Can someone give some solution to stop a dog barking on our small estate. I am on the commitee of our residents assc and just over a week ago a tenant, who happens to be quite nice, got a dog.
We have had complaints over this past week because of its barking, I find its daily barking an increasing nuisance as well, we allways try to resolve issues reasonably and hope this can be done in this case.
All tenants have the same aggreement with our local council, with whom I liase, and although we are allowed no pets of any kind it is overlooked unless there are problems with anyone, obviously daily barking cannot continue and when I approached the tenant she aggrees but does not know how to stop it. So I thought I would ask if there is a way.  Many Thanks.

Dogs tend to bark for a reason, so if that is adressed then the barking can be lessened though won't be removed totally.

Is the dog being left outside?  Keeping it indoors will mean it won't be barking at all the stimuli that reaches it.

Is it being left alone too much so that it is distressed?  This may have been the case in it's previous home and if the owners are not doing the same it will gradually trust them when they go out for short periods.

If the dog is guarding it's home from what it perceives are outsdie threats (people walking past or talking close to it's territiry) it is likely to bark.  It is best that when the owners are not home that it is in a room where it cannot see out at people going by, and that a Radio or TV are left on to muffle outsde noise.

If it is barkling when the owners are home then they shoudl stop it.  My own method for barking in the garden is to make the dog go straight inside if it barks, they soon learn that if they are quiet they can go outsdie but they will be made to go indoors if they bark.  Mien is a vocal breed and I live in a 3 bed semi with lots of neighbours, so it can be done.

OK thanks for your reply, I will do a print out and take it round to her, if anyone else has any suggestions I will pass them on to her, we have a 2 hour tenants surgery on Thur am I'm sure it will be resolved by then, thanks.

Maybe the dog feels insecure aswell if its only been there a week its probably still unsure of its environment.  If its a rescue or older dog they may not be used to the noises around. My dog goes bananas when he hears the pheasants and the shooting or anything he hasn't heard before. Maybe it will calm down in the next few days.

Certain breeds to tend to be very vocal and all the punishment and yelling in the world doesn't stop some.  I have Shelties, which as a whole is a pretty barky breed, and the only thing I could suggest is keeping the dog inside.  This is the only thing that works living in a neighborhood if the dog can't be trained not to bark.

I agree, the only way  is to bring the dog indoors when it barks. I have a very barky breed & new noises in particular set them off but they rarely bark indoors.

Just a note to say thanks to those who gave information on dog barking problems and which were passed on to the tenant mentioned. As a result the lady accepted the anti social barking could not be stopped either at all or soon and signed an agreement this morning to remove the dog from the estate by 12 noon tomorrow, Friday, saving the need for more formal action. Your help was appreciated, thanks again.

I hope the dog was rehomed properly!
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So do I.

Me to poor dog

I did read this message when it was posted and I thought that there would be a nice outcome but I was a bit sad to read that the poor dog had to go, I really hope that it did go to nice home.

Suzie

What a ****** shame! Why couldn't the owner have been just a little more vigilent and brought her dog in as soon as it started barking and her neighbours have given her more time to sort the situation out. I don't know what I would do if I had to give my dog up. Well I just wouldn't.
A really sad situation.
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Obviously the owner was not prepared to put in the work needed in order to have such an outcome. :(

Or they weren't around in the day to put in the work.

We didn't really get the full story did we. Was the dog left in the house all day whilst it's owners went to work and barked whilst the owners were out. Or was it barking just when it was put out in the garden?
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I find the original post very odd - probably being too suspicious but it seems a bit fishy to me.

The 'vigilante' tennants association committee did not give the owner time to get the dog adjusted, it had only been there a week.  It sounds like this lady and dog upset the snooty little community equilibruim and may have been bullied into getting rid of the poor dog. Remember, she did say that pets were not allowed, but certain circumstances they 'looked the other way'. A case of " If the face fits " me thinks !!!

<<<signed an agreement this morning to remove the dog from the estate by 12 noon tomorrow, Friday, saving the need for more formal action.>>>  This sounds more like a threat to me

As the tenants rep bothered to try to find solutions for the owner I think it rather likely that the owner wasn't prepared to do the legg work.  Would be nice if OP let us know.

Surely if the tenency agreement doesn't alow dogs then really the person should not have got one in the first place.

The Original post was on 31.1. only 3 days before the meeting, and at the meeting she was give until midday following day to remove dog to avoid further action, I get the impression this was a done and dusted job.  Just my opinion from reading the posts.

But, yes I do agree with you Brainless re; the tenancy agreement, but it is a council house, and the tenency agreement is  with the council, not the tennants association.  Also, the agreement says no pets of any kind, not just dogs. But the committee turn a blind eye if it suits!!!!

The 'formal action' being,that the committee would report her to the council for breaking her tenancy agreement and get her evicted maybe?
It sounds like the dog owner was putting herself into a very vulnerable position by getting a dog when they weren't allowed.
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"....All tenants have the same aggreement with our local council, with whom I liase, and although we are allowed no pets of any kind it is overlooked unless there are problems with anyone, obviously daily barking cannot continue and when I approached the tenant she aggrees but does not know how to stop it. So I thought I would ask if there is a way.  Many Thanks."

I would say the above shows that the tenants associations were looking to help find a way to cure the problem, not an ultimatum.  The owner was gien the answerts to this post, some of them quite simple to implement (not allow dog to bark outside, keeping it indoors).  It would seem that the owner wasn't prepared, or was unable to implement the cures.

If the tenants association were genuinely interested in helping to solve this problem they would have given this lady more time. She was given very little time to think about a better way for her to deal with her barking dog. 4 days, you must agree is very little time to sort out a problem like this. If she couldn't solve the barking problem, then she should at least have been given a couple more weeks to find the dog a decent home. She was given 24 hours!! to find the dog a new home, which is grossly unfair. It sounds as if she was put under pressure of limited time and was panicked into her decision.
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I may be cynical, but I think the OP was looking for the "easy way" to get rid of the dog. The owner could be told "look, I found this info. you obviously cant train your dog so its out". The fact that the tennant "happens to be quite nice" was mentioned, to me, speaks volumes...read as "we dont really like them". And certainly no thought has gone into how the poor dog is to be re-homed - there was not enough time allowed for the poor thing to be found a good home unless it has gone back to its breeder. No, they just wanted the dog gone full stop.

And as a PS - surely if the OP liases with the council, that should have been first port of call, which I would guess was the case, and it was discovered that it would take longer than was really wanted to get the dog removed.

'Quote' 'I may be cynical'

Phew..... Fillis?      MAYBE(?) a BIT(?)

and you are probably spot on old girl.

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Well, okay, Cynical is my middle name...how did you guess? ;)

".../thanks to those who gave information on dog barking problems and which were passed on to the tenant mentioned. As a result the lady accepted the anti social barking could not be stopped either at all or soon....."

This would suggest that the options were presented and the owner wasw not prepared to try???

We will never know for sure, will we..................
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