Simple answer that has no dishonesty involved:

Most towns have laws against barking dogs, with very specific and reasonable time limits on how long the dog can bark before it is considered a lawbreaker. You file a complaint form for each incident that you hear the dog barking. With each complaint, the dog owners get an escalating warning from the local dog pound, which is usually enough for reasonable suburban families and takes care of the problem. But if it escalates enough, the pound gets corroboration from neighbors, observes the situation, and eventually picks up the dog and hangs onto it. At that point the predictable set of events plays out.

I know this because I've filled out the forms in Nevada County, CA. Fortunately, it worked on the second escalation, and the neighbors took care of the problem before pooch got the gas chamber.