Excessive Barking - Owners Fined £2000

London, June 16 (ANI): A couple living in Southampton has been fined 2,000 pounds for their dogs barking 800 times an hour and creating noise nuisance for the residents of the area.

Their neighbours have complained about the noise disturbance claiming it has made their lives a "living hell".

Investigators have found the Boxers and bulldogs kept by Mark McGowan and Sam Watkins howled on average every 4.4 seconds, recording 805 barks during one-hour.

Council environmental health officers made detailed notes of the incessant barking, yapping and whining during various visits to neighbours' houses.

Coincidently, a director of an industrial noise reduction company, Ian Murray, 47, lives in the same road with wife Kerry.

He said his young children felt intimated by the dogs

"The barking is absolutely horrendous. We cannot use our garden. It's not just the noise, the smell is terrible. It's making our lives a living hell," the Daily Express quoted him as saying.

The couple were fined 950 pounds each.

Bench chairman Merrielle Billington said: "It's clear the dogs' barking is totally unacceptable."

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London, June 16 (ANI): A couple living in Southampton has been fined 2,000 pounds for their dogs barking 800 times an hour and creating noise nuisance for the residents of the area.

Their neighbours have complained about the noise disturbance claiming it has made their lives a "living hell".

Investigators have found the Boxers and bulldogs kept by Mark McGowan and Sam Watkins howled on average every 4.4 seconds, recording 805 barks during one-hour.

Council environmental health officers made detailed notes of the incessant barking, yapping and whining during various visits to neighbours' houses.

Coincidently, a director of an industrial noise reduction company, Ian Murray, 47, lives in the same road with wife Kerry.

He said his young children felt intimated by the dogs

"The barking is absolutely horrendous. We cannot use our garden. It's not just the noise, the smell is terrible. It's making our lives a living hell," the Daily Express quoted him as saying.

The couple were fined 950 pounds each.

Bench chairman Merrielle Billington said: "It's clear the dogs' barking is totally unacceptable."

A good solution to prevent this is to invest in a Anti Bark Spray Collar.

Jetcare Anti-Bark Spray Collar The Jetcare Anti-bark collar stops unwanted barking. Triggered automatically by the dog?s bark, the collar emits a harmless cold spray aimed directly onto the dog?s neck, surprising and immediately distracting the dog from his behaviour. Available in two sizes ?standard? for dogs over 8kg and ?mini? a smaller, lightweight version for small breeds.

To view this product click here

Pets that look like celebs

A national search has been launched to find pets who look like famous people.

Vet charity PDSA is calling on owners of celebrity-lookalike pets to enter its annual pet photography competition.

There are also categories for pets who look like their owners and the most photogenic pet.

PDSA spokesperson Lisa Nickless said: "We're searching for photos that capture a pet's likeness to a famous face or its owner.

"We also have a posing pet category, for those four-legged friends who just love showing off in front of the lens."

Competition entrants are invited to make a minimum £1 donation to help PDSA in its work to care for sick and injured pets.

The charity said it had seen a 20% increase in demand for its services since the recession and that every donation would make a difference.

Lisa added: "We want all pets to be completely natural, so there's no need to dress them up in clothes or accessories.

"And by giving a donation, you will also be helping PDSA to provide free veterinary treatment to the pets of people in need across the UK."

Last year's competition was won by Tangle, a cat from from Chessington, Surrey.

Tangle's owner, Susan Parker, 60, spotted the competition online and decided to enter her favourite photo of the grinning cat.

Susan, who is a receptionist at Chessington Veterinary Surgery, said: "As soon as I saw PDSA's competition, I knew I had to enter this picture of Tangle.

"My husband took the photograph about six months ago and I've loved it ever since. Tangle's a real poser, as you can clearly see from the picture!

"I've always loved animals and since working at the vets, I've re-homed many cats over the years.

"My job lets me see first hand how important pets are in people's lives. Tangle's a real star and we wouldn't be without him. I'm thrilled PDSA picked his photograph to win."

People can enter their pictures online at www.pdsa.org.uk/petsgallery or call into one of PDSA's stores to pick up an entry form.

Photographs submitted at PDSA stores will be displayed in the shop for the duration of the competition. The selected winning photographs will also feature on PDSA's website.

The closing date is Friday 30 July 2010. Competition winners will be announced in September.

PDSA said it could not return photographs and that by submitting photographs entrants were agreeing to the terms and conditions of the competition.

The charity provides free veterinary care to the sick and injured pets of people in need and promotes responsible pet ownership.

For more information visit www.pdsa.org.uk.

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