So we moved to our house about 6 weeks ago. The neighbors who live directly behind us have a little yappy dog who they apparently just leave out on their back patio all the time and the dog barks ALL. THE. TIME. Like, when the dog is outside, he barks nonstop.

The houses in our neighborhood are pretty close together, so I know if we can hear the dog, so can all the other neighbors. Thankfully, it doesn't seem so bad really late at night (like after 10-11pm), but it's all afternoon and evening, especially the past few days. We can't sit out on our back patio because of the dog.

I have no idea who these people are or anything but we have to do something. We're debating... (1) leave a letter in the mailbox (i.e., control the barking or we will call the city with a noise complaint); or (2) just call the city/police at night with a noise complaint. And if we send a letter, do we put our name on it? (" FromThe MrsADS family who lives at 123 Anytown Lane") DH thinks an anonymous letter is too passive aggressive.

I hate to be "those neighbors", but it's ridiculous...