Aim, Fire, Shoot!!!!!!!!!!

[Janet]

I guess I don't understand....You and your neighbors rent from the same landlord? I thought it was your place... if he is the landlord of both of you, have you talked with him about the dogs? How far away do your neighbors live from you that their dogs keep coming to your place? I guess a little more info is needed, I'm such an airhead at times....LOL

I still think you did the right thing....they should be made to pay your Vet bills also!!!

[rivermom]

Originally Posted by Janet

I guess I don't understand....You and your neighbors rent from the same landlord? I thought it was your place... if he is the landlord of both of you, have you talked with him about the dogs? How far away do your neighbors live from you that their dogs keep coming to your place? I guess a little more info is needed, I'm such an airhead at times....LOL

I still think you did the right thing....they should be made to pay your Vet bills also!!!

Ok, sorry for the confusion. Let me try to explain. My husband and I own the home and land we sit on now. Down the dirt road from us is the neighbors home appx. 300 yards which sits on appx. 25 acres. On this acerage is a section fenced off right behind our neighbors, this is where Wild Flower resides. Wayne is the owner of all that acerage plus the little house that our neighbors rent from.

Wayne is nice enough to let us keep Wild Flower in the pasture right behind our neighbors, free of charge. He knows we want to buy some more land but it's waiting for him to actually sit w/ us to draw up a contract, etc to begin the process. Hell, it took us over a year just to get him to sell us what we have now, ugh.

What my hubby and I probably will end up doing is fencing off an area that sits on our own property for Wild Flower.

Either way, no matter where Wild Flower resides the dogs will still be an issue. Those dogs are constantly in our own yard too. They roam pretty much where ever they want. That is until today.

We have given our neighbors two tieouts, a very nice dog house with bedding in hopes that they see hubby and I trying to be civil.

The Chiuahua was taken across the road to the "real" owners and told they MUST contain the dog or else.

Wayne told the neighbors that rent from him that they MUST get rid of the pit bull. Obviously Wayne is smart enough to realize the legality issues that he faces being he owns the property they rent from.

So...as of now Nancy left for work (she works nights) and her boyfriend went into town to get some more stuff to contain the dogs.

Oh, forgot to tell you all. Being that Nancy got all irate and nasty saying that I am forever imposing on her privacy when I go to see Wild Flower that I now have to stay off the property. I have to enter the pasture way the hell on the other side of the acerage. I swear, this all sucks. But oh well...I am willing to do that. Atleast there is another access to her.

Ok, hope this explained the confusion, hahahaha.

[Janet]

WOW, what you have had to go through!! No wonder you wanted to vent!

What my hubby and I probably will end up doing is fencing off an area that sits on our own property for Wild Flower

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That will probably be the best thing...that way you don't have to go the long route to get to WildFlower. I'd almost be afraid they would do something to Wildflower....I hope not and that they are not the type to do that.

Wayne told the neighbors that rent from him that they MUST get rid of the pit bull. Obviously Wayne is smart enough to realize the legality issues that he faces being he owns the property they rent from.

Smart man! Pitbulls can be good I guess, but I would never want to take the chance. So many generations of them now that have bad bloodlines in fighting. It's hard to know the good from the bad anymore. Just too scary.

It explained everything just fine. I just hope you can get an area fenced so WildFlower can be closer to you. You did all the right things in my opinion. I hope it doesn't leave WildFlower afraid in any way. What a horrible thing to go through.

[khardy57]

I'm so glad your horse will be all right! I hate pit bulls. I know, I know, I've heard all the stuff about how it's not the dogs it's the owners, but my oldest son had a pit bull several years ago and even though he never did anything out of the way to any of us, I saw him around people he didn't like. I also saw him tear completely thru an exterior door trying to get outside the house to someone he didn't like!

It breaks my heart to think about how scared your poor horse must've been!