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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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Missus84 · 17/04/2010 15:09

They don't need £2k to contain their dog though - they'll probably do what any sensible person would do and spend a couple of hundred quid on building a secure pen/run.

rainbowinthesky · 17/04/2010 15:09

What breed is it? You didnt know much about your own breed of dog so what makes you think you are an expert on their breed?

Wiseoldelf · 17/04/2010 15:12

Crackers. You really are.

The vast majority of postings on here are trying to point out how this could be dealt with in a reasonable way (and why this seems to have escalated the way it has) - which you are obviously not prepared to listen to, so I won't waste my time either.

What I fail to understand it that their dog hasn't done anything.

Post back when it has shat in your garden, nicked your washing or dug up plants.
Maybe then you will get a better response - however, I doubt it.

You WANT it to become a problem.

midori1999 · 17/04/2010 15:12

I seriously question the intelligence of anyone who must have watched their puppy chew their Walls. Bizzare.

MrsL123 · 17/04/2010 15:13

I'm just astounded that someone so busy with kids and unemployed husbands and pregnancy tantrums hormones has so much time spare, not only to moan about their neighbour's lives and plot ways to make their new, innocent dog suffer for their mistakes, but also to post about it. Here's a thought - if the mere possibility of their dog causing havoc is making you feel like this, imagine how the reality made them feel. Maybe now you're walking a mile in their shoes you'll realise what a twunt you were and be a nicer neighbour in future. Anyway it's probably a good job the fence is full of holes. Your DCs can stand next to it and see how a dog is supposed to be treated, instead of learning by your example.

Vallhala · 17/04/2010 15:18

Not taking any chances given their choice ofbreed????

Another startlingly ignorant remark about breeds. Words fail me.

According to a previous post made by MMM, the Labradoodle Trust rehomed her dog to the prison service as a sniffer dog.

Given MMM's selective memory, I'm happy to check that with the Labradoodle Trust if anyone wants me to.

SouthMum · 17/04/2010 15:20

I'm still aching with mirth at the whole £2k for a fence thing.....

Seriously OP, this bit is a wind up yes? It does not cost £2k to fix a fence unless it is made out of the teeth from baby quails.....

GypsyMoth · 17/04/2010 15:34

val....sounds like a lovely breed,one i will consider when i'm in a position to own a dog myself!

GinSlinger · 17/04/2010 15:35

this is not just a fence this is a mumsnet fence

FabIsGoingToGetFit · 17/04/2010 15:37

Fence panels are about £30.

MrsL123 · 17/04/2010 15:38

Nah southmum, I had a quote for that last week, t'was only £1800

Out of interest, I'm having a deck built today and have just gone out and asked the builder how much they charge for erecting fences - he said £25 per meter plus materials. You can get a 2m fence panel for £15 and posts are less than a tenner each - fixing spikes are about £6 each and you don't even need to concrete them in. My garden is 34m around and it would only cost about £1200 to get it all fenced - the OP must have one hell of a big garden if one side is costing £2k.

Vallhala · 17/04/2010 15:50

I don't have high fencing at the front of my house. Mine's a semi so the garden goes all round and my 2 dogs could easily get out and run around the village when I let them out for an early morning/late night wee.

I've found an amazing, ground-breaking way of preventing this. I go into the garden with them and (shock, horror!) supervise them...

... often in my pjs!

WynkenBlynkenandNod · 17/04/2010 15:53

ROFL @ Ginslinger!

MrsL123, farming supply shops are cheap for fence posts. We've got something called Scats Country Supplies which is the cheapest round here and the 8 feet posts are £5.50. We've got to do something about one of our boundaries as we've got pallets there at the moment which isn't exactly a good summer look.

MrsL123 · 17/04/2010 16:05

Our fence isn't too bad actually, it's the nosey neighbours that are the problem We're in the middle of getting the garden done now, and to give us a bit more privacy we're going to make the boundary around the new patio a bit higher. But rather than getting the fence changed, we're buying big wooden planters and attaching 6ft tall trellis to the back of them like this, then they'll be put in a row with no gaps. They look nice, are very sturdy when filled and don't cost much.

itsmeitsmeolord · 17/04/2010 16:09

OP is full of shite. Sniffer dog my arse!

Fliight · 17/04/2010 16:56

I dunno, Wynken...paint them shoddy blue, and hang some bunting on them...class.

I now want a quails' tooth fence.

aJumpedUpPantryBoy · 17/04/2010 16:57

I've just read this thread and I think your dog had a lucky escape.
Puppies are hard work, two walks a day is fine, but in between you need to be taking them in and out (under supervision) so they become housetrained.

aJumpedUpPantryBoy · 17/04/2010 16:59

Also, we had a large proportion of our garden refenced - the garden is three-quarters of an acre in size so it was a considerable amount of fencing. We also had 3 sets of new gates put in and it didn'tcost us 2K.

Vallhala · 17/04/2010 17:11

But £2k would provide something which was not such an eyesore, JumpedUp.

MrsL123 · 17/04/2010 17:23

A £15 fence panel has no place in a well-kept home

aJumpedUpPantryBoy · 17/04/2010 17:27

True I shall just have to live with our rustic basic fencing.

The reason we had the fence done was to make our garden safe for our rescue dog. Of course, the day after it was finished we discovered he could leap over one gate... we now have a very fetching mesh topping on said gate!

MrsL123 · 17/04/2010 17:42

I have to admit I gaze longingly at £15 fence panels every time I go to B&Q
Being in our garden is like living in a goldfish bowl because we have houses at the side and back, and all the houses are at a higher level to the gardens. Coupled with a low picket fence all round, it means there isn't one corner of my garden that isn't overlooked - naked sunbathing is out of the question lol!

Alouiseg · 17/04/2010 18:27

What type of person gets a dog before a. securing their property or b. being prepared to supervise the animal.

I absolutely despair that so many unsuitable people have dogs in the first place.

notjustapuppymum · 17/04/2010 19:27

I am so and at the OP I can't actually put together a sentence to respond...

OhFuck · 17/04/2010 19:50

YYY to whoever said "this thread is like crack..>"

I think we all want to be the poster who comes up with something which makes the OP say "Ah, yes, now you put it like that I can see I was wrong". Not going to happen.

Ah well, the Labradoodle has had a lucky escape. And at least when the neighbours' new dog is popping in for a crap the kids can have a play with it without it eating the their mum's wallpaper - so everyone will be happy!