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As a person with trashy neighbours who think they own the street, study how they talk to each other when they want something done then talk to them like that.
I tried being civil with my neighbours, but nothing, then one day I had a shitty day and had enough, walked to the edge of my drive, looked directly at their house and screamed " GET YOUR FUCKING SHIT OFF MY SIDE OF THE STREET OR ILL MOVE IT INTO THE FUCKING RIVER!" walked back inside and about 30 minutes later everything was moved, they behave most the time now, but whenever they try shit again I just do the same thing.
If they're also really loud and you can hear general conversations, make sure to repeat something they know they've said, let's them know you know more about them then they do about you.
I am not doing that. I don't want to make enemies of these folks. They've had the cops called on them by a different neighbor once already for a domestic dispute. I have no doubt that they own guns.
It sounds like you have a gun gap
Have you considered buying artillery?
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Train it to shit in their yard and reward it when it brings you things like purses, wallets, TV remotes, etc.
that aren't confined to my fence and scares my ducks. This puppy is a pit and is going to get huge.
Don't care about the people. Instead, take this chance to teach that dog!
Teach him to love and obey you.
Teach him to stay away from certain parts of your property.
But in the long run, you are going to need a fence somewhere.
Befriend dog, ignore humanity.
It might be easier to build a fence to keep it out if you can't talk to your neighbours and have them listen.
I just got a good portion of my yard fenced in like 3 weeks ago for my dogs. The portion where the birds are has its own fence, but it's only chicken wire. A large adult dog could easily get through it if they really wanted to.
Good fences make good neighbours.
But the question is why do they make good neighbours?
Just ask yourself before you build the the fence what you are fencing in or fencing out.
Based on this post and (especially) your response to ultranaut, there probably isn’t anything you could say that would make them give a shit. In fact, it sounds like approaching them at all could start a fight if you aren’t diplomatic.
Does your town/county have laws about keeping pets on a leash or within a fence? Make it animal control’s problem. Call them whenever it happens. The fact that these people have established themselves as troublemakers might end up working in your favor.
Depending on how strict/responsive animal control is, fencing in your yard might turn out to be the only effective solution. No, it isn’t fair that you should have to shoulder the costs, but that might be your only choice.
I plan on contacting my local dog warden. We have very strict regulations on dogs, and the landlord of that house might not even allow pits. I know a lot of home insurances around me don't cover people who own pits.
If you can, get some photos and/or videos of the puppy on your property to show animal control.
We had a similar issue with our neighbors (except several adult dogs coming into our yard). We tried asking nicely, we tried appealing to them as fellow pet owners (don’t want our dogs to hurt each other), we tried yelling.
In the end we had to call the police (no animal control in our area), and the officer asked if we had any photos so he could see which dogs it was.
If you can, get pictures of the dog running unleashed and try to make sure the picturea don't come from an angle that makes it obvious it was taken from your yard.
Taking photos from the street will give you some enhanced credibility and anonymity while also making the authorities think this is more than a neighborly dispute.
Good. I wish you luck!
If there's an unleashed pit in my yard I'm calling animal control every time. They'll get tired of paying the fines.
A $20 Wyze camera with pet detection helps keep an eye on things.
"Please keep your dog off my property"
When that doesn't work, contact animal control? I love dogs but a pit running loose is not going to end well for anyone and if they can't handle their dog then you need to start getting that documented. Just stay polite and try to have empathy for whatever is going on with them to the best of your ability. How sure are you that they are trashy and not just inexperienced with dogs? If this is their first puppy they might just need friendly advice.
These people have had the cops called on them for domestic disputes and have daily screaming matches. Also, like 15 mins after posting this, their car got repo'd and the mom lost her mind so bad that the cops came. I went to take my trash out and the cop motioned for me to go back inside as he called for backup
Don't talk to them about it.
Especially if you're going to call animal control, there's no point earmarking yourself to be the one they take it out on when their dog gets impounded.
Judging by what you've written in comments about your neighbours, don't talk to them. Call bylaw. It might take a couple times. If you approach them now and ask them to keep their dog leashed and they don't listen, and THEN call bylaw, they will know it was you and possibly start targeting you for harassment because they know it was you who "rattled" on them. I've seen this happen. It's not worth the drama and headache. This is sort of what bylaw is for. So neighbours aren't at each other's throats.
Ugh I’m sorry, I feel your pain. I used to have neighbors exactly like that. They were absurdly loud at all hours and had the cops called on them a number of times. I tried being polite: “Hey guys! Hope you’re doing well, just wanted to let you know I have to wake up super early for work, so would it be cool if you kept the volume down after 10pm?” They laughed, slammed the door in my face and cranked up the volume. The only thing that worked was telling the landlord I didn’t feel safe with them as my neighbors (helped that it was 100% true). He evicted them within days after I described all the shit they got up to.
Holy fuck classic. Be safe my man.
I wouldn't converse with them. I'd keep calling animal control.
Tell them you keep used antifreeze in open containers and that you're worried the puppy might accidentally get into it.
I could do that. I could also say that the puppy could also get terrible parasites if it goes around my birds. Which is 100% true. My dogs are on hardcore worm preventatives because I drug whipworm in on my boots once and my puppy got super sick from it.
The truth is even better! Yeah, just go let them know the risks. That's a good way to see how trashy they really are.
(I come from trash, so I'm allowed to say it! 😜)