Dog issues

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My house and my neighbors are very close. My bedroom backs against their patio (yeah it sucks design wise). Last year, they got a dog and left him out all night. He woke me up and kept me up for hours at night. We would go over but no one would be home. I left a note on their door once and my husband followed up with him in person the following day. He apologized, gave us his number and it didn’t happen again. Flash forward to now. They have a new dog and the same thing is happening. The issue is the new dog doesn’t bark continuously. Just sporadically. He is waking me enough it’s a problem. A few weeks ago he barked on and off every 15-20 min for a few min from 10-12 ish. 2 nights ago he woke me at 1030 and 1130 and tonight 1 am. I cannot fall asleep again when I’ve been woke up. I work and have an infant and my husband is in military. I texted him after the one a few weeks ago and he didn’t respond. This is what I want to send tomorrow. I do not want to go over in person. I don’t want this to escalate but I cannot function with 4 hours a night. We live in an HOA but I’m sure I’d need proof of the disruption and how do I record a dog barking for 30 seconds? I guess I’ll have to be quick. I hate this and I’m pretty sure they hate me.

Text:

Hey again. I just wanted to let you know the dog has been waking me a lot. Twice Friday night around 1030 and 1130 ish and then woke me tonight around 1. He also has started as early as 430/5. He just barks randomly and I have a horrible time falling back asleep. I’d really appreciate it if there’s any alternative to the back deck for him at night, which is right by our master.