You need to be careful. We live way out in the country, were the first people to live out here and named the dead end gravel road we live on, and my family started raising goats. Well, when some neighbors moved out here, even though we're spaced well far apart, they decided they didn't like the goats and made a new neighborhood law that nobody could keep goats anymore. So guess what? They had to get rid of them. Now nobody can own goats here, ever. Even though part of the reason my parents moved out here in the first place was for a place to farm. Doesn't seem fair to me.
If I were you, I'd be really careful about making it look like everything is under control and there is no problem. I agree with the above poster that you should show her this thread. Try to work out your issues peacefully. Maybe invite her over for tea and discuss your differences calmly. Apologize for past disagreements and let her know you want to come to a compromise. Tell her how much Spock means to you. Speak honestly. Try to make peace. I would put the collar on Spock right now, keep him inside for a while until things cool down, and then let them forget all about it and then maybe you can sneak him outside without it causing an issue. Once the dispute is resolved and she has nothing to complain about anymore, it will blow over. Hopefully then the neighborhood and court will take your side when they see how hard you are trying to keep him from bothering anybody and that he isn't doing any harm.
If you don't, but give the impression that you are deliberately neglecting trying to get along with your neighbors, they may not only decide that you can't keep Spock but may pass some new law to give you more grief and you might have to get rid of your chickens all together. Better not to give them any reason to feel that your property is a nuisance in any way. Show everybody that it's not doing any harm to keep your rooster. You don't want things to escalate, you want to come to a solution. Because if this war goes on, unfortunately she will win. She has the law on her side. The court doesn't rule in your favor out of pity or because she is mean. The court's only purpose is to uphold the law. They determine who is keeping the law, not who is right or wrong. The only way you will win is if everybody turns a blind eye and decides to overlook the rule you broke. As long as somebody is there to complain, though, that will never happen. You need to remove the threat to your rooster, and the only way you can do that is remove the reason for the complaint. You can't win this one. You can only try to reduce the friction between the two of you and try to appease her enough so she drops it. If you can find a way to get away with keeping him without anybody noticing, do it.
Well, that's my opinion, anyway. Think about it. Might be your last chance to redeem the situation.
If I were you, I'd be really careful about making it look like everything is under control and there is no problem. I agree with the above poster that you should show her this thread. Try to work out your issues peacefully. Maybe invite her over for tea and discuss your differences calmly. Apologize for past disagreements and let her know you want to come to a compromise. Tell her how much Spock means to you. Speak honestly. Try to make peace. I would put the collar on Spock right now, keep him inside for a while until things cool down, and then let them forget all about it and then maybe you can sneak him outside without it causing an issue. Once the dispute is resolved and she has nothing to complain about anymore, it will blow over. Hopefully then the neighborhood and court will take your side when they see how hard you are trying to keep him from bothering anybody and that he isn't doing any harm.
If you don't, but give the impression that you are deliberately neglecting trying to get along with your neighbors, they may not only decide that you can't keep Spock but may pass some new law to give you more grief and you might have to get rid of your chickens all together. Better not to give them any reason to feel that your property is a nuisance in any way. Show everybody that it's not doing any harm to keep your rooster. You don't want things to escalate, you want to come to a solution. Because if this war goes on, unfortunately she will win. She has the law on her side. The court doesn't rule in your favor out of pity or because she is mean. The court's only purpose is to uphold the law. They determine who is keeping the law, not who is right or wrong. The only way you will win is if everybody turns a blind eye and decides to overlook the rule you broke. As long as somebody is there to complain, though, that will never happen. You need to remove the threat to your rooster, and the only way you can do that is remove the reason for the complaint. You can't win this one. You can only try to reduce the friction between the two of you and try to appease her enough so she drops it. If you can find a way to get away with keeping him without anybody noticing, do it.
Well, that's my opinion, anyway. Think about it. Might be your last chance to redeem the situation.
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