Getting really stressed about neighbours dog

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Have posted a while ago about neighbours young dog that is shut in an alley at side of house with no company or input from owner, Dog is shut there whether owner in or not, used to get walked when a puppy but now spends 12 hours at least in alley, then gets allowed in at night. I am in a lot as I am retired and this poor dog barks a lot through loneliness and boredom. I have tried contacting the council dog warden but nothing seems to have happened. RSPCA say if the dog is barking it means its alive!!!!!! I feel the owner is one of these people that likes to be in control, is very smart, car never has a spot of mud on it, hosue immaculate.They obviously discvered that dogs actually mean dirt. Its not allwoed into the garden because it dug the lawn up. Its really stressing me out as I cant bear to think of the poor existence of this dog. Its a GSD too, and thety need more stimulation than mostdogs. DOnt knowwhat else to do now, cant confront neighbour as I can imagaine the reception Id get.
Just letting of steam really, know I cant do anything, but It really makes me feel I want to sell up and move away to get it out of my mind. I think it probably has shelter and food ect just no interaction with humans or any other dogs. WHat a life.
 
The RSPCA has pushed through a law that will allow them to intervene if a dog is being neglected like this but whether they will actually do anything is another matter! I think it comes into force early next year. Why on earth do people get dogs and then ignore their needs like this?
 
Wait til owners are out, get the dog into your car and drive it 100+miles away and find the nearest RSPCA - tell them you found dog running on motorway. Hopefully it'll get re-homed with an owner who actually wants a dog.
These people are a waste of time and are never going to give the dog the care and attention it needs and you won't get any results from RSPCA whilst they can see it has food, water and shelter.
 
poor dog..if this dog is causeing you stress you need to go to the enviorement health division of the council to get somthing done......im sure i will get blasted for saying that but it will be as much for the dogs sake as yours good luck to you and the dog
 
How do you know what sort of interaction this dog has with it's owners? You can't possibly be watching it every minute of every day...can you? The owners obviously aren't that controlling or bothered by the smell and mess of a dog since you say they allow it to bark almost constantly and they bring it into the house at night time and if they like their house/car being nice then does that mean that they pick up the mountains of poo that must be in this alleyway since you say it is never walked? It must stink......seems a bit contrary to other character-traits of this person.
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Am I right in thinking that you are the person whose rescue dog was killed on the train lines? Well perhaps as you no longer have a dog then you could offer to walk this dog? It might make you feel better at least since you are so worried about this poor dog and I am sure it will enjoy the companionship.
 
"Wait til owners are out, get the dog into your car and drive it 100+miles away and find the nearest RSPCA - tell them you found dog running on motorway. Hopefully it'll get re-homed with an owner who actually wants a dog."

seriously BAD idea ! - this is stealing and could get you into a huge amount of trouble. The RSPCA can do nothing as the owner is providing the dog with food and water - the Animal Welfare Bill which comes into force next April may enable them to force the owners to excercise their dog more ( difficult to regulate though
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As you are at home all day why not offer to walk the dog yourself ? - you could then drop some heavy hints about how much the dog enjoyed his walks and how much he benefits from them - they may then feel shamed into doing more with him themselves.

Of course the reason he is not walked may be because he is dog aggressive and difficult to control - you wil have to find out before you take him out for the first time - and I would not let him off the lead as you won't know how good his recall is.


all credit to you for caring about this poor animal and I hope things improve for him soon.
 
Poor you - I'd feel the same. If it is barking all day I would contact the council. It must also annoy other neighbours surely and maybe you can remain anonymous. They will then have to change its management in some way to stop the loneliness barking. Of course its having a rotten life if it is left all day in the alley (it being a pack animal) but then there is little you can do on that basis. People do a lot worse and its legal. The suggestions re offering to walk it are good but its not always possible to take that commitment on. You just want them to look after their own dog properly!
 
The barking is the thing to concentrate on here. There is no way the RSPCA can get involved as the dog has basic needs provided for but the barking is an environmental health issue.

Contact the Council again and ask for the EH department rather than the dog warden.
 
I do have my own dog. The idea of stealing the animal is tempting but not practical !
Have tried the council, but as the dog is not barking every minute of every hour they are not interested.
Being home a lot of the time and owing to the position and closeness of the neighbours it is possible to have an extremely good idea of what goes on. It was banned from the house because they had new carpets and banned from the garden because it dug the lawn up. The animal is never seen out walking. It is in the alley from 7 until about 9 at night, then apears to go in as barking stops. The owners are out all day then come home and disappear up the pub leaving the dog still outside.
Im afraid I dont feel that this is what having a dog is all about, it is getting nothing and they are getting nothing., Our dogs dug our lawn up and we paved it over instead! Rather have dog than grass.
I actually have thought about offering to walk it, by advertising as a dog sitter generally and sounding out various doggie neighbours as to any interest. However they may not have confidece due to the railway line incident.
 
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As you are at home all day why not offer to walk the dog yourself ? - you could then drop some heavy hints about how much the dog enjoyed his walks and how much he benefits from them - they may then feel shamed into doing more with him themselves.

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I felt the same about a local dog as you do, only he wasn't barking, just sitting in the corner of a yard 24/7 looking out of the gate. I offered to walk him with the excuse that I needed the exersize and felt a plonker walking by myself. I walked that dog every day for 3 years and soon he was full of life, fitter and played for the first time ever. Then I had to move away and couldn't get back to walk him. I tearfully begged the owner to keep walking him as it broke my heart to leave him like that but I heard later the dog never left that yard again. The point of this rambling story is I don't think you should take on the responsability for another persons dog, it may make his life easier in the short term but better to contact some authority and get him rehomed to someone that will take care of him properly forever
 
it is not her dog so she cannot " get him rehomed" .....the only practical thing she can do is to walk the dog herself.

the Dog warden will not get involved unless the dog is barking continuously between the hours of 10 pm and 6 am - presumably this is why he gets taken in at night.


Where I live (in the depths of the countryside) there are plenty of farmers dogs that spend their lives chained up in a yard with basic shelter and also never get walked or excercised in any way - they are simply seen as tools to guard the farm yard and livestock. Peoples attitudes to animals can vary wildly and their perception of what they need to be happy can also differ some folk think that all dogs should be kept outside others that they should sleep on their owners bed ! - that is why the Welfare Bill will be so useful to put it place a basic blueprint for an animals needs.
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it is not her dog so she cannot " get him rehomed" ....

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I meant for the neighbour to try and get the dog removed and rehomed by the authorities, not for her to rehome it herself!

Out of interest, does anyone know what the new Welfare Bill says are an animals needs? Does it include exersize?
 
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unless the dog is barking continuously between the hours of 10 pm and 6 am

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Well in one of the OP's previous posts she did claim that the dog barked between the hours of 10 - 5am
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. It seems that the times in which the dog barks has now changed. If it is barking at these ungodly hours then something can be done about it; but if like she says in this recent post, that it is during daylight hours, then not sure how the law stands on this.

I don't know, I'm wondering whether the owners are out at work all day and they don't even know that the dog barks whilst they aren't there. I know that mine do, but only because if I am visiting my neighbour half a mile away, I can hear their barks faintly over the fields. A couple of times I have driven home to tell them to be quiet, LOL!!

Something just does not lie easily with me on this complaint; but I can't put my finger on it. Perhaps it is just someone with too much time on their hands or a great lack of communication with the neighbours. Why would anyone who takes as much care in looking after their house and car......allow the dog in at night? Surely leaving the dog outside whilst they are at work is far kinder than having it stuck inside the home all day.
 
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Perhaps it is just someone with too much time on their hands or a great lack of communication with the neighbours

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But the OP must know neighbours to know that the dog was banned from house cos of new carpets and garden cos it digs? To know this for sure OP must at least talk to neighbours, unless it's pure guesswork in which case may be wrong?

Anyway, if doggy owners are at work, can't see the problem with it being in alley next to house, if he didn't have this he would be locked in the house, no? So, really it's not much different, I beleive the 'alley' has a roof (read previous postss) so doggy is sheltered.
Dogs do bark, some even if you are with them 24/7 (My border collie drove me mad, barking for no reason, which is why she now lives at yard!)

If doggy is healthy, I don't see a problem, and unless OP is sitting looking 24 hours a day, it can't be known if said mutt gets walkies!
 
The following is a direct quote from a post you made on 20th October 2006:

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Dont know about your circumstances, but seeing this from the other side. we live two doors away from a dog that barks incessently. I cant believe they have to bark for more than 45 mins between 10pm and 5 am, is that right ?????


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Someone once made the assumption that we didn't walk our dog that often, but they didn't realise we got up at 4.30 am to take the dog out for an hour and then he goes out at around 10pm for the same. It is easy to make assumptions if you are not there 24 hour a day.

I can understand the dog barking being annoying though. When we got our dog we asked our neighbours to tell us if he made any nosie when we went out and they reported back that he didn't but we asked them if he ever did to let us know because if we aren't there we can't hear it...

Communication is important
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Emma
 
i was replying to a poster that said they had the same problem and the council or someone said that they had to bark between these hours before they could do anything, it was not my post.
 
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