Please don't take this wrong but I have a problem with people who don't take care of their dogs. We have a winter home in a large southern city and several neighbors put their dogs in the fenced back yard and go to work while the dogs bark at each other through the fence all day. If they happen to work nights it's even worse when you're trying to sleep. Dogs need companionship and when they get bored they bark or whine trying to get in. Just my .02 cents worth.