Chihuahuas - yap yap bark howl yap yap. Will this improve?

[telford_mike]

I live in a flat. The people below have a couple of young Chihuahuas. These little tykes make a lot of noise when they're left alone, to the point where they're becoming a pain.

They only make a noise when they're left alone, and their owners are, in all other respects, good neighbours, so I don't want to get heavy and p*ss them off. Are they likely to calm down as they get a bit older, or do I need to act now?

[bexVN]

How long and how old?

I would start noting it now wither way in case it doesn't improve but my suspicion is unless the owners know to try and rectify it, it won't settle esp if they are a few months old now.

[elephantstone]

If they are making a racket when theyre out the owners probably dont know. I'd try and bring it up politely in the "thought you'd like to know" way.. Pretending you are worried they are lonely etc.

[S800VXR]

elephantstone said:

If they are making a racket when theyre out the owners probably dont know. I'd try and bring it up politely in the "thought you'd like to know" way.. Pretending you are worried they are lonely etc.

WHS

[telford_mike]

Cheers all, will have a quiet word with them.

The elder dog is about a year old I think, the other about 9 months.

[Mexican cuties]

How did you get on

[steelbreeze]

I moved house a couple of months ago and next door is a chihuahua that I've named "yappy dog" as it never shuts up and often attempts to throw itself through the fence to get at passers by. It's so bad my neighbour can't take him out for walks as he strains at the lead and tries to attack everything that moves. On meeting the neighbour I said your dog's lively isn't he, and she said he's completely untrainable. Despite this, she loves him, and I've had to buy earplugs. Beats me why anyone wants an untrainable constantly yapping creature. She says it's because he's very protective of her home and so she's not worried about burglars!

[elephantstone]

That would drive me potty! My dogs have their moments and it drives me mad and im quick to shut them upb

[telford_mike]

Mexican cuties said:

How did you get on

Ok I think. I didn't see the owners for a couple of days, so dropped a very carefully worded (i.e. pretty gentle), note through their letterbox.

Instant improvement. 99% of the noise has stopped, just the bit where the little critters go mental when their owners return from work now, and I can cope with that.

[bexVN]

Though now I am really curious to know what they did to solve the problem

[BrabusMog]

bexVN said:

Though now I am really curious to know what they did to solve the problem

Left the TV/Radio on maybe?

[bexVN]

BrabusMog said:

bexVN said:

Though now I am really curious to know what they did to solve the problem

Left the TV/Radio on maybe?

Quite possibly. Wish they were all that easy to solve!

[Morningside]

I leave the TV on for my Lhasa and they are right noisy little sods! It does distract them from hearing every tiny sound.

[telford_mike]

bexVN said:

Though now I am really curious to know what they did to solve the problem

I think the main thing is that they don't leave them alone for such long periods. The dogs seem to be OK for a couple of hours, but after that they get very agitated without some company.

Time will tell.