I can’t stand barking dogs as well. My neighbour has got one, and so has my other neighbour. AND they’ve got pigeons as well! I’m convinced the sole purpose of pigeons is to poop everywhere, especially on my patio. I also wonder if the inquisition were thought up by priests staying awake all night listening to barking dogs.
The fact that owners don’t get bothered with them is because they have control over them. They know that at any time they can go outside and tell the dog to be quiet, and it will. Control is the key. I read about a psychological study that involved two control groups working in an office environment. Both groups were subject to annoying background noise, but one group had access to a button where anyone could switch off the noise. As expected, the group that were subject to the noise and had no control became frustrated and production suffered. In the other group, production and frustration were not affected, but interestingly, no-one turned the noise off!
Here’s what I’m suggesting: Get some means of control. This could be the likes of one of those high-frequency sound devices that are used for dog-control or attack repellent.
As for the pigeons, my neighbour eliminated the majority of them using poison feed.