Problems with neighbour!

dianediana

Hi Katie +)
In short i would report her to the Enviromental Health Department at your local Council office. *Don't worry if you are not a council tenent* They will send an Officer out, look at the property, and the state the Dog has to live in, and they will take contact the RSPCA and both take proceddings if need be.
Initially, you can contact the Enviromental Health Department, and remain unknown to your neighbour, hopefully, just the thought of someone taking a stand will help shift them into action regarding clearing the mess up.

Take care!!

Katie~baby

Thankyou for that information dianediana! I didnt know this was possible! Im in my local town tomorrow so will do this i think. I just dont want her to know its me though but its either that or live with it so its about time i done something i think!
Thankyou again!

AnnieH

I can sympathise with you Katie. We had a neighbour whose dogs were never let out of the garden. The never cleaned up the filth and it got so bad one summer that we couldn't let the kids play in the garden because of the stench. We wrotethem a letter, they apologised and cleaned up the garden. Once. And then left it again for another year:rolleyes:

I hope you can get it sorted. You have had some good suggestions here, I hope you find one that works for you:)

natalie1974

Having used to work for the RSPCA I can tell you that so long as the dog is fed and watered at least once every 24 hours , has access to shelter and is in no pain of any kind then she is quite within the law . There is no law that says you have to exercise your dog . I would ring the local council and ask to speak to the dog warden who will come out and see her .

By all means call the RSPCA who will investigate the matter for you but as I said above , if the dog is fit and healthy and fed and watered then there is nothing they can do . They can advise her to sort her garden out for the dog to go into but she doesn't have to do that if she doesn't want to which doesn't help you out one bit :mad:

Rosie75

Post the dog poo through her letter box

Lillibet_2

I had a similar problem with my former neighbours & their 2 German Sheperds which were never ever walked! In the summer I had to keep all my rear windows & back door closed due to the smell & the flies. The maggots were horrendous & I feared rats would be next...:eek: As my neighborus didn't pick up on my hints I got onto the environmental health officer who visited & was horrifed! I kept a diary of "issues" & started counting the barking disturbances : there were over 100 bouts of barking (not single barks but mutiple vollies of barks:eek:) every day! Fortuntely the charming neighbours responded to the 2nd environmental helth letter telling them to sort it or they would get a court order. This resolved the dog mess, as the neighbours would go out & periodically clean it up (not often enough but it was an improvement), the barking became a case of 3 or 4 barks followed by lots of "shut up" shouting & swearing (again not ideal but at least proved they were taking the matter seriously), they never did get around to replacing the damaged fence but fortuntely moved about 6 months later...never have we heaved such a huge sigh of relief & we sent a box of chocolates to the EH officer who continued to make regular checks long after the offical activity finished & reminded them of their obligations:D

You would also be not only within your rights, but actually correct as it is their property, to bag up their dog mess in your garden & take it around to them. I think handing it over on their door step would be quite an effective message, esp. if you are kind enough to accompany it with an offer of the occasional walk if they are too busy to keep up with their responsibilty to the dog!

Unfortuntely EH cannot do anything about the welfare of the dog, if you are concerned that it is being mis-treated, and inadequate exercise is mis-treatment, you can report them to the RSPCA but don't expect them to take much action.

HTH & good luck;)

Katie~baby

omg what a genius idea! I have never thought about returning the poo!! LOL

ailuro2

Our deeds state that only one domestic animal may be kept on the premises,and gardens must be kept tidy etc. even though the rule is widely ignored it could give you the leverage needed to discourage her from getting another dog.

maverickangel

hmm, this is probably bad advice and i shall be flamed, but if you've done all the reasonable stuff then i would play dirty.

firstly, steal the dog - it doesn't have much of a life. Take it a hundred miles away and drop it off at an animal sanctuary. Just say you found it wondering by the side of the road. Obviously if the fence is in bad repair the dog could easily have escaped anyway. They may get another one, but maybe they won't be bothered. I've stolen two dogs TBH, just because the RSPCA did nothing and i couldn't stand to see them suffer. Legally I was wrong, but morally I was right, so have no regrets.

This is sneaky, but I would order the fence panels from the DIY shop in her name, then when they turn up to deliver them, make sure you're there to applaud and with tools at the ready to fit them - your neighbour might have the front to say they didn't order them and push the issue, but they might just back down and pay up...

best of luck with the more reasonable approaches.
mav xx

cathys1_2

Check out the neighbours from hell website too - they may be able to offer views from a legal point of view too.
Had problems with a neighbour blocking my drive, and they were a great help.:beer: