New neighbor has yippy dog

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't live next door to anyone with kids but I have a dog who tends to bark outside at night and we feel really bad about it. We try not to let her out too late but sometimes she scratches at the door around 10 or so and it doesn't seem humane to make her wait until morning. She barks whether we're outside with her or not. Our guess is she hears other dogs in the distance or animals rustling or who knows what in the dark. If my dog were disturbing someone on a regular basis I'd definitely be receptive to hearing about it from them.

I thought all bark collars involved administering shock and have thus been hesitant to use one. But it looks like some spray a scent or emit an ultrasonic noise to distract the dog. I'm going to look into this.

The scent collars work really well. We used the the citronella spray collar for our dogs and it solved the issue completely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't live next door to anyone with kids but I have a dog who tends to bark outside at night and we feel really bad about it. We try not to let her out too late but sometimes she scratches at the door around 10 or so and it doesn't seem humane to make her wait until morning. She barks whether we're outside with her or not. Our guess is she hears other dogs in the distance or animals rustling or who knows what in the dark. If my dog were disturbing someone on a regular basis I'd definitely be receptive to hearing about it from them.

I thought all bark collars involved administering shock and have thus been hesitant to use one. But it looks like some spray a scent or emit an ultrasonic noise to distract the dog. I'm going to look into this.

Heard of Pavlov? Dogs learn pretty quickly, so a small shock is okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't live next door to anyone with kids but I have a dog who tends to bark outside at night and we feel really bad about it. We try not to let her out too late but sometimes she scratches at the door around 10 or so and it doesn't seem humane to make her wait until morning. She barks whether we're outside with her or not. Our guess is she hears other dogs in the distance or animals rustling or who knows what in the dark. If my dog were disturbing someone on a regular basis I'd definitely be receptive to hearing about it from them.

I thought all bark collars involved administering shock and have thus been hesitant to use one. But it looks like some spray a scent or emit an ultrasonic noise to distract the dog. I'm going to look into this.

Heard of Pavlov? Dogs learn pretty quickly, so a small shock is okay.

Ha, if you knew me you would appreciate the irony of your question. Pavlov used classical conditioning to teach dogs to salivate to a bell. Shocking a dog every time they bark is punishment a la BF Skinner. My dog has a condition that causes her chronic pain so I'm not really interested in adding to that, even if it's brief. But an unpleasant smell seems ok to me.

[Anonymous]

Our neighbors have 2 dogs that have a dog run next to our house. They can go out any time they want.

My kids have Dohm white noise machines and we have 0 issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the dog is waking your kids up, then you have the right to go and ask them not to get it out late. I don't get people sometimes, if my kid was screaming outside at 10 pm, I'm sure I would have been in trouble with the whole neighborhood!

Er, I wouldn't be so sure. "Kids will be kids deal with it" would most likely be the response here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi, it’s OP here. The dog is only outside at 10 pm for 10 - 15 mins. It’s just enough to wake my kids up, but I don’t think it’s excessive.

When they walk the dog (once in the am, once in the pm), the dog barks if you stop to talk or wave. It’s just a small, yippee dog and I don’t quite know how to politely say, “Your dog’s barking is making me crazy” I am not sure they can do anything about it, other than keep it inside and the dog needs to get some outside time.

Another neighbor had a large dog that would bark and bark outside our house bc the teenagers would just open the door and let it loose. I had to throw a tennis ball at it to distract it. I think that poor dog was looking for someone to play with. Too bad I am not a dog person! If this dog hadn’t moved away, I would have called animal control bc the dog was running loose and pooping everywhere.

Thanks for letting me vent. The dog has gone inside and I will not hear it again until 10 pm....

You're such a whimp. Just grow a spine and talk to your neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't live next door to anyone with kids but I have a dog who tends to bark outside at night and we feel really bad about it. We try not to let her out too late but sometimes she scratches at the door around 10 or so and it doesn't seem humane to make her wait until morning. She barks whether we're outside with her or not. Our guess is she hears other dogs in the distance or animals rustling or who knows what in the dark. If my dog were disturbing someone on a regular basis I'd definitely be receptive to hearing about it from them.

I thought all bark collars involved administering shock and have thus been hesitant to use one. But it looks like some spray a scent or emit an ultrasonic noise to distract the dog. I'm going to look into this.

Heard of Pavlov? Dogs learn pretty quickly, so a small shock is okay.

Ha, if you knew me you would appreciate the irony of your question. Pavlov used classical conditioning to teach dogs to salivate to a bell. Shocking a dog every time they bark is punishment a la BF Skinner. My dog has a condition that causes her chronic pain so I'm not really interested in adding to that, even if it's brief. But an unpleasant smell seems ok to me.

What about your neighbors who might have chronic pain and need their rest?

I had some miscarriages before we were able to have kids, and all the doctor could come up with after many tests was that it was likely stress related and I just had to try to look after myself. So, I decided to put my career on hold for a while and focus on my health including getting more rest... and the #1 annoyance in my life was the annoying dog that would bark across the road. It used to drive me crazy. And yes, we had a noise machine, but if you want to be able to have conversations, watch a movie, read a book, play an instrument, then those things aren't really possible with loud white noise going. If you even just want to sit in silence and think then you should be able to do that in your own home without hearing an animal making a racket.

Allowing your neighbors peace and enjoyment in their own home is always the right thing to do.

[Anonymous]

antifreeze solves all issues

[Anonymous]

My yappy dog didn't find the scent collar that annoying. She would turn her head and bark away from the spot is squirted the citronella. .

She was also a smart dog.

[Anonymous]

A fan in the room (or in the doorway) on medium speed works wonders for this stuff. 10-15 minutes isn't too bad. Our new neighbors let their big dogs (plural) stay outside in the backyard barking last night for for a few hours -- until 11 pm!

[Anonymous]

Aversive collars don't work well, and often exacerbate barking.

A dog barking outside for 10-15 minutes straight is an unsupervised and likely unhappy dog. The solution is for your neighbor to supervise their effing dog when in the yard! But my sympathies, OP. If I knew how to get people to do this, I would have already converted my three yappy-dog-owning neighbors, all of whom seem to think that "dogs just bark, nothing we can do" and any outdoor noise that disturbs my/my kid's sleep is my problem, not theirs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:antifreeze solves all issues

I was waiting for someone with a twisted sense. Lol

[Anonymous]

"Bob, hey got something I was hoping to talk to you about. That dog of yours is great, you all seem to really love her and she sure found a good home. Hey, and I hate to bring this up, but when Fluffy goes out at 10 for her nightly run, she always seems to find something to bark at for 15 minutes and she wakes up Freddy and Sara and Clarabelle. I know Fluffy needs her walk, I'm just wondering if there's something we can adjust so she gets that and isnt quite so noisy. If theres any way I can help out, let me know. It would mean a lot to me and I never forget a favor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t know there were things like bark collars. Ok, then I guess they can do something about it. I just assumed it was their dog’s personality - what do I know?

They also have a toddler and I assume this dog is white noise to that baby. I doubt the barking wakes up their own kid, otherwise they would have done something about it.

Yes and they can be effective. We used it for a dog we had in the past. the dog was barking after moving to an appartment, when the neighbours complained we got it right away and it solved the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the dog is waking your kids up, then you have the right to go and ask them not to get it out late. I don't get people sometimes, if my kid was screaming outside at 10 pm, I'm sure I would have been in trouble with the whole neighborhood!

Er, I wouldn't be so sure. "Kids will be kids deal with it" would most likely be the response here

I wish if that is the case. You won't belive the crap I get from people sometimes, I had a passenger yelling at my kid on a flight because he was trying to close the tray table behind her. I had a biker once yelling at me on a trail when I stopped on the side to fix my kid broken bike, instead of offering yo help. So maybe you have that approach. But many are so inconsiderate!