Anja, we have a Kennel and a few years ago our neighbor who, by the way had been our neighbor for about 8 years, suddenly was complaining about our dogs barking during the day!!! When the gate bell rings it does get loud...LOL Funny thing is he had about 20 Westies and Scotties who yipped ALL THE TIME!! Anyway, low and behold here comes a complaint. The Orange County animal control came out and spent 3-4 hours here in the morning to see what noise he was talking about. It happened to be a Friday and busy. They were satisfied at the end of the time that it was a false complaint, we have not be bothered since. If you are in legal limit.... You could see if they were willing to do it. The other thing you could do is talk to your other neighbors and see if they would sign a statement to say your dogs are not noisy. Good Luck, cranky neighbors sure can make life miserable. Deb ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================