Comment: Q:  "Had he known these community norms, it would have never come to this," Provost said. He said So was fired from his job because of the charges.   /Q

While it sucks about how he treated the dog, it also sucks that he lost his JOB because of it. 

I also have neighbors with yappy-assed dogs. My dog barks only if someone is in the driveway or we're playing, or if a moose ambles in on us. It can be annoying as hell, since said dogs seem to bark at a leaf blowing past their dog dishes.