Device to Stop Neighbor's Dog from Barking

[marko]

IMO the best defense here is a good offense.

The last thing I'd consider would be changing my behavior because of an inconsiderate dog owner.

With rare exceptions, there's noise ordinances, nuisance statutes, animal cruelty areas and various legal and HOA avenues. A well worded letter from an attorney either to the owner or animal control itself can sometimes get everyone's attention to fix the concern.

As noted above, decibels aside, a dog barking more than 30 minutes, indoors or out is considered an "animal in distress" around here.

 

[planuntilthefisthits]

As it's the neighbor that's the problem rather than the dog, I'd concentrate there.

Are there any noise ordinances in your neighborhood? If so, try to use them. If not. . . maybe put some focused sonics on the neighbor's property when they're home?

"Focused sonics?" Do you have a particular solution? Thanks!

 

[planuntilthefisthits]

Thanks to all who contributed their ideas!

 

[tfudtuckerpucker]

I had that situation- a continually barking dog, "bad" neighbor, our homes were close together, and he didn't care if his dog barked. And in sympathy to the dog, it might have been bored, lonely, unhappy about being kept outside, who knows. Maybe it was being mistreated or hungry. The good thing about most of these ultrasonic feedback devices it they don't hurt the dog- they provide negative sound feedback that hopefully discourages the barking. It's not a guarantee- if the dog is suffering, it may ignore the sound. The neighbor never knew I used that device, so fortunately there wasn't an ugly confrontation.

Out of curiosity I looked for a more powerful device for longer range. I found a german device that claims a range of 300 meters(!) You have to build it yourself. Of course, you would not use one of these close up, as it may be painful or damage hearing. But it may work as a focused beam (cannon) for certain situations.

 

[sengsational]

Earplugs including ANC ones don't help against dogs barking, plus then you are in danger of not hearing things you need to hear like alarms or many other things to live a peaceful life, like talking to people. Plus, they get uncomfortable after a while. The OP shouldn't have to do this. This is all on the selfish dog owner controlling their dog.

I get good results from these JBL's. They do sell counterfeits that don't work (I had a pair). But they work for all sounds, not just 'noise'. For instance, if I have them in the noise cancelling mode and I'm listening to a podcast and my wife doesn't know it and talks from the next room, I have no idea she's talking.

I haven't tried the JBL's with a dog barking sound, but there's a neighbor directly behind our house that sometimes barks at me when I'm dragging things to the brush pile. I might try an experiment next time.

 

[marko]

The neighbor never knew I used that device, so fortunately there wasn't an ugly confrontation.

You were already in an ugly confrontation. Congratulations for being proactive!

 

[Northforker]

Have you looked into this?

https://www.amazon.com/ATVIOO-Dog-Bark-Deterrent-Device/dp/B0DXPWR165/ref=sxin_16_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa?content-id=amzn1.sym.e1fd0544-6483-4e4f-b389-bc90d

 

[planuntilthefisthits]

Have you looked into this?

https://www.amazon.com/ATVIOO-Dog-Bark-Deterrent-Device/dp/B0DXPWR165/ref=sxin_16_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa?content-id=amzn1.sym.e1fd0544-6483-4e4f-b389-bc90d

Thanks. For the first time today, I’m trying something similar. Too early to tell whether effective.

 

[TickTock]

"Focused sonics?" Do you have a particular solution? Thanks!

I was thinking of playing music that your neighbor finds objectionable at their house when their home. But reading the thread it sounds like a confrontation/escalation that you're not interested in.

 

[Time2]

I think you are making a lot of assumptions here. What if the homeowner wants to read, take a nap, watch tv at a normal level, listen to music, enjoy the birds? White noise machine isn't going to do anything.

I actually sold my last house and moved, partially due to a constantly barking dog.

I'm with you on this, people should take care of their barking dogs. My son bought a house, we have been doing work on the yard, fixing the trim on the house, putting siding on the house and more. There is a chain link fence between the two houses, the two dogs the neighbor owns just sit and bark at us. Wonderful. /s
I have also had my own problem with barking dogs over the years. I like dogs, just not ones that bark all day.

 

[Pluperfect]

None of these noise canceling headphones deal with impulse noise.

Just want to repeat that for those who may have missed it. I looked into noise canceling headphones to deal with barking dogs, but also slamming doors--people in RVs love to slam doors and they're always only about 10 feet from me. The technology the headphones use won't block the sound of slamming doors.

Also, I tried my Barx Buddy a couple of minutes ago--a dog in an RV about 40 feet away was barking because some people drove up. There were two people in there with it but they just let it bark until the visitors got to the door. Whyyyyyyy?

Anyway, I had a clear line of sight to the door of the RV--the dog was at the screen door. I shot the Barx Buddy through my window screen at it, and...nothing. I couldn't see the dog to see if he looked over toward the sound, like they usually do. But it definitely didn't stop barking.

Maybe it didn't work because it was too far away, or maybe going through two screens was too much to ask. Oh well. I'll just make my self remember how perfectly it worked at the repair place.

This is disappointing because I saw the dog when we picked this site, but he was super mellow just sitting in the shade and barely even looked up as we scouted sites. Lesson learned.

 

[Global Wizzo]

So my neighbor is a pathological person who is hated by all of the other neighbors. One reason is the neighbor's dog barks continuously, especially when neighbor leaves the house. The neighbor could not care less about the stress on the dog and the other neighbors. We suspect that the neighbor enjoys inflicting pain on us,

So, any effective dog bark training devices that would work across property lines..around 50 feet between homes?

Thanks.

PS: Please don't suggest police or ASPCA. I have a friend who works for the latter, and he says there is nothing they can do. And, I don't want to sue.

Not sure where you live. Here Animal Control would warn them and eventually pick up the dog.

 

[inmypryme]

There's a device marketed as Bark Be Gone that involves radio waves and works directly with the dog's auditory process and stops the barking upon activation.It doesn't hurt the dog and trust me it works.Godspeed.

 

[Pluperfect]

I have a similar device, and had one in the past that might have been the exact one you're talking about. My experience is that it sometimes works. The biggest success was when I used it on some guard dogs that had obviously been trained to stop barking upon command. The least success is on yappers jumping up and down on the couch in the window that have obviously never been trained to do anything.

 

[MRG]

There's a device marketed as Bark Be Gone that involves radio waves and works directly with the dog's auditory process and stops the barking upon activation.It doesn't hurt the dog and trust me it works.Godspeed.

My wife bought one, used it once and our dog about lost its mind. I threw it out immediately. Cruel.

 

[Pluperfect]

I've used it on I'd guess 8 or 10 dogs so far, and none have had a bad reaction. When the trained guard dogs heard it, they immediately stopped barking and calmly walked away. On other dogs, some didn't react at all (maybe they were too far away), and others obviously heard it and looked my way, and sometimes stopped barking and sometimes went back to barking.

I didn't notice any distress in any of them.

 

[sengsational]

I haven't tried the JBL's with a dog barking sound, but there's a neighbor directly behind our house that sometimes barks at me when I'm dragging things to the brush pile. I might try an experiment next time.

Today I went outside and started listening to an audio essay* on the JBLs. My phone was set to about 1/4 volume. After the essay was over, I took out the earbuds and learned there was one of those Asplundh tree muncher machines running next door. I had no clue. The thing was roaring in between brush being fed in, at which point it was making that "nnggYOW" sound. That certainly is louder than a dog barking inside the neighbor's house with the windows open, and it's certainly a sudden noise.

So although my neighbor's dog hasn't given me the opportunity to experiment, the fact that I did not know a tree mucher was operating next door proved to me that they work for any sound.

* David Whyte - Consolations. He's really got a way with words.

 

[Teacher Terry]

I’ve lived in, two different houses where the neighbors dogs were outside barking for hours over a Period of 16 years. How I handled it was just to put music or my TV on. Sometimes my company would say they would’ve called animal control but I was not going to be responsible for a dog being put to sleep.

When I bought my Condo four years ago, it didn’t even occur to me that I should stay away from the main doors so that my two little dogs wouldn’t bark because they were used to living in a house.

Luckily, I’m at the end of a hallway and only people from two condos walk by my door. I put music on when I leave so that they can’t hear every little thing. Another good thing is that the condos are cement so very soundproof. I would not want my dogs bothering other people when I’m not home.