I know what you mean there are dogs next door to me that the owner leaves inside her apartment so when shes gone they are frantic and don't stop barking they follow my foot steps so if I go into my kitchen they run into their kitchen that butts up to my wall and bark bark bark then if I walk back to my bathroom they run back there and bark bark bark! When the lady sits on her porch and smokes she brings them out there and they bark bark bark at people walking by. Like you I've trained many animals even my cat that obeys hand language. I've offered to train her dogs but she thinks they are perfect. The dogs are so messed up that she carries them on her for arms while trying to cook her dinner! You can pretty well know a pet owners real self by how their animals behave....