Our neighbour got a dog recently and it's driving us up the wall with its constant barking ALL DAY. Over the weekends its not a major problem because the neighbours are mostly home, but during the week it's a bloody nightmare. We have only really noticed this week due to having to work from home for a couple of days. It has barked today from 8am non stop and as I'm writing this it's still going.

Obviosuly speaking with the neighbour is the right ting to do but what should my expectations be? He'll say 'sorry' but the dog is hardly going to abide by our request to keep its trap shut.

Will the dog (puppy, 3 mths old, I think) grow out of this?

This is exactly the reason why we have never owned or want to own a dog. We're professionals and would be in the same situation as our neighbours of having to leave the dog unattended for 10 hours per day. It's not fair on the dog or the neighbours.

And soon my wife will be home all day when our baby arrives. This can't go on.

Has anyone else had this problem?