A staggering 499 complaints were raised in the past financial year, 63 more than the year prior. 

The figure equates to roughly 10 incidents being flagged to council rangers every week. 

Fireworks, teens roaming the streets and pets’ pleas for attention and affection have all been blamed for the spike in noise disturbances. 

Wagga City Council environment and recreation manager Mark Gardiner flagged the disturbances as increasingly prevalent. 

“The number of complaints we're receiving is very high, but as the population grows you have more people, more dogs and hence more barking,” he said. 

“It’s so widely varied because you have shift workers who find the barking to be a disturbance during the day compared to say newborns, woken very early in the night.”

The alarming figures added fuel to the fire for many concerned locals. 

Dog owner Tania Jones believes the figures should come as a wake-up call that crime remains rife in the city. 

“With so many ferals wandering the streets, the poor dogs are only trying to look after their property,” she told The DA on Facebook. 

Meanwhile self-confessed animal lover Emily Morris pointed the finger at a combination of poor pet ownership and “idiots” who let off explosives in the late hours of the night. 

“My dog goes outside and barks sometimes when he hears another dog that is behind our house and is non-stop crying out for attention and love,” she said. 

“Also, it doesn't help when you have idiots constantly setting off fireworks.”

Puppy etiquette trainer Suz Lamb said boredom was likely the biggest factor causing dogs to become restless and disturb neighbours. 

“A lot of the time it's due to boredom because pet owners are at work all day and their dogs miss out on daily exercise and environmental enrichment,” she said. 

“Triggers in the area, like fireworks or people scouring the streets, are obviously the other big cause.

“These owners need to take a close look at the situation and find out why their dogs are acting up so they can look at training or exercise as a fix.” 

Dog owners who fail to comply with requests can be fined up to $275.