To be honest, no. It's like people with kids - those are much louder households than mine. And when you have a loud life, you have no idea what quiet is. So nah, I don't think your neighbors understand how annoying that can be to you. That's why I prefer the face to face sort of sugar coated approach early on - before I am so spun I start to sound like Donald Duck in a windstorm. But hey, that's me. Not only do I lock my dogs down when I am away, they are reprimanded for barking when I am home and I have a couple of bark collars that blast them in the face with a citronella spray EVERY time they bark.

It isn't that I'm insensitive to your situation. I had a neighbor's dog bark at me the minute I would go into my backyard. My solution was to buy the biggest rawhide chewy I could find. I tossed it over the fence and then let the owners know I had done it and the chewy was "safe". It took a couple of chewys, but the owners got it and the dog started staying in more.

Sounds like you are already too far down the path. If I were in the position you are now, I would waste no time in calling in Animal Control. It is a pretty easy guess your neighbors must be expecting it by now. I would certainly call the owner of the property, if the folks with the barking dogs are renters. Sounds like you need to be "barking dog" to the property owner.

Are you the only two neighbors on the block? I would think if you have other neighbors the dogs must be disturbing them. You might try talking to them to too.

Good luck!