Dog War

The new neighbors have two dogs. Two dogs that like to bark. A lot. At everything, but especially at our dogs. We've tried many plans to get them to stop. Plan A: ignore and hope they settle in and shut up..... abandoned after week 2. Plan B: be nice, talk to them kindly and hope they shut up.... abandoned when I got growled at by the little one. Plan C: scold them (since their owners seem to be deaf) and hope they shut up.... still working on this one when my patience wears thin. I like to scold them under the guise of scolding my own dogs, but that often doesn't work because mine aren't the ones barking and they tend to get confused. I've now moved on to Plan D: outnumber and overwhelm them and hope that they shut up. I even brought in an extra dog so they'd be outnumbered 2:1. You can see from the photo how well this plan worked.... the barky dogs started their barking and my tough pack of killer mutts all ran for the back door to get away from them. Time for Plan E......