We just moved into a house out in the country, but still in a little neighborhood type of thing. Maybe it's because we have lived in an apartment for the last 6 years, but it stresses me out when my dogs are outside barking and I try to make them stop. They will bark any time they see people they don't know.

Some of our neighbors have dogs that bark quite a bit too and they don't seem to really do anything about it (made me feel so much more comfortable when we looked at the house and their dogs barked at us, because that meant everyone was probably already used to barking and our dogs barking wouldn't cause a problem).

When other people's dogs bark, it doesn't bother me at all, but when mine do, I start to get stressed out and feel anxious. I feel like the neighbors all secretly hate us and I'm being irresponsible/a bad neighbor. I'm trying to relax a bit with it and let them bark just a little bit longer before I try to stop them, but it's hard for me.

Should I keep worrying about it and trying to stop them, or should I just let it go (within reason of course. I wouldn't let them bark for a long time continuously. And I go out with them at night/early morning so they don't bark and wake anyone up)