Neighbors dog broke through fence and came after me.

[Lemory]

So im pretty furious right now. My next door neighbor and my property are divided by a wooden fence that she had built about 20 years ago. The fence is in pretty bad condition other than a portion of it that we fixed with our own money when a tree fell on it (even though insurance said we weren't liable). Her dog (a border collie) is very annoying in the fact that it barks constantly at us when we are outside. It has busted holes in the rotten parts of the fence and will stick its head out and bark while im outside doing poo. 

Its recently acted very aggressive towards me and my two dogs. It has attacked my chickens and other neighborhood dogs before but we have let those incidents slide. About a week ago, we let our dogs out in the morning to use the bathroom. Her dog, that is usually in her fenced backyard, was in her front yard with her. It saw my dachshund and took off after her, snarling and barking the entire way. I ran to my dog to pick her up and keep her from getting attacked and my neighbor got control of hers. She didn't acknowledge the event, didn't apologize, and I again didn't say anything about it.

Tonight is what really pissed me off. I walked down to my chicken coop to let them out and free range. As I was walking up my hill, her dog comes busting through a small hole in her fence and runs right after me snarling and barking like it was going to attack me. Im not really scared of dogs but good god this thing was acting like it wanted to rip my head off. When I tried to walk away it kept coming after me, baring its teeth.

So I start yelling at it "Get the hell out of here! Get the fug outta here!" My neighbor hears this and is calling it but it is not coming to her. So I keep yelling at it and she finally gets it to come back through the fence (while im still yelling expletives at it) and she has the nerve to yell at me "thats enough!" That pissed me off pretty good so I said "you need to fix that god damn hole in your fence!" So we have a polite conversation about her dog where she takes no responsibility for her dogs actions and says that its not a viscous dog. She denies that the dog did anything wrong and tells me that I need to cut my tree branches that are hanging over into her yard for whatever reason.

So I called animal control to file a complaint and they will be here tomorrow morning. I think that seems fair but I wont be walking around my backyard without a pistol on me. Inconsiderate neighbors are the fuging worst. 

[Kevin Greene]

1 hour ago, Lemory said:

Inconsiderate neighbors are the fuging worst. 

So true, G/L with a resolution but you gotta protect yours. Maybe some pepper spray would be helpful too.

[Jeremy Igo]

Sounds like he’s got a little bit of Mississippi leg hound in him. If the mood catches him right, he’ll grab your leg, and just go to town. You don’t want him around if you’re wearing short pants if you know what I mean. A word of warning though: If he does lay into you, it’s best to just let him finish.

[Squirrel]

Leave the pistol inside if you discharge it the cops will try to get you for discharging a weapon near houses. Take a bat. 

Almost happened to my dad neighbors dog was attacking my dad's chicken on his property. Dad popped the dog with a 22.  Cops couldn't get him for shooting the dog (which survived).  Because it was attacking livestock but like I said tried to get him for firing a firearm near houses.  Luckily for my dad he was far enough from other houses.  

[Jeremy Igo]

3 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Leave the pistol inside if you discharge it the cops will try to get you for discharging a weapon near houses. Take a bat.  

Pepper Spray would work. 

[cookinbrak]

Go to Lowes

Buy a pound of square head roofing nails

Put by hole in fence

Pour moth balls around them on your side

[Jangler]

try to stop rubbing peanut butter on yourself

[Zaximus]

May be time to invest in your own fence, a nice tall one that doesn't have holes.   Fences make great neighbors.  

[Lemory]

Update: Just talked to an AC officer. She said that I need to start reporting every incident that happens from now on. She said that on my own property, I have the right to defend myself and my chickens by whatever means necessary including deadly force. I doubt I have the heart to kill somebody's dog but some pepper spray sounds pretty great. I do live in the country so its not really strange for some gunfire occasionally. I'll probably just carry a baseball bat or pepper spray around and stop rubbing peanut butter on myself. 

[Lemory]

3 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Sounds like he’s got a little bit of Mississippi leg hound in him. If the mood catches him right, he’ll grab your leg, and just go to town. You don’t want him around if you’re wearing short pants if you know what I mean. A word of warning though: If he does lay into you, it’s best to just let him finish.

[imminent rogaine]

I would document the poo out of everything that happens. Dates, times, names, pics (if you can)as proof that dog is on your property etc. Take a nine-iron with you. Or just adopt or borrow a big mean dog to put it in its place.

 

[thefuzz]

1 hour ago, imminent rogaine said:

I would document the poo out of everything that happens. Dates, times, names, pics (if you can)as proof that dog is on your property etc. Take a nine-iron with you. Or just adopt or borrow a big mean dog to put it in its place.

 

Was going to say the same thing.  Keep a 4 iron with you as a walking stick.  Dogs don't like getting the crap knocked out of them, and from the sound of it probably needs a little tough love.

 

Sounds like he is the alpha in his house, and wants the be the alpha in yours as well.  Lesson time, especially if you have kids.

[pantherphan96]

Feel like hitting a dog with a bat is way more brutal than shooting it. 

[PhillyB]

why would you shoot a collie? are there not other options?

this is like when a dog chased stirs on his bike so he wanted to start packing heat on his bike rides so he could shoot it in the head.

how do countries with strict gun laws manage to deal with dogs? do they just ban dogs? do the populaces live in eternal terror of unchecked doggos? how do they survive?