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Neighbours kids keep looking over our fence

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lilybit2025 · 07/04/2026 11:18

As the title suggests. Young girl around 5-6 keeps looking over at our fence. Did it a handful of times yesterday until I turned around and said 'hello can I help you?' And she's doing it again today. It sets our dog off and drives her insane yet she still does it.
I find it incredibly intrusive and I don't know if our neighbours know she's doing it and she's only a child but we do not have children and aren't particularly fond of them either.

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PartQualifiedAcca · 10/04/2026 09:39

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 09/04/2026 19:09

I hate dogs, and like children.
However, the child and her parents are the problem.
As someone suggested, if the parents don't believe their princess is being an arse, a video of it would be a good idea.

Can you imagine the uproar if the original poster knocks the door and shows them that she’s made a video of their child in its garden?
The police will probably be cold and she’ll be forced to delete the footage

Curly66 · 10/04/2026 10:19

Onleemoi · 08/04/2026 19:43

If the kid stops staring over the fence, the dog stops yapping.

The fault lies with the parents from every angle.

100 percent. Why would you let your child do this. I really liked our old neighbours daughter, but no way would I want her keep peering over our fence. It's intrusive and out of order that the parents aren't sorting it out.

Dancingintherain09 · 10/04/2026 16:36

PartQualifiedAcca · 10/04/2026 09:39

Can you imagine the uproar if the original poster knocks the door and shows them that she’s made a video of their child in its garden?
The police will probably be cold and she’ll be forced to delete the footage

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That why I suggested using a hose on jet, a bit of water won't hurt her but will stop her doing it again. If the parents have anything to say, then you can always se their line against them " how could I because apparently she isn't looking over." 😆

PartQualifiedAcca · 10/04/2026 16:46

Dancingintherain09 · 10/04/2026 16:36

That why I suggested using a hose on jet, a bit of water won't hurt her but will stop her doing it again. If the parents have anything to say, then you can always se their line against them " how could I because apparently she isn't looking over." 😆

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I said the same

DangerousAlchemy · 11/04/2026 12:17

Onleemoi · 09/04/2026 13:12

Why are you staring over their fence at 7am and midnight?

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Being purposely obtuse I see. Of course I'm not doing that 🙄

DeltaVariant · 11/04/2026 12:19

Plant thorny blackberries along the fence … delicious homegrown fruit.

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Onleemoi · 11/04/2026 13:20

DangerousAlchemy · 11/04/2026 12:17

Being purposely obtuse I see. Of course I'm not doing that 🙄

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So their dog barking in the garden for no reason is nothing like this dog barking because a face keeps appearing over the fence is it?

scalt · 12/04/2026 19:16

DeltaVariant · 11/04/2026 12:19

Plant thorny blackberries along the fence … delicious homegrown fruit.

But then the nosey little girl will steal them. (Actual blackberries only appear on two-year-old canes - will the little girl still be there?) And her parents might sue if she pricks her finger, and falls asleep for a hundred years.

"Spraying her with a garden hose would be assault". It reminds me of what the advice used to be for pervy phone calls: blow a whistle down the phone, it may even have been official advice at one point, before that was considered to be "assault".

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