There are a couple of dogs near me that the owner lets out in the back garden most days. Now let me quantify: they do not bark constantly, but they will bark when anything catches their attention (which is regularly), and will do this all day until they are taken back in, which can be as late as 6pm to 7pm.
When this happened last year, I knocked on the owner's door several times, but they never answered. However, I knew someone was in, as the dogs came running to the door growling and barking and I could hear a voice tell them to be quiet.
Moving forward to winter, it went quiet, presumably because of the weather. However, now it's begun to brighten up, they've obviously been allowed back out again.
So, the barking started back up in earnest last week, so I went round and knocked on the door, However, the owner never answered but, again, the dogs were growling and barking at the door.
Now I've been ill for the past few days, so haven't felt great in myself, but today the dogs seemed to have barked more than usual, so I went round and knocked and, again, no one answered but the dogs were yapping at the front door.
I went away, and there was a silent period for about 1/2 hour, before it started back up again. This time, I went round and banged on the door loudly, but for a longer period. This led the owner to actually come to the door this time, who then greeted me with why I should be banging their door down. When I said that it was because of their barking dogs, they asked what they were supposed to do as that's what dogs do. When I mentioned that they can teach their dogs to be quiet, they sarcastically mouthed, "Oh yeah, please dogs, do be quiet." I explained they should keep them in the house as they were causing a public nuisance but they were adamant they wouldn't as it was summer.
I added that I'm sure others didn't want to hear their dogs barking, and some people may even be working nights but they were having none of it.
So has anybody suffered from neighbours dogs barking and have they been to the Borough Council and managed to get it resolved?
When this happened last year, I knocked on the owner's door several times, but they never answered. However, I knew someone was in, as the dogs came running to the door growling and barking and I could hear a voice tell them to be quiet.
Moving forward to winter, it went quiet, presumably because of the weather. However, now it's begun to brighten up, they've obviously been allowed back out again.
So, the barking started back up in earnest last week, so I went round and knocked on the door, However, the owner never answered but, again, the dogs were growling and barking at the door.
Now I've been ill for the past few days, so haven't felt great in myself, but today the dogs seemed to have barked more than usual, so I went round and knocked and, again, no one answered but the dogs were yapping at the front door.
I went away, and there was a silent period for about 1/2 hour, before it started back up again. This time, I went round and banged on the door loudly, but for a longer period. This led the owner to actually come to the door this time, who then greeted me with why I should be banging their door down. When I said that it was because of their barking dogs, they asked what they were supposed to do as that's what dogs do. When I mentioned that they can teach their dogs to be quiet, they sarcastically mouthed, "Oh yeah, please dogs, do be quiet." I explained they should keep them in the house as they were causing a public nuisance but they were adamant they wouldn't as it was summer.
I added that I'm sure others didn't want to hear their dogs barking, and some people may even be working nights but they were having none of it.
So has anybody suffered from neighbours dogs barking and have they been to the Borough Council and managed to get it resolved?
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