Which is Worse?

[Cobra]

A small dog yapping consistently,
Or a "proper dog" barking a few times?

Honestly I've heard lower / deeper pitched noises coming from mice

The "neighbours" opposite, and there is about 40 yards Between us,
(just about within range of a 12 bore
And No, Steve, @ST4 BBQing them to help the UK food shortage, is not an option )

have recently acquired a couple of dogs
I've only caught a glimpse of them once or twice but they look like
Bichon type possibly a cross with a s*** I mean shih tzu.

When they go out, the things opposite just don't shut up!
Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak squeak!
Oh and they have been at it for 3 hours so far.
Lets hope they get laryngitis soon, Eh?.

And just for the fun factor (well it is TFI Friday)
When they go out for a night, the alarm invariably goes off (continually) too.

And the guy works as a fitter / engineer what ever you call them,
For a certain company that specialises in alarms / security.
(3 letters begins with "A" and ends in "T" )

 

[simon ess]

Small dogs yappin'.....aaargh.

My big tom cat actually likes small dogs. He can't eat a whole one though.

 

[Gremlin]

Either is better the brats children screaming all the time
We will soon have 6 weeks of that and no I don't mean normal playing

 

[Marc]

Well, I would have gone for option 2 but then I noticed option 4. No brainer really.

 

[Cobra]

Small dogs yappin'.....aaargh.
My big tom cat actually likes small dogs. He can't eat a whole one though.

Can't you save him half for later?

Either is better the brats children screaming all the time

Not totally convinced TBH

 

[Cobra]

Well, I would have gone for option 2 but then I noticed option 4. No brainer really.

Put that there just for you Marc

 

[Marc]

Put that there just for you Marc

Appreciated.

 

[Gremlin]

Appreciated.

So what you doing sitting here answering silly threads then

 

[Marc]

So what you doing sitting here answering silly threads then

Dogs aren't barking yet.

 

[Gremlin]

Dogs aren't barking yet.

I'm disappointed in Marc, didn't think you'd need an excuse

 

[the black fox]

apparently ours does it when we go out,along with crying and howling etc ,but as we are rarely out at night its not to bad .the thing is to learn what the barks are telling you you'll bless them yapping hounds if theres any burglars about :arghh::arghh::arghh:

 

[Cobra]

a .the thing is to learn what the barks are telling

Yeah I know, spoilt brats that yap when their "parents" are out.

you you'll bless them yapping hounds if theres any burglars about :arghh::arghh::arghh:

I can imagine that they would be scared witless (the dogs that is )
And probably shut up and hide somewhere.

Besides they are over the road from me, but close enough to be bloody annoying.
I don't mind a dog barking now and again, but a constant barrage of yip,yip,yip,yip,yip,yip, Ad nauseam
for 4 hours was quite enough, till someone came home, and I offered them a roll of duck tape
So yes a small dog squeaking, is far worse than a proper dog barking "for a reason"

 

[Yves Geza]

Sorted! Saves us from ever inviting you here again!

 

[Cobra]

Sorted! Saves us from ever inviting you here again!

I thought you'd be pleased

However, your two hardly made a sound, when they did, they barked, not squeaked.
And shut up a few seconds later.
4 hours however was a bit much from the rats over the road

 

[CaveDweller]

Small dogs yapping!

I own two Border Collies but luckily their barks are quite surprisingly low pitched for not being the biggest of dogs. Not that I let them bark their heads off though. I live in the middle of nowhere but when I take them out to a friends house and leave them in the garden I don't let them bark away and be a nuisance. I may own dogs but doesn't mean I like the noise constantly lol.

It's the same with changing dirty nappies. The Mrs always laughs at me because I don't like the smell. Just because I should be used to it by now doesn't mean I have to like it

 

[dejongj]

Oh man cobra! Definetly small dogs. Our neighbours got a jack Russell last year. The little thing is cute but just yapping all the time. Especially in our Nero face, who just looks bemused at what a strange noisy little creature it is an ignores him totally. I'm trying to encourage and teach Nero to do just one of his barks. Ours is ever so quiet but when he does bark you know it. A super loud and very deep woof.

I suggested kindly and gently that our neighbour should come along to this dog training place. But they don't see it necessary as theirs is just a little dog. Aaaargh

 

[Gremlin]

In all seriousness, I bet it won't be long till someone reports them to either environmental health or the dog warden.
It annoys me that owners that let their dog do things like this give the rest of the dog owning population a bad name

A few years back, when I lived in a 1st floor flat, a neighbour stopped me as I was coming home and said my dog had been howling
and barking all morning, strange that as he was out with my ex and the kids for the day and TBH not known to make a noise
when left.

 

[Cobra]

In all seriousness, I bet it won't be long till someone reports them to either environmental health or the dog warden.
It annoys me that owners that let their dog do things like this give the rest of the dog owning population a bad name

I wouldn't be surprised TBH.
It annoys me, and it must be far worse for their immediate neighbours.
One is a dog owner, and "you" never hear theirs, the other is a retired couple.

 

[Yv]

Chris has actually heard our two little dogs [Jack Russells] who do actually bark rather than yap [unless Scrappy is really excited, that sounds yappy] but what is really annoying is that when we first got them, apart from an aging GSD down the road, there were no other dogs around here. Now, there are 2 cockapoos over the back [also with proper barks], a yorkie thing a few doors up over the back, a westie next door but one and the woman opposite just got a young lab. Needless to say one of them barking sets them all off, but it rarely lasts more than a few minutes, but because they all have similar barks, we are fairly sure our neighbours think most of it is our dogs - because they are common jack russells and they bark a lot, right!

 

[SarahLee]

Constant yapping has to be far worse by far!

Although I do have a bit of sympathy depending on the circumstances.

Our first dog had been given in to the rescue centre after 6 years, when his previous owners wanted to start a family and decided that they couldn't cope with a dog and a baby.
He'd been in kennels for a year before we rehomed him and he suffered from terrible separation anxiety.
For the first week he was with us he'd howl and scream if one of us was just in the bathroom with door closed and he couldn't see us.
It took a lot of hard work, gradually building up from small periods apart to get his confidence back.

 

[dejongj]

Constant yapping has to be far worse by far!

Although I do have a bit of sympathy depending on the circumstances.

Our first dog had been given in to the rescue centre after 6 years, when his previous owners wanted to start a family and decided that they couldn't cope with a dog and a baby.
He'd been in kennels for a year before we rehomed him and he suffered from terrible separation anxiety.
For the first week he was with us he'd howl and scream if one of us was just in the bathroom with door closed and he couldn't see us.
It took a lot of hard work, gradually building up from small periods apart to get his confidence back.

And I think that is what a lot of people forget....good on you putting the hard work for a rescue and building up his confidence. However even from a puppy it requires a lot of hard work...Just like with children, they make a noise for a reason...One has to figure out what it is and deal with it...

I always find it sad when I see so many nervous dogs, or dogs that don't get socialised...Especially a lot of older people (around where I live) seem to pick up their little dog when another one comes around and say that their is a little nervous and yappy...Yes I'm not surprised if you never let them near another dog, or be nervous yourself around others...Such a shame...

 

[Cobra]

(@Yv ) As I said to J a posts up, at least your's "bark" and stop fairly quickly too.

( @SarahLee ) Agreed, Sarah, sometimes its not always as it seems.
But they have had these two since they were pups

And as ( @dejongj ) Jp Says the owners attitude / actions plays a large part in it.

TBH I would have thought that 2 two together would have quietened them down,
Although I'm pretty sure that they had one first, maybe they got a second one,
thinking the same?
Now its twice the "squeak"

 

[Yves Geza]

TBH I would have thought that 2 two together would have quietened them down,
Although I'm pretty sure that they had one first, maybe they got a second one,
thinking the same?
Now its twice the "squeak"

I did once, too! It turns out that two dogs just set each other off!

... our neighbours think most of it is our dogs - because they are common jack russells and they bark a lot, right!

Well ... they are and they do! We do our share!

But next month we've got much worse dogs coming to be dogsat for three weeks. We looking after two chocolate Labs ... and Labs are quite simply my least favourite breed! :rage: One of them has already demonstrated that she intends to chase the cats and I've already told her that she won't!

 

[dejongj]

I did once, too! It turns out that two dogs just set each other off!



Well ... they are and they do! We do our share!

But next month we've got much worse dogs coming to be dogsat for three weeks. We looking after two chocolate Labs ... and Labs are quite simply my least favourite breed! :rage: One of them has already demonstrated that she intends to chase the cats and I've already told her that she won't!

LOL @Yves Geza don't forget that they are genetically mad And you'll have to tell her that for every animal in the kingdom, I'm sure in her mind she'll thing that you told her not to chase cats, but you didn't tell her to chase Squirrels

Enjoy...

 

[Yves Geza]

I've known enough Labs! These two are in the glorious middle-aged period of Labrador life between chewing everything and getting arthritis but of course they're labs so they're going to be flatulent and stubborn as well as water-seeking missiles! :banghead:

... the first lab I knew was my ex-in-laws and he was the worst ever! He was a Battersea Dog's Home rescue and obviously he'd wandered off and his previous owners had been sensible enough not to go looking for him! He was such a water-seeking missile that once when my youngest ex-bro-in-law was walking him, he dived into someone's front garden pond and smashed all their garden gnomes! Simon apparently screamed and ran away without him!

 

[dejongj]

Yup...Nero isn't quite like that interestingly I really have to coach him into the water to get him going...However my wife was looking after his girlfriend Masey (a brown lab), and was at one of our neighbours with both and their Giant Schnauzer....and yup water...........Masey jumped straight ontop of their pool cover, pushing it down, then getting stuck poor girl and my wife who is a poor swimmer her self lifting the 32Kg of wet dog out of the pool....Nero and Ruby were apparently looking at her like was some daft hippo

At least they don't yap

 

[Cobra]

I did once, too! It turns out that two dogs just set each other off!

That worked well then
Strangely my two never did.

 

[Yves Geza]

Yup...Nero isn't quite like that interestingly I really have to coach him into the water to get him going...However my wife was looking after his girlfriend Masey (a brown lab), and was at one of our neighbours with both and their Giant Schnauzer....and yup water...........Masey jumped straight ontop of their pool cover, pushing it down, then getting stuck poor girl and my wife who is a poor swimmer her self lifting the 32Kg of wet dog out of the pool....Nero and Ruby were apparently looking at her like was some daft hippo

At least they don't yap

In the '80s I had a psychopathic rescued Yorkie who didn't like water. Except once, when we were walking him with a [different] ex-in-laws' Lab who grabbed the stick we were throwing for both of them and trod water in the middle of a pond. At which stage Charlie launched himself at him, disappeared below the surface, and reappeared several seconds later, spluttering and looking totally drowned rat! He never tried swimming again after that!

More recently I was with Yv photographing dogs for Mayhew Animal Rescue on the towpath of the Regents Canal. It was, of course, the big stupid labrador who decided to dive in for a swim in the canal! He was alright for several minutes but he started to panic when he realised he couldn't climb up the 3ft canal side - and at 40+kg, the two of us, myself and the guy from the Mayhew, couldn't get enough grip to lift him out either. It looked as though one of us [him not me!] was going into the water to rescue the dog when a young couple walked down the towpath arm in arm and madly in love and asked if we needed help? Which we did! I'm not sure if it was their first date, but they were offered a dog to take home as a souvenir!

On balance, I prefer yapping!!

 

[dejongj]

Nah, I rather get wet and have a swim than yapping I went in, in a stream in the New Forest in April as Nero got 'stuck'....Shoes/socks/trousers off...brrr it was cold, but quite enjoyed it...We both had a nice excuse for a nice snooze in front of the fireplace that afternoon, and my family thought I was a Hero....

 

[Gremlin]

That worked well then
Strangely my two never did.

My 4 never did when I had them all either, they would bark if someone came to the door but not for too long.
The command to stop was "Shut Up" and they did

 

[Cobra]

The command to stop was "Shut Up" and they did

Two barks when someone knocked on the door and straight to their beds.
(As they knew there was a small chew / treat in the offing )

 

[Gremlin]

Two barks when someone knocked on the door and straight to their beds.
(As they knew there was a small chew / treat in the offing )

Spoilt damn dogs Just tell them and then praise, all this treating .............................. whatever next you'll
be giving your birds treats

 

[Cobra]

Spoilt damn dogs Just tell them and then oraise all this treating

Well it worked a treat with out me saying a word.

.............................. whatever next you'll
be giving your birds treats

She can catch her own, she doesn't bark or yip anyway

 

[Gremlin]

Well it worked a treat with out me saying a word.

She can catch her own, she doesn't bark or yip anyway

Ho bloody ha and
Nope she just screeches

 

[Cobra]

Nope she just screeches

She does

Oh and they are out again, 10 mins ago, and the dogs have been yippin for the last 9

 

[dejongj]

Two barks when someone knocked on the door and straight to their beds.
(As they knew there was a small chew / treat in the offing )

Are you still talking about your dogs :devil:

 

[Cobra]

Are you still talking about your dogs :devil:

The kids were well trained too

 

[Lynton]

not read all of the above.. but in my opinion the minimum acceptable standards of a dog should be (in no particular order)

1) Minimum size springer spaniel
2) Must like water (hours of fun throwing stones for him/her to find)
3) Anything yappy / rat on a rope, is not per se a dog.. i.e. yorkies /miniture poodles, hand the man card over...
4) If it needs to go to a grooming parlour, not a dog
5) A huge branch is acceptable as a stick
6) Pref gun trained.
7) Does not give a poop if it gets wet / muddy / covered in anything...

Hmm black lab it is then...

 

[SFTPhotography]

This choice by the OP is my worst nightmare.

 

[Yves Geza]

not read all of the above.. but in my opinion the minimum acceptable standards of a dog should be (in no particular order)

1) Minimum size springer spaniel
2) Must like water (hours of fun throwing stones for him/her to find)
3) Anything yappy / rat on a rope, is not per se a dog.. i.e. yorkies /miniture poodles, hand the man card over...
4) If it needs to go to a grooming parlour, not a dog
5) A huge branch is acceptable as a stick
6) Pref gun trained.
7) Does not give a poop if it gets wet / muddy / covered in anything...

Hmm black lab it is then...

I don't think you've thought it through! Small dogs can be every bit as much fun or more!

1] I actually like small dogs. The ones that if you want to go left and they want to go right, you go left! More than that, there's the kindness that when they're old and arthritic [apart from the fact that small dogs tend to live longer and often stay healthier longer] they need less exercise and when they're really infirm you can help them much more effectively and carry them out to the garden and around the place!

2] Water loving dogs are a bloody nuisance if you don't want your car to stink from old puddles. You have to have some standards, even for the spare dog-taxi! You can have a lot of fun on land with a dog.

3 and 5] I'll try to find some pictures of my 1980s psycho-Yorkie whose idea of fetching a stick involved a minimum three foot length of wood but he would try to drag twelve foot branches out of the trees! Although he would bang peoples' ankles when he was struggling with a big stick! Definitely a boy who looked in the mirror and saw a Rottweiler looking back at him.

4] The same curly haired Yorkie-Poodle-cross needed a trip to the grooming parlour every so often. Do you have any idea how preferable it is to have a dog who doesn't moult hair around the house? I wish I could have another one!

6] Gun trained? Willy waver!! Then again, it's only slow drivers who need fast cars ... and that's the real analogy, isn't it? What your dog [or car] says about you not what you can actually do with your dog [or car]!

7] Have only really met one sad small dog who wasn't up for anything and of course that was down to how his people treated him. Normally if you treat a dog like a dog, it'll be a dog however large or small it is! And if you treat your Great Dane like your baby, it'll try to climb on everybody's lap! And my friends' Dane was very sweet but a bloody nuisance!

Black Lab ... I've posted above some of the problems I've had with "everyone's favourite breed". Although I will acknowledge from feeding treats to four dogs last week, that I'd forgotten what soft mouths Labs have compared with Jacks grabbing the biscuits!