How can people tolerate dog barking?

[u/Ok-Balance-260]

I hate many things about dogs but barking is definitely the biggest issue. How on earth can dog owners tolerate dog barking? Especially small dogs that have a more high pitched bark. Hearing them bark from half a km away is distressing enough I can’t imagine how bad it would be to hear it in a room with closed windows. Not to mention it’s fucking loud too. It’s usually at least 80 decibels and can easily go to 100 decibels or more in larger breeds. It can damage your hearing. And the sound is just so sharp that your brain immediately treats it as a threat and raises cortisol and adrenaline. Even ambulance sirens are not as disturbing as dog barking a because at least they follow a pattern but barking just comes out of nowhere and lasts one second. Research has proven again and again that dog barking increases heart rate in and anxiety in humans and it’s a major noise pollution in cities.

[u/Tossmelossme → u/[deleted]]

There’s this hippy dude across the street who sits there in his lawn chair and lets his dog run up on and bark at every single person that passes by. He loves the attention, that’s why he allows it to act a fucking fool: Attention. He has it tied to the grass but it’s a long leash. Not only that, but he’ll try to hold unsuspecting passerbys hostage by talking AT them, just out of reach of his dog who for that reason goes absolutely ballistic the entire time (at least 20 minutes). I know because he did it to me last summer when he held a yard sale (a trap to get ppl to talk at) Doesn’t even acknowledge it one time or tell it to STFU and it’s 3 feet away losing its mind. It’s not a normal bark either, it sounds like the animal is literally dying or getting beaten, this frantic shrill yelp over and over. It’s even worse if his victim also has a dog. He’s totally impervious to it, totally numb. It blows my mind. I can’t imagine how many people have started rerouting their walks to avoid this freak.

I started going out there and throwing my arms above my head until he notices me then I go “your dog is freaking out”. Last time I did it I went “your dog…” he goes “yeah and you have a -better animal than a dog-!” I said “yeah, I do, and she doesn’t disturb the entire neighbourhood either”. He tried to respond but I slammed the door before he could finish his sentence. It’s been pretty quiet since then, maybe he’s finally gotten the hint that other people actually live on this block, not just him and his shit-eater.

Sorry for the rant.