Neighbor Issues - Page 2

Not sure how your yard is arranged from the sound of it they have legal access to go through to their side?? If thats the case I would certainly never allow my dogs outside unattended as it sounds like these people like to make up stories and personally I wouldn't trust them not to either put something like poison in the kennel or let dogs out etc.  If possible I would definately people proof the kennel area stockade fencing etc.  You just can't take a chance with people like these idiots, it sounds like its escalating and who knows what they would do next.
Amy

yep we had some people throw poisioned chicken in with my big male luckly enough he refuses to eat ANYTHING but his kibble i tryed raw with him and he starved himself till i gave him kibble back that was my only godsend. i wish i had gotten video of it so i could ahve the person arrested but meh that was along time ago and a few states back XD are you able to post no traspasing signs. if so they go on it and you can call the police on them. we live on some land in the woods up here and use to do dog sledding with malamutes till i got into shepherds. we had dumb people driving their 4 weelers and trucks down the roads to go "mudding" on my private property. the police refuzed to do anything about it so we put reverse speed bumps in the road and filled it with hay. XDXD made my day when someone lost their axle ahhh justice was served since then we have put up gates and the police and fire have keys to get through. its a back road for them to get from one town to another that cuts like 20 mins off their drive.

i can feel you pain, my neighbor across the street (65 yr old sad bitter lonely retired alcoholic old lady) keeps bugging me about me playing in my front yard with my 4 months old pup without a leash, she even treatened me with calling the pound. i can feel her stalking through her kitchen's window every time we go out for a walk, following my every movement.
that's got to be some kind of harrassment right?
anyway, your female should have broken that shitzu's neck. that's why i hate small dogs... so annoying.

ooo also something funny. we had a new neighbor when we lived in town a long time ago. we had 10 horses our limit by the county we where in with our acerage. the poeple baught and moved in to the house knowing we had horses inbetween the property they tryed to have the county remove our horses because they kicked up dust and where bad for their health. even went to court for it. so we decided after we won we would go out and pratice slide stoping when the wind was blowing ahh great fun.

Sperna.....thats why I moved.....I got sick and tired of having my heart race when I was coming home not knowing where the idiot with his pants hanging around his knees was going to be...or his pitbull or his boxer...i had to start putting my dogs in kennel at the back of the yard because he liked to walk up and down the street yelling at my dogs...i wanted so many times to tell my dog to "get him" just so she can rip his balls off and maybe chew through his neck...that failed abortion is a waste of a human life...he had threaten to shoot me and police wouldn't do sh*t....rental agency would not do anything (oh, yes they are nothing but renters across the road) so our house with acres and creek is up on a market....2nd attempt since last year...for a price just enough to break us even....we are currently on a .25 acre...dogs seem to be okay with that...but as soon as my house sells...it's country here i come...i rather live in a mobile home ( and I hate mobile homes) on 20 acres than next to low life, jobless, drug using, possible mentally retarded, redneck trash!.....

ok...sorry...had to vent a little...but i say moving was a solution for me...besides change is good...:) and right now is the best time, house sales are up by almost 8% from same time last year and interest rates are slowly creeping up which pushes people to somewhat speed up their house search so if you are looking to sell...i say go for it..

I don't think moving is always the answer - even if it is on 20 acres.  You never know who is around those 20 acres when you move...  I lived on a piece of property like that - and the neighbors that ajoined my 20 acres were just as bad as the neighbors I now live around on 1 acre....

Sometimes you trade for a worse situation than you came from.... But who knows - maybe you will get a better situation than the one that you are trying to run away from.... 

Yogiebear 

the neighbors are walking through your yard because...... do they have legal right to do so?  If not, then put up a permanent fence.  Privacy one if you can afford it, at least between your properties.  If not, then put up a 5' no-climb mesh wire fence that would be difficult to climb over.  If you have to put a gate between properties for some reason, then string electric wire and say it is to keep the dogs from jumping on the fence - get a charger and keep it ticking.  2000 volts should keep them on their side.

molly

Shrubbery wall. Thickly planted. They can't see you, the dogs can't see them. I plant trees instead of fences. There are some pretty unfriendly plants out there. Think thorns. Keeps kids away better than a fence sometimes. 

Going through that here too & we live on 20 acres......
One house near the property line unfortunately occupied by irrational dog fearing/hating "d" bags..... 

At this very moment my father and husband are working on 105 feet of 11 foot tall solid wood privacy fence, I'll post photos when its done.  I'm thrilled by the fact I'll never see them or their house again! 

Good luck

1.  Fence the property & post "no trespassing" signs.  This is really of utmost importance, in my opinion.  I suggest "no trespassing" because up until this time you have allowed people access, so I think you now will have to post that there is no longer free access to your property.   

2.  Consider putting CGCs on your dogs.  Doesn't mean shit except to those who don't know shit and to them it means a lot.  If you ever are sued, or if they try to make trouble for your dogs through reporting you to animal control, little things like CGCs might go a long way to proving to the authorities that the neighbors are full of shit, your dogs are under control and aren't vicious or dangerous.   

3.  Be in 100% compliance at all times with your local ordinances  including rabies vaccinations, licensing and leash laws. 

4.  I don't know how old your kids are, but unless they are adult children, I wouldn't allow them to walk the GSDs anymore unless supervised, not because your kids aren't capable, but because that neighbor might always be looking for an opportunity to prove your dogs are out of control. 

3.  Move.  I am not kidding.  If you can, move.  I say this because even though 6 months has passed since the incident, it doesn't sound like they want to let it go, and it might not take much for them to ratchet it up to a very nasty level.

  Then once you move, remember what happened before, and fence your property, and post no trespassing signs, or at the very least fence the property around your house and kennels. 

There is one thing that is really bugging me that you said:

"Even my children playing ball with my neighborhood kids and the dog is regarded as an attack if someone is accidently knocked down and stood over by the dog."

I think it is not in your dogs best interest, and is a little bit unfair  to put them in this kind of situation.  Perhaps you should not let the dogs "play" unleashed with all the neighborhood kids when they are playing ball.  You must understand a lot of people are afraid of big dogs in general and GSDs in particular.   You must also realize a dog can injure a child without even trying, or scare a child without even trying which, (either way)  can result in a royally piss off a parent.  You are asking for trouble in my opinion, if you allow your dogs to socialize with the neighborhood kids off leash when they are playing ball, or anything else for that matter.  These days especially.