Really scary dog
Can anyone offer some advice? Opposite my backyard and separated by a right of way (for utilities) my neighbor has a rotweiler/mixed breed dog. Besides barking incessantly it approaches my backyard fence and scares my 3 year old to the point of him not wanting to play by viciously growling through my fence. The neighbor…
Can anyone offer some advice? Opposite my backyard and separated by a right of way (for utilities) my neighbor has a rotweiler/mixed breed dog. Besides barking incessantly it approaches my backyard fence and scares my 3 year old to the point of him not wanting to play by viciously growling through my fence. The neighbor does not have any kind of fencing thus his/her backyard which should be about six feet apart from mine abuts my property. What can I do?
Is there a law regarding mandating the construction of a fence to keep the dog away and respect the right of way for what it is, no one’s property? Thanks.
Rehab, why don’t you just admit you were wrong? A solid opaque fence is not going to stop a dog from hearing and smelling the child and it’s not going to stop the child from hearing the barking/growling dog. In fact, a 3 year old is going to be more afraid of something it can hear, but not see. That’s just when there capacity to imagine something worse begins to develop.
I agree that the city is responsible for the space and keeping it fenced.
Dogs, especially those left in confined areas like fenced-in back yards, become territorial. It’s one of the traits that humans have cultivated and exploited for years. Otherwise they’d have no reason to stop an intruder from walking into your house.
To suggest poisoning this animal or harming it in any way is unconscionable; it’s only doing what comes naturally to it. Agreed that the best solution is for the OP to build a fence that has no openings through which one party can see the other, although if the dog is on ‘high alert’ it will likely make little difference. Dogs react more to smell than anything.
build your own solid fence. simple. there are really some stupid questions on this site.
I, too, don’t understand what we’re talking about, here, with this utility right-of-way– but I also don’t care. Whatever. When I suggested that the parent involved here might need to build a fence, what I meant was an opaque fence. As in, a fence through which her child could not see the big scary dog. And I still think that’s what she ought to do.
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Thanks for the suggestions. For your information , 9:59, there is an area that divides all the backyards on the block. Most homeowners, myself included, have fences, that mark their property lines. All of the fences go up to the beginning of this right of way. The result being a six foot wide buffer between the rear boundaries. The property owner whose dog is at issue never built a fence and so the animal is able to pace this area and growl menacingly at my child as he plays.
I can’t quite envision the “city-owned” space you are talking about. Is there some sort of alley between your property and the neighbor’s? Kind of rare in Brownstone Brooklyn. Seems to me the best thing you can do is build a better fence on your side. And of course talk to the neighbor, altho short of him/her getting rid of dog not sure what s/he can do.
And ignore the poison talk. Major bad karma.
Don’t let your kid in the yard till you build a dog-proof fence– they can jump and the love to dig, too– or till you poison it. Just don’t get caught.
7:36, apparently you haven’t followed recent news stories about people that abuse animals as you suggest. They seem to end up spending more time in jail than common criminals. The dog is just barking, he’s not biting. A better solution can be devised.
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