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Irresponsible dog ownership
Author(s) -
Roger Paul
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.d4961
Subject(s) - evening , morning , bay , animal assisted therapy , hubzero , work (physics) , medicine , pet therapy , geography , animal welfare , engineering , archaeology , ecology , biology , mechanical engineering , physics , astronomy
Your neighbours buy two beagles and house them in a purpose‐built compound. During the week, both occupants leave for work early and return in the evening, and they are often away at weekends. A paid dog walker exercises the dogs for about 50 minutes a day during the week and spends a further 10 minutes feeding them and cleaning up. Before and after being walked, the dogs bay periodically throughout the day, which is starting to get on your nerves. At weekends the dogs are not walked, but they are allowed to run around a terraced garage roof. How should you proceed?