark are not classified as dogs .....

Heheheh ... just a joke - I love dogs ... I don't like neighbours that much - can I bring my goldie to bark with them - my neighbour also complains. By bringing my dog to you in daytime, only your neighbour will be irritated and mine will be happy.

I don't like your options of either leaving the dogs inside or having their vocals removed. In both cases it feels a bit in-dog-mane (as opposed to inhumane ... get it ... get it ...). The dogs need some sunlight and a bit of exercise and that is best outside. Your current solution allows the dogs to only be outside for a small time in the evening and over weekends (if the neighbour will permit that). It is a bit unfair. Seeing that your complex allows you to keep pets (within limits), you have a right to keep pets. I am sure it is not written in your complex rules that all animlas must be quiet at all times etc etc etc. So for any reasonable person, the keeping of (even noisy) dogs in a complex allowing it, is legit. Your neighbour unfortunately has no right to prevent you from keeping them or insisting you do something to keep 'em quiet during daytime.

There are ways to solve this ...
1. Have your neighbour soundproof his/her bedroom and,
2. Install "white noise" (noise emitted that is not clearly heard, but drones out other noises slightly)
You can offer to assist financially for such installations.
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Dear person who believes nobody has the right to demand animals to maintain a lowered noise level. Any noise 5dBs above environmental noise can be classed as noise polution which has been shown to have a measureable detrimental effect on people AND animals. Have a read here
This unwanted sound can damage physiological and psychological health. Noise pollution can cause annoyance and aggression, hypertension, high stress levels, tinnitus, hearing loss, sleep disturbances, and other harmful effects.[3][4][5][6] Furthermore, stress and hypertension are the leading causes to health problems, whereas tinnitus can lead to forgetfulness, severe depression and at times panic attacks.[4][7]
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That being said,requiring every person who gets irritated to have sound proofing done is just un-neighbourly
 
A neighbour had a problem dog that would bark incessantly they brought in a pet psychiatrist with a metal tin that would have to be shaken whenever the dog barked. Only problem is, the they never bothered to put into practice her recommendations. I volunteered, as I'm at home all day, but they asked for the "box" back after a few days.After MONTHS of no improvement I complained to law enforcement who fined them and had the dog removed.
 
How about you keep to the city bylaws ?
It really is you problem to keep your own dogs under control, but then you don't really care about other persons as shown by calling the lady names.

29.
Dogs causing a nuisance
(1)
No person may keep a dog if –
(a)
the dog creates a disturbance or a nuisance by constantly or excessively barking,
howling or whirling;
 
Kidkaroo said:
A neighbour had a problem dog that would bark incessantly they brought in a pet psychiatrist with a metal tin that would have to be shaken whenever the dog barked. Only problem is, the they never bothered to put into practice her recommendations. I volunteered, as I'm at home all day, but they asked for the "box" back after a few days.After MONTHS of no improvement I complained to law enforcement who fined them and had the dog removed.
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That's not a cool solution though, although it is sometimes necessary. People who can't train their pets and neglect them should not be owning one in the first place.

So I would say that the onus is on the OP's ex-wife to have the dogs trained and give them plenty of attention (attention is one of the requirements of owning a Yorkie), or find them a better home.
 
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