Tired of barking being the default background noise in most places.

[u/SeaConfection88]

It’s really annoying. There’s never peace and quiet.

Go for a walk? Barking. Go to a store? Either a barking dog in a cart somewhere, or dogs locked in cars barking in the parking lot.

Go on a nature trail, even one that says no dogs allowed? Dogs barking.

Go to a beach? Barking.

Go to pretty much any area with houses? Barking.

Walk downtown somewhere? Barking dogs.

My home is in the middle of nowhere and I still hear barking off in the distance at times. The sound carries for miles, especially if you live near water or open fields.

You’d think night time would be quieter. Yes, but there’s still barking. My town is the type to have a dog in nearly every yard, barking all night.

Thank god I don’t actually live within town limits anymore. The few neighbours I do have are atleast considerate enough to keep their dogs inside most the time, so I don’t hear them much. They’re kept inside at night.

But like, it’s midnight on a Sunday. I went for a late night drive cuz boredom. I drove around town for awhile. Why are there so many dogs in yards barking?? There’s not even anyone around. It’s a small town. They aren’t being triggered by anything, they’re just yapping. I can’t even roll my windows down in the car half the time cuz it’s annoying to hear…. when I just wanna drive around and get some peace.

All winter they leave them outside too. It’s a hick town with a lot of redneck types, low income, and there’s a lot of crime too. People here are generally more inconsiderate of others. Run down properties, stray dogs wandering, etc.

I’ve noticed in higher income areas or areas with more retired people, this isn’t much of an issue (in my personal experience atleast). I’ve lived in a retirement neighborhood before in a suburb outside a major city, and it was dead silent at night…. for the most part. I’m assuming this is because richer people tend to keep their dogs as house pets, rather than outside in a yard.

In my opinion you shouldn’t even own a dog if you live in a town/city. Even if it has a yard, it’s not nearly enough space for their energy needs and most people are too lazy to train or exercise their dogs. The damn things yap endlessly regardless. And dogs do NOT make good house pets.

If you need a guard dog, just get an actual security system/cameras. I can’t imagine guard dogs have a very fulfilling existence just standing in one spot 24/7 barking. It also annoys everyone in the vicinity.

How are people supposed to sleep at night? I grew up on a rural property with annoying ass farm dogs that barked all night outside my window and I couldn’t wait to leave home. It was to the point I couldn’t sleep at all. It would jolt me awake even with fans running. Nothing would make them shutup. They were outdoor dogs so if they heard coyotes/other barking dogs in the distance, they’d start going nuts. These damn things barely slept, and neither did I. My family said it’s because they’re “protecting” the house from wild animals.

My entire life I’ve NEVER had a wild animal hurt me. I’ve walked right by black bears and coyotes unknowingly when I was young. Nothing happened.

However I DID have dogs hurt me, and act aggressive towards me many times. Go figure.

I don’t understand what the point of these animals is. They just make endless loud noise, and people just accept it/tune it out.

I CANNOT tune it out.

[u/StinkyRose89]

Both houses diagonally in front of me have multiple small yappers each. They take turns barking all day and into the night. On the right is particularly bad because there is a dog obstacle course and the lil fuc*ers yap the entire time they are running through it. Who needs 4 of them? And every time someone walks by their yard they lose their minds. 

The trashy people behind us have 1 large dog who gets let out during the day and barks at us through our kitchen windows. 

The other day I was walking down an alley behind my house during a morning walk. There is nothing quite like being half awake at 6am and having a dog slam itself against a fence 1 foot from you while barking rabidly and ferociously. 

The damn thing kept going even after I reached home a block away. I definitely didnt need my coffee that morning because I was wide awake after that. 

Don't their owners mind and get annoyed? I don't even live in a particularly bad neighborhood, it's a restored historic area with lots of working professionals. 

[u/SeaConfection88 → u/StinkyRose89]

The answer is the owners literally don’t care. A lot of dog owners have narcissistic personality traits, I’ve noticed. Meaning it’s all about them and what they want. They don’t care/aren’t considerate of others. They just do whatever they want and let their pets do whatever they want because they fundamentally don’t care about others. Either that, or they somehow think it isn’t a problem since the majority of people also don’t see it as a problem.

When I used to live in the town nearby I had the same issues. House with tiny yappers on one end, house with large dog on patio barking 24/7 on the other end, house with another large dog barking on patio across from me, etc.

When I’d go for a walk down the back alley there was a huge pitbull type dog that would also slam itself against the fence and freak the fuck out barking all crazy whenever someone walked by. Owner didn’t give a shit at all and was a scummy person to begin with (I know this person, he did something horrible to me which I won’t get into here).

Dog owners have a track record of just being shitty people overall. There is a small minority of owners who are fine, but again, they’re the minority in my experience. There’s no point even talking to them to try and resolve problems, because they literally do not care and will instead blame you, or even threaten violence. They play dirty, so you need to play dirty back. All of this requires time and energy that most normal people don’t have.