Crying my eyes out.

I'm sitting here crying thinking that I may have to make a really tough decision concerning my dogs. I love my dogs, and they mean the world to me. I don't think that I could ever get rid of them without breaking my heart and the heart of my children. However, we received a letter in the mail today from the chief of police about our dogs barking and the neighbor calling and reporting us.

I'm sitting here in tears cause I don't know what to do. I've heard that bark control collars are inhumane and could cause the dogs to be nasty, especially since they are older dogs and no longer in their training stage.

If it would come to giving our dogs away, I'd almost have to put my one dog to sleep because he can be aggressive to non-family members. He's never been aggressive towards the kids nor us, other than to try to tell us he's boss.

I'm really afraid that our neighbor is going to make a huge deal out of this and keep pushing the issue. I don't know what to do.

I'm seriously considering looking for a new house, one that is far away from everyone else because of this. And for me to say that, you know I'm upset because I've spent so much money in plants to make this house a home inside and outside.