I am right there with you. Spent 2 summers trying to cope with a neighbor who did the dumbest thing he could ever have done for his German Shepherd puppy. Gave her rule over the fenced in backyard. Literally she ruled the backyard and no commands from the owner would control her.
I resorted to obtaining a military grade Dog Silencer. Worked fairly well.
Sadly the neighbor passed away early this year. The dog has been through 3 homes and is now housed outside only in a fenced in yard.
Really it is ultimately a sad story.
“..military grade Dog Silencer.”
Do you recall the brand. The neighbor behind us has two little yappers that must have a doggie door out to the deck on their garage roof. Can’t be in the backyard (70’ away) without those two at the deck railing yapping away.
“...the dog is now housed outside only in a fenced in yard.
Really it is ultimately a sad story.”
Years ago another neighbor had a dog that it kept in their garage most of the time. It was ALWAYS barking - but muffled so not annoying, other than feeling bad for the dog. One week they asked us to watch it. We ended up taking it to our house and keeping it inside with us and the kids. Never barked!
We asked if we could keep the dog and they said “Fine - all it does is bark in our garage!” Best dog ever. After the first few weeks it other neighbors could hear it barking and howling if we left it home alone. After a few weeks of trying to not live it alone for too long it figured out we would return and never had a problem.
The only time it ever barked is if someone we didn’t know would come onto our property. Oh, and one guy that we DID know who was on the shady side!
What is a military grade dog silencer? There are two dogs across from me who bark incessantly from 4PM to 9PM every day. The owner refuses to do anything about the situation.