Neighbour's dogs in my garden. Grrr, I'm a bit miffed. – Page 2 – Chat Forum

Ambrose · 2015-01-06T23:25:16Z

My neighbour has a habit of letting his two dogs (A Golden Labrador and a German Shepherd) run loose. His property is enclosed with high walls and fences. He has recently installed gates too, shortly after I pointed out to him that I didn't like his dogs fouling in my garden. My garden is not dog-proof. To make it so would involve putting high barriers around the property and I am not prepared to do this. I bought the house for the views from the garden- we look out across the valley and then up onto Yr Mynydd Du in the Brecon Beacons. It's a view that doesn't need a six foot fence blocking it. He runs a sports physio business from home and his clients visit him for treatment. The property is large and he lets out rooms to a number of tenants. There is thus a lot of toing and froing. The gates are generally open. I sometimes close them, when I take the dogs back. His dogs frequently stray into other people’s gardens apart from my own. All the neighbours I have spoken with are annoyed. My dog (Willow) is always tethered to a line when I let her outside on her own. When the neighbour’s dogs ‘visit’ she gets very territorial and defensive and will snarl. Recently Willow snapped at and nipped the German Shepherd when her lamb bone was being threatened. Willow is a mature beagle/ Welsh collie cross. The other dogs are both less than three years old, not long out of being puppies. They want to play but will annoy her. They also trash my plants with their digging as well as fouling in my garden. I approached my neighbour again two days ago, asking him to ensure that his dogs did not come onto my property. I don’t want his animals fouling my garden, destroying my plants and annoying my pooch. I also do not want Willow being in a position where she has a go at one of them and injures them. His response was not very positive. He shouted and swore at me, essentially demanding that I construct dog proof barriers around my garden. He referred to the new gates (which I thanked him for) but was further upset when I asked him to ensure that they were kept closed if the dogs were running loose. I kept a conciliatory tone throughout. I believe that it is the owner’s responsibility to control their dog, thus his dogs being at large in my garden is not my responsibility to deal with but his. Where am I going wrong? The blummin’ things are still roaming around as I write this on a drizzly Tuesday night at 10:35PM.

blurty

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.410 garden gun, 1/4 charge cartridge with the lead shot replaced with rocksalt.

They soon learn.

Posted : 07/01/2015 3:17 pm

hora

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OP the answer is a low fence. Say 3ft high. Check with your council if you need permission first though as if your neighbour is vindictive he may challenge and any costs you've incurred may be lost when its torn down.

Its the only real answer I'm afraid. You can't rely on your neighbour to do the right thing so far it seems so adding springs isn't going to happen based on form..

Posted : 07/01/2015 3:25 pm

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The owner obviously hasn't got the attitude or the ability to look after dogs. Take them to the nearest animal refuge and give them a chance at being rehomed. Might want to remove any tags first 😉

Seriously, you should not be effected by someone elses choice to keep dogs.

Posted : 07/01/2015 4:05 pm

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Lab's love being wet anyway, soak them!!

Posted : 07/01/2015 4:07 pm

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He runs a sports physio business from home.

I approached my neighbour again two days ago...his response was not very positive. He shouted and swore at me...

Next time you talk to him about it, discreetly record his effing & jeffing, then post it online referencing his business.

Posted : 07/01/2015 4:14 pm

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Does his business have a twitter/facebook account?

Posted : 07/01/2015 4:35 pm

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[quote=piemonster ]Returning the deposits sounds like a start. I wouldn't necessarily "lob" it.

No, wrapped in burning newspaper on his doorstep (don't forget to ring the bell) is far more effective.

Posted : 07/01/2015 4:46 pm

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Posted : 07/01/2015 5:23 pm

Ambrose

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Many, many thanks for all the advice. The dogs were trying to get into my shed at 6:45AM on Wednesday. I'm going to give the dog warden a call. I've had a chat with other neighbours. It's not only me that is annoyed.

Posted : 08/01/2015 1:18 am

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