Thread: Stopping a barking dog at 100 paces

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

The dog doesn't bark when the owner is home so he has no idea what I'm on about.

The secret here is not to focus on stopping the dog from barking during the day, but rather to encourage it to bark at night / when owner is home !

He'll soon get the picture.

Soo.. maybe one of those 'inaudible to humans' dog whistles ?

First, let me say that I am a dog person. I like them and they (usually) like me.
The girl across the road had a barking dog (hardly ever barks now). She had a Bark Busters person fit it with an ultrasonic collar that gave a zinnng sound every time that it barked. This was supposed to instill in the dog an aversion to barking. For quite a while all we heard was "bark (zinng),bark (zinng),bark (zinng),bark (zinng), etc. After a couple of weeks the Bark Busters person came and took the collar away.
A complaint can be made with your local council under the Companion Animals Act. I did this once, and was directed to keep a log of times that the dogs barked. I did this and then the council ranger accused me of having something against the people. I said that I did, but only because of the dogs. Still nothing happened. Eventually they stopped barking and howling, but they would have been old by then and probably didn't have the energy.

1.) lose the attitude
2.) talk to neighbour

probably be sorted after that

having been on the receiving end of neighbours not liking my dogs being dogs I'll assure you anonomous letters will have no effect. threatening me or my family or my animals even less effect. Call the council if you wish, do the logs ... then I'll do logs .... then "notice to abate a nuisance" ... then complain again, with your neighbours.

Then I'll submit the video I've been taking all along of neighbours stirring up the dogs, police will come round to your place, some mentions of cruelty to animals, charges etc.

Life goes on for me.
Neighbours are still "R" soles.
Dogs are still dogs.
further complaints to council go in bin.

My dogs were only barking when there was something to bark at. Like the council car parked opposite - clearly visible in the video - could've parked around the corner.

I wish I could post some video of my neighbour and his Ebay special anti dog barking gadget which the coppers loved and nearly landed him a cruelty charge.

Go talk to your neighbours.

Originally Posted by sschmez

1.) lose the attitude
2.) talk to neighbour

probably be sorted after that

having been on the receiving end of neighbours not liking my dogs being dogs I'll assure you anonomous letters will have no effect. threatening me or my family or my animals even less effect. Call the council if you wish, do the logs ... then I'll do logs .... then "notice to abate a nuisance" ... then complain again, with your neighbours.

Then I'll submit the video I've been taking all along of neighbours stirring up the dogs, police will come round to your place, some mentions of cruelty to animals, charges etc.

Life goes on for me.
Neighbours are still "R" soles.
Dogs are still dogs.
further complaints to council go in bin.

My dogs were only barking when there was something to bark at. Like the council car parked opposite - clearly visible in the video - could've parked around the corner.

I wish I could post some video of my neighbour and his Ebay special anti dog barking gadget which the coppers loved and nearly landed him a cruelty charge.

Go talk to your neighbours.

1) Didn't think I had an attitude.

2) http://www.aulro.com/afvb/communicat...ml#post1997276

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

The dog doesn't bark when the owner is home so he has no idea what I'm on about.

Patch the rottweiler only arcs up when the owner is off at work.

So far the only helpful post has been this one.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/communicat...ml#post1997335
Can we continue along this theme? There was a reason why I posted this in the "Electronics" section.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

1) Didn't think I had an attitude.

That's what I thought

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

So far the only helpful post has been this one.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/communicat...ml#post1997335
Can we continue along this theme?.

See Above

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

There was a reason why I posted this in the "Electronics" section.

You have no right to effect a dogs behaviour by electronic or other means without the owners consent.
See above.

Talk to your neighbour

Originally Posted by sschmez

You have no right to effect a dogs behaviour by electronic or other means without the owners consent.

What is the particular section of law that covers this?

Originally Posted by sschmez

Talk to your neighbour

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/communicat...ml#post1997276

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

The dog doesn't bark when the owner is home so he has no idea what I'm on about.

Get an audio recorder with a sound triggered microphone. Accumulate a few days of the barking dog and wait for the owners to go to bed. Play it through a good set of speakers aimed right at their bedroom window. When they complain you can tell them that is what we have to put up with, so you can cop some too, or get rid of the bloody dog.

It's not the poor dogs fault!
Sometimes all it takes is an old pair of the dog owners boots left with the dog during the day so that it won't feel deserted!
There is also the citronella bark collars instead of the ones that zap the dog.


Cheers, Mick.