neighbor extremely upset -- looking for solutions

[JJMR794]

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NO THE BARRIER WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE. AS LONG AS YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LEGALLY POSSESS CHICKENS WHERE YOU LIVE ITS HER PROBLEM NOT YOURS ---AND I'D ASK HER SHUT THAT STUPID DOG UP TOO---- LOL

SERIOUSLY THO-- I DOUBT THE BARRIER WILL HELP ANY--- THE CHICKENS ARE NEW AND THE DOG CAN HEAR THEM AND WILL BARK--- ITS WHAT DOGS DO! WILL IT CALM DOWN ONCE THE DOG GETS USED TO THE NEW NEIGHBORS? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT. AN ELECTRONIC BARK COLLAR WILL CERTAINLY HELP. IF ANYTHING MAYBE CONFINE THE GIRLS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE YARD? BUT MORE THAN LIKELY ROVER'S STILL GONNA BARK.

AND IT REALLY IS HER PROBLEM NOT YOURS. GOOD LUCK I KNOW THESE SITUATIONS CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE AND TRICKY-- HOPE ALL WORKS OUT WELL FOR EVERYBODY. BUT ULTIMATELY IF YOU CAN POSESS THE BIRDS THERE YOUR SCOTT FREE, ON THE OTHER HAND IF THAT DOG BARKS NON-STOP YOU CAN CALL THE LAW ON HER TO MAKE IT STOP( IT IS HER RESPONSIBILITY TO TRAIN, CAREFOR, AND CONTROL THE DOG--- NOT YOURS!). SO LONG AS YOU CAN OWN THE CHICKENS THERE THE SCALES ARE DEFINATELY TIPPED IN YOUR FAVOR. PERSONALLY I WOULD BE NICE AND TRY TO GET ALONG, BUT WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE ITS TIME TO NOT BE NICE! HOPEFULLY YOU CAN WORK IT OUT. I CERTAINLY WOULDNT PUT UP WITH THE DOG BARKING, OR ANY ATTITUDE OR BULLYING FROM HER ABOUT IT, AND I WOULDNT LET SOMEONE ELSE CONTROL MY LIFE WHEN I'M THE ONE PAYING FOR IT. NO MORE THAN I'D EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL SOMEONE ELSES LIFE.

 

[JJMR794]

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SERIOUSLY? HAVE YOU FALLEN AND BUMPED YOUR HEAD! YOU DO REALIZE THAT YOU JUST POSTED THAT ON A BIRD FANCIER SITE RIGHT?

LETS BREAK THIS DOWN--- HOMEOWNER 1 HAS A DOG AND IS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO POSESS IT--- OK SO FAR....
HOMEOWNER 2 HAS CHICKENS AND IS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO POSESS THEM--- EVEN PLAYING FIELD
PROBLEM--- DOG BARKS AT CHICKENS=== OK WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM... AND THE PROBLEM BELONGS TO WHO??? OH THATS RIGHT! HOMEOWNER 1, WHO OWNS AND POSESSES THE PROBLEM BARKING DOG.... NOW, WE SEE THE TOTAL EQUATION, AND THE PROBLEM.... TIMES THAT BY THE FACT THAT HOMEOWNER 1--- WHO OWNS AND POSESSES THE PROBLEM, IS THE HOMEOWNER WHO IS COMPLAINING=== THE END RESULT IS HOMEOWNER 1 IS COMPLAINING ABOUT HER OWN PROBLEM. NOW WE DIVIVDE THIS BY THE FOLLOWING--- HOMEOWNER 2 HAS NO PROBLEM, BUT IF SHE CHOOSES TO DO SO SHE CAN BY ALL MEANS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE PROBLEM AND FURTHER COMPLICATE HOMEOWNER 1'S PREDICAMENT. AND THAT Y'ALL IS LEGAL ALGEBRA! GOD ITS A WONDER WE ARENT SPEAKING JAPANESE OR GERMAN IN THIS COUNTRY.

 

[speckledhen]

Example of faulty reasoning....


"But, Officer! The store employee put the sparkly diamonds in the window. It's her fault that I had to smash the window to get to the loot, not mine. If she hadn't put them up there to tempt me, I'd never have broken the glass and stolen them!".

Way to throw the blame where it doesn't belong.

JJMR794, not sure if you know, but tying in all caps is considered yelling on the web.

 

[joebryant]

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So far, it sound's like it's been kept civil between the two neighbors and they're trying to work things out. Have a martini, come back happy!

Now whyja have to tell me to have a martini. You know I can't be happy for two weeks.
I'd teach that neighbor an all new meaning of "civil".

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

if the loud dog is barking during the daytime it is not any kind of legal matter. so it would have to be resolved between the 2 of you.

but i do think it is her dog that is making the noise and it is her problem.

if you got some other type of animal do you think it would still be barking at it? probably would.

i would tell her that if her dog started barking and it was bothering her, to get a radio or mp3 player, etc, and turn the volume up to drown out the noise till it is over. or bring the dog inside while it is acting up!

 

[PunkinPeep]

Now that's one for the history books. Getting mad at your neighbor because your own dog is barking!

You must be a real sweetheart to try to accommodate this person, and i'm not going to discourage your sweetness, but you really don't need to take responsibility for your neighbor's dog. I think any sensible, reasonable, level-headed person, would agree.

 

[country freedom]

Your chickens are in your yard - "her dog barking" is "her problem" - can't she fix that problem herself?

Why do you have to fix whats yours, when you don't have a problem?

She needs to train her dog - not put the responsibility on another neighbor, to fix anything inside their yard.

Isn't she home working? Isn't she home with her dog? Problem kinda solved there.

 

[CMV]

This post cracks me up. You have to laugh at the audacity of some people, otherwise you'd cry. My observation with people like this neighbor has always been that if you give in on this issue another issue will crop up in short order. You can never satisfy some people. She clearly blames everyone else for her problems, so there will never be any pleasing her. It's hard to put people in their place, but it is necessary to have very clear boundaries with your neighbors. You need to tell her what everyone else has been saying- her dog, her problem.
Good luck.

 

[jafo]

Her dog, her problem. If the constant barking bothers you, call the law.

 

[MooseCaboose]

It's a really nice thing that you're looking for a solution. It's possible the dog will get over it, and simply some time will help.

I have a beagle and he always bark loud and crazy when there is a new pet, until he realizes it's not a rabbit, he can't hunt it, and then he gets bored with it and stops the LOUD insessent barking.

It's quite possible given time (which I know no one wants to put up with) the dog will realize the chickens are no threat, or interest to him.

(That being said I'd clip your birds wings, if one gets over the fence and he can get it, he will likely never stop waiting for another to come for a visit.)