Gotta Love Your Neighbor!

I was greeted this morning by a police officer at my door. It appears someone called in a complaint about our dog barking. Yes, Toby barks. He feels any person or dog within eye-shot is either posing a threat or wants to play. Honestly, I bet his barking bothers me more than anyone else. Jeff made a comment about a childhood friend of his getting anonymous letters about her dog and what a cowardly way of confronting someone that is. This got me thinking. Why didn't he, I think I know who it is, just talk to us instead? Are we that unapproachable? Or is he stuck in 7th grade antics?
So how would God have us handle this? He clearly wants us to live in harmony with others. To "love our neighbor" as Jesus talks about in Luke 10:27 summarizes the last 6 commandments and is second only to loving God. Do we achieve this by bad mouthing our neighbors or calling the police? I don't think so. There is a place for calling the police - when someone's safety is in jeopardy. However, Toby would only lick you to death! I've decided to take God's advice. We are working on training Toby to be quieter and I will try to repair this relationship if I find out who it is. Also, there's a neighbor with a new pool without a fence - I think I need to go talk TO him instead of ABOUT him.