Neighbour nightmare

Horlock

Wow people really don't approve of procreation on this forum today do they. Just because someone has 6 children doesn't make them underclass. I know people who have sent their 6 children to private school costing over £30000 per year per child after tax! If you've that sort of money you probably don't belong on this forum at all!

That said they do sound like a problem family. You just need to decide do you want to try and be nice to them or horrible. Personally, I favour nice but don't guarantee that it would work - or that you would want to - for example 6 mini selection boxes at Christmas cost £6 - or non drying paint cost £30 - wall cost £8000?
Think about how long they are likely to stay? How long to the tenants normally stay etc? How long do you want to be bitter? Can you keep it up? Will they actually stay afraid of you or will they get bigger and snap the wing mirrors off your car?
If you want to go down the intimidation route - busting a football or two doesn't cost you anything - decide whether the ball looks as though it landed on a nail/spikey plant or whether you just burst it because you are to be feared before returning it. Alternatively, just letting the air out of a ball causes no damage to the ball but will make them think twice about kicking it over again as they probably don't want to pump it up each time they kick it over.

I think the decision is up to you:
- try and make the best of it, be positive be nice to them
- try to ignore them, build a fence, wall, sound proof castle castle
- try to get rid of them, report them to the landlord, council, police
- just be nasty to them and hope you can be more nasty than they can.

Up to you

RS2000.

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

As far as I understand the law, the onus is on the dog-owner to control their dog (and not the neighbour on the "receiving end" of the dogs "attentions").

In that position, I personally would be sending a letter (copy kept) to the neighbour about the dog. That letter would express my concerns about the dog (in very moderate/carefully-worded language) and my fear that the dog might cause injury to people/property.

If the dog did subsequently cause any injury to people - then OP could prove the date at which the neighbour had quite definitely been aware the dog might cause injury (ie the date of that letter).

Not that that would be a lot of consolation if someone did get injured by that dog:( - but it "may" just make the neighbour realise they wouldn't get away with it scot-free if the dog did cause injury.

I wouldn't waste any time with a letter or any of the content you suggest. The dangerous dogs act covers all that and ignorance isn't a defence.

andydiysaver

I don't know if it's legal but on the basis an aggressive dog coming into your garden and attacking you definitely ISN'T legal, I'd look at electric fences, you know the rural ones, that zap sheep, run it off of a car/marine deep cycle battery or something, step up 12v/24v to 240 or 400 v..... tell you what , get that going and that dog only tries it one more time....