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As long as the dogs are fed and have shelter, I doubt they will do anything
Yeah we came up against this when we were worried about a neighbours puppy that was being put out onto some dangerous steps every morning at around 6am. The poor thing would bark and howl and we were genuinely worried it would break its neck trying to get down the stairs. We spoke with our behaviourist who has worked with several charities and as you say there's little they will do unless there's clear evidence of neglect or cruelty.
From a noise perspective i will speak with my partner about it. She's an acoustic engineer and does a lot of sound surveys. It's not small equipment to lug around and she's just started at a new company (so borrowing could be tricky) but she might have some advice on how best to record and report.
It could put the dogs at risk but there is always the dangerous dogs card. If they're in the garden and there's a chance they could escape (fence under 4-5 foot?) the council might take you a lot more seriously.
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I have a neighbour - three doors down - who is a class A cunt in every respect, including having had his kids taken into care after years of abuse. He used to have an American Bulldog (except it wasn't, he just liked to tell people it was). In the nearly ten years I've lived here, I could count the number of times I saw him take it out on the fingers of one hand. He also got another large dog that he never took out, ever... He was waiting for the harness he bought off ebay to arrive from China...
I bumped into him a few weeks ago and he told me he'd put the AB down as it was old, and given the other dog away because it was dangerous. No shit, never been socialised. But he told me he'd just bought three - yes three - Cane Corsos. I've had a Corso and they're hard dogs and need lots of exercise. He again said he wasn't taking them out because he was waiting for more harnesses to arrive. I doubt they're Corsos, as this cunt hasn't done a stroke of work in his life and they're not cheap dogs, but they still present a problem.
The dogs spend large chunks of the day in the garden howling and barking. This pisses everyone off, obviously, and will be worse in the summer with windows open. I suggested to him that he walks them to tire them out so they'll be easier to manage, but he really isn't interested and he couldn't care less about the noise. Now we could speculate on why this twat has dogs he doesn't want to take out, but I'm more interested in a solution that will bring peace and rehome the dogs where they can be happy.
RSPCA don't take anonymous reports of cruelty and will only take pets off an owner if there is obvious mistreatment. As long as the dogs are fed and have shelter, I doubt they will do anything. Lambeth also don't take anonymous complaints and a noise complaint requires recording of the noise which, since it's outside, is not going to sound all that on a mobile.
Now I don't worry for myself if he knows I've complained/reported - he's a little shit (although I wouldn't put smearing dog shit on my door handle past him) - and he wouldn't start on my sons, but he might give my daughter and partner grief and verbal abuse. So, I'm only prepared to go public if there's a good chance of success and I just can't see it.
Apart from venting on here, it would be good to know whether anyone knows how this could play out or has other suggestions.