An offer to remove one of the barking dogs from a house in Windsor Road is being considered by Tauranga City Council hearings committee.

Council animal control staff are seeking the removal of three dogs owned by two people living at the address, in what they say is an unusual move.

Residents of a Windsor Road property have offered to give up one of three dogs that live at the house.

The call is being made after reports of persistent loud barking, an allegation challenged by the alleged offending dogs' owners Kelvin Mathie and Jeffrey Keast.

Kelvin owns Sativa, a Labrador whippet cross and Jess, a Border collie and Jeff owns Whistle, a fox terrier boxer cross.

Both men say the dogs don't bark when either of them are at home and several of the complaints about dogs barking were made at times when they were at home.

'We are feeling a bit bullied,” says Jeff.

He went on to say that he's been at home himself with the dogs quiet and listened to other dogs barking along the street.

Kelvin offered to remove Jess, a pure bred spayed border collie who he took in after the dog's former owner threatened to put her down if he didn't.

'I took Jess in, got her spayed and registered. Unfortunately my property is not big enough for three dogs.”

He asked for a month to find a new home for her, something he says will be easy enough as she will make an ideal family dog.

Animal control officers say there have been complaints of dogs barking in 2010, 2012 and 2013.

Kelvin says the two previous instances were dogs belonging to former flatmates who have since left. The current barking began after he acquired young Jess.

'So I believe if I remove her things will go back to normal.”

Committee chairman Wayne Moultrie talked over the time required with animal control manager Brent Lincoln, who suggested it could take a little while for the other two dogs to settle, if the removal notice was applied just to Jess.

The committee, including councillors Larry Baldock and Bill Grainger, has reserved their decision.