How does one get a dog to shut up? HELP!!

Factual Questions
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My next door neighbor has a dog. He is a nice dog. And a quiet dog…when my neighbor is home. When my neighbor goes to work the dog barks constantly. He doesn’t shut up! Ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruf, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff…ad nauseum!

Get the picture?

My neighbor goes to work very early, so this dog is costing me sleep. I’ve yelled at it, talked nice to it, even squirted it with the hose, but it won’t shut the hell up. It is not a small yappy dog, like I said, it normally is quiet. My neighbor leaves him with plenty of food, water, & toys. I can see no reason for his barking except that he is lonely. This can’t go on. My neighbors response is “what can I do about it?”. What can he? HELP!!

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Cover a steak in rat poison and toss it over the fence.

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Simple answer: Give him some hamburger with a little benadryl in it. Dyphenhydramine. Doesn’t hurt the pooch and keeps him sleepy

tough answer: get the neighbor to put him on anti-anxiety drugs.

Tougher answer: give Fido a shock bark collar. Puppy barks and ZAP! three or four times and he stops barking.

Toughest answer: get master to take him to dog school.

I have had barking dogs and have stopped it with a can full of pennies chucked at his head a few times. But MAster may not like you doing that.

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You can get devices that you can put on your property (but near the yard where the offending dog lives) that will make a very high-pitched sound when the dog barks. Click here to be taken to a web page that sells a few of these types of things.

Notes:
– I have not used one of these devices, but am told they work.
– I have no connection with this company, other than that I have ordered other pet supplies from them before, and have been satisfied with their service.

I hope this is useful to you. Does anybody else have more direct experience with this sort of device?

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You can rent “zap” collars at a pet store. Thet say that it doesn’t hurt the dog, but I’m not sure about that.
You can also make friends with the dog. He may mind you if you tell him to be quiet. My neighbors dog does. It’s like if he knows I’m here he doesn’t get so lonely.
Peace,
mangeorge

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First, offer to babysit the dog when the neighbor is away. Let it sleep with you and it won’t be lonely. If that doesn’t work, kill it.

If that’s too much for you, call the police and have them make a ‘public nuisance’ report. The DA will prosecute and the guy will have to get rid of the dog.

If you don’t want to do that, offer to pay to have the dog silenced. That’s a shitty thing to do, but less shitty than killing the dog.

Consider killing the neighbor instead. I don’t hurt innocent animals, but I will place a contract on the neighbor for you. Or, if you like, I will send you one of my books. If you follow the directions, the neighbor will move pretty soon.

If none of this appeals to you, lace a piece of meat or a hot-dog with dog laxative and feed it to the dog every day when the neighbor leaves for work. After about it won’t bark anymore. Or simply open the gate every day, let the dog out and call Animal Control.

Move to a different neighborhood yourself. Preferably a nice gated retirement community.

Or…but wait…now we are getting into professional advice, and I charge for that.

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Or you can cover this guy in hamburger grease and toss him over the fence.
Peace,
mangeorge

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I thought I was friends with the dog…he is very affectionate towards me, but as soon as I go back it the house, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff…again. This is at 4:30a.m., so I don’t want to keep going out there ever 5 minutes. I also don’t want to poison him, or pick a fight with my neighbor. I think I will see if he will agree to trying one of those collars, my treat. I’ll post with the results on whether it is effective or not.

Thanks guys.

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Citronella anti-bark collar.

I really don’t know how effective these are, and they seem pretty expensive, but maybe you could rent one?

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It does sound as if the dog is lonely. Buy your neighbor another dog.

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Give the dog a toy to play with, or a bone, or anything that will interest it long enough for it to forget its lonely. Also, tell your neighbour the dog never shuts up, because if it only happens when he’s out he might not be aware of it.

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" No problem is so trivial that it can’t be solved with a particularly gruesome form of murder".

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It’s got seperation anxiety. Humans get that too…

You can check the city ordnance on noise. We have one, that wouldn’t be tolerated. Then call the cops, not very nice thing to do…
Or record it. When the owner gets home & around 2am, play it back full volume in his direction. Im sure they can take a hint.

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My parents’ shetland sheepdog, a constant barker, had her vocal chords cut (following numerous neighbor complaints). Now, when she “barks,” it sounds like a raspy cough.

Cutting vocal chords is a really controversial solution, and don’t hate me forever Michi, mkay? But…my parents chose it because they research they did showed that the anti-bark collars caused psychological harm; it tends to make a dog a little more neurotic (at least by their research). My parents’ sheltie seems not to have noticed, and still barks just as much–just much more quietly. She is a very happy dog, and we have much happier neighbors (not to mention we ourselves–that barking did drive us nuts). Still, it’s not something I like to tell people–it does seem so pathetic.

Dogs bark for many reason. Some, esp. the smaller terrier breeds (fox terrier, mini-pins, jack russell), are a wee bit neurotic, and bark out of compulsion. Putting them on drugs is common, but not necessarily effective. Some, such as my parents’ dog, are breeds that have been bred to bark. A sheep dog’s job is to alert the shepherd of anything, and boy…do they.

Be sure to talk with your neighbor. If nothing is done, file a complaint. Once the complaint is issued, your neighbor is warned to either get the dog to quiet down, or get rid of it altogether. Let’s hope something workds, for the pooch’s sake.

BTW, what kind of dog is it? DO you have any idea?

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Here is a barking “cure” that I have been going to try but our pooch is too smart. She hears me get up in the night and quits barking.
Supposedly if you put a couple of pennies in a can and when poochie barks you shake it.It is supposed to startle the dog.I have been thinking of attaching a string to the can and suspend it from a tree but our house isn’t set up right. A remote control whailing siren type thing might work,I think.
Good luck. let me know how you stop it. Short of shooting fido.

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Does the dog shut up when you walk outside? If it does, this won’t work, but a friend started squirting the neighbor’s dog with the hose when it started up.

Also, just try yelling “quiet” out the window…it seems to work at the Humane Society.

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Barking dogs are usually neglected for long periods. When the owner is home, the dog is happy and quiet, and the owner never scolds it.

Buy a dog whistle.

Blow it when the owner is home and the dog is usually quiet.
This starts the dog barking.

A few Hushes from the owner is the start of his training.(“His training”, refering here to the owner, not the dog.)

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I’ve always used petting them between the eyes as a trick to calm that down… but I can’t imagine that’d be too useful seeing as the dog isn’t even in your yard.
Ah well. I tried.

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If it were YOUR dog, I’d suggest training with the muzzle, it worked wonders with my female dog, Molly. She would bark at ANYTHING, leaves falling, etc. I would put the muzzle on for five minutes EVERY time she started in, and within a week, she finally GOT it and stopped, but since this isn’t your dog…

I’m with the suggestion about taping the neighbor’s dog, going over and playing it for them. Call the ASPCA, the police, play the tape for them too, making sure the thoughtless neighbor will finally get the idea YOU aren’t going to go away. His poor dog is lonely and needs another dog for company. I really despise people who have pets, and then don’t take care of their needs.

Dogs are pack animals, meaning ** social animals ** it his way of crying for attention, even if it is negative, and the one who could help, isn’t there to hear the crying. THAT is what needs to change. Make Thoughtless Neighbor * hear the crying. *

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Ruffian, so he should grab the neighbors canine, have it operated on & then sneak it back into the yard?