Proof your neighbour's dog won't stop barking.
Measurable evidence, not
he-said-she-said.
Bark Marker listens day and night, picks out the barking, and lets you confirm which barks belong to the offending dog. It produces a timestamped report you can take to the owner first, and to council if it comes to that.
Available anywhere in Australia, freight included. Return it within 60 days and I refund $100.
Walkthrough
See it in about a minute and a half.
Rod, who built Bark Marker, takes you from the first bark to a finished report. Press play when you are ready. Captions are on by default, and the full transcript is underneath.
Read the transcript
Hi, I'm Rod. I built Bark Marker.
So you've got a dog that is barking all the time. You've tried talking to the neighbour, and now it's time to report to the council. You'll need a barking diary: dates, times, and ideally audio. Keeping one by hand is miserable. Or perhaps you're a dog owner, someone is complaining your dog is barking, and you want to know, or prove, it's not your dog doing the barking.
Bark Marker is a small box with a microphone. It listens all day, picks out the barking, and can tell a dog from a car or a power tool.
Barks it isn't sure about go to a review queue, where you tag them: Target dog, Other dog, Not dog, or Not sure.
Everything it logs on its own waits in an audit list, with the audio when it's available. If it's wrong, tag it Not it and it's removed.
Your tags are saved, and the unit remembers the sounds you've confirmed, which helps it recognise them again.
Pick a date range, From and To, and generate a report: the hourly pattern, daily summaries, a full incident log, and the methodology. Download it with every confirmed clip from that range. It won't generate until the auto-tagged incidents in that range have been checked.
It doesn't phone home. Remote support is there only if you choose it. Human speech is muted or withheld from saved clips.
It runs on a unit you own. By default, your recordings stay on the unit. Thanks for watching.
The problem
A barking dog wears everyone down, and nobody wants it on record.
Most barking complaints stall at the same point: it is one neighbour's word against another, with no times, no pattern, and nothing council can act on. Bark Marker is built to help both sides settle it with facts.
For the affected neighbour
You have lost too many early mornings and quiet evenings. You need a clear, dated log of when the barking happens, so you can raise it calmly with the owner, and have a proper record ready if council asks for one.
For the dog's owner
You are not always home to hear it, and you cannot fix what you cannot see. A record of when and how often it happens, and what sets it off, gives you a real chance to sort the problem before it becomes a council matter. And if you have been accused unfairly, running it while you are out can show it is not your dog at all.
The app
Watch it work from any phone on your home network.
Install Bark Marker as an app on your phone and tag a bark the moment you hear it. The dashboard shows what has been detected and when.
Screens shown use sample data for illustration.
How it works
From background noise to a report you can hand over.
Four steps. It runs on a small unit in your home, with no account and no phoning home, and your recordings stay on the unit by default.
It listens
The unit monitors around the clock and flags the sound of a dog barking, filtering out the everyday noise of a normal street.
You confirm the dog
When you hear the dog that is the problem, you tap to confirm it. That tells Bark Marker which bark actually matters to you.
It checks itself
Barks it is not sure about go to a review queue, and everything it logs on its own waits in an audit list for you to check. It also notes sounds that happen at the same time as the barking, like a vehicle passing.
You get your report
At any point you generate a print-ready evidence report: an hourly breakdown, daily patterns, a full incident log, and a plain-English method statement.
The evidence report
This is what your money buys.
A clear, timestamped record of when the barking happened. Hourly distribution, per-day sparklines, the full incident log, plus a method statement and declaration written for a council noise complaint.
- Every confirmed incident with its date and time
- Hourly and daily patterns that show when it happens
- Co-occurring sounds, so triggers are on the record too
- A method statement plain enough for anyone to follow
Buy a unit
A ready-to-go unit, set up and ready to listen. No subscription, no setup to wrestle with. Return it within 60 days and I refund $100.
- Freight within Australia included
- $100 buyback if returned within 60 days in good, clean, undamaged condition
- 12 months of software support
- Generate your evidence report from the unit yourself
I have been on both sides of this fence. I have owned dogs for decades, and I have lived next to a barker too. I built Bark Marker because the honest fix is measurable evidence: enough to have a calm conversation with the owner, and enough to back a council complaint if that conversation does not land.
FAQ
Common questions about Bark Marker.
The things people ask before they buy a unit.
What is Bark Marker?
Bark Marker is a small acoustic monitor that listens around the clock, detects a barking dog, and lets you confirm with a tap which barks belong to the dog that is bothering you. It notes the sounds that happen at the same time as the barking, which often point to what sets it off, and turns weeks of nuisance into a clear, timestamped evidence report you can hand to the dog's owner or your local council. Everything runs on the unit in your home, and by default your recordings stay on it.
How does buying work, and what is the buyback?
You buy a ready-to-go unit for $350, with freight within Australia included. It comes with 12 months of software support. If you return it within 60 days in good, clean, undamaged condition, I refund $100 (return postage is at your expense). The unit is pre-configured, so you plug it in, point it toward the noise, and let it run. Once you have reviewed the barks it detected, you generate your evidence report from the unit. To enquire, head to the buy page where you can send an enquiry.
What is in the evidence report?
The report shows when the barking happened and how often: an hour-by-hour distribution, daily sparklines so a pattern stands out at a glance, and a full incident log with timestamps. It also lists any co-occurring trigger sounds the unit picked up, and it includes a short methodology section and a declaration describing how the data was gathered. It is print-ready, so you can hand it over on paper or as a PDF.
Will the report hold up for a council noise complaint?
Bark Marker is built to produce the kind of measurable, timestamped record that councils ask for when you raise a barking complaint. Many Australian councils, the City of Moreton Bay among them, require you to keep a barking diary before they will act, and a Bark Marker report gives you a detailed, time-stamped version of exactly that. It is an evidence tool, not legal advice, and every council assesses complaints under its own local laws, so always check your council's own requirements and process.
I am the dog's owner and a neighbour has accused my dog. Can it show it is not us?
Yes. If a neighbour says your dog barks while you are out and you are not sure that is true, you can run Bark Marker at home when you are away. It gives you an objective, timestamped record of whether your dog actually barks, how often, and at what times. That can help you show it is not your dog, or see how much it is so you can fix it before it becomes a council matter. The same measurable record works for the accused owner and the affected neighbour.
How does it tell the target dog apart from other dogs and noises?
It picks out barking from other sounds such as cars, speech and power tools. Telling one dog from another is your call: you confirm the barks that belong to the dog causing the problem, and tag the rest as another dog or not a dog. Barks it is not sure about go to a review queue, and anything it logs on its own waits in an audit list where you can tag it Not it, which removes it. The unit remembers the sounds you have confirmed, which helps it recognise them again. It is not perfect, which is why those checks are there. It also notes other sounds happening at the same time, which often points to what is triggering the barking.
What happens to the recordings and my privacy?
Detection happens on the unit in your home, and by default your recordings stay on it. Bark Marker has no accounts, sends no telemetry and does not phone home, and remote support is available only if you choose to turn it on. The unit keeps a rolling archive of raw audio on its own storage, and human speech is muted or withheld from the clips you can play and download. You install the interface as an app on your phone to review and confirm events over your own home network. The website itself only collects what you send through an enquiry, and we never sell your data.
What areas do you cover?
Bark Marker is available anywhere in Australia. I post the unit to you with setup instructions, and freight is included in the price. You get the unit, 12 months of software support, and the ability to generate your own evidence report.
Get the barking on record.
Buy a unit for $350 and turn a frustrating problem into a clear, dated report.