Taking a neighbour to court

kwerk said:
Get an ultra sonic dog trainer and use it every time it barks.

Otherwise get your own, louder dog.
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They're very hit and miss, I could spent 30 quid and wire one up to the wall outside and have it not work.

And, although there's a few flippant remarks in this thread, I want to stay in the right, so no poisoning, no revenge noise-making etc as knowing my luck, it'll be me that ends up in court on the wrong end of the law.
 
Cuchulain said:
It's now a fully grown Alsation and I'm sure some of you know how loud they can be so the loudness isn't an issue, an SPL meter would be handy but I really need something to help evidence wise so it needs to record/timestamp it so when he denies his dog was barking I can present it as a form of evidence. I've got pages and page of diaries we've kept but they're easily refutable.

Everyone round here's a bit hoyty toyty and would balk at the thought of being a witness in court so I can't really rely on the neighbours, even though I know they have a problem with the dog too (one of them ended up turning a hosepipe on it at about 5am one morning to get it to shut up).
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if you can't get any neighbours to testify then you will need to hire a third party court recoginzed "expert" to make the decibel recordings and time. I think that your measurements wouldn't have much sway in court and would be considered heresay. afterall you may not be using properly calibrated equipment, you could tamper with it etc... I reckon an expert will not be cheap to hire

maybe some other options
- buy the dog a bone to keep him busy
- can RSPCA help?
- buy earplugs
 
doofski said:
Might be a long shot, but if its outside all night call the RSPCA. They dont mess about, if its being neglected in anyway.
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You're joking right?
Our neighbour left her dog outside for 5 days when she went on holiday and when the RSPCA came they just said he looked well fed and went.

Pictures -
http://www.disturbinthepeace.co.uk/neighbour.htm

This is what you want - http://www.bestpestcontrol.co.uk/stop-your-neighbours-dog-barking-outside-use-14-p.asp

We bought one that goes round the collar and gave it to our neighbour to put on the dog.
It worked perfectly for 2 months and then she lost it.
 
lunarwolf said:
if you can't get any neighbours to testify then you will need to hire a third party court recoginzed "expert" to make the decibel recordings and time. I think that your measurements wouldn't have much sway in court and would be considered heresay. afterall you may not be using properly calibrated equipment, you could tamper with it etc... I reckon an expert will not be cheap to hire

maybe some other options
- buy the dog a bone to keep him busy
- can RSPCA help?
- buy earplugs
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I don't need neighbours to testify, I have a policeman who our neighbour has admitted the problem to and detailed resolutions (which he never bothered with) he was going to take to remedy it.

And I don't think my 9 month old daughter would take kindly to earplugs.
 
dmpoole said:
You're joking right?
Our neighbour left her dog outside for 5 days when she went on holiday and when the RSPCA came they just said he looked well fed and went.

Pictures -
http://www.disturbinthepeace.co.uk/neighbour.htm

This is what you want - http://www.bestpestcontrol.co.uk/stop-your-neighbours-dog-barking-outside-use-14-p.asp

We bought one that goes round the collar and gave it to our neighbour to put on the dog.
It worked perfectly for 2 months and then she lost it.
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Your neighbour is a dirty skank, how do people live in conditions like that?
 
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