Neighbour's dog??

[DisneyJules]

I'm not sure what to do. I live in an apartment and just recently got a new neighbor. They do not allow pets but turn a blind eye to cats. This new neighbor seems to have a little dog in her apartment that has been barking and barking and barking. I'm not sure if she's just dog sitting or if this is indeed her pet. I feel like the whiny neighbor by calling our landlord, but I don't feel that it's right that she has this little dog in her apartment that won't stop barking. What would you do?

 

[EthansMom]

I would call the landlord/management company and make a complaint about the noise from the dog barking.

 

[Dancemom03]

I'd go welcome her and casually let her know that the noise was traveling. If she's dog-sitting she might not realize how much the sound can carry in her new home. Maybe the dog is barking mostly while she's out. Whether it belongs to her or not, it sounds like it's in a new environment and perhaps a bark collar might help while the dog is there...

 

[minkydog]

Ditto. You don't even need to know all the particulars. Just call the landlord and very nicely explain that you have been hearing a dog bark upstairs for the past several hours and you are worried about the poor thing. Mr. Landlord will check things out and you won't feel like a bad guy.

 

[DisneyJules]

Yah, I think I will give my landlord a call, they're very nice people. I saw her come in and though, oh good, she can go calm the dog down. But the dog continued to bark and then I saw her smoking outside. Dog still yappin!

 

[BeachGirlFLA]

Two of the reasons I prefer to live in a house to an apartment are 1) I have the freedom to have any pet that I want to have and 2) I don't have to deal with that much noise from neighbors (once in a while, I may have to deal with parties that a neighbor throws and there is a little yippy dog that lives close to me that sometimes starts yipping at 7:30 in the morning, but neither of those things are that often.) That being said, I would call the landlord.

 

[DisneyJules]

GET THIS!!!!.....So I went to check my mail and when I opened the door which goes up to the next level, the barking got louder and I thought "what, how is that possible??" So I strolled upstairs, down the hall and get this, it's NOT My neighbour, it's the LANDLORDS :O I can't believe it. They're obviously watching or um, not watching dog. The lights are out and this poor thing is yapping and yapping. They've kicked people out in the past for having dogs in the apartment. I don't know what to think!

 

[BeachGirlFLA]

Well, I guess that you can't tell your landlord after all...sorry, but that's kind of funny. It sounds like they don't follow their own rules.

 

[sunnyday123]

I was going to say talk to the neighbor first, I would hate to see the dog end up in the pound if she couldn't keep it-just tell her he barks constantly.

However, I would call the landlord and act like I didn't know they had the dog. Tell them you hear a dog barking All The Time, and you think it's your neighbor, you don't want anyone to get in trouble, blah blah blah.

And I think I would do it in person just to see their reaction.

 

[DisneyJules]

ahaha, it is a little funny. But I can't believe they would leave a little dog by itself in their apartment when it's that yappy. They didn't seem too pleased when a bunch of young girls moved in with a little dog.

 

[EthansMom]

GET THIS!!!!.....So I went to check my mail and when I opened the door which goes up to the next level, the barking got louder and I thought "what, how is that possible??" So I strolled upstairs, down the hall and get this, it's NOT My neighbour, it's the LANDLORDS :O I can't believe it. They're obviously watching or um, not watching dog. The lights are out and this poor thing is yapping and yapping. They've kicked people out in the past for having dogs in the apartment. I don't know what to think!

Sorry, but that's funny.

My last apartment, I had a next door neighbor who would have loud, late-night parties; had odd people coming and going at all hours; and would wake up at 5 a.m. on Sundays and play loud gospel music. I never complained once.

However, one day toward the end of my lease, I bought a treadmill. I was using my treadmill at 5 p.m. one of the first days I'd had it. Had been on it about 10 minutes when I got a call from the management office. The next door neighbor had called to complain about the noise from my treadmill! I told the management office, "Yes, I'm on my treadmill. I'll be done in about 15 minutes."

 

[DisneyJules]

Sorry, but that's funny.

My last apartment, I had a next door neighbor who would have loud, late-night parties; had odd people coming and going at all hours; and would wake up at 5 a.m. on Sundays and play loud gospel music. I never complained once.

However, one day toward the end of my lease, I bought a treadmill. I was using my treadmill at 5 p.m. one of the first days I'd had it. Had been on it about 10 minutes when I got a call from the management office. The next door neighbor had called to complain about the noise from my treadmill! I told the management office, "Yes, I'm on my treadmill. I'll be done in about 15 minutes."

ahaha Now THAT'S funny,hehe My sister lived in a block where I could swear it sounded like her neighbor upstairs was moving furniture or had super heavy feet. This went on all day and night. Finally one of her other neighbors had enough and went to speak with the noisy neighbor. The tenant looked all of 12 years old ,ahaha I have no idea how he managed to make that much noise.

 

[minkydog]

ahaha, it is a little funny. But I can't believe they would leave a little dog by itself in their apartment when it's that yappy. They didn't seem too pleased when a bunch of young girls moved in with a little dog.

People who do this kind of thing don't believe their dog barks. I've seen this happen a LOT in campgrounds--the Bickersons leave the dog tied up at the camper and leave for a day of sight-seeing. Poor pup doesn't know where he is, he's surrounded by strange people and animals, and sometimes doesn't even have water and shade. If they're really thinking, they might leave the dog inside with water, but at any rate the dog is LEFT. So he barks and barks and barks and barks. For hours. And invariably when the ranger reprimands the family after they return they'll say "But he never barks! Well, maybe a few times. But there's NO WAY little Fluffy could have barked like that. It must be some other dog." A barking dog is a good way to get yourself booted from some nice campgrounds.

 

[DisneyJules]

Well I know for sure it's not their dog. So they must be looking after someone else's. And you're right, the dog may be perfectly fine when in company of people but once left on their own, they bark. I'm going out in half in hour, thank God!