AIBU to want more awareness from dog owners?

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I’m an animal lover, I have two cats, and even though I've never owned a dog, I love dogs also. However now that my teens are older, I don’t have the inclination to dedicate myself to another creature, and I don’t think it would be fair to the dog if I couldn’t give it the attention it deserves.
When we moved to our current neighbourhood about 10 years ago, only a few neighbours had dogs. They were well-trained, rarely heard, and the street was very peaceful.
Since lockdown, there’s been a surge in dog ownership on our road. Many seem to have gone for the same kind of breed, cavapoos or similar, and what used to be a quiet street is now filled with near-constant barking.
The dog next door, for instance, is often left outside and barks at another dog that lives behind us. They set each other off and it goes on and on. It’s honestly exhausting and headache inducing to listen to.
I do understand that dogs bark, that’s part of who they are. But my neighbour on the other side to us has had a dog for years and we’ve never heard a peep from it. So I’m left wondering: is it naive to think that with the right training, barking can be better managed? Or are some breeds just more vocal and there’s not much to be done?
It feels like some newer owners aren’t fully aware of how upsetting the noise is. I don’t think it’s malicious obviously, perhaps it’s a bit like when people become new parents and temporarily forget the world around them.
Even socially, I’ve noticed things have shifted. Some friends now only want to meet for dog walks, and I find it hard to have a proper conversation while they’re managing the dog or chatting with other dog owners.
I know this all makes me sound grumpier than I am but I’m genuinely curious what others think. Is it fair to expect a bit more awareness from dog owners?

Dog owners are some of them most entitled people ever (and I have a dog). Pre COVID there was hardly any of the issues there seem to be now, untrained happy dogs who's owners have no clue and think everyone must love their dog as much as them.

YANBU. I’m so sick of dog owners and their ‘fur babies’. There is a time and a place for dogs and it’s not absolutely everywhere all the time. We’ve even had teachers bringing the bloody things into school with them! There are simply too many dogs with clueless selfish owners. Before anyone makes assumptions, I grew with them. We managed to go out to restaurants and shops without taking them with us. We also picked up their poo and didn’t leave bags of it on pavements or hanging from trees.

Moved back to the UK fairly recently after a long absence and quite surprised by how many people take their dogs everywhere - shops, cafés, community centres, shopping centres, museums etc etc. Literally tripping over them in my town. And how some owners really feel they are parents in the same way as people with human babies 😳. I quite like dogs but think it's all a bit over the top tbh.

Some breeds do bark more than others. I have a Lhasa Apso who is generally very quiet but he is bred to warn his owners about strangers, so he will always bark at delivery men, for example. Dogs barking because they are left alone are the worst. It goes on for hours and you know the dog isn’t happy either. That’s not okay.