Neighbours kids keep looking over our fence

put some nails or those cat spikes in the top of the fence - she won’t be peering over it then .

Some of these comments are beyond the pale. I can’t believe the things that some posters are suggesting to do to this little girl - quite a few of you want to turn a hose on her which was bad enough until I saw this 😧

FFS ,,hi Jim/Lynn little ivy keeps climbing to peep over the fence and it's upsetting Rex he's not the friendliest when it comes to little ones and I would t want him to nip or scratch her jumping up ,it also causes him to bark potentially annoying all out other neighbours so if you keep a eye on her I'd be really grateful . You could also add that you are practicing naturists if you really want to push the point .
Don't be a dick about it like some morons are advising as your neighbours will likely think fuck you and do it all the more

put some nails or those cat spikes in the top of the fence - she won’t be peering over it then .

Good for you. How many of you are there?

No we don't treat innocent , inquisitive 5 year olds with anger . We go and knock at mum and dad's and have a civilised friendly conversation. If anyone spoke to my child to show their anger without having first given me the opportunity rectify any issues they'd get a form boot up their arsehole.

Eh? Telling the girl to "go away" makes someone ",fucking horrible"? No wonder children grow up entoyled!

Exactly. Nobody seems to feel shame anymore. When I was a kid, people would have stopped their daughter doing that because they’d have been ashamed. It would have been considered bad manners, and they’d have worried what their neighbours thought of them.

She's 5 FFS ,ppl like you are just fucking horrible

OP said she doesn't like children, which is allowed. Probably does not want to "chat".

I wanted to suggest that but thought I’d better not! 😂

Do you have a sprinkler ?

Jesus, people saying to spray the 5 year old with a hose. Be a big girl - you know, an adult - and do as other posters have said and go talk to her parents.

OP already tried that.

I've just gone round to the parents and asked them to stop her looking over. They of course have said she isn't doing that.

It is hose time 😂

Get a big hose and water your garden ! Would be a shame if you accidentally soaked her! She knows exactly what she’s doing and she’s enjoying winding you up.

That's horrible. Little girl is 5.

The peering over the fence should be ignored, she will get bored eventually, but setting off the dogs is not on.

If you see her again from upstairs, I think I'd video her, especially if she's barking to set the dog off. You could then show that to her parents. You'd also have it as evidence if anyone complains about your dog barking.

If asking the child/parents politely doesn't work, you could try telling her a massive spider lives on that fence.

My kids are playing in the garden this evening for the first time this spring and we've found so many spiders in their sand pit/toys and they're freaking out about it, hence my inspired suggestion!

If spiders don't scare her, try wasps?!

What if there was a child behaviourist expert that piped up with helpful information, to aid the poster who was struggling but didn't have own children?
Would you ignore such information purely because they were childless and in a parenting topic?

You need to train your dog.. that's another way of looking at it.

Not a very good way of looking at it. But yes, definitely another way.

Is it though? Let’s say the mother of a teenager who has got into drugs, or crime, or has been sexually assaulted, or is pregnant, posts at her wits’ end, no idea what to do next. Would she turn down advice from someone who has been through the same thing themselves as a teenager, just because they chose not to have children as an adult? Would the advice of the parent of a toddler who’s never dealt with anything remotely similar be somehow more valuable because “She’s a mother, so she understands”?

The OP is being expected to bend over backwards because the kid’s parents can’t teach her some manners? I find that astonishing.

No one should attempt to train their dog to stop being alarmed at strangers appearing over their fence.

AHH the sun is shining and yet here we are with another child hating thread!!

You need to train your dog.. that's another way of looking at it. FGS the girl is 5, she probably won't do it much longer as she gets a little older and more self aware.

Do they have a dog? If not, presumably she is bored and wants to see yours. The fact that it gets excited and barks at her gives her attention. It's probably the only attention she's getting. Unfortunately, telling her that seeing her gets your dog excited is only going to encourage her.

It isn't what you want to do, but as a temporary measure could you add a couple of foot to the height of your fence? You could probably take it down in a few months when she gets bored and finds a new way to occupy herself while her parents ignore her.

I’m sure the majority tend to dislike the behaviour of children rather than actual children. Some children can, sometimes, be annoying. Like this little girl is being when she looks over the fence and winds up the dog.