Bad mannered neighbor!

Maybe the owners aren't aware that the dog is barking when they are out and therefore not aware of the lack - you could politely inform them that the dog is barking while they are out and if they don't take measures to stop it then snitch to the LL.  If I were you I would offer to take the dog for a walk or even dog sit while I was home, provided the dog got on OK with yours.

Chuffy, while I applaude your sentitment, I'm willing to bet that someone who works full time AND goes to school full time doesn't have a heck of a lot of time for somebody elses dog.....

buy ear muffs and turn up the TV...
or talk to your nieghbor about it. Maybe since you seem to feel more capable than they in regards to diagnosing their dog...you could offer to help them with training

Exactly what I was thinking Glenda [] 
Inform them of the issue, leave a note on the door or say something, for ex. and if it keeps on...inform your landlord.
 
It's not snitching to want to sleep in peace...lol.
 

RobDar, that was a bit rude.
 
And she shouldn't HAVE to buy ear muffs or turn up her TV when she is trying to SLEEP.  As owners we have a responsibility to respect the rights of others and by golly sleeping is a pretty basic right.

Hey I've done it.  If you've already got ONE dog on your hands that you need to get up and out of the house to walk the way I see it you may as well take the neighbours' dog along or just let them play in the garden for a bit (provided as I say that they get along and the dog doesn't have any issues that make it difficult) and then maybe I can get some peace!  How many times do we tell people a tired dog is a good dog?  And how efficient at tiring them out is it to let them play with another dog for half an hour or so?  Even better, this way you build a r'ship with your neighbours and who knows, a handy dog sitter in future just when you need one?

I would bet your neighbor doesn't even know it is happening.  My friend just got a new neighbor and heard the dog everyday.  Well, she mentioned it to the neighbor and he had no idea, but was more than willing to take care of it and nothing further needed to be done.  I think most people would want to know if their dog was barking all day.

Talk to the neighbor, and maybe, if you're feeling generous, bring over something like a Kong or another type of treat dispenser. Make it as friendly-like as possible and the neighbor might be receptive to advice.

earmuffs? that's just silly

talking to neighbor? i had planned on it anyways, but from what my experience is with her so far i don't think that shows much promise. her cheeze has long slid off her cracker.

turning up the t.v.? counter-productive, i would be trading one loud noice for another. besides, if i have to turn it up loud enough to drown out the dog then it would surely disturb my other neighbors and that isn't fair.

walking the neighbor's dog? correct, i don't really have time. besides i doubt that my loopy neighbor wants me in her home when she isn't around.

give it a toy that would occupy it? iiiiiiiiiii don't think so.

try to educate neighbor? that's pretentious, besides what i know of dogs is what i know of MY dogs. i could only point her in the right direction and don't want to get in over my head.


GLENMAR i have to give you a nod for the best replies! yet, um ... i am concerned as to how you came to the conclusion that i am female ... hmm, excuse me i feel i must go call my therapist.

I second (or third) the suggestion of leaving a note or talking to the neighbor.... we didn't know how Sammy was until someone told us, and he was pretty bad.  We fixed the problem, but unless the neighbor had told us who knows where we'd be right now.
 
Not to imply that she, for sure, doesn't know, but there is that chance.  And yes I think you have every right to be entitled to your sleep.  If it were Sammy, I would want to know and other than a rare occurance would work my hardest to keep him being a friendly neighbor doggy!

nicole i agree. when i move into a new place i always ask my neighbors that i share a wall with if they have herd any barking and if they do that i wish them to tell me. it goes a long way to show a neighbor that you are a level headed person. i do always tell neighbors that my dog "dawbs" will always be polite enough to let them know when someone is at their door. lol. he only really barks at knocks. my dog "rayce" that i had to part with ... he was really loud when i wasn't home, but i think he learned from dawbs and eventually shut up. 

maybe it's me, but i really thought there were some constructive suggestions here that you dismissed (except for the earmuffs and TV, that was maybe a joke?).
 
i think the general concensus around here is that we all try to be the best dog handlers that we can and that includes telling your new neighbors to tell you if your dog is driving them crazy when you're not home, which you've done, but my point is that evidently your NEW neighbor is not an idogger and therefore doesn't have the etiquitte that the rest of us have.
 
what's the big objection to giving the dog a complicated toy?  is your peace of mind not worth $12 or $15? 
 
and i don't think that after you tell your neighbor there's a problem, that initiating a conversation about possible remedies is pretentious.  nobody said you were a dog trainer, and you don't have to claim that.  asking someone to control his or her dog and offering suggestions of what worked for you is NOT pretentious.  it's all about your delivery.

Well, generally if you're asking for advice on a forum, we figure you want, you know, advice. [] Do what you want - it seems you've already made up your mind, anyway. Good luck. I think you would be within your rights to give the neighbor some sort of ultimatum - "shut your dog up or I call the land-lady" - but I do think you'd get better results by trying to be friendly and opening a dialogue. You said that you think that it's the owner's fault, not the dog's - in most situations the owner isn't intentionally doing something bad but rather doesn't know any better. So you could try to help her and give some suggestions to keep the dog happier, or you could just call the landlady, be done with it, and go back to sleep.

Informing the neighbor about the problem would be the way to start, you'll be able to tell what if anything will happen based on their reaction, so with that in mind it's better if you tell them in person. Don't be confrontational, and try not to sound like you're complaining (even though it's exactly what you're doing), use a "oh by the way" tone. The way they react will tell you the next step, if you're lucky they may actually try and do something about it, if not, well, you'll have to get the landlord involved, if you do so, document EVERY conversation you have on the subject, lets just hope it doesn't get to that.

Good neighbors are few and far in between, right now on either side of my house I have a really good one and a really bad one. At one point the spriklers of the bad one were flooding my yard, so I went over them and told them, the answer "well, we'll fix it when we have time, but we're very busy people, if you want you're welcome to fix them yourself".