iluvterriers
03-09-2010, 11:38 AM
Have a problem with new neighbors loud dogs...what should I do? I feel I should atleast give them time but...
the dogs are constantly waking my 3 week old baby. (Which isn't fun for a very cranky, sleep deprived new mommy)
I'm usually very tolerant when it comes to barking dogs, I have 2 dogs myself and I work animal rescue a few times a month, but I've never heard such loud dogs in my life, and our last neighbors had a barker (but not like this, hr didn't bother me at all, and usually settled down pretty quick)
We live in an apartment and we just got new next door neighbors who through the bedroom wall you can hear very loudly their two rambunctious dogs barking, fighting, knocking their tails against the wall. One of the dogs is rather large, appears to be a Great Dane (or Great Dane mix) the other is a little smaller, looks to be some sort of hound. (The dog howls all day long)
Doesn't matter if the owners are home or not the dogs are constantly making noise, mostly howling/barking. Yesterday I was resting in bed while my baby was asleep (over in her crib, she sleeps in our room we only have a 1 bedroom for now) and the two dogs got into some sort of fight, it sounded painful even my dogs were concerned as they stood by the wall and listened. It was very loud and it sounded like one of the dogs was being hurt pretty bad. But my baby woke up, and was fussy and crying .
My baby has a touch of colic so when we finally get her to sleep, its very important to not wake her or it could be hours before we get more sleep.
Anyways the tails or bones hitting up against the wall I can deal with, the occaisonal loud skimmish I can deal with, but the constant barking/howling I can't.
I feel I should give them some time to get settled into their new surroundings. I'm a dog owner and I know that dogs go through an adjustment period when moved to a new place, but if this keeps going on how long do I let it go on before either saying something or reporting them?
(I'm more tolerant than most of our neighbors, chances are they have already been reported)
I just know my baby needs rest and I need rest....and this goes on pretty much 24/7 right now. (Day or night, owners home or not....though they should be trying to quiet the dogs when they are home)
As a dog owner and a mother this is a difficult situation for me
its not just black or white,there is no 1 easy answer its a predicament
This baby can normally sleep through anything once she is asleep, even if our dogs bark for any reason she doesn't wake up. But these dogs have been keeping her up constantly.
What should I do?
What can I do to try to drown out the noise, without making a lot of noise myself (I don't want to bother all the neighbors in my building by making noise to drown out the dogs)
the dogs are constantly waking my 3 week old baby. (Which isn't fun for a very cranky, sleep deprived new mommy)
I'm usually very tolerant when it comes to barking dogs, I have 2 dogs myself and I work animal rescue a few times a month, but I've never heard such loud dogs in my life, and our last neighbors had a barker (but not like this, hr didn't bother me at all, and usually settled down pretty quick)
We live in an apartment and we just got new next door neighbors who through the bedroom wall you can hear very loudly their two rambunctious dogs barking, fighting, knocking their tails against the wall. One of the dogs is rather large, appears to be a Great Dane (or Great Dane mix) the other is a little smaller, looks to be some sort of hound. (The dog howls all day long)
Doesn't matter if the owners are home or not the dogs are constantly making noise, mostly howling/barking. Yesterday I was resting in bed while my baby was asleep (over in her crib, she sleeps in our room we only have a 1 bedroom for now) and the two dogs got into some sort of fight, it sounded painful even my dogs were concerned as they stood by the wall and listened. It was very loud and it sounded like one of the dogs was being hurt pretty bad. But my baby woke up, and was fussy and crying .
My baby has a touch of colic so when we finally get her to sleep, its very important to not wake her or it could be hours before we get more sleep.
Anyways the tails or bones hitting up against the wall I can deal with, the occaisonal loud skimmish I can deal with, but the constant barking/howling I can't.
I feel I should give them some time to get settled into their new surroundings. I'm a dog owner and I know that dogs go through an adjustment period when moved to a new place, but if this keeps going on how long do I let it go on before either saying something or reporting them?
(I'm more tolerant than most of our neighbors, chances are they have already been reported)
I just know my baby needs rest and I need rest....and this goes on pretty much 24/7 right now. (Day or night, owners home or not....though they should be trying to quiet the dogs when they are home)
As a dog owner and a mother this is a difficult situation for me
its not just black or white,there is no 1 easy answer its a predicament
This baby can normally sleep through anything once she is asleep, even if our dogs bark for any reason she doesn't wake up. But these dogs have been keeping her up constantly.
What should I do?
What can I do to try to drown out the noise, without making a lot of noise myself (I don't want to bother all the neighbors in my building by making noise to drown out the dogs)