I now utterly despise dogs for just this reason.

I sold my previous house precisely because of noisy neighbors (or rather their dogs). Their three dogs lived in the backyard permanently no matter what the weather – never seen them walked. Talked to the neighbors twice about the noise – no action. Called the cops at 3 in the morning – still nothing. Finally, I decided to sell the house and move somewhere where there is low dog density. I developed a dislike for dogs because of my previous neighbors. Even now, three years later, a barking dog drives me nuts, gets my heart going fast and blood boiling.

I just need to hear a dog barking once and I get immediately enraged. I don’t mean mildly angry. I am talking I can barely contain myself. The reason? In NC, we had a place where various neighbors’ dogs barked sometimes for 18+ hours straight. Constantly, unrelentingly, at all hours and for any and no reason.

When we first moved in, it was a very quiet neighborhood. That all changed. For whatever reason people with dogs moved in. Many, many dogs. At least three close neighbors had 2+ dogs each and they all barked constantly.

So if you wonder why I utterly loathe all dogs, that is why. If a dog barks I am immediately triggered into a rage storm that I can barely control. If every dog and dog person on the planet disappeared, I’d love that so much.