Loose Dogs! Again

We love our neighborhood. It's so quiet and friendly, with one exception. The neighbors across the street have at least seven dogs, and they let them run loose regularly. It frustrates me and infuriates Adam. So what do you do when your neighbors let their dogs run loose and the dogs come poop in your yard and bark and growl at you and your children? First we tried to be neighborly. We'd alert the family that their dogs were loose and chase them back home if possible. When that wasn't effective, Adam went over one day and told them their dog had just pooped in our yard and he expected them to come clean it. The lady said, "Sure, I'll be right over!" Then she got in her car and drove off. Adam scooped the poop and returned it with a note to their front porch. When that didn't change the situation, we called Animal Control. "Sure, we'll be right there to pick the dogs up," they said. Unfortunately Fort Worth is a big city and they always have other calls more pressing than ours. The dog catcher has never been able to catch these dogs. When that didn't work, we decided to approach the situation from a legal standpoint. We knew for a fact that they had more dogs than the city allows. We called code compliance and they sent an officer out to investigate. The neighbors claimed that not all the dogs lived at the house, that some of them were "just visiting." They didn't get a ticket, just a warning. And believe it or not, that didn't fix the problem, either. So last week when Adam was home and the dogs were out again, he got angry and called Animal Control again. They suggested that we start documenting the problem with pictures and go sign an affidavit. Supposedly this will cause the neighbors to receive a citation and will fix our problem. So here's a picture of a loose dog in our driveway. Unfortunately this is their cute, fluffy, and friendly dog, and not the giant menacing ones. We'll see if this makes a difference.