We have lived with barking dog issue for some time. My wife and I are in the category of folks that feel uncomfortable approaching the people. In our case the people live behind us in a court yard villa. In this configuration we never see them and we do not know them like we know our neighbors on our street. I am not sure what my first line is when I knock on the door
Last year we left them a nice note asking them if they could keep the dogs from barking. I think they try as the dogs are brought in within a few minutes of barking. I suspect they do not quite have the skill set to make it stop. When this happens during the day it is no big deal. The issue is it can happen at 2 AM, 4 AM or almost every day at 7:15 – 7:45. When they are let out they bark. Not a nuisance that continues all morning, but it can wake you up if you sleeping in. I cannot imagine my horror if I let Caly (our dog) out at 4AM and she started barking even one bark. I can promise you she would never go out again without being on a very short leash….
So I live with it and hope someday I bump into them while trimming bushes out back. I think once we start talking I could more easily bring it up and see how they think, but until then it is not the end of the world....
PS. If you own 2 or more dogs and are in a Villa off of Murphy's Estates lets get to know each other. 