My Dog Is Not Allowed To Bark
 

Does anybody have this problem :)

I have been reported for my dog barking!!!

I have a boxer x akita....and he is my guard dog.... I got a letter last week saying that i have been reported for his barking....i rang the council and he told me that if a dog barks any longer than 3mins, i can have an anti social behavior order against me...and at worse taken to court :eek:

I told him that there is 6 dogs in this block, that is 14houses, and how did he know that it was my dog? He told me he didnt know if it was mine, but if he had to get a step ladder and spy on my dog he would....i laughed...

I told him that if he stood on a ladder, at the bottom of my garden, then he would make my dog bark...cause he would think that it was an intruder...

Yes my dog does bark, i admit it...he barks to tell me that something is there, like a cat, or the binman, or the postman, other than that he dont bother, he is far too busy running around, and digging up the garden...

i have told him that even though we have domesticated dogs, we have not yet managed to get them to speak the Queens english, nor tell the time, he does not run in and say "Claire i am just letting you know there is a strange man on a ladder looking at me," nor have we got them to tell the time yet...

Has anybody else had this problem????

Has anybody

I don't have this problem, but I thorougly enjoyed your post. Are you a writer? :)

Best of luck. Tell the old man to jump in a lake!

LOL. but i am thinking of setting a problem page up for animal owners in the local paper :D

Well, you have his defense all set, but I know here in Virginia (not noting any other place in the USA)...you can get a ticket for a dog barking. They are violating a noise ordinance. If I got a ticket, I'd certainly mention how many other dogs lived close by and they'd need to PROVE it was mine.

Good luck.

PS Ramsey barks her head off if she is ever left alone in another room. Good thing the only people she's bothering is us. :rolleyes:

PPSS Just recognized your user id...how are the kitty babies?

:D :D :D But I hear he's fluent in Greek!!! LOL

I have a Sheltie that is a barker. He has access to a dog run 24/7 and he likes to sit out on the stoop all by himself and guard the neighborhood.:cool:

He's older now, but over the years we've tried EVERYTHING!!! The thing that works best is squirting him in the face with water, but that means you have to stand over him all the time with a squirt bottle...:rolleyes:

Thankfully the houses in my neighborhood aren't close, and the one house that is has the garage on the side that faces my house, so we haven't had any complaints... yet! What can I say. He just likes to communicate!

The way you stated the problem is so funny. Having a pom that is a horribel barker I know the feeling. I haven't had any complaints but the neighbors all joke they can hear Maya way before they see her.

:( bchgirl.. the kittens are just so lovely...i am not keeping one though..i cant...

MMMM!!! Well i am glad that you cant get a ticket here...cause it would be me barkin :)

Yeah, he does like to talk, maybe i should sit down with him and learn him to read and write aswell ;)

I have stated that about the other dogs, but its just mine that he was on about...anyway he will have a shock when he gets up that ladder, cause my Charlie will knock him off if he gets him :) he is about 85 pounds, and all muscle.....i hope he wears a crash helmet....:)

I found your post very entertaining. But on the serious side, have you thought of using a bark collar. Dogs are naturally quiet. If they bark a lot it can be a sign of boredom.

LOL...i have got a bark collar on him at the mo...but i think that it is cruel...its how he speaks, and i am taking it back to my friend tomorrow....i will try the water thing though...thanx for that

LOL Thanks ....yeah he has a collar...i think that it is cruel though, he screams when it shocks him, and i run out to him....he does not bark all day and night....he just barks to tell me something.....its hard to know what to do really....i might try the water thing like one of the other posts said....

i can see me now stood at the window at 3am with a bucket of water.... :D

Personally I don't think ALL dogs are naturally quiet....some are and some are not. Trace, my first yorkie, did not bark EVER....Ramsey, however, barks at everything...a stranger, a noise, an item somewhere that she's never seen in that place before, a bug, her toys, anything.. I should say she is barking at something she doesn't bark to bark..sometimes you just have to figure out what it is she's barking at...and being alone is on the list too. I leave her in the other end of the house....she barks until she is hoarse and coughs....went and got her...she is sleeping like a lamb at my feet. :) Btw, this morning she was barking in the kitchen....a DEAD bug was on the floor...she's barking at a DEAD bug :rolleyes: But I understand...he wasn't supposed to be there

Friend has beagles....beagles are NOT naturally quiet....they bark all day and all night.

Dogs do not communicate by barking, they are by nature quiet, the communicte silently unless they are excite, frightened or bored. It is not cruel to teach him not to bark any more than it is cruel to teach him not to pee on the furniture.

It is however disrespectful to your neighbors to have to listen to a barking dog.

The dog species, as a whole is naturally quiet. Individual dogs have individual quirks. It is the humans responsibility to teach them, to be good neighbors. And they can be taught.

I agree that we have to teach them....and i know that i would be the first to moan if he was barking all day and night, but if he barks for 5mins, when the bin man is around, then i dont think that deserves an anti social behaviour notice.....plus....they all bark when the wagon is around....

I think some are more noisey than others....but my poor Charlie is not a barking mad dog :)

I will just see what happens when he gets here...i cant wait to see his face when he sees that my next door neighbours dog is the barker.....:)

and my charlie knocks him over for being in my garden on a ladder:)

LOL..yeah i have one here that barks if i move a teddy in the bedroom...she goes mad....i do understand what a pain it can be....but i am going to learn him the time tomorrow...3mins are now up :D