The dog next door

Primrose

Can you spray your side of the fence with something like Jeyes Fluid or a professional dog repellent spray which might deter the dog from wanting to be near the fence?

Person_one

Are both/either dogs neutered?

Top_Girl

Primrose wrote: »

Can you spray your side of the fence with something like Jeyes Fluid or a professional dog repellent spray which might deter the dog from wanting to be near the fence?

Good idea, thank you for this, I will look into it

Top_Girl

Person_one wrote: »

Are both/either dogs neutered?

Mine is not, the vet advised not to until he is one. Next door's, I don't know, I know he is male though.

rach_k

Is it worth washing your fence whenever it's up to its tricks? A nice jet of cold water in the face might put some dogs off.

I think I'd also fix some strong plastic mesh across the fence as a back up, assuming you're allowed to affix stuff. If it destroys the fence it will have to get through that too and hopefully you'd see before it got to that. The stuff I'm thinking of is rigid plastic mesh, I've seen it in the garden centre. It comes in sheets I think, it's too rigid to roll.

Guest101

Top_Girl wrote: »

A colleague has suggested that the next time we have to fix the fence, we bang through a few more nails than are strictly necessary and see how keen the dog is to throw itself at those. Although I'm pretty sure THAT was tongue in cheek as he knows I hate animal cruelty.

It's huge Tea Lover To be honest, I'd be intimidated if it threw itself against the fence trying to get to me and I'm a grown woman with years of martial arts training!

I may speak to the council re anti social behaviour as I'm sure leaving a huge aggressive dog to roam free and throw itself at fences growling must contravene one of their seven million good tenant policies.

You must be deluded if you think a court would evict someone because they let their dog out in their own garden.

melanzana

Guest101 wrote: »

It doesn't really make sense though, this isn't a public control issue, it's a private garden

That's exactly what I mean, in private gardens certain pets are not pets for the next door neighbours, only a dam nuisance a lot of the time. Barking, depositing, weeing, attacking, you get the drift.

Ban dogs and cats from private gardens stat!

They cause nothing but trouble for everyone but the owners AFAIS.

Person_one

Top_Girl wrote: »

Mine is not, the vet advised not to until he is one. Next door's, I don't know, I know he is male though.

You don't know? You can usually tell by looking, especially with such a big dog!

The issue might settle a bit when yours is neutered if theirs isn't. Is the dog showing any actual signs of aggression? Does it bark, growl, show its teeth, raise its hackles etc. when it sees your dog?

Top_Girl

Guest101 wrote: »

You must be deluded if you think a court would evict someone because they let their dog out in their own garden.

That's not what I said.

We need to get permission to keep animals in this area and one of the conditions is keeping your animal under control and preventing behaviour that causes harm or distress. I'm not sure if this kind of thing comes under the policy but it can't hurt to ask.

AylesburyDuck

tea_lover wrote: »

Ten stone of dog?? That's enormous :eek: You may need a stronger fence!

When i read the statement, my mind played the jaws music with a voice over, "were going to need a bigger boat! " :eek::rotfl: