Big Problem: Barking Dogs and neighbours issue

Hi there Manuel, I guess your dogs suffers from separation axiety!  Just like humans dogs also have feelings. You can read these articles to have a hint on how to deal with it. www.cavalierkingcharlestraining.com/stop-cavalier-king-charles-spaniel-barking and www.cavalierkingcharlestraining.com/how-to-deal-with-separation-anxiety-among-cavalier-king-charles-spaniel-dogs

From my experience dogs should never be left alone that long. Even though it has worked in the past and you have a good set up for them, dogs are social creatures and when left alone I'm sure they feel the need to protect their home. In cases of separation anxiety you can take them for long walks to help tire them out for the time that you will be gone but being gone for 2 days can really hurt them mentally. Please consider a dog hotel or kennel there are good ones out there at least the dogs have human contact and can be supervised. The biggest thing here is safety if something went wrong and they got hurt, got into something, there are just to many factors at play here. I think the best thing you can do is either find someone to stay with them or find a good kennel. In my opinion it is just not responsible to leave dogs alone for that amount of time,

@jCrisp thanks for that articles I would review them and comment it

@Michele68, I strongly disagree with that ponit of view. Here I'm looking for solutions, not for  more problems. From my point of view the dogs are not a 15-year-continuous 1-year-old-baby,

Is true that Dogs are social, but they are not really meant to be social with humans specifically, that is just circumstantially. That's why I always have 2 dogs, to maintain the social commitment between them (the pack sense).  Separation anxiety is not the deal here because when I leave for 3-4 hours they don't go mad (I can even step into my house quietly and they don't even hear me, I can go behind them and do a little scare without noticing me!!!! ), They have plenty of space, plenty of food and plenty of water and I prepare everything to avoid accidents. Is like having a 80-year-old mother living alone at home. You don't have to visit her EVERY day. You can miss 2 , 3 days even 1 week and is not still irresponsibility, but there is still a risk of her falling in the bath or slipping anywhere and this becoming a tragedy, Still we have to deal with this due to circumstances of life.

For some reason people believe that dogs are permanent babies (I respect so) but the worse part is that they believe everyone should treat them like that!!!

Best part: I had before other dogs. They lived 100% of the day in the outside of the house by themselves most of the day (he had his own kennel and that). But everytime I left for 1 week or more, I arranged with friend to come twice a day to stay with him and feed him. Even though he suffered separation anxiety always (reducing the eating for example) so I found the problem is that he was only 1 dog, and he felt alone. So that's why this time I bought 2 dogs.

I'm not sure and I have to test it, but I think they bark exclusively when they hear noises: The problem is they bark for toooooo long (maybe 7-8 minutes instead of 1-2 minutes) and when they are alone, they bark for each noise even more quiet noises (they become more alert). And this can be the real issue. I would like to teach them somehow, to reduce the barking time or something like that.

My theory is that they are overprotective. So when they hear a noise they bark to announce the ownership of the place.

It's going to be almost impossible to teach them not to alert bark.  You really should consider using a doggie day care when you're gone for extended periods.  It has nothing to do with coddling them and everything to do with your dog's being a nuisance to the neighbors.  

You're incorrect about dogs and their social relationship with humans. Dogs evolved to be human companions.  If you don't believe that, try getting a dingo or a wild african dog and see how social it is with humans.  Thousands of years of evolution have created an animal, the dog, that is attuned to it's human companions in ways that are unique to dogs.

@JackieG

It's going to be almost impossible to teach them not to alert bark. You really should consider using a doggie day care when you're gone for extended periods. It has nothing to do with coddling them and everything to do with your dog's being a nuisance to the neighbors.

You're incorrect about dogs and their social relationship with humans. Dogs evolved to be human companions. If you don't believe that, try getting a dingo or a wild african dog and see how social it is with humans. Thousands of years of evolution have created an animal, the dog, that is attuned to it's human companions in ways that are unique to dogs.

Manuel,

Maybe you could employ the use of a local dog sitter/dog walker  to check in to help in this situation. Many are bonded and insured so you would not have to worry about them coming into your home. Dogs do like interaction and their people to be with them. Having a doggie door and your dogs comfortable with this type of schedule is possible just maybe not with your new neighbors.

Dogs are territorial and will bark. I guess my question would be, were there neighbors there prior to these folks moving in? If so and there were no complaints maybe the new neighbors are more active?

Do they bark at the neighbors when you are home?

There are many questions I could continue to ask because I'm not observing the situation to help you completely identify the problem.

Could be as simple as your neighbors are annoying your dogs causing them to bark at them.

We had an issue years ago where the neighbor kids would throw stones and rocks at our dogs causing them to bark (normally quiet dogs) until I observed what was going on and handled the issue.

Hello  @astdog today i'm inside this 48h period (this evening I'm coming back).

I've put a camera and a microphone to see whats going on

So this evening I will get some conclusions

The problem is I don't have enough trust to find someone to have the keys of my house to go inside to give them a walk

I will comment back with the results

I know the feeling, this day and age it is hard to trust people who are not friends and family, sometimes you cant trust them either!

There are agency who are bonded and insured so those folks are ones I would say I'd be more inclined to hire.

I hope you can find out why this is happening all of a sudden. Very well could be them antagonizing your dogs

Much luck!