For those of you that have barky dogs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is 100% trainable. There is no excuse for letting them bark.

PP whose dog barks while walking, this is the easiest scenario. Carry some training treats and redirect your dog.

LOL. No. Our previous dog was a Sheltie. Loved that guy but the sound of a leaf rattling would set him off. There was no training that out of him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is 100% trainable. There is no excuse for letting them bark.

PP whose dog barks while walking, this is the easiest scenario. Carry some training treats and redirect your dog.

LOL. No. Our previous dog was a Sheltie. Loved that guy but the sound of a leaf rattling would set him off. There was no training that out of him.

Says someone who clearly never found the right trainer, probably because you didn't try. Shelties can be trained not to bark. Not by you; you suck. But they can be trained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had major surgery Thanksgiving week and am home from the hospital but still pretty mobility impaired. My husband is taking care of the dogs, and yes, he thinks it’s perfectly ok to leave them barking outside at 10 pm while he gets his stuff ready for the next day.

I don’t agree with him, but when I tried to get up to let the dogs in a couple days ago, I slipped and almost fell on our stairs. So I am really sorry OP, but there’s nothing I can do about it right now.

This is NOT an excuse. Nobody cares about your problems, get your dogs in and train them not to bark.

—owns 2 dogs, one a natural barker hunting dog

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is 100% trainable. There is no excuse for letting them bark.

PP whose dog barks while walking, this is the easiest scenario. Carry some training treats and redirect your dog.

Lol, new poster but one whose dogs are also set off by foxes, and there is no treat in the universe that would get their attention away from a fox.

(to be clear, they are not left outside to bark, but on walks or when spotted from inside the house, foxes are a Defcon One threat)

If your dog is on a leash, you should already have control. You should also be "sweeping" visually for things that are going to upset/trigger your dog so you can mitigate the damage.

The problem is in your "there's no solution" attitude. You're right, in a way. With the aptitude and attitude you've got, there's not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We received an anonymous, one-page handwritten note on our door from one of our neighbors letting us know our barking dog was bothering her (I assume it's a woman based on the penmanship). We live in a suburb in NoVA, on 1/4 acre lots so a barking dog can be heard over a several-house radius.

There are certain things our dog will bark at, usually a fox and occasionally one neighbor's dogs (they bark back). She sometimes barks for several mnutes, but we didn't think that much of it. Now, when she's out, especially in the early morning or later at night, we're more of her barking and are working on her recall, which had been lousy but it's getting better.

I appreciate the neighbor letting us know the barking was bothering her and I hope we've been doing a better job. Maybe she'll leave another note complimenting us, but I won't expect one.

Want a cookie too? Did you mommy not praise you enough? You want a compliment note from your neighbor for doing the job they had to point out was your job?

Sweetie, you should be thankful your neighbor did you the solid of writing a note explaining the problem to your stupid self instead of immediately reporting you for the noise violation you're responsible for. You're already welcome.

And if your dog has no recall, they shouldn't be off-leash. Yes, even on your own property. Walk the dog out to do business so it's under your full control until you have proper recall dialed in (which is puppy-level training).

Pp was rectifying the situation and you're just being an @$$

If PP wasn't the sort of person who needs to be told to control her pet(s), I might care.

His. I'm a guy. And I control my pet fine, and I don't think her barking is that out of the ordinary, but do appreciate my neighbor letting me know that it can be a bit much sometimes. As I said, we are more mindful of it now and working to correct it.

You aren't my neighbor, are you?

[Anonymous]

The only thing that worked for our pup was a collar that would beep and vibrate when she barked (no shock). It took a few week or so. We put it on during her most barky times. I occasionally put it on her now - it’s not even charged and it works.

A trainer would have been better but this was our bandwidth at the time.

No shocks is key though. Disable that feature if you try this method.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We received an anonymous, one-page handwritten note on our door from one of our neighbors letting us know our barking dog was bothering her (I assume it's a woman based on the penmanship). We live in a suburb in NoVA, on 1/4 acre lots so a barking dog can be heard over a several-house radius.

There are certain things our dog will bark at, usually a fox and occasionally one neighbor's dogs (they bark back). She sometimes barks for several mnutes, but we didn't think that much of it. Now, when she's out, especially in the early morning or later at night, we're more of her barking and are working on her recall, which had been lousy but it's getting better.

I appreciate the neighbor letting us know the barking was bothering her and I hope we've been doing a better job. Maybe she'll leave another note complimenting us, but I won't expect one.

Want a cookie too? Did you mommy not praise you enough? You want a compliment note from your neighbor for doing the job they had to point out was your job?

Sweetie, you should be thankful your neighbor did you the solid of writing a note explaining the problem to your stupid self instead of immediately reporting you for the noise violation you're responsible for. You're already welcome.

And if your dog has no recall, they shouldn't be off-leash. Yes, even on your own property. Walk the dog out to do business so it's under your full control until you have proper recall dialed in (which is puppy-level training).

Pp was rectifying the situation and you're just being an @$$

If PP wasn't the sort of person who needs to be told to control her pet(s), I might care.

His. I'm a guy. And I control my pet fine, and I don't think her barking is that out of the ordinary, but do appreciate my neighbor letting me know that it can be a bit much sometimes. As I said, we are more mindful of it now and working to correct it.

You aren't my neighbor, are you?

If I were your neighbor, you would've been fined for that mess a long time ago. It's not my job to teach you how to do yours.

I'd suggest a nice xmas gift for your letter-writing neighbor. They treated you with far more respect than you showed/were owed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only thing that worked for our pup was a collar that would beep and vibrate when she barked (no shock). It took a few week or so. We put it on during her most barky times. I occasionally put it on her now - it’s not even charged and it works.

A trainer would have been better but this was our bandwidth at the time.

No shocks is key though. Disable that feature if you try this method.

Something is better than nothing, and the effort usually pays off. Most dogs are trainable. Thank you for training yours.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Every once in a while my dog barks at a fox if she sees one while out on a walk. I don't "let" her bark, she just does it. If it is early in the morning, I do turn her around toward home to try to stop the barking, and it mostly works, but there isn't much more I can do.

If you don't like being around dogs, or neighbors in general, you are going to need to leave suburbia.

Dogs left outside all day barking their head off are another matter. i would take that up with the neighbor.

NP. I can't stand dogs. I am not leaving a suburb due to this. Get lost with that idea.

This isn't the fairytale of, "once in a while my dog barks at a fox" as you surely read in the OP.

It's directed at those who have barky dogs (yes, the house right behind mine) and keep them outside for an hour or more while they bark constantly.
There are not enough foxes to cause this. Or birds. Or cats.
They are barkers. Obviously the owners do not care. The neighbors subjected to this cannot stand them and their noise.
These are not our dogs and we did not sign up to listen to them at all hours.

Okay, here it is. I was hunting for a timeframe. I don't think anyone here would find an hour or more to be reasonable for a dog to bark constantly. We pull ours in after a few annoying minutes. And he's never out when we're not home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We received an anonymous, one-page handwritten note on our door from one of our neighbors letting us know our barking dog was bothering her (I assume it's a woman based on the penmanship). We live in a suburb in NoVA, on 1/4 acre lots so a barking dog can be heard over a several-house radius.

There are certain things our dog will bark at, usually a fox and occasionally one neighbor's dogs (they bark back). She sometimes barks for several mnutes, but we didn't think that much of it. Now, when she's out, especially in the early morning or later at night, we're more of her barking and are working on her recall, which had been lousy but it's getting better.

I appreciate the neighbor letting us know the barking was bothering her and I hope we've been doing a better job. Maybe she'll leave another note complimenting us, but I won't expect one.

Want a cookie too? Did you mommy not praise you enough? You want a compliment note from your neighbor for doing the job they had to point out was your job?

Sweetie, you should be thankful your neighbor did you the solid of writing a note explaining the problem to your stupid self instead of immediately reporting you for the noise violation you're responsible for. You're already welcome.

And if your dog has no recall, they shouldn't be off-leash. Yes, even on your own property. Walk the dog out to do business so it's under your full control until you have proper recall dialed in (which is puppy-level training).

Pp was rectifying the situation and you're just being an @$$

If PP wasn't the sort of person who needs to be told to control her pet(s), I might care.

His. I'm a guy. And I control my pet fine, and I don't think her barking is that out of the ordinary, but do appreciate my neighbor letting me know that it can be a bit much sometimes. As I said, we are more mindful of it now and working to correct it.

You aren't my neighbor, are you?

If I were your neighbor, you would've been fined for that mess a long time ago. It's not my job to teach you how to do yours.

I'd suggest a nice xmas gift for your letter-writing neighbor. They treated you with far more respect than you showed/were owed.

Sure, Jan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We received an anonymous, one-page handwritten note on our door from one of our neighbors letting us know our barking dog was bothering her (I assume it's a woman based on the penmanship). We live in a suburb in NoVA, on 1/4 acre lots so a barking dog can be heard over a several-house radius.

There are certain things our dog will bark at, usually a fox and occasionally one neighbor's dogs (they bark back). She sometimes barks for several mnutes, but we didn't think that much of it. Now, when she's out, especially in the early morning or later at night, we're more of her barking and are working on her recall, which had been lousy but it's getting better.

I appreciate the neighbor letting us know the barking was bothering her and I hope we've been doing a better job. Maybe she'll leave another note complimenting us, but I won't expect one.

Want a cookie too? Did you mommy not praise you enough? You want a compliment note from your neighbor for doing the job they had to point out was your job?

Sweetie, you should be thankful your neighbor did you the solid of writing a note explaining the problem to your stupid self instead of immediately reporting you for the noise violation you're responsible for. You're already welcome.

And if your dog has no recall, they shouldn't be off-leash. Yes, even on your own property. Walk the dog out to do business so it's under your full control until you have proper recall dialed in (which is puppy-level training).

Pp was rectifying the situation and you're just being an @$$

If PP wasn't the sort of person who needs to be told to control her pet(s), I might care.

His. I'm a guy. And I control my pet fine, and I don't think her barking is that out of the ordinary, but do appreciate my neighbor letting me know that it can be a bit much sometimes. As I said, we are more mindful of it now and working to correct it.

You aren't my neighbor, are you?

If I were your neighbor, you would've been fined for that mess a long time ago. It's not my job to teach you how to do yours.

I'd suggest a nice xmas gift for your letter-writing neighbor. They treated you with far more respect than you showed/were owed.

Someone who's been ratioed so badly should really quit when they're behind.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Every once in a while my dog barks at a fox if she sees one while out on a walk. I don't "let" her bark, she just does it. If it is early in the morning, I do turn her around toward home to try to stop the barking, and it mostly works, but there isn't much more I can do.

If you don't like being around dogs, or neighbors in general, you are going to need to leave suburbia.

Dogs left outside all day barking their head off are another matter. i would take that up with the neighbor.

NP. I can't stand dogs. I am not leaving a suburb due to this. Get lost with that idea.

This isn't the fairytale of, "once in a while my dog barks at a fox" as you surely read in the OP.

It's directed at those who have barky dogs (yes, the house right behind mine) and keep them outside for an hour or more while they bark constantly.
There are not enough foxes to cause this. Or birds. Or cats.
They are barkers. Obviously the owners do not care. The neighbors subjected to this cannot stand them and their noise.
These are not our dogs and we did not sign up to listen to them at all hours.

Okay, here it is. I was hunting for a timeframe. I don't think anyone here would find an hour or more to be reasonable for a dog to bark constantly. We pull ours in after a few annoying minutes. And he's never out when we're not home.

Sadly, you'd be surprised.

One hour is kind of my upper limit on a dog barking loud enough for me to hear it in my home. It will annoy me before then but I will assume it is a one-off situation by the owners -- some scheduling error that resulted in the dog being unattended but safe for an hour. Things happen.

Well I have a neighbor who has done this multiple times with their dog and at the 1 hour mark I will send a text: "Hey hope you are well. Your dog has been barking for about an hour -- just checking to make sure everything is okay." The response is always hostile, rude and dismissive. I have been told "dogs bark, if you don't like it, move" and "yes we are aware, our dog is entitled to bark if it wants."

I don't think I'm an unreasonable person and I actually like dogs but this situation is so frustrating. I want to call 311 to report the dog as a noise violation but my spouse keeps talking me out of it because the neighbors are so hostile and obnoxious and he's worried about retaliation or violence. It is depressing to feel like there is no way to address the situation without an escalation that risks our own safety.

Some people suck. But yeah, an hour of a dog barking is not acceptable. I hear a dog barking for an hour and I start to wonder if the owner is incapacitated or the dog is hurt, and that's a normal reaction. Not "oh well I guess dogs just bark all the time in this neighborhood."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We received an anonymous, one-page handwritten note on our door from one of our neighbors letting us know our barking dog was bothering her (I assume it's a woman based on the penmanship). We live in a suburb in NoVA, on 1/4 acre lots so a barking dog can be heard over a several-house radius.

There are certain things our dog will bark at, usually a fox and occasionally one neighbor's dogs (they bark back). She sometimes barks for several mnutes, but we didn't think that much of it. Now, when she's out, especially in the early morning or later at night, we're more of her barking and are working on her recall, which had been lousy but it's getting better.

I appreciate the neighbor letting us know the barking was bothering her and I hope we've been doing a better job. Maybe she'll leave another note complimenting us, but I won't expect one.

Want a cookie too? Did you mommy not praise you enough? You want a compliment note from your neighbor for doing the job they had to point out was your job?

Sweetie, you should be thankful your neighbor did you the solid of writing a note explaining the problem to your stupid self instead of immediately reporting you for the noise violation you're responsible for. You're already welcome.

And if your dog has no recall, they shouldn't be off-leash. Yes, even on your own property. Walk the dog out to do business so it's under your full control until you have proper recall dialed in (which is puppy-level training).

Pp was rectifying the situation and you're just being an @$$

If PP wasn't the sort of person who needs to be told to control her pet(s), I might care.

His. I'm a guy. And I control my pet fine, and I don't think her barking is that out of the ordinary, but do appreciate my neighbor letting me know that it can be a bit much sometimes. As I said, we are more mindful of it now and working to correct it.

You aren't my neighbor, are you?

If I were your neighbor, you would've been fined for that mess a long time ago. It's not my job to teach you how to do yours.

I'd suggest a nice xmas gift for your letter-writing neighbor. They treated you with far more respect than you showed/were owed.

Someone who's been ratioed so badly should really quit when they're behind.

Someone who uses "ratioed" will never be based, no matter how much rizz you think you have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every once in a while my dog barks at a fox if she sees one while out on a walk. I don't "let" her bark, she just does it. If it is early in the morning, I do turn her around toward home to try to stop the barking, and it mostly works, but there isn't much more I can do.

If you don't like being around dogs, or neighbors in general, you are going to need to leave suburbia.

Dogs left outside all day barking their head off are another matter. i would take that up with the neighbor.

NP. I can't stand dogs. I am not leaving a suburb due to this. Get lost with that idea.

This isn't the fairytale of, "once in a while my dog barks at a fox" as you surely read in the OP.

It's directed at those who have barky dogs (yes, the house right behind mine) and keep them outside for an hour or more while they bark constantly.
There are not enough foxes to cause this. Or birds. Or cats.
They are barkers. Obviously the owners do not care. The neighbors subjected to this cannot stand them and their noise.
These are not our dogs and we did not sign up to listen to them at all hours.

Okay, here it is. I was hunting for a timeframe. I don't think anyone here would find an hour or more to be reasonable for a dog to bark constantly. We pull ours in after a few annoying minutes. And he's never out when we're not home.

Sadly, you'd be surprised.

One hour is kind of my upper limit on a dog barking loud enough for me to hear it in my home. It will annoy me before then but I will assume it is a one-off situation by the owners -- some scheduling error that resulted in the dog being unattended but safe for an hour. Things happen.

Well I have a neighbor who has done this multiple times with their dog and at the 1 hour mark I will send a text: "Hey hope you are well. Your dog has been barking for about an hour -- just checking to make sure everything is okay." The response is always hostile, rude and dismissive. I have been told "dogs bark, if you don't like it, move" and "yes we are aware, our dog is entitled to bark if it wants."

I don't think I'm an unreasonable person and I actually like dogs but this situation is so frustrating. I want to call 311 to report the dog as a noise violation but my spouse keeps talking me out of it because the neighbors are so hostile and obnoxious and he's worried about retaliation or violence. It is depressing to feel like there is no way to address the situation without an escalation that risks our own safety.

Some people suck. But yeah, an hour of a dog barking is not acceptable. I hear a dog barking for an hour and I start to wonder if the owner is incapacitated or the dog is hurt, and that's a normal reaction. Not "oh well I guess dogs just bark all the time in this neighborhood."

This is why I skip the middle and just report people. I used to "try to be neighborly" but the thing is: they're not being neighborly to begin with. The typical response is the same smug entitlement PP showed upthread (expecting thanks for finally doing what he should've been doing all along?!) or the hostility you mentioned.

It's not my job to reparent people who weren't properly house trained. There are rules for a reason, and professionals who are paid to enforce them. I let them do their jobs, with the understanding that "don't start none, won't be none" can be liberally applied by all parties.

[Anonymous]

My husband can be out there with the dog and will say nothing while the dog barks. It drives me nuts. Sometimes it's midnight.