btw, I am sorry it took them so long to recognize a problem. I had the same with the folks behind me for several years. Drove me nuts. Some people just don’t seem to be bothered enough by anything let alone take the simple steps to put their dogs in line. .
To be honest, I should’ve been bold and forthright and asked them if they could stop the barking, because of our baby. They are nice people, and I hate to have ruined it. By nice, you can also interpret, “wimpy” push-overs for dogs. (She would honestly call out “boys, boys, now now...”)
But that’s what I mean. The elder dog is psycho; I mean truly neurotic. Unfortunately he taught the young puppy to be more like him, rather than the pup taking the upper hand. These dogs WON’T let up when they realize all is kosher. They don’t stop (mostly the method now is to take them inside - which I would’ve appreciated when I was trying to get my baby to sleep in the swing).
If I had a dog like that at least I’d take him in after 5-10 min. No normal dog barks more than that if everything is normal outside. Believe me, neither of my GS barked like that. My old dog would bark at neighbors every time, but give it up after a short time when it was clear all was normal. If it wasn’t - she had to listen or she’d be ushered inside.
With GS, I never wanted anyone complaining about my dogs!