Rachel L. Akers to Alexander Stern ...

 AS>> When you discover that secret let me know, I may then be able to
 AS>> get a full nights sleep. Threats or hitting him over the head
 AS>> with a 4x4 has had so far very little effect.

 RA> For the outside dog... I found that going out looking for the invasion
 RA> from Marse & then tossing a bucket of water does wonders. [Although I
 RA> deliberately miss in winter]

 Tried that, but not the water. Plus when the temp hovers around
 3deg one doesn't feel very inclined to run around the yard in
 the middle of the night looking for little red men. I leave
 that to the brass monkeys.

        Alexander