neighbours rant

[henryhorn]

I wouldn't padlock it I'd buy a cheap rape alarm and put it round the bottom of the gate using fishing line, and hide the bit where the pin pulls out.
Then when they open your gate an ear splitting screech will sound and they will be horribly embarrassed.
As they have no right to go through that gate, they can't exactly complain to you can they?

It could well cause an accident, if the tracks freeze and your horses slide on them so you are well within your rights to deter anyone entering the field.
I do sympathise we had neighbour who was a doctor and thought he was the bees' knees, he was so arrogant, he bought chickens and allowed them to crap all over our hay field, and flatly refused to contain them on his own land.
Funnily enough his cockerel went missing, and joined a new band of hens some 15 miles away, I wonder how it flew there?

He shut them up after that.

 

[_daisy_]

dont let me put you off owning your own land. it is the best thing to happen to me, ive got plenty of land to have enough paddocks to rest etc - and enough to grow haylage on my winter paddock to sustain my girls through the following winter. I make my own decision about what my horses do etc. nobody telling me off etc, im responsible for fencing etc and i can rearrange things if they arent right. My horses are so much happier, more content and no accidents or fights as my herd stays the same and they all know where they stand in the pecking order.

its just every now and again that someone wants to cause me problems - theyll love me this year, were building our arena so cue machinery and mess

the muck heap is coming back and sod them, the council are fine with it so thats something on my side. unfortunately we havent got mains electric on yet but thats going to be done this year when we start the ground works.

 

[_daisy_]

lol at the cockrell, this guy thinks he owns the place just because hes got his own business - thing is he was given the family business which his dad made, hes no better than anyone else just thinks he is.

 

[martlin]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7870772.stm

dont know if youve seen this but it has ended in tears up here. A girl from my area was killed when sledging and went into barb and plain wire which was for sheep!

cant you get an injuction out against the dog owners as sheep worrying is a crime

what gets me is the amount of people that feel they can do what they want when they want and they dont care about the people they upset along the way.

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I was called a b1tch and an old hog today, I'm really disappointed as I wanted to be called a miserable old bat like a lady next door has been.

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good job you have a sense of humour

surprised you didnt slap them

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Yes, I have seen the news

It is very sad but could be easily prevented.
I could get an order against the dog owners, but I could also shoot the dogs, I would be within my rights as I would be protecting my livestock.
As I do have a sense of humour, I have decided to get muck spread on the hill on Wed, it has snowed over night so I had the wonderful pleasure of informing the sledgers that what they consider mud on their clothes certainly isn't that

Luckily, it's melting now, so hopefully there won't be any sledging.
What amazes me is not the kids - they are just that, kids; but the parents - the ignorance and lack of respect for pirvate property just gets me astounded. They were actually standing in my lambs' supper

I wonder how they would feel if I came up to their house, sat in their Sunday roast and exercised my horses (or better cows) in their lounge

 

[wizzi901]

3 of my 5 fields are on a slant, I spotted some kids just about to start sledging so sent the large slobbery labrador we have who LOVES licking children and jumping all over them but looks like a bull mastiff down the end field, funnily they quickly changed their minds!!

Damn annoying when people assume its ok, but sounds like your neighbours are just snobs or very jealous. Make sure when you organise a new muck pile that it is near to their garden in the summer!!

 

[Ludi-doodi]

QR - as someone said just quietly mention that you know, perhaps saying to them to be very careful as you'd hate for them to be hurt in anyway on your property - go as far as mentioning the girls who died/seriously injured this week in Sheffield! It might just make them think twice about where they go sledging, particularly if you mention the electric fencing - they don't need to know that it's not always on!

 

[fatpiggy]

I totally agree with the general opinion of these neighbours here and it can be really difficult. Our old neighbour lost the plot and fell out with us (we objected to his converting a farm building to a dwelling, the permission was refused but he went ahead anyway, got caught and prosecuted - thought we'd shopped him when we hadn't) and he got so bad that he printed a list of "facts" about my father and stood outside the village school (where my mum was a teacher) and handed the sheets out to every parent! I believe he eventually fell out with his own son too so I think he'd gone a bit nutty.

But just to put a little equality up for arguement (!!) alot of horseriders think they can go into any open field and gallop about on it - I've seen it myself, and they were plenty old enough to know better.

 

[Fransurrey]

I do feel for you, as my field was full of footprints on Monday afternoon, with not so much as a snowman left for me to admire. I was actually very surprised NOT to see sledge tracks. My field is also the local toilet for dogs, despite the neighbours having 1000s of acres of NT and Forestry to walk their mutts in.

I do bite my tongue a lot, as despite their faults, they are my eyes and ears there (it's very isolated without those houses) and they do all love the ponies and take an interest. Very hard for me, particularly if I find dog defaecant on my shoe!!!