leanne386

Sorry to hear about the loss of Cody....

That thought has definently crossed my mind lilysmum! We have never seen the dog been taken out for a walk.... my husband offered to take the dog out a few times a week but the woman said that he was getting old now - it is 7 years old!! so he couldnt convince her to do that... we never even hear any interaction with it from them. Its just not right. I know the dog has food, shelter and water so I am guessing that RSPCA wouldnt do too much?? not sure. But I feel so sorry for this dog... and in the meantime he is driving us crazy altho its not really his fault!

Well it has been one week since my husband nicely spoke to our neighbours, there has only been 1 day out of the whole week that the dog has not barked... it is still continuing... I have decided to fill out the Barking diary the council has sent us. It is getting beyond a joke. My husband was chatting to their next door neighbour on Monday and he said that he is incredibly annoyed aswell and was glad that he wasnt the only one, plus he is a shift worker... I dont want to judge but what the hell is wrong with these people?? they obviously just do not care! The man was outside working on his car last night and I was thinking........... well maybe he should be working on fixing the problem with the dog!! you know fix the cage so the birds cant get his food, maybe take the dog for a walk....

Thanks rar!

My husband went over to see the lady today, she said that they had been called by the Ranger already with a complaint from their next door neighbour. She said its their son's dog and they didnt really want to keep the dog there for whatever reasons but b/c the son asked. She said she had noticed the barking increasing over the last few weeks and found out that it is b/c the birds in the tree are eating his food in the cage.... at least we know why it is barking now so we can fix it. The mother actually said that the dog doesnt get much human attention, never gets walked b/c he is getting old {{{she said the dog is 7 - yeah real old}}}, my husband asked if the dog was friendly and he would be happy to try and at least take it for a couple of walks a week... she declined the offer. She said they will put more mesh up to stop the birds etc, or she will bring him inside for those hours if it continues... The cage is not a run, but looks like he can stand up at least, have no idea if it can go to the toilet in there, it is sort of raised on a table... I know there's not much else we can do, but why do people who get pets treat them like that??.... makes me mad!!!!! Thanks for your responses everyone......

It is not a kennel run.......... its a cage. I do not believe our neighbours dont know the dog is barking! it is very disruptive and loud. I agree they may not know what to do about it but the whole situation is a concern hence why I am asking for advice before we act!

Hi everyone! I guess this topic has been done before and I am more than happy for anyone to point out a link to the thread for me if it answers my questions... Neighbours barking dog! it is driving me insane! every morning at 5:45am it begins and doesnt stop. What is the best course of action if any (we are in Melb, AUS), I have looked up the web site for the council and they send out a 7 day barking diary.... Hubby wants to go over and have a friendly chat to the owners who we are on good terms with... but I really dont think that will do any good.. otherwise why havent they done anything about it.... I also feel sorry for this dog as it is locked in a cage all the time.... I have never ever seen it out of this cage for a walk or whatever, it is obviously barking for a reason and I think its cruel for this dog to spend is days as it does... so I am also annoyed and concerned about that....does anyone have any much needed advice.... I also didnt want hubby to talk to them b/c if I do the barking diary they will know it was us who have contacted the council and we have 3 dogs ourseleves... worried about repurcussions?!?! (but our dogs arent barkers!) Thanks for listening....