Neighbours puppy left alone......

[Sonak]

We can hear the puppy barking and crying more or less everyday and it sounds like it is kept in a cage because it sounds like when it barks it moves something which bangs against the wall!

The only problem is there is a history of problems with our neighbour & we have reported it to our Housing Association & they've just said keep a diary of it.
We would call the RSPCA but the neighbours will know it would be us as we live in a terraced house & they are on the end & we're right next to them!

Any advice on what to do? Is this a matter for the RSPCA?

[paraffin]

Have you actually considered TALKING to your neighbour?
Or is that the reason why there is, quote "a history of problems with our neighbour"?
This is one of the main reasons why neighbours fall out with one another - a complete lack of communication - how would any of us like it if the first thing we knew of a perceived problem at our home was when The Council/The Police/The Dog Warden etc etc came banging on the door, AND refused to tell you who contacted them in the first place???
Not very nice!!
I've had lots of dealings with similar complaints over the years (NOT against me! NOR made by me!) and neighbourly bitchiness towards one another can really cause massive, but easily avoidable, problems if only people would talk to one another!!!

[luxury]

Hi Sonak,

I'd call the police, and say you think you heard someone breaking in next door, you think they're still in there because you heard banging and you know the neighbours are out at work. They'll find the dog and hopefully call the RSPCA for you.

If that seems a bit much, then just call the RSPCA. Please don't pet that animal suffer.

L.

[paraffin]

2 things "luxury": 1. The blatant lie you suggest can only lead to further trouble i.e. wasting Police time IS an offence.
2. Who need a s**t stirrer like you for a neighbour?

[luxury]

Hi Parrafin,

Well I suppose one should be grateful that you are not my neighbour.

Sonak, apologies. Please call the RSPCA or even a local vet with your concerns.

I reiterate. Don't let that animal suffer.

L.

[redcrx]

do you not think that maybe the dog is knocking its bowl against a wall when eating? Mine used to.

Theres no harm in calling the RSPCA for advice

[Therema]

If your neighbours are out at work well it sounds as if they have the puppy in a training cage, which is not cruel, its to stop the little thing getting into strife and stop it messing in the house till they get home, it will have food and water i suppose and if its a little young puppy it will cry cos they want someone to be there, i myself have used training cages in the past, recommended by the vet, for when i was going out, both my little horrors got used to it as they knew it wasnt for long and were taken out as soon as i got home and played for hours with them, just keep being a good neighbour and if your still not sure contact your neighbour before going anywhere else

[EmEd1984]

sonak, how long is left alone in the house for?

[EmEd1984]

*the puppy

[luxury]

Sonak, how long are they leaving the dog for?

[redcrx]

arent you already in a dispute with your neighbour and keeping a diary anyway?

[paraffin]

luxury: Sorry, mate, you couldn't afford me as your neighbour.
Therema: How do you know that Sonak is being, quote "...a good neighbour" when Sonak has no idea as to what's causing the problem? Doh!!!
Finally, I don't know if any of you have your own hotline to the RSPCA but in my experience it's like trying to phone Lord Lucan(but harder!). Plus, on the extremely rare occasion you DO manage it, you are more likely to be met with a wall of indifference - just try it and see(that is if you get through!).
No, talking to people, you know, that rare art of communication? is the best policy.
Except, apparently, for some of the spineless wonders on this site!

[obNOXious]

I agree paraffin, some of the RSPCA inspectors don't have a brain cell between them and it's an organistation that by and large gets right up my nose, with their sanctimonious, sentmental rubbish to generate money.
If you talk to your neighbour you will probably fiund that they are crate training and there's nothign whatsoever wrong with that.Just as dogs should ideally not be left alone unduly, nor should they be turned into attention seeking nightmares that suffer from seperation anxiety because they've NEVER been left alone. If the animal is not being mistreated and I can't see why you think it is, then mind your own business, or as parafin says TALK to them direct.

[Pigletion]

Just go round, or leave a note if it's a bit confrontational, and say you happened to hear their dog crying today (or whatever) and you just wanted to let them know as they were out when it happened. No accusations or anything, just genuine concern.

[NoMercy]

I say sod your neighbours and think about what's best for the poor little mite next door.

I prefer animals to humans anyday!!!!

[obNOXious]

The point being No Mercy that there's probably NOTHING wrong with the 'poor little mite next door', just people over sentimentalising about animals.
I love animals but if they are treated like some form of deity then they invariably end up with behavioural problems and it's frankly rude to interfere in the way people choose to train THEIR animals.Crates are there to stop them gnawing through electric wires etc, ie for their own wellbeing.

[luxury]

I've never had a problem with the RSPCA. They were absolutely brilliant when I rescued a cat that was in deep distress. I called them, explained about the animal and they came out . I live in Richmond and the Putney RSPCA were the good eggs that came out. It was a good ending as they found the owner and they were reunited.

Parrafin. Don't be so ridiculous. I'm not about to discuss with you house prices, land or how many frikkin horses, dogs and cats I've rescued.

Apologies again Sonak.

L.

[tamborine]

2nd Knobby.....excellent idea.

[obNOXious]

I have virtually no respect for the RSPCA as the twice i've had anything to do with them personally they've acted like a total waste of space with no knowledge or care for animal welfare. Example 1.
Large very distressed bird was locked in a shop in seaside town which was shut for the winter... phoned the RSPCA who wouldn't come out or suggest anything helpful. Eventually a local policeman 'accidentally' broke a small window and released it. Good chap.

Example 2.
I had a cow who had just given birth and was ' cleansing', which involves bloody mass including cotyledons hanging from the cow's vulva and is quite normal. An understandly concerned member of the public called them and they attended and i explained that this is perfectly okay and normal and the RSPCA inspector said ' But it's insides are haning out!" I totally f3cking despaired and phoned my vet who told him straight after he finished laughing.

Example 3.
I run a small horse rescue and have always found them to be an utter utter waste of time and space, so sorry if i've been unusually unlucky in encountering the only morons who work for them, but until I encounter someone with a brain there I'll probably hold the same opinion of them that I do now.