I endorse this rant and would add the wonderful dog owners who leave their anklebiters out to yap all night/morning. The medium/big dogs usually don't do this but it seems the kind of person that buys a useless oversized rat doesn't care if it barks all day/night.

My wife and I both grew up with a dog bark meaning something, so an occasional meaningful bark (stranger for example) wouldn't bother me. Hours on end is too much. People used to buy dogs that were smart or could work. Now they just want cute.

One of our neighbors has six cute yapping "fur babies."

Another neighbor has an awesome black lab that plays with all the neighborhood kids and doesn't make a peep. Keeps the bunnies out of my yard too!