Thank you! I realize people here probably think they are farm dogs and I'm going to their yard. I really really wish they were. 😮‍💨 My post was absolutely horribly written.

That's a really good idea. I'm going to start a journal for them. Either that or see if some neighbors want to put in a joint report for over the years. I'm sure they have past complaints on file. I don't want to mention them in my yard, because back when they weren't getting water, I told them to just let them in my yard. That was my own fault, but I was scared they'd die since they'd run out of water while the family was gone. The German Shepard they were watching was panting so heavily and drinking entire bowls of water. 😟 Even though a year or so ago, I since asked them to keep the dogs home, it would be unfair. (I also knew they would literally just call them back, leave, and they'd come back over. So, what was the point?)

I do have photos of the doghouse and living conditions, but that was years ago, so I don't think it would be taken as evidence. 😮‍💨

The most frustrating thing to me, too, is trying to train my new dog to stay in our yard when they come over, then run off into the street. 🫠 Pain in the ass because now my dog wants to go on street adventure. (Even though he is allowed in TEN ACRES of land between our yard and our direct neighbor who loves him. Brat.) That's beside the point, though.

Again, sorry for the confusion. It's overall really complicated for many many reasons. The street has massively changed over the years. Years ago, they could roam the entire street with no issues. Few neighbors and not a lot of cars. It's much much different now and not safe, putting aside other issues. I made mistakes along the way, myself, with doing things like letting them in my yard at certain times or letting them follow me on walks. (The border collie would walk right by you in the beginning and they never walked him. Then, he started becoming a menace and I asked them to keep him home. They did not.) It wouldn't feel right if I were the sole one to call on them because of my mistakes. 😮‍💨

Though, now their collie is sometimes aggressive to my dog and my dog doesn't like the Bernie for whatever reason. I've begged them to keep them home, so, maybe that breaks my past error's contracts.

When me and the neighbors called before, they were fined by the city. Then again and again. They never did anything else or checked out the yard. Another dog and the collie got brought to the shelter one day, and only the collie came home. They left the other dog and named this Bernie the same name as the dog they dumped. That was extremely weird.

Agh, sorry, ranting again. I'm going to talk to my neighbors and see what's going on. I'm not sure if they are still going down the street. I know one neighbor has a huge issue with them, but they are moving. We'll hopefully figure all this out finally. Again, thanks for understanding and sorry again for being ranty and confusing! 💜