Yapping Dog

[cameliaheartfelt]

I've just come out of hospital after a major operation and am not sleeping well as uncomfortable to sleep on my back. Neighbours round the back who I don't know, never seen, got a new dog about 2 months ago and it yaps when they let it out at the crack of dawn like a wake up call then yaps on and off during the day. This means I can't catch up with my sleep in the day and if I do, I'm suddenly woken. I've got to the point now that when it's not yapping,I'm listening for it, grr! I'm thinking of having a walk round if I can manage it to tell them my concerns. Worried about reaction. Will be in my dressing gown and surgical stockings and I look dreadful so I guess that would go in my favour. Why don't people think? Also what about people who work nights/ shifts, they must suffer too? I don't do earplugs by the way. So, how should I broach this? How do you stop a yapping dog after all, it surely gets on their nerves.

[Khandro]

http://westernwildlife.org/gray-wolf-outreach-project/biology-behavior-4/
From a more reliable source.

[Baldric]

Well thanks for that Khandro, oh boy did I have that wrong, or what?
I really thought cameliaheartfelt was being troubled by a Dog, now I find out thanks to you it's actually a Suburban Wolf Pack. definitely a job for the Council Pest Controllers now imo.

[jambutty]

Is that your dog Baldric?

[Baldric]

That's the new boy, Roger.
Has pirates eye patch, so (jolly) Roger

[jambutty]

Well he's an absolute beauty x

[Baldric]

Thanks JB, he's about 4, picked up as a stray, had his 7 days in the Pound then was rescued by the kennels, no idea what his previous name was but he's getting used to Roger, (slowly)

[jambutty]

I'd always get a rescue too Baldric, so many of them out there needing a home. Good for you.

[Khandro]

Baldric; No you didn't get it wrong, it is an actual dog which is giving cameliaheartfelt problems. Now you're all confused, poor thing.

[Baldric]

I'm recovered now Khandro thanks, I had a brief lay-down in a darkened room.

[jambutty]

Where's Roger?

[Baldric]

Hi JB, he's led on my feet, these are the pair we lost over the last 9 months or so, both age related, both greatly missed. Roger shares Avatar space with them, so they won't be forgotten, they were both on AB for a long time.

[jambutty]

Ah I see Baldric. Bloomin' awful to lose two dogs close together, bad enough losing one. I'll look out for the lovely Roger again.

[whiskeryron]

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[woofgang]

ron...its a whistle....it will do naff all if the dog hasn’t been taught what to do when it hears the whistle........

[brainiac]

I sympathise completely. I live in a quiet cul-de-sac in a quiet village, and the next-door neighbours started letting their dog out early via a large dog-flap, into a yard right under my bedroom window. Several friendly approaches helped a bit, then one morning it happened again and I just lost it, had a go at the son on the phone and followed up with a strong (but not abusive) email. They came round that evening and a 'discussion' ensued, and since then I've heard not a thing from the wretched dog! No idea what measures they took, but just a shame they didn't do it when first told about the problem. I'd definitely go for the 'gentle' approach to begin with....

[whiskeryron]

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woofgang
ron...its a whistle....it will do naff all if the dog hasn’t been taught what to do when it hears the whistle........ // You obviously do not understand how a '' Dog Whistle '' works woofie, the whistle is so high pitched it actually hurts the dog's ears & although I am loath to injure any animal if you blow it every time the dog barks the animal soon realises that the barking is causing the pain & will eventually cease barking, this has been proved many times.

[woofgang]

Assuming you are right (and I dispute it, I have had and used dog whistles and understand well how they work) point one how is the dog going to learn that the pain is caused by it’s barking and not by any other random event happening at the time? and point two, way to go suggesting that a dog should be tortured.

[jambutty]

Ah the lovely Roger's back.

I agree with you woof.

[Hypognosis]

From woofgang's middle link "Why won't dominance die?"

"The domestic dog is a neotonised version of the wolf-type ancestor, a specialised variant that evolved into a newly formed environmental niche to scavenge the domestic waste of human settlements."

I was looking for the term neotony and glad to see it in this article.

Supposedly, adult wolves almost never bark; it is an activity restricted to puppies, with them.

We've bred dogs to have more and more puppy-like behaviour attributes and yapping dogs are an unfortunate side effect of this, I reckon. Lonely, needy, owner away at work, so they yap all day. Owner gets home and they are sweetness and light because they have company again. *Owners do not know there is a problem going on, behind their back*.

Use the voice recorder on your phone and, after a visit or two to just get aquainted, maybe broach the subject and make it clear that you're playing the tape to them merely as information, not accusation. You could even say that you were concerned about the animal's welfare or that you thought it was trying to get bystanders to help with some crisis, involving them, indoors.

People who leave dogs in "home alone" situations make me want dog licences to make a comeback.