Barking Dog Problem? If Your Neighbors Won't Train Their Dogs to Stop Barking, Do it for Them.

After two full days of non-stop barking by our neighbor's dogs, I felt like checking myself into the local hospital’s mental ward.

My husband and I, like most people, prefer to avoid neighborhood conflict whenever possible. After all, we do run into our neighors, even the ones we aren't too well-acquainted with, at the mailbox every once in a while, but two days of constant barking, and I had had it.

This particular neighbor, when asked to quit throwing beer cans across the fence into another neighbor’s yard, responded by draping a huge banner with the 4-letter f-word across the fence so that this elderly lady would see it every time she entered her back yard.

Another time, they told her that she sure looked stupid at her age to be out mowing her lawn astride a riding mower. The lady in question is in her 80′s, has arthritis, and had just lost her husband. She took great pride in being able to take care of the yard herself, but after that comment, she avoided contact with the crude neighbor whenever possible.  So did everyone else---some for their own reasons.

We felt we had grounds to call the police over the dog barking incident, I mentioned earlier. The couple left the dogs outside in the back yard while they gone for the whole weekend.  Technically, the dogs were not physically neglected.  There was a roof  over the patio where the dogs could get out of the rain, and they seemed to have plenty of food and water, but those things didn't do a thing to keep them from barking--and bark they did---non-stop.

We had read about dog bark silencers and had dismissed them as too expensive, but, at this point, I thought it would be worth any amount of money — if it worked.

We ordered the Dog Bark Silencer Pro online and it arrived in only 2 days. It was $99.95 plus shipping, and worth every penny.  They also have a cheaper model, but the one we bought came with an extension cord which is useful if the dogs you are trying to train are some distance from where you have to mount your Dog Bark Silencer Pro.

The unit can be operated on batteries or on electricity, or even manually if you prefer. It is water-resistant, but not water-proof.

(You can get similar machines for less, but most of them won’t work if there is a tree or fence, or any other obstruction between you and the dog. Also, some of the cheaper machines have a much shorter range.) 

My husband hung our unit under the eaves of our house, pointed toward the neighboring yard. The dogs came rushing to the fence between our houses and immediately began to bark. Once, loudly; a second time, not quite so loudly; and then several little half-hearted yips and the barking stopped. I couldn’t believe it.

I can’t say enough good things about the Dog Silencer Pro. If you have a similar problem with a neighbor’s dog, or even your own, check it out  HERE .

Sometimes, in the early morning, I hear dogs further away winding up for their early morning barking contest, and I hold my breath, wondering if the dogs next door will enter in. They start to, but only with a tenative little yip to see if the horrible “thing” next door to them is still there. It is, and it is working. They hear it, and give up. I think they have met their match, and they know it.