I can't sleep with that going on, but yeah, if you're house is quiet, it doesn't help. Point being, you shouldn't need to have music on to avoid trashy dog barking. Often times, I'd like to go around the neighborhood in camouflage, with my COD6 night vision goggles and sniper with silencer. Shoot every dog that barks...it would be all over the news. Lonely dog owners would be outraged. In each yard, drop a note, "Show some respect for your neighbors, your dog barked too much, now he's dead."
May even make national news with the sympathetic saps in our land. You know it would make people think twice, before leaving their dirty companion out all day.
YEEESSSSSS I COULDNT AGREE WITH YOU MORE!!!!!!
i too have been in this situation Crotch. in my old neighborhood i was surrounded ON ALL SIDES by people who had multiple dogs in their yards, that would just sit there literally for hours on end bellowing (or worse, yipping) so loudly that you could hear it anywhere inside your own home.
want to sleep through the night?
trying to sleep post 4 am?
trying to watch a movie?
trying to write a paper?
trying to just have a bit of quiet in the house?
TOO BAD!!!!!!
there is literally NOTHING you can legally do about it. if you ask them to do something about it and they dont, your screwed. the cops will do NOTHING about it. NOTHING.
the irony is, if you were to be playing a stereo, or have a loud gathering, they would come and 'make you stop' immediately. but yet its 'perfectly ok' for their fucking worhtless animals to fill YOUR HOUSE with noise at any or all hours.
my suggestion (disclaimer:i have not done this myself-and it could probably lead to real trouble- i moved and dont have this problem anymore)is to chuck a tasty treat filled with either baking chocolate or habaneros/ghost chilis/thai peppers over the fence, at the very least it would be deeply satisfying to cause the dog and their owners some pain and suffering. or go to their house and give them an ultimatum:everytime their dog wakes you up, your going to wake THEM up. use the loudest radio/electric guitar/whatever you have and blast it full on whenever the barking begins.
ultimately i LOVE your idea with the mask and silencer and the note...if only it were possible. id be right there with you brother. could think of nothing more fulfilling