There are times when I am very glad I have a chain link fence between us and them!! This was taken from behind a window so you don't hear all the growling that was going on....Simba was out in the yard, whenever he approaches the fence there is a whole eruption of barking, snarling, and attacking the fence going on. I think if the fence was wooden they would have chewed through it by now....although I do see the pit bull one trying to dig under at times. They both seem very skittish. If I approach the fence I get the same reaction. My hubby has tried to make friends by tossing kibble over the fence, but with limited success. It makes it tricky to try to pick strawberries from my patch that is in the corner where the fences meet..... File 2016-10-06, 2 54 54 PM by psalmone1, on Flickr
Oh, wow. That fence isn't going to last long at this rate! I'd be tempted to put up a visual barrier. That can't be good for anyone's nerves, and you shouldn't have to feel like that in your own garden! Have you met them outside of the garden?
Good grief Lisa,are these new neighbours ? I don't remember you mentioning them before? They look pretty determined to me ......not nice it's impacting on the enjoyment of your garden x
That is scary. I'm sitting here right now cursing the two next door to us who have horrible, high pitched, yappy barking. Aggression is more dangerous, though one next door is going to bite somebody's kid one of these days. We dealt with aggression from the previous owner and dog, had to call Police, twice, after speaking to them three times.
So sorry it's awful. Been through it myself. It's still not good but i had to have a very heavy duty wooden and concrete fence put up just to be able to use the garden safely. I also was able to involve our local dog warden and the neighbours now know that they will be prosecuted if the dogs come in our garden, the rspca are also involved. Its helped but its not perfect and they should not be allowed to have a dog. I don't know what the laws is like in Canada but I would find the local laws say. the dogs are a danger you must try to protect yourselves. It's a hard situation but I really feel for you .
Eek! That would seriously diminish my enjoyment of my yard. I too would be looking at adding a solid visual barrier into the equation.
There are two rotties a few doors up from me like that, except they're behind a 7 foot wooden fence. Every man, woman, child, cyclist, postie, and dog walker that goes past is assaulted with barking, whining, growling. The fence doesn't meet the ground so there's just enough room for them to jam their heads under, which must surely increase their frustration? I cross the street when I walk past now, and Xena completely ignores them from that distance, so kudos to her. I also suggest creating a visual barrier. I doubt it'll help, but at least you won't see them.
That's not good at all! Can't be nice for Simba or yourselves. I would also think about a solid screen if some sort. If the snow gets deep I could imagine the pitball jumping that fence easily
Yes. I do wonder about the snow factor too. I haven't met them outside the fence, thankfully. I never see the owners walking them. They are a young couple? With maybe someone else there too? I'm not exactly sure. They are renters, and they've been there for awhile. They originally had the GSDX and a smaller yappy thing, then all three for awhile, but for the last few months the smaller dog has disappeared and these two are the current configuration. Simba sometimes just sits and watches as they go ballistic on the other side, and sometimes he goes over to say hello and they go ballistic, and other times he ignores them as they bite at the fence like that. With winter fast approaching (we had snow today, ack!) we won't be out in the yard much, and even in the summer we are more on the deck than in the yard, but the strawberries are a bit of a problem. I just can't go out there and weed or anything when they are out, they are just too nuts. I suppose we could put some slats in the fence, that would cut the visual down anyway.
Yes, he is! I mean he will run at the fence and run along the fence a couple times but then he basically ignores them. It's like, "Well, if you don't want to play just chill out, then...."
