What are the Odds Part Deux

[Rowdy]

Ok, my CB interfering neighbor finally moves out along with his Rottweiler (a clap ensues). I have a large backyard but a year ago I had to build a smaller perimeter fence just so my smaller dogs could go outside without the Rotty jumping the waist-high chainlink fence and attacking them.  

FINALLY!  I can let my animals roam free in my own backyard along with my young son. Then two weeks later, I go out in my backyard and lo and behold, the new neighbors move in.  What walks around the corner of the house?  A Purebred Pitbull with a pinch collar and lots of anger towards me.  They called the dog off and put it in their sunroom which it then continued to attempt to take my name of Rowdy away from me.

I thought surely the next neighbors would not put me in the same position as the other and now this.  I guess it's time to strap a large knife to one of my trees up high in case I ever need to use it.  I can't discharge a firearm and I am not sure bearspray would work anyway.  Talk about bad odds...

[Breadburner]

Why can you not discharge a firearm....?

[Johnboy976]

My brother's neighbor has these really annoying dogs that yap. We aren't talking small ones, either. He considered using a BB Gun to prevent any further annoyance from them.

[jdb]

Sucks, light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be a speeding locomotive.

Best deal is a face to face with new guy, describe the hornets nest he's just moved into and hope he's willing to set up a win win solution.

Then sit, wait, watch, bite finger nails...

If new guy tells you where to get off, then you got several options: take animal control aside and hatch a plan, or flip a special biscuit over that waist-high chain link.

Course, for a thousand bucks you could build a fence tough enough to protect Rowdy Jr., your pups and a certain reputation.

Good luck man, jdb


Breadburner - mighty close to being a loaded question...play nice.

[Rowdy]

quote:Originally posted by Johnboy976

My brother's neighbor has these really annoying dogs that yap. We aren't talking small ones, either. He considered using a BB Gun to prevent any further annoyance from them.

Well, it finally happened.  The guy let his Pit out of the sunroom and it charged the fence.  He then ran over there and quickly grabbed it and I then asked the guy what he was going to do about keeping his Pit from coming over my fence and attacking my kids or dogs. His reply?  "It won't happen."  Then I said, "Yeah, I bet."  He then said in a rude manner, "don't worry about it".  At that point I got angry and told him having a bad attitude at this point wasn't going to help matters and that he got way off on the wrong foot as a new neighbor by shunning what happened.  What's going to happen next time?  

I don't necessarily agree with the Pit hysteria, but when I see an animal charge me in the way this one did and the way it wanted a piece of me through their sunroom, I have to be concerned about a stupid 3.5 foot chain link fence that separates it from me and my family. It got me angry because the guy says "don't worry about it" yet he is dragging this animal back to the house and it is wearing a pinch collar on top of it.  If he was so sure of his dog, then he should have let it prance around the backyard and he wouldn't have to drag it back in the house.  It makes no sense and unless this dog does something, I have no legal grounds to do anything.

The drama in my neighborhood ensues....
[B)]

[Rowdy]

quote:Originally posted by jdb

Sucks, light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be a speeding locomotive.

Best deal is a face to face with new guy, describe the hornets nest he's just moved into and hope he's willing to set up a win win solution.

Then sit, wait, watch, bite finger nails...

If new guy tells you where to get off, then you got several options: take animal control aside and hatch a plan, or flip a special biscuit over that waist-high chain link.

Course, for a thousand bucks you could build a fence tough enough to protect Rowdy Jr., your pups and a certain reputation.

Good luck man, jdb


Breadburner - mighty close to being a loaded question...play nice.

Yeah we had our "talk". []
I hate to start off with a new neighbor this way but I am tired of never using my yard because someone else's dog might go over the fence and kill two of mine and/or attack my son. I should be able to use the yard I pay for.  Instead, I have a smaller yard within the yard.  It's stupid and I am tired of it.  I have had quotes of $5500.00 to put in a privacy fence in my yard from three different fence companies. It looks like I have no choice but to get the fence-expensive or not.

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by Rowdy

quote:Originally posted by jdb

Sucks, light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be a speeding locomotive.

Best deal is a face to face with new guy, describe the hornets nest he's just moved into and hope he's willing to set up a win win solution.

Then sit, wait, watch, bite finger nails...

If new guy tells you where to get off, then you got several options: take animal control aside and hatch a plan, or flip a special biscuit over that waist-high chain link.

Course, for a thousand bucks you could build a fence tough enough to protect Rowdy Jr., your pups and a certain reputation.

Good luck man, jdb


Breadburner - mighty close to being a loaded question...play nice.

Yeah we had our "talk". []
I hate to start off with a new neighbor this way but I am tired of never using my yard because someone else's dog might go over the fence and kill two of mine and/or attack my son. I should be able to use the yard I pay for.  Instead, I have a smaller yard within the yard.  It's stupid and I am tired of it.  I have had quotes of $5500.00 to put in a privacy fence in my yard from three different fence companies. It looks like I have no choice but to get the fence-expensive or not.

How about using a cattle type electric fence?

[Rowdy]

That would be great except for the kiddies and the other small dogs that may inadvertently touch it.

[Johnboy976]

Teaches them a lesson... you know, that one where touching what seems to be harmless will end up killing you. That's got to be in one those episodes of Sesame Street, right?

[jdb]

How about using a cattle type electric fence?

Not 100%.

Privacy fence is the only good, citizen option.

Myself, I'd sit out back on a nice day, taking my time cleaning side arms,  until the thing came bounding over the fence and then that would be that - which might merit a BBQ/Beer party in said space twenty minutes later.

Don't guess you like to whittle on large pieces of wood using a "quailty" knife?

Sorry you got stuck with another tough guy.

[NellieBly]

I would start a campaign against the dog. Every time it barks, call the cops. If the dog isn't fixed, call animal control and report it. Owners of unfixed dogs must have a breeders license. Etc. Call the owner of the home if it's a rental and report the vicious dog. He may be the one sued if something should happen since he rented the home to someone who owns a vicious dog.

[Breadburner]

quote:Originally posted by NellieBly

I would start a campaign against the dog. Every time it barks, call the cops. If the dog isn't fixed, call animal control and report it. Owners of unfixed dogs must have a breeders license. Etc. Call the owner of the home if it's a rental and report the vicious dog. He may be the one sued if something should happen since he rented the home to someone who owns a vicious dog.

Yup...Nellie gives the best on this so far...

[grahambino]

purchase a rocking chair & shotgun.
[8D]

[tulsa1603]

I had a neighbor who got two huge Mastiffs, but of course, he was thoughtful enough to bring them around to all the neighbors when they were puppies, so they would know us all and not bark or be aggressive towards us.  Which helped, because they were pretty sweet natured towards us.  OF course, they still barked at random anyway at all hours of the day and night so I was thankful when they moved away.  I think if you have aggressive dogs like that, it's your duty to acclimate them to your neighbors, though I still wouldn't trust them.  

You might try Fenceco for a fence bid.  They were half the price of a few others on a big fence project i recently had installed.  Also, if you haven't considered building it yourself, it's not that bad as long as you have a auger to drill the post holes for you.

[NellieBly]

Mastiffs aren't really by nature aggressive.
At least none that I have met. They are more into slobbering and sleeping than attacking.