This week’s dilemma is from Erin

She isn’t quite sure what to do about a noisy new dog that’s new to her neighbourhood

It’s keeping her awake until 1am in the morning, and the lack of sleep is starting to affect her well-being.

She’s moved rooms in the house to see if that makes a difference, she’s installed sound limiting blinds on her windows and she’s tried ear plugs - none of which make a difference.

Erin is a dog person – she loves dogs and wouldn’t want to ask the neighbours to silence it.

But at the same time, the noise is affecting her ability to get a good night’s rest and function properly at work.

She owns her home so and so do her neighbours - so it’s not a question of packing up and living somewhere else either…

What can you do when you’re in this situation?

Should she continue to try out different measures to ease the noise from her own end, using ear plugs, sound reducing blinds etc

Should she confront the neighbours? What should she ask them to do? Is it unreasonable to ask them to keep their dog inside?

• Are there other ways to sleep through noise?