If you get a dog you're knowingly putting that dog in a situation of higher risk to its safety. if you were scared of burglars, having a dog in your house that would bark to alert you, even just a little yappy dog, so that you could then grab a gun and call the cops, wouldn't be endangering the dog at all. Having one patrol your outside property when you know you already have intruders is risking getting it poisoned, possibly even just out of spite, IMO.
Camera is the most logical choice, but unfortunately retroactive in documenting things and not preventing them. It isn't mutually exclusive with just getting some guns and shooting them off your porch on a regular basis, if that is the kind of thing that can be done safely and legally. Signs on the property boundary saying warning active shooting range no trespassing would also be a good idea.
I would also say this is a weird problem and weird behavior. This feels like possible a neighbor feud and spite thing rather than just for monetary gain. I'd say go around and talk to the neighbors. Some might have had similar problems, or different problems but that would give them a hunch who it could be, and some might just act cagey and suspicious. If you have a feeling who it is, you can look for their civil and legal history and start building, if not a 'case' against them based on that, at least something the cops might give a shit about, or at least solidarity of different people who have been victimized by them which the cops might be more willing to listen to.
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Cisco and his wife are fragile idiots who breed morons.
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