I had the same type of thing happen with my next door neighbor. We each have acreage but he insisted on having his 9 dogs, mastiffs and st bernards, run free. It didn't take long to convince him that he was in the wrong, just one visit from the sheriff with the knowledge that he gave me the go ahead to shoot any dog threatening my family. That happened after my wife got into a dangerous situation in our own yard while I was at work.
The neighbors didn't like me for a while, but if they don't have any more sense than that, then to hell with 'em.
It worked out OK , and now I have permission to hunt and cut wood on the neighbors place. That never would have happened if I had shot one of his dogs, eventhough it would have been legal to do so in that one circumstance.
The dogs still bark way too much though.
