To think if you don't like my dogs barking at you get the hell off my drive

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I'll start this by saying I am tired and miserable so am in no mood to be reasonable today AT ALL.

I have many dogs. Large dogs. There are dog flaps so they can run in and out as they wish onto the property. I am rural and one of the purposes of the dogs is to alert me to people around, so I aren't bothered by them barking if someone comes to the gate.

The gateway to my drive is set back about 15ft so that I can park the car without having to open the gates and drive in. Its clearly my driveway and separate from the road.

There is this one cyclist who every single time after cycling up the hill stops and pulls into the drive and has a rest. Now he could stop on the other side of the road where there is a public track, or he could cycle for like another 30ft and stop at the entrance to the forest but no he chills in the drive. Every. Single. Time.

The dogs bark at him. He shouts at them to be quite. They obviously ignore him. I used to shout them back in but the last few weeks I haven't bothered because well I'm grumpy.

Today my mum has arrived to visit and the cyclist is yet again in the drive. He's had a bit of a go at her. She's come in mithering at me so I've gone out and told him very rudely that if he doesn't like them barking at him to stop standing on the fucking drive. It got into a bit of a heated discussion before I stormed off. He's going to report me apparently as they are intimidating and its illegal to have a camera and no signs and blah blah blah.

So whilst I might BU to have gone out and created more drama instead of ignoring him AIBU to think if you don't want to be barked at get the fuck off my land?

I'm just here for the GSDs 😍I think DH would freak if I suggested numerous GSDs though, our one is enough of a handful!

PS. Cyclist is a twat.

I think you're both unreasonable. He shouldn't be stopping on your land and I cannot fathom why someone would have between five and ten dogs. Seems unnecessary.

I meant a kick from the guard cassowary not OP!
Just realised OP said no birds though he's more like a dinosaur really.

Well of course you need a sign!!! "No Cunty Cyclists on my Drive!"

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You haven't spent much time with animal lovers or in the country have you?
I can't think why somebody would join a thread purely to make sniffily disapproving comments about other people's love of animals. Seems unnecessary.

I just absolutely have to comment back to this. GSD are beautiful and extremely intelligent dogs. We had one growing up and he was the most loyal loving dog, soft as a brush and so intelligent, he could open the back door fgs! When it comes to breeds people have there own opinion on what is cute or whatever! Eg I think all terrier dogs are ugly af. Don’t state shit like a fact if you’ve never owned one! They’re not boisterous and as with each and every breed of dog it completely depends on how much training they’ve had and how you raise them as to if they’re gentle giants or savage boisterous idiots. Ours would protect us with his life and we’re still sad 10 years later that he’s gone.

In my view the dogs are irrelevant here - unless he's delivering something or otherwise been invited on to your property he should not even be on your property. He's trespassing!

10? You have 10 German shepherds? 😱 The man's a moron

Your dogs are cool!

He knows you have a pack of hounds and yet he still insists on stopping on your property. Is he bring deliberately goading to get your attention?

What a prick. He shouldn't be there.
But to be honest I'd have been out long ago and told him it was private property. Who does he think he is leaning against someone's car??

i'd tell him if he doesn't get the fuck off your driveway you'll report him for trespass and damage to your car.

Oh yes llamas do spit and it's vile. One once spat at DH in a zoo. If CF cyclist got spat at when he stops for a drink he would soon move on.

Definitely don't encourage Canada Geese. They can shit up to 750g a day and it contains all sorts of dangerous bacteria like E Coli.

I am a bit bird phobic anyway. That picture of the raven on public transport, OMG. I would be totally freaked out by that. Much scarier than a GSD

In all fairness I think saying mum was in peril would be exaggerating a tad. He was just a rude prat and I then handled it less than ideally.

10? You have 10 German shepherds? 😱 The man's a moron

No I don't have 10 GSDs. I am not a complete fool! I have 9 ..........and 2 other dogs plus cats, rabbits, horses and goats (plus sheep but they aren't pets) and some sort of peacock timeshare. I take it back I am a fool

You have 11 dogs plus other animals!!

Wow. I find 1 labradoodle hard enough

I have loads of questions
Are you a breeder?
Do you live in a massive house?
Do you have loads of land?
Are all your dogs fully trained? How do you do that?
How do you ensure they have enough exercise?
After you get to a certain number of dogs, does it matter if you get another one? What's that number?

Peacock timeshare? I need to know more...

@IttyBittyTittyCommittee

thank you! Your dog is gorgeous!! That's a face that needs lots of smooching!!😍

I was concerned why s/he was woozy! Glad to hear it's just woofy!!

How do i get in on a peacock timeshare please?

@Noshowlomo

i was just thinking that if the OP trusts any/all of th

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You big meanie. That raven is depressed, I tell you.

and some sort of peacock timeshare

Were you bamboozled into this by a smooth-talking salesman at a convention in India? Given your bird-aversion, I'm impressed with his negotiation skills - can you pm me his deets?

I clicked on this thread (which was trending) expecting to find another anthropomorphic dog-owner. Well, whaddya know? Instead, I find a batshit, entitled cyclist.

His behaviour is off-the-scale CF'ery and he seems to be making a point of marking his territory on your land. As for verbally abusing your mum (especially when the simple solution would be to find another pit-stop only feet down the road) I think your only solution was to come out and tell him where to go and what to do with himself when he got there. YANBU. What else could you do?

Guard Cassowary sounds a great idea! Even a capercaillie would do the job - they're a lot more local and one once did a spectacular number on David Attenborough ....

You have had a stroke of good fortune Lozois - I've just made a connection with OP's Peacock Timeshare Representative in Bankapura, & have negotiated the rights to to their new UK franchise.

pm me your contacts, & I can guarantee you a very .... reasonable deal.

There is an urban legend about a man with autism who was being bullied mercilessly at a train station in Melbourne (Australia). He just sat there patiently eating his fish and chips and ignoring the twats who eventually got on a train. Just before the train doors closed, he hurled his hot chips into the carriage with the bullies and they were followed in by a flock of squawking, flapping, shitting seagulls who were promptly shut into the carriage with the bullies. If I had been on that train, I would have died. (Even though I thoroughly applaud his style of revenge.)

On a more serious note, I'd be deeply worried by his behaviour. He may be just goading and territory-pissing one someone else's property of course, but in any circumstances someone constantly hanging around on my land would have my nerves properly on edge.

However much I'd question the wisdom of owning a pack of TEN German Shephards (like that old Blyton novel when the kids thought the ten dogs were wolves) it would take a special type of crazy to want to take on this number of angry, powerful dogs.

Just to be safe - and probably advisable in an isolated rural property in any event - I'd be inclined to alarm and Ring doorbell or CCTV to the hilt. And on this occasion, be glad that the dogs are there.

His behaviour is to say the least unusual and he comes across to me as threatening.