Well, I Amit I’ve considered this solution.
The neighbors across the street had two dogs that they kept locked up in the garage all day while they were at work. They would bark and howl all day long. It wasn’t loud enough to annoy us, but we felt bad for the dogs.
We ended up having one for the weekend when they went out of town. It was a great dog when it stayed with us inside and with the kids.
“What? You liked him!?”
“Yeah - he was great.”
“Ya want him?”
They ended up giving him to us for free. He was a great dog! It did take him a few weeks to not howl when we left him in the house alone. My wife did a great job training him, and he was very smart, and protective of her and the kids.
He wouldn’t bark at people on the street or sidewalk, but as soon at they stepped on our driveway he would bark a few times to let us know there was someone there.