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Finally lost it with neighbours

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FinnalyCracked · 09/04/2025 07:40

There’s four houses on the close - and none for miles (converted country barns - hence the being so close together and yet nothing for miles).

Neighbour A has three cats and all are outdoor cats. Me and Neighbour B have dogs. Neighbour C is irrelevant to this pet debacle.

Neighbours A’s cats, since they moved in, have constantly shit in everyone’s garden. Don’t come at me and tell me it’s not them as the closest village is six miles and no one else has sodding cats!! They sit on the garage and hiss at anyone who goes by and are, quite frankly, obnoxious.

I’ve bitten my tongue but neighbour Cs and B have not. Neighbour B has taken much delight in having their dogs chase the cats off. Neighbour C has invested in barbed wire and other such things to keep the cats out

Yesterday, neighbour A knocked on my door and asked me to call my dogs in as they were ‘destroying her enjoyment of her garden.’ I was very polite - but very firm - and told her to fuck off (not quite that frank, but you get the idea). I’d just finished work, so the dogs had been inside with me so they’d been out about five minutes when she appeared. She launched into a a bit of a diatribe about how B and I have been ruining her summers for years now with our dogs barking and running around.

I snapped. Said her cats constantly shit in my garden and I had to pick it up as I had small children and that her fucking hot tub was obnoxiously loud, so was their music and their shitheaps of cars (her partner always has a rotation of them that he tinkers with) all over the driveway lowered the tone and created exhaust fumes, and that if I ever saw her cats in my garden again I’d be taking a leaf out of neighbour Bs book and setting my dogs on them. Then I told her not to come onto my property again and slammed the door in her face.

It’s a first world problem, I know. But I am just so fucking sick of biting my tongue and being a good neighbour )including taking her fucking parcels) and she has the bloody gall to tell me my dogs can’t be in the garden, as their playing ‘ruins her enjoyment.’

WHAT ABOUT MY FUCKING ENJOYMENT, DEBBIE?!?!

That’s it. That’s all I wanted (just a place to rant)

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Tessasanderson · 10/04/2025 16:29

Another one here who is happy for my dog to be given a good soaking and even chased if you find the little sods running about your garden.

Trouble is they would probably enjoy the water and if you started chasing them they would simple think you were playing a game with them and have you running around in circles for ages.

The thing is my dogs have never, ever been out of our control. Never been found in anyones garden. Dont shit in peoples gardens and if they shit anywhere whoever is walking them picks it up.

IleftmybaginNewportPagnell · 10/04/2025 16:45

Karmakamelion · 09/04/2025 13:45

We dint have a right over the world as humans. Cats and dogs have as much right on the earth and tbh both of you need to chill

Plus the irony of living in converted barns clustered together with no neighbours for miles.

mathanxiety · 10/04/2025 16:50

You lost me at "lower the tone".

SilverVixen101 · 10/04/2025 17:48

I love both cats and dogs but if this was an AIBU I would 100% vote you are BU. I'd vote twice if I could. I think your attitude is atrocious and I think you should take a good look at yourself and your attitude to cats. It smacks of cruelty.

shellmo4 · 10/04/2025 17:53

Definitely Team Dog.

I also have a Karen/Ken that lives next door to me. Tells me I can't feed the birds cos they shit on her car 🤣 ( all our cars get shat on, even tho i don't feed them anymore but other ppl do)
Constant cat shit in my plants, even on the grass cos it's that freakin lazy. Cats cause blindness and there's nothing worse than finding it in the garden. I'm 💯% with OP.
If my dog barks they are brought in straight away.

dEdiCatEdFeliNeEntHusiAst · 10/04/2025 17:58

Both would drive me insane.
I've had large (not yappy) dogs & cats all my life.
Cats always house cats with large catio for outdoor enjoyment. Dogs always quiet unless barking for a reason ie. warning us of something or someone.
Barking dogs for no reason is unbearable.
Cats pooing in your garden also unbearable.
Kids kicking their ball against the fence every God damn day and screeching also unbearable.
Unfortunately I can't afford to live in the middle of nowhere with no neighbours.

Sky1977 · 10/04/2025 18:08

Team cat !!!!!

Lollylucyclark101 · 10/04/2025 18:08

FinnalyCracked · 09/04/2025 07:40

There’s four houses on the close - and none for miles (converted country barns - hence the being so close together and yet nothing for miles).

Neighbour A has three cats and all are outdoor cats. Me and Neighbour B have dogs. Neighbour C is irrelevant to this pet debacle.

Neighbours A’s cats, since they moved in, have constantly shit in everyone’s garden. Don’t come at me and tell me it’s not them as the closest village is six miles and no one else has sodding cats!! They sit on the garage and hiss at anyone who goes by and are, quite frankly, obnoxious.

I’ve bitten my tongue but neighbour Cs and B have not. Neighbour B has taken much delight in having their dogs chase the cats off. Neighbour C has invested in barbed wire and other such things to keep the cats out

Yesterday, neighbour A knocked on my door and asked me to call my dogs in as they were ‘destroying her enjoyment of her garden.’ I was very polite - but very firm - and told her to fuck off (not quite that frank, but you get the idea). I’d just finished work, so the dogs had been inside with me so they’d been out about five minutes when she appeared. She launched into a a bit of a diatribe about how B and I have been ruining her summers for years now with our dogs barking and running around.

I snapped. Said her cats constantly shit in my garden and I had to pick it up as I had small children and that her fucking hot tub was obnoxiously loud, so was their music and their shitheaps of cars (her partner always has a rotation of them that he tinkers with) all over the driveway lowered the tone and created exhaust fumes, and that if I ever saw her cats in my garden again I’d be taking a leaf out of neighbour Bs book and setting my dogs on them. Then I told her not to come onto my property again and slammed the door in her face.

It’s a first world problem, I know. But I am just so fucking sick of biting my tongue and being a good neighbour )including taking her fucking parcels) and she has the bloody gall to tell me my dogs can’t be in the garden, as their playing ‘ruins her enjoyment.’

WHAT ABOUT MY FUCKING ENJOYMENT, DEBBIE?!?!

That’s it. That’s all I wanted (just a place to rant)

This really made me laugh 😆

unfortunatley, cats have a unique right to roam in the UK, so technically you can’t legally do anything about the pooing in your garden.

that said, you have an absolute right to enjoy your garden in whatever way you see fit. If the median is you pick up the poo and she deals with the noise (quite normal noise from the sounds of it!) from your home life and dogs then so be it.

she’s an absolute tW@t to come round complaining.

id reject her parcels too lmao 🤣

i do have a cat…. I’ve never had any issues with the neighbours…. I know he poos somewhere other than his litter tray. I would never complain to my neighbours, unless they are being d1(kheads….. doesn’t sound like you are.

like I said, properly made me chuckle, you did the absolute right thing lol 😂

Sky1977 · 10/04/2025 18:09

SilverVixen101 · 10/04/2025 17:48

I love both cats and dogs but if this was an AIBU I would 100% vote you are BU. I'd vote twice if I could. I think your attitude is atrocious and I think you should take a good look at yourself and your attitude to cats. It smacks of cruelty.

this

laraitopbanana · 10/04/2025 18:10

You all sound terrible.

Sky1977 · 10/04/2025 18:14

FinnalyCracked · 09/04/2025 07:40

There’s four houses on the close - and none for miles (converted country barns - hence the being so close together and yet nothing for miles).

Neighbour A has three cats and all are outdoor cats. Me and Neighbour B have dogs. Neighbour C is irrelevant to this pet debacle.

Neighbours A’s cats, since they moved in, have constantly shit in everyone’s garden. Don’t come at me and tell me it’s not them as the closest village is six miles and no one else has sodding cats!! They sit on the garage and hiss at anyone who goes by and are, quite frankly, obnoxious.

I’ve bitten my tongue but neighbour Cs and B have not. Neighbour B has taken much delight in having their dogs chase the cats off. Neighbour C has invested in barbed wire and other such things to keep the cats out

Yesterday, neighbour A knocked on my door and asked me to call my dogs in as they were ‘destroying her enjoyment of her garden.’ I was very polite - but very firm - and told her to fuck off (not quite that frank, but you get the idea). I’d just finished work, so the dogs had been inside with me so they’d been out about five minutes when she appeared. She launched into a a bit of a diatribe about how B and I have been ruining her summers for years now with our dogs barking and running around.

I snapped. Said her cats constantly shit in my garden and I had to pick it up as I had small children and that her fucking hot tub was obnoxiously loud, so was their music and their shitheaps of cars (her partner always has a rotation of them that he tinkers with) all over the driveway lowered the tone and created exhaust fumes, and that if I ever saw her cats in my garden again I’d be taking a leaf out of neighbour Bs book and setting my dogs on them. Then I told her not to come onto my property again and slammed the door in her face.

It’s a first world problem, I know. But I am just so fucking sick of biting my tongue and being a good neighbour )including taking her fucking parcels) and she has the bloody gall to tell me my dogs can’t be in the garden, as their playing ‘ruins her enjoyment.’

WHAT ABOUT MY FUCKING ENJOYMENT, DEBBIE?!?!

That’s it. That’s all I wanted (just a place to rant)

You would watch cruelty happen to an animal with barbed wire just for doing what they need to do naturally? Speaks volumes .. move to a house with no neighbours then !!!!!!

Skodacool · 10/04/2025 18:15

I’m with OP on this. Cat shit is vile. The neighbour has no right to demand OP keeps her dog indoors whilst at the same time claiming the cats have the right to be in everyone else’s garden.

Sky1977 · 10/04/2025 18:16

Skodacool · 10/04/2025 18:15

I’m with OP on this. Cat shit is vile. The neighbour has no right to demand OP keeps her dog indoors whilst at the same time claiming the cats have the right to be in everyone else’s garden.

There's more humane ways to keep cats out of your garden

Sky1977 · 10/04/2025 18:17

Just evil, cats have no idea whose garden it is 😂😂they just wanna do their business

Revavalley · 10/04/2025 18:22

Not by any means sticking up for cats shitting in gardens. My cats as I've said before shite in their litter tray and have supervised access to my enclosed garden. I used protectapet so my garden looks like a prison exercise yard but it keeps my cats safe from those who could do them harm. Dogs shit can also cause blindness I know that's not the issue but let's not tar that all cats are diseased ridden.

K90 · 10/04/2025 18:25

I hate catshit and I hate dogs barking. You’re all my idea of neighbours from hell. You deserve each other. Must be lovely living round your way !

sweatyhotlady · 10/04/2025 18:27

Singleaftermarriage · 09/04/2025 07:59

Fully support you. Hate the way cat owners think their cats can just wander the neighbourhood doing whatever they like yet one dog bark and life is over. Everytime I have seen a neighbours cat look like it is heading our way I have let my dog out. Never get cat poo in my garden now. Stick to your guns.

Wow. Do you think cats should be on leads? How else will you control where they shit?

BlueFlowers5 · 10/04/2025 18:31

With possibly countryside around you, why would cats choose to toilet in a dog occupied garden?

And if you encourage your dogs to attack cats, doesn't that mean they could attack small children and other animals?
I thought if your dog is loose and is aggressive, you as owner could get a £5000 fine or 2 years in prison.

Nannylovesshopping · 10/04/2025 18:34

Yep, time to sling cat poo over her garden, and practice your aim with a large water pistol!

Nannylovesshopping · 10/04/2025 18:35

And tell your dogs to shut the fuck up as I do mine!

JJMama · 10/04/2025 18:38

FinnalyCracked · 09/04/2025 07:40

There’s four houses on the close - and none for miles (converted country barns - hence the being so close together and yet nothing for miles).

Neighbour A has three cats and all are outdoor cats. Me and Neighbour B have dogs. Neighbour C is irrelevant to this pet debacle.

Neighbours A’s cats, since they moved in, have constantly shit in everyone’s garden. Don’t come at me and tell me it’s not them as the closest village is six miles and no one else has sodding cats!! They sit on the garage and hiss at anyone who goes by and are, quite frankly, obnoxious.

I’ve bitten my tongue but neighbour Cs and B have not. Neighbour B has taken much delight in having their dogs chase the cats off. Neighbour C has invested in barbed wire and other such things to keep the cats out

Yesterday, neighbour A knocked on my door and asked me to call my dogs in as they were ‘destroying her enjoyment of her garden.’ I was very polite - but very firm - and told her to fuck off (not quite that frank, but you get the idea). I’d just finished work, so the dogs had been inside with me so they’d been out about five minutes when she appeared. She launched into a a bit of a diatribe about how B and I have been ruining her summers for years now with our dogs barking and running around.

I snapped. Said her cats constantly shit in my garden and I had to pick it up as I had small children and that her fucking hot tub was obnoxiously loud, so was their music and their shitheaps of cars (her partner always has a rotation of them that he tinkers with) all over the driveway lowered the tone and created exhaust fumes, and that if I ever saw her cats in my garden again I’d be taking a leaf out of neighbour Bs book and setting my dogs on them. Then I told her not to come onto my property again and slammed the door in her face.

It’s a first world problem, I know. But I am just so fucking sick of biting my tongue and being a good neighbour )including taking her fucking parcels) and she has the bloody gall to tell me my dogs can’t be in the garden, as their playing ‘ruins her enjoyment.’

WHAT ABOUT MY FUCKING ENJOYMENT, DEBBIE?!?!

That’s it. That’s all I wanted (just a place to rant)

This is the funniest thing I’ve read in a while!

A slow news day and a bored journo…!

Booboobagins · 10/04/2025 18:40

Her dogs aren't barking all the time fgs how do people read that in your post @FinnalyCracked and I say well done! Your neighbour clearly has no idea just how shirty she is as a neighbour.

My neighbours cat used to shit in my garden, I'd get a trowel and flick it in their garden over the fence - my kids were babies. I didn't hit anyofthem with it but no way was I bagging it and putting it in my bin to make it smell...

Evan456 · 10/04/2025 18:42

Whinge · 09/04/2025 07:57

I would love to hear this story from the side of the cat neighbour.

They have a neighbour who sets her dogs on the cats, and actually enjoys watching the terrifed animals flee.

She knocks on another neighbours door to politely ask that she bring their dogs in, as they're causing a nuisance. But gets verbally attacked, sworn at, her cats are threatend and then a door slammed in her face.

The cat shit is annoying, but it really doesn't sound like she's the problem neighbour here.

If you have kids cat shit carries toxoplasmosis which is dangerous

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FinnalyCracked · 10/04/2025 18:43

'Set on,' is a figure of speech (although I am not surprised how many mumsnet people fail to understand that). I always used to make sure not to let my dogs into the garden when the cats were there - because, you know, being a good neighbour. I won't in the future.

Anyway, I'm day two after telling Debbie to get fucked. It was cold today, so my dogs were inside and the patio doors were shut but Debbie's cats were still nowhere to be seen again today, despite my dogs being inside. No one will convince me that that's not a coincidence - clearly, Debbie has decided to keep her precious little turd machines inside now.

Interesting though, that this has only happened as a result of me saying i'd do something despite the fact Neighbour B has been setting her dogs on Debbie's cats for months now. Maybe I just look more menacing than Neighbour B (who does admittedly look like butter wouldn't melt but is deceptively shifty, let me tell you).

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Beautifulweeds · 10/04/2025 18:43

'Hell is other people', Jean Paul Satre.