neighbor extremely upset -- looking for solutions

[mikesbigroo]

tell her the barking is a bother to your chickens

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

There are ultra sonic bark boxes that run on batteries. You can get them from Jefferspet.com for sure. I believe they call them anti bark units. Hang it from a plat hook stake in the ground facing the neighbors fence. No more barking dog. We have two in our rear yard for 2 reasons. 1 my mini doxie likes to bark early in the morning, 2. my neighbors dogs bark all darn day. LOL

 

[Ladyhawke1]

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??????? My property and my pepper.

The neighbor's dog trains its self to stay away from the fence. It is not worth it for the dog. What is sneaky about it? Do you tell the neighbors everything you do in your property?

OMG! I forgot my halo.

 

[1stepcloser]

How is HER inability to control/train her dogs to behave properly the fault of your chickens?? I say buy her a copy of the Dog Whisperer and call it good.

 

[Ladyhawke1]

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Well, then she's gonna sh#$ a brick when they start singing their egg song.

No! No!

I’m the one who ... !@#$%^&$#@ a brick when they sing the egg song.

No, I'm the one who RUNS OUTSIDE every time to quite them. Have you ever been in the bathroom......and......and...there goes the egg song? !@#$%^%$#@!

I try to be the good neighbor even if the other neighbors have screaming kids and barking dogs.

 

[Brindlebtch]

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Me too!

 

[PortageGirl]

SO glad my neighbors are off a ways.... AND they like my chickens. Of course, they get a dozen eggs a week, sometimes more! I did ask if they'd object to guineas though! There's quite a stretch of woods between us, but that doesn't always stop guinea fowl! I'm just afraid the guineas will lead the hens over there, and then all of a sudden the neighbors would have a flock of chickens!

Oh, P.S. You can't hush an egg song! Just learn to laugh at it.

 

[Brindlebtch]

All in all I think the OP has done her bit and placed herself in a good position to handle further complaints. She has made her effort - above and beyond.

Poor dog. It is probably just bored out of it's skull from being left in a yard with nothing to do but bark at something. She should have the dog inside with her if she is home all day.

 

[Ladyhawke1]

I personally think it was a bad idea for you to tell your neighbor about the cayenne pepper. Now if she notices in the beginning that her dog might sneeze or something, she might blame you for trying to do something to her dog. These types of people are not reasonable. What they do not know does not hurt them.

The dog gets a snoot full, learns its lesson right away, and stays away from that part of the yard. Your neighbor does not, or will not train her dog own dog. She has deemed it YOUR problem.

I am surrounded by three different yards or you could say five yards counting the very corner lots. Some of these fences are old and some are new. My problem was the dogs were not only barking…they were attacking the fences. THEY DO NOT DO THIS ANY MORE.

They are still in their yards and they are still alive. They still bark but that is on the other side of their property and they are barking at someone else’s yard and not mine. And they are not attacking my fences anymore. My neighbors are none the wiser.

I did not have to wear a mask to apply the pepper because I was not flinging the powder. I was “applying it at ground level or on brick retaining wall "sniff" high. One does not fling cayenne pepper in the kitchen either.

I will not use any product that will hurt me or my animals or anyone else’s animals. If you do the research, you will see that cayenne pepper is used in products that you can spray on your vegetable gardens to deter other garden “pests”.

No one was more surprise than I was that using this pepper has worked. It worked so well and no one has been hurt or upset. I wish you well with this venture. However, be prepared for further problems with this “nutty” neighbor. Some people will not accept their own responsibility in these matters.

 

[Nyrial]

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I'll give you one, (anything to get my count down!). Problem being I don't think they're allowed in Seattle are they? Want to borrow a poodle to bark back?