addled wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:02 pm As per previous suggestions you should have a friendly chat with the neighbour. Stress to them that if "another neighbour" were to report the problem to the council then they would be in quite a lot of trouble, so perhaps suggest an anti-bark collar.

We rehomed a dog and he's settled in well but it was only when a neighbour started working from home that we found out that he barks if left alone, so we bought a bark collar.  If he barks it beeps as a warning.  If he barks again it will vibrate a couple of times.  It worked immediately, and so well that after only a few days we didnt even bother to turn it on, since he'd quickly worked out that the collar vibrates when he barks, so he doesnt bark when he's wearing it, even when its turned off.

Hopefully the site admin are happy for me to post a link to the collar we bought: https://tinyurl.com/amazondogcollar

To clarify: this collar does NOT administer an electric shock.  It's a light vibration similar to a mobile phone, therefore is totally humane.  There are other collars that spray a jet of air or citrus aroma (apparently dogs hate citrus) but my friend who owns a Dachs tried one and it didnt seem to work.

percypop wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:47 am Thank goodness someone has brought up this maddening problem! The plea by one owner for understanding from neighbours is absurd. The disturbance inflicted on their  neighbours, both back and front through constant piercing barking, is not just a matter of convenience but a positive actionable nuisance.
The proposition that neighbours should simply put up with it, is selfish in the extreme.
Why should they just accept the constant yapping which interferes with their work and peaceful enjoyment of their property merely because the neighbour brings dogs into the home? 
Give and take are essential between neighbours, of course, but that means give as well as take. Give consideration.

P.P

Needcoffeenow wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:57 am When our lovely neighbours acquired two jack russells we had the same problem - in stereo! They stood at the front window and literally barked at every passer-by, all day long. Are the owners of your sausage dog out during the day? In which case (like our neighbours) they may be unaware of the problem? In the end the JR owners decided the dogs were lonely and took action by shutting them in the back of the house with the tv on. But only after I had said working from home was impossible because I couldn’t have a conversation that wasn’t drowned out by barking. Didn’t want to fall out with them as they were very good in every other way so all very awkward and protracted …

Lorhnial wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:32 am @daisydaisy - seconded! I was reading that post wondering if it was about my two sausage dogs

Definitely chat to your neighbour and see if there’s any training they can do to try and reduce it - we’ve done a lot of training with ours and, although they’re now better, on some days they’re fine and on some days anything sets them off. Dachshunds are really hard to train but it’s better to have spoken to your neighbour than suffer in silence.

daisydaisy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:29 pm I am am embarrassed dachshund owner who completely sympathies with your post. Please be assured that your dachshund owning neighbour is more bothered by this than you. The breed are hyper sensitive to doorbells and cats etc. Mine has had endless training sessions but is still very reactive- especially to the neighbours dog if it barks or is in the garden. You refer to your neighbour as lovely so hopefully you have a good enough relationship to chat with them. I try to keep my yappy dog inside if the neighbours are in the garden. The older they get, the less yappy they are but please don’t be angry with your neighbour- sausage dogs are just very sensitive and a total embarrassment to their owners!