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Am fuming probably should be in aibu but

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MillyMollyMoo · 16/04/2010 20:58

Next door caused that much fuss about our puppy last year climbing through the fence and doing his business in their garden and more to the point refusing to fix the shared fence so he couldn't do it, that we rehomed him.
It wasn't the only reason by far but if he'd been able to play in the garden plenty of other issues would have been easier to live with to say the least.
Well they have just informed me they are getting a new dog, not just that but one that grows to 68kg's and poo's like an elephant.
Am so cross they are either going to fix the fence when it suits them to have an animal or think that they are going to inflict the dog on us when our children had to loose theirs

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tootyflooty · 17/04/2010 13:51

2k sounds like for all fencing not just a panel or if its close link then you just need to replace the odd plank. you could at least have put something against the fence.

See what happens with the dog, if it does come into your garden you have a right to complain, but if getting a dog means they fix the fence ,then you could get another dog yourself.

rainbowinthesky · 17/04/2010 13:52

So your dog used to go and poo in your neighbours garden and if this dog steps one foot into yours you intend to take it to be rehomed.

THankgod you're not my neighbour. You sound mad.

differentnameforthis · 17/04/2010 13:52

"pee'd on carpets because he couldn't go outside"

When we first moved into this house the side gates to the back garden were shocking. If our dog (Border Collie) jumped at them, they would have collapsed & he would have been off.

To prevent this, we kept him inside until we had a chance to fix it. It was taking a while for various reasons so dh put some corrugated iron against them & put huge bricks up against them in the mean time. That mean the dog could at least go out as he couldn't jump directly at the gates.

Before we hit on the idea of the temp fix for the gates, we took him into the garden on his long extendable lead for him to 'go'. It was a hassle for a while, but essential to keep our dog safe & keep him off other people's gardens, and to keep our carpets clean & dry!

rainbowinthesky · 17/04/2010 13:53

tootyflooty - have you read the op's other thread? Please dont suggest she gets another animal.

bronze · 17/04/2010 13:54

tooty please dont suggest the op could get another dog

Fliight · 17/04/2010 13:54

I suspect OP is worried because having refused to pay to put up a fence when her dog was crapping in their garden, she now fears they will refuse to put up a fence when theirs craps in her garden.

which I can understand.

You need to ring the council OP and find out whose sodding fence it actually IS, I mean legally, and then you can look at whose job it is to repair it.

Then if it IS shared perhaps you can each pay towards the cost.

Fwiw it's probably a good idea to apologise to your neighbours for the crapping and terrorising that went on originally, unless you have already done so...and then start trying to be a better neighbour.

You are neighbours and therefore the best policy is to be on the same side, really. Otherwise you are literally crapping on your own doorstep.

Am I the only one who is desperate to see a picture of this fence?

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MillyMollyMoo · 17/04/2010 13:54

Joolyjoolyjoo- the dog was walked twice a day and I was home with him all day, he had time spent with him, the fact that the professional decided he needed to be rehomed, lets just say not in a family or couple household but in a military environment suggests to me he was a very intelligent dog who needed more than we could give him.

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MillyMollyMoo · 17/04/2010 13:55

There is no way we would get another dog, rest assured.
If there's one thing the whole sorry episode proved it's that we're cat people.

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FlorenceDaphne · 17/04/2010 13:56

This thread is brilliantly entertaining. If it wasn't for the other, very sad thread about the poor old dog, I'd be tempted to think this was all part of an elaborate windup. The OP is so delightfully obtuse!

differentnameforthis · 17/04/2010 13:56

'It's their fence as much as ours rainbow'

Yes it is & no doubt pre dog that fence was perfectly adequate. Then YOU bought a dog into the mix & the fence was no longer adequate.

Your dog soils their garden & you offer them the 'deal' of paying half of 2k so they don't have to have that problem!

No way! YOUR dog, you find & put into action a solution to prevent him escaping YOUR garden.

GypsyMoth · 17/04/2010 13:56

why go on about it not being too late to go to court then??

of course its too late

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MillyMollyMoo · 17/04/2010 13:56

Fiight of course we apologised and paid for the ripped children's clothes when he whipped them off the line, the more I think about it he was a bugger.

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MillyMollyMoo · 17/04/2010 13:58

*Yes it is & no doubt pre dog that fence was perfectly adequate. Then YOU bought a dog into the mix & the fence was no longer adequate.

Your dog soils their garden & you offer them the 'deal' of paying half of 2k so they don't have to have that problem!

No way! YOUR dog, you find & put into action a solution to prevent him escaping YOUR garden.*

Oh good can I quote you word for word in a few weeks ?

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differentnameforthis · 17/04/2010 13:59

As a responsible dog owner it is your responsibility to prevent your dog form escaping from your boundaries. It doesn't matter where he goes, who's garden he does anything in, because the pure fact that he can poo in someone else's garden means that you have failed to ensure he stays enclosed.

And it is unreasonable to expect your neighbours to help you contain him...just as it would be unreasonable of them to expect YOU to help contain their dog.

Joolyjoolyjoo · 17/04/2010 14:00

Perhaps he did, but being left out in the garden for long periods would NOT have helped his separation anxiety issues, that's all I'm saying. It just seems like you are blaming all the issues you had with the dog on the fact that your garden wasn't suitably fenced, which is not feasible. As it is, even now we have a fenced in run for our dogs, I don't leave them out there very much- they get bored. My dogs have some behavioural issues too, but it's nothing to do with not having a fenced-in garden (more to do with the fact that they are beagles!)

rainbowinthesky · 17/04/2010 14:00

Millymollymoo - you hated the dog and wanted to give it away to anyone who would take it. Please dont pretend otherwise.

MrsL123 · 17/04/2010 14:01

Oh so you can walk a dog when it suits you? Are you sure you know how?

Anyway I don't think you need to worry about it coming into your garden - dogs can sense evil.

rainbowinthesky · 17/04/2010 14:02

Dogs take a lot of work. THey just do. If you dont train it, you get an untrained dog.

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MillyMollyMoo · 17/04/2010 14:03

But different I guess the point is we both could have just contained our own dogs had they been prepared to help out, he apparently has wanted this dog for years so it's been in their plans, why not say when it was discussed, we're getting a dog next summer, give us all a chance to save up and we'll both get the fence sorted.
Clearly they've no intention of sort what was such a big issue for them when the shoe is on the other foot.

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Joolyjoolyjoo · 17/04/2010 14:04

But they may have no intention of letting the dog out unsupervised in the garden!! Especially if it is a giant breed (and therefore cost a bit of money!)

rainbowinthesky · 17/04/2010 14:04

Even if they'd stumped up the money for the fence you'd still have got rid of your dog though.

FlorenceDaphne · 17/04/2010 14:05

This thread is a windup. Nobody can be this dense.

bronze · 17/04/2010 14:05

how do you know? he may have just got a pay rise and they've decided they can finally afford to keep a dog.

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MillyMollyMoo · 17/04/2010 14:06

Joolyjoolyjoo he chewed the walls whilst we were with him, he wasn't left.
And if your saying putting him outside to wee and play wouldn't have been the answer then that just proves we did the right thing.

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differentnameforthis · 17/04/2010 14:06

"Oh good can I quote you word for word in a few weeks"

Be my guest...it applies to all dog owners & if that is what happens to you, I will say the same about them! It is the dog owners responsibility to keep their dog contained.

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