my neighbours on the left now have a dog and they leave it in their conservatory 24/7 and it obv has the run of the garden. every time my two go in the garden they stand in the same place all barking at each other and attacking the fence. i bring mine in and close my dog flap but they just leave theirs out there.
is there anything i can do? its not safe to let mine out in their own garden anymore. mine probably started the barking but i would never just leave them at it. i may have to change my fencing to keep them away from that part of the fence but why should i?

i have this problem with my neighbor she looks after her daughters 2 staffy's from time to time. the dog always flys at the fence barking she does try to stop him but being quite elderly struggles to pull him in.

I can certainly sympathise  as im the one who ends up bringing my dog in even though its hers that wont stop barking, but i just feel sorry for her as i know it stresses her out.

If your neighbours are friendly just mention it to them as they prob just dont notice.

> is there anything i can do?

You can train your dog to ignore the other dogs. If your dogs are toy-motivated, distract them with a game, if they are food motivated - reward them for paying attention to you and ignoring the other dogs.

Buster has learnt to ignore noisy dogs through food and my sisters Boxer has learnt to ignore the noisy neighbours dogs (that launch thierselfs at the fence to get to her), with toys :)

We can't control what other poeple allow thier dogs to do unfortunately and it seems some people are happy to leave thier dogs barking in the garden :( But we can train our dogs how we want them to behave under such cicrcumstances, so at least we don't have to worry about our dogs getting stressed or causing a nusiance :)

> but why should i?

We would all go isane of we focused on our actions being for the benefit of others. If you focus on trainig your dogs to ignore these dogs, it is of huge benefit to them and you both in & out of your home and garden (there is also the chance of a knock-on effect of the neighbours dogs being calmer if there were retaliating to your dogs barking, so you get peace & quite from them too), so rather than feel annoyed at the neighbour, think of it as an opportunity to further your dogs tranining :)
In the mean time you need to supervise them in the garden so the habbit of barking at other dogs doesn't get worse/ingraineid.

I had this problem for the last 10 years with my next door neighbour and her dogs.
The way I have calmed things down between my lot & hers is to make friends with their dog...just drop a little tit bit over the fence and eventually the dog will be calm near your fence, happy to see you & expecting a treat. Do not have your dogs out at first obviously lol... but once their dog is happy to see you and you have treats feed yours a treat make them sit away from the fence then the neighbours dog. It will take time and work on your part but it is rewarding to give love and attention to a poor dog that has none in their own home.

I have had some hairy moments with my old boy chewing the fence panel away when a  female shannon BSD was in heat..then some years later once a GSD called Amy moved in seeing snoop fly into the air jaws open and only just missing this massive dogs face while she was looking over the fence at him! Good tip is find out its name more likely to trust you then.