'That should give them the incentive': College student complains to building manager over neighbors' excessive dog barking even after promising to fix it over two years ago

Getting a dog to stop barking at something is like asking a cat to stop waking you up at 5 AM for breakfast, even though breakfast isn't until 7:30 AM. It's not impawssible, but we would be lying if we said it wasn't hard. Barking is instinctual to dogs, just like being annoying is instinctual to cats (we're joking… mostly). 

Dogs can bark for quite literally anything: to tell you they're upset, to notify you of someone nearby, or to protect you from the dangerous squirrels. Dogs also bark when they're distressed, like being left home alone when they have separation anxiety.

We have an anxious dog, and although she doesn't have a problem with separation anxiety, we understand how difficult it can be to help them work through their problems without being able to assure them you're coming back in a little while. It's not so bad for you because you're gone while it happens, but for your neighbors, it can be an endless cycle of unbearable noise. 

After two years of living next to a distressed doggo who barks for hours after his pawrents leave, the college student below is fed up. He's willing to take it to the building management, which could force them to move out. Is that really what he wants, though?

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