helm
Well-Known Member
Just looking for some advice really.... I'm lucky enough to have two acres of land behind my house.... my two horses are stabled here and graze here.... there's a row of houses that continue down the street but only one other property directly behind our land.... we've lived here 7 years.... Next door but one decided (co incidentally with the birth of my son) it was unacceptable that the horses were pooing in proximity to her house, had given her sweet itch and left her bed ridden all year - she sent us a letter to this affect. In the spirit of being neighbourly I went to see her checking she was Ok but also pointing out this would unlikely be the case but that I'd make sure and muck was removed more frequently. When they've been out in summer every other day I've been out there picking it up. We got another letter with the Christmas card basically saying we'd done nothing and now moaning about the smell "but she hopes it doesn't offend us". On Friday I was mucking out when I heard a HUGE commotion - she was at my fence banging a tupperware container and waving her arms around spooking them. As you can imagine I was not happy and went to over to tell her this was not unacceptable behaviour - at which stage the conversation descended into madness. She also started ranting that there were rules about keeping horses near property etc etc etc. Now in the past the farmer who owns the field behind her has kept cows and sheep in it - he didn't follow them around with a wheel barrow but this doesn't seem to have been a problem. She now says she's going to wage war on me. Upshot is I feel unsafe in my own home and worry about the welfare of my two horses. Any advice?