I like the trap & release idea. Make a good donation to the humane society where you take the dog. Or just take it away and shoot it. Don't shoot it where they can see that you did it. Leave on side of road somewhere in the next county. Oops, another roaming dog got hit, bummer.
I know a lot of you don't feel you have a choice, but moving to somewhere with no neighbors is cheaper and kinder than the toll of continuing stress and ill-will. I am quite bad-tempered when infringed on by others; its in everyone's best interest that I live far away from other humans that are not on the same sensory page. But is is also our responsibility as chicken-keepers to keep them safe from all predators, dogs being by far and away the worst. If you've done all you can, there's only one thing left to do other than move - SSS.
I know a lot of you don't feel you have a choice, but moving to somewhere with no neighbors is cheaper and kinder than the toll of continuing stress and ill-will. I am quite bad-tempered when infringed on by others; its in everyone's best interest that I live far away from other humans that are not on the same sensory page. But is is also our responsibility as chicken-keepers to keep them safe from all predators, dogs being by far and away the worst. If you've done all you can, there's only one thing left to do other than move - SSS.