I am unsure how to approach this problem with a neighbours dog. It is quite often shut out and crying...well...screaming really. I am not sure which neighbour owns this dog, as we are in a row of terraces. Today, this poor little thing has been crying since before 9am, and it is now nearly 1.45pm. Any advice would be gratefully recieved, as this is distressing to listen to hour after hour, and goodness knows what upset is being caused to the dog.

Thanks
Tansys Mum

Poor little mite - can you see the pup from an upstairs window maybe - I think it is worth trying to find out what house and popping round as a very concerned neighbour.

They may not realise the dog is crying and might be upset to realise that it is.

I think give the benefit of the doubt first off and see what reaction you get.

Maxine

I would contact the local dog warden and just tell them your concerns. They can go and investigate and his will avoid contact with the neighbours directly by yourself as this can often cause conflict :)

Thanks both of you ... I think the local dog warden would be the way to go. I have tried looking out of the top window, but can see nothing much. I think it is from two doors up, and I am worried it may be trapped somehow as their garden is like a rubbish tip with old furniture and stuff. It is now 3.30, and this poor baby is still screaming. Its heart-wrenching not being able to go and pick it up and kiss it all better.

My daughter has just phoned the dog warden and they are going to look into it. We have given them two possible addresses to check out. We feel better now as we have done something.Thanks again

Tansys Mum

personally, I would knock on whichever neighbours door you think it is and tell them about it.  I kennel my dogs outside during the day and have told my neighbours that if there are any problems please speak to me first so I can try and rectify it. 

Jill

Thanks for the reply Jill. We hear this crying fairly often, but usually for less than an hour. I believe it is a little staffie two doors up, but I am not certain. If it is this dog, the owner is very rude. The dog escaped a couple of months ago, and my husband caught it, and was thanked with a mouthful of verbal abuse. I really don't want to confront him again. Cowardly maybe....but I have to live here!! Ordinarily, I would just go and knock.
Still screaming as I write this post. Its horrible. Tansys getting upset too.

Tansys Mum

I do think it is wise not to knock on the door if it is an univited complaint :)

Poor dog. Can you see the dog as it may well be hurt :(

I would ring the RSPCA as well and say you think the dog maybe injured and they need to go round urgently if the dog warden has not already gone round. Explain about the screaming and say it sounds like the dog is very distressed.

Surely since the law changed in April this year, it would be considered a welfare issue?

Hi

Just wondered if you did contact the rspca at all - what a horrible plight for the poor dog.  I agree you shouldnt knock on their door yourself - it doesnt sound like the right situation for that at all!

Hope the poor little mite is okay,

Maxine

Its horrible isnt it when you can hear a dog in distress and cahelp it. The same thing happened to me on monday night. We have a large house on the corner which has been divide into bedsits and has some dubious types of residents, anyway on monday night I went to bed at about 12.30 and could hear a dog barking and crying sounding very distrsessed. I looked out of my bedroom window and couldnt see where it was coming from. It went on till at least 2 o clock and probably longer but I fell asleep, Next morning at about 5 or 6 oclock I woke up and could still hear it .I looked out of window on the side of the house which looks into the yard of the corner house and saw a german shepherd out there which was desperatley crying and barking and scraping at the patio doors. He had obviously been left out all night with no shelter. I told my daughter about it and she said she had also heard it all night as she sleeps in the annexe which backs on to the yard. As she works for the council she was going to have a word with the dog warden about it but after about 8 o clock all was quiet and havent heard it since so it appears to have gone. I am so glad it wasnt out last night as it was so cold it would have froze. I just wonder what has happened to the poor thing now.

My daughter contacted the dog warden, but the dog has been crying again today. Not as much nor as often, but we can't see it from the window. I don't expect it is hurt, just distressed, as we hear this dog on occasion. It is just that it went on all day. My dog keeps running into our back to bark at it when she goes out for a wee,which doesn't help. Thanks everyone