How to address neighbor's aggressive dog digging under fence?
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Anonymous
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Looking for advice on how to deal with a neighbors two pit bulls who are digging under the fence in the back of my condo? They are aggressive animals who can now get their snouts through and have barked nastily and tried to bite my daughter and my small dog who were walking by. How do you get someone to put up their own fence or pen their animals? We called animal control and they said until we get bit, they cannot deal with it. We are in Montgomery County.
TIA! |
Anonymous
| Have you tried talking to them? |
Anonymous
| I soak some hamburger in rat poison and leave it in the hole on your side of the fence. Or, you could stand by the hold with one of those long grill lighters. Or, if you have a weed dragon http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-VT-1-32-Propane-Vapor/dp/B002LH46M8...... |
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| Sprinkle the dirt with cayenne or crushed Habanero peppers once that gets in their noses they will leave the holes alone |
Anonymous
This is a great idea if you want to get sued big time. |
Anonymous
| I'd start with knocking on their door and talking nicely. Have you tried that? |
Anonymous
| There is a language barrier issue so we cannot talk to them. |
Anonymous
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Unfortunately some people leave their dogs out instead of training/taking care of them. Dogs need exercise and training, otherwise they tend to develop bad habits. Do they leave the dogs out 24/7? Is there any law about that if they leave them out all winter? I think you can report dogs for excessive barking, but I may be wrong about that.
Their breed is irrelevant. Like any other breed pitbulls are as good as owners train them to be. |
Anonymous
| If the dogs are dangerous or could injure you or your child call non-emergency police who may have you contact animal control to have someone respond that speaks the same language as the neighbors. |
Anonymous
Kindness is universal. Bake a batch of brownies and go over there and point the whole and point to the dog. |
Anonymous
| If the problem is digging under the fence, then go to Home Depot and buy some largish rocks to put along your side of the fence. That way they will not be able to dig under the fence and possible get into your yard. You can also plant bushes along your side of the fence to act as a visual/physical barrier between the two yards. If their dogs are in their fenced yard, then there isn't anything you can do about how the dogs act in their own yard, but you can make sure that they don't get into your yard and that your child can't get close to the fence. |
Anonymous
| It won't look great, but you could also try installing some small wire-mesh fencing at the bottom of your current fence, which could make it harder for the dogs to dig under/through. You know, same kind of stuff that you'd install to keep critters from crawling under your deck, etc. |
Anonymous
| You could write them a letter. Chances are they're either better with written English or will know someone who can translate it for them. You could make it nice but strongly worded and present it as a safety issue that they need to take care of. If they're really clueless (which sounds like they are if they're letting their dogs do this) then give them specific measures to take (never letting the dogs out alone, installing additional mesh fencing under the fence for a few feet, etc., putting cinderblocks on ground along their side of the fence, etc.). |
Anonymous
Oh, BS. If the dog takes something from my yard - going through (or under) the fence to get it, I'm not responsible for the consequences. |
Anonymous
Not the PP but I'm pretty sure if you placed something there to harm or kill the dog you could be. It's not an accidental find, it's deliberately placed there to harm the dog. |