Thank you guys for all your suggestions.
I'm going to answer some of your questions. I live in a small town in NY -- not a big city. So it would be reasonable to just hire one person to maintain the dog laws in the town.
When I bought McKenzie I had never heard of a dog limit law. Once I got her, through the grapevine I heard my neighbor say the limit was 3. So, in a panic I called the city court and asked what to do and if I could get a different license, ect. We have no online presence for our city rules and regulations. The woman at the city hall didn't even know for sure the dog limit. She said it was never enforced anyhow "unless someone complained".
I am afraid though because the government here is very corrupt, IMO. Police do just break in on people w/o warrants from articles I've read in the paper and from stories I've heard from others.
I really wouldn't have worried about this at all, but I do worry now that one of my neighbors will call or tell someone that I have 4. I know the next door neighbor doesn't like my dogs even though they never step a toe on her property. I don't let them outside to bark all day -- I'm always out back with them when they are out. They are well behaved, always leashed on walks, fully vetted and groomed, and for the most part very quiet, inside dogs.
I cannot believe things like this are legal. All my dogs are fixed, so there's no way I'm a breeder. It just blows my mind and I wish I had a friend or family member that could keep McKenzie should things go bad, but I don't have anyone
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I really appreciate you guys -- I don't know who else to turn to. I hate that I feel like a criminal when all I have done is care for my dogs. I have bad anxiety and panic disorder and Kenzie was actually bought to be a service dog for me - but she has not been able to fulfill that because she has a nervous personality. I just absolutely hate this, I am so devastated and afraid right now.