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Post by kimpossible on Aug 18, 2014 15:39:04 GMT
We moved over a year ago to a new neighborhood in the same city.
One side of us were the sweetest neighbors around. Cute baby, nice people, etc.
The other side were quiet, would come complain if we had one branch over the property line, my DS and his friends ran across their rocks in the front of their house with their bikes and we got to hear all about it.
So we just chalked them up as they are "those kind of neighbors"...
Until yesterday.
My DH was out front hosing down the driveway and the husband comes out. He said, "Hi there, I know you have a big dog"...at that point my DH said he thought to himself that our dog did something to him or his yard and we were in trouble.
Nope, he says, "I just wanted to let you know that if you walk your dog down by the park, they have parvo going around over there".
Wow! I couldn't believe it when DH told me. That was super kind, and yes, sometimes we walk the dog that way and let him play in the park so it was a good warning for us.
DH thanked him very much.
Guess we aren't their "those kind of neighbors" now.
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Post by sharlag on Aug 18, 2014 15:44:45 GMT
Aw!
I live in terror that someone will turn us in because of MaxTheBeagle barking.
I'm so terrified, I'll never complain about a neighbor to the authorities. (Unless it's life or death.)
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 18, 2014 16:26:40 GMT
That's awesome of him to tell you about it.
We have an across the street neighbor that is creepy and mean even when he is trying to be his version of nice. His "nice" deed was to shovel a dead cat out of the middle of the street and dump it on our lawn because (we are speculating, we didn't go and ask) we have cats and he must have thought it was one of ours. *shiver*
You don't even want to know about what he's like when he's trying to be mean.
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Post by hennybutton on Aug 18, 2014 16:27:01 GMT
I saw your title and thought of the neighbor in the movie Home Alone. Some people just come across as grumpy, but they're softies inside.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 18, 2014 16:41:32 GMT
Decent of him.
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Post by kimpossible on Aug 18, 2014 16:54:11 GMT
That's awesome of him to tell you about it. We have an across the street neighbor that is creepy and mean even when he is trying to be his version of nice. His "nice" deed was to shovel a dead cat out of the middle of the street and dump it on our lawn because (we are speculating, we didn't go and ask) we have cats and he must have thought it was one of ours. *shiver* You don't even want to know about what he's like when he's trying to be mean. OMG! That is horrible! |
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Post by alibama on Aug 18, 2014 16:57:36 GMT
That's awesome of him to tell you about it. We have an across the street neighbor that is creepy and mean even when he is trying to be his version of nice. His "nice" deed was to shovel a dead cat out of the middle of the street and dump it on our lawn because (we are speculating, we didn't go and ask) we have cats and he must have thought it was one of ours. *shiver* You don't even want to know about what he's like when he's trying to be mean. That is just plain mean, even if he "thought" it was yours there are nicer was to go about it. |
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Post by alibama on Aug 18, 2014 17:04:51 GMT
Aw! I live in terror that someone will turn us in because of MaxTheBeagle barking. I'm so terrified, I'll never complain about a neighbor to the authorities. (Unless it's life or death.) I feel your pain there. I have a Pom and boy does she like to bark. AT EVERYTHING. Drives me insane, I have tried everything except a shock collar but I am thinking about a low shock one. Anyway as soon as she starts barking we go get her and make her come in. We have a doggie door and cant use it because of the barking. Neighbors have never complained.
One day I was dogsitting for my daughter. She has a boxer, it was 10pm we put him out and he ran to the fence and started barking I went out right away and got him, he barked for less then a minute and someone down the street was yelling at him to be quiet. I didn't say anything just took him inside, next morning Animal Control showed up. I couldn't believe it. He has a real deep bark not a yappy high pitch one like the Pom. No one every complained about her but they complained about him. Animal control was like whatever no big deal, in order to get fined at all Animal Control said he has to sit outside by the fence and actually hear the dog bark for 15 minutes straight. Then they can make a formal complaint.
If you ever get tired of Maxthebeagle send him my way. I LOVE Beagles.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 18, 2014 17:10:57 GMT
I kind of have that neighbor next door. He's nice enough but he's just odd about certain things meaning he will not hesitate to point our any little thing to you. Last night I get a call from him. Probably the first telephone call we've gotten since we moved in a few years ago. I look at the caller ID and think "Oh crap, what is he in a twist about now?". He called to tell me my car's interior light was on. Wow, that was nice. That saved me a dead batter this morning.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 17:29:43 GMT
We have neighbors across the street who don't acknowledge anyone. You wave and they look at you blankly and turn away. They have a few older kids too and they have the same attitude. After 6 years I just ignore them. Last week I was taking out the garbage to the front of my house for pick up and one of the kids are getting out of their car. He says, "Good morning" to me and I was completely startled. First time I heard a word from any of them. Lol!
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Post by scrapaddie on Aug 18, 2014 18:04:03 GMT
br]The other side were quiet, would come complain if we had one branch over the property line, my DS and his friends ran across their rocks in the front of their house with their bikes and we got to hear all about it. Really.... You kids should not being cutting across any pat of the yard. Ae these big rocks thAt get rearranged or small ones that end up in the grass..... Hmmmmm.... Maybe I am one of. 'Those' neighbors! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 18:10:26 GMT
Aw! I live in terror that someone will turn us in because of MaxTheBeagle barking. I'm so terrified, I'll never complain about a neighbor to the authorities. (Unless it's life or death.) I worry that my neighbors think we're either beating or nelgecting our beagle because sometimes she will NOT stop barking. I always make her come in if she will not stop. We can't even take her camping because she will not stop barking at other dogs, even after they're gone.  I don't think we have any "mean" neighbors, just quiet and ones that are more rude than mean. |
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Post by kimpossible on Aug 18, 2014 18:10:54 GMT
br]The other side were quiet, would come complain if we had one branch over the property line, my DS and his friends ran across their rocks in the front of their house with their bikes and we got to hear all about it. Really.... You kids should not being cutting across any pat of the yard. Ae these big rocks thAt get rearranged or small ones that end up in the grass..... Hmmmmm.... Maybe I am one of. 'Those' neighbors! Well, technically its the small section between the street and the sidewalk - its city property, not his. But I agree and as soon as I found out, my DS went and swept them all back into its area. Its landscape rock - small pebbles. He has also complained because where we put our garbage can out on Sunday nights - he wanted his can to go in that spot. He also complained because of guests over for a short period of time parked in the street - in the section between our 2 driveways. He thinks that should be reserved for his guests only I guess. This also happens to be the same spot of the garbage can issue. He likes things his own way - no negotiating, that is why this conversation with my DH was so surprising. |
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Post by sharlag on Aug 18, 2014 18:15:44 GMT
Aw! I live in terror that someone will turn us in because of MaxTheBeagle barking. I'm so terrified, I'll never complain about a neighbor to the authorities. (Unless it's life or death.) I feel your pain there. I have a Pom and boy does she like to bark. AT EVERYTHING. Drives me insane, I have tried everything except a shock collar but I am thinking about a low shock one. Anyway as soon as she starts barking we go get her and make her come in. We have a doggie door and cant use it because of the barking. Neighbors have never complained.
If you ever get tired of Maxthebeagle send him my way. I LOVE Beagles.
The shock collar DOES work, but we have to have it so tight, I just can't stand to use it on him. He sniffs the yard, head down, and the collar slides down to the smallest part of his neck when he does this. But when we're buckling the collar ON him, he's standing normally, and when I try to slide it up to the smaller part of his neck, I'm not very effective/am overly concerned about it being too tight. So then, it doesn't make contact for the ZAP when he's head down, sniffing and barking. |
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Post by finaledition on Aug 18, 2014 18:20:19 GMT
There's a sweet children's book called Mrs. Morgan's Lawn. Your story reminds me of the message in the book. It's one if my favorites about judging people. Sometimes you just never know.
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Post by alibama on Aug 18, 2014 18:50:35 GMT
I feel your pain there. I have a Pom and boy does she like to bark. AT EVERYTHING. Drives me insane, I have tried everything except a shock collar but I am thinking about a low shock one. Anyway as soon as she starts barking we go get her and make her come in. We have a doggie door and cant use it because of the barking. Neighbors have never complained.
If you ever get tired of Maxthebeagle send him my way. I LOVE Beagles.
The shock collar DOES work, but we have to have it so tight, I just can't stand to use it on him. He sniffs the yard, head down, and the collar slides down to the smallest part of his neck when he does this. But when we're buckling the collar ON him, he's standing normally, and when I try to slide it up to the smaller part of his neck, I'm not very effective/am overly concerned about it being too tight. So then, it doesn't make contact for the ZAP when he's head down, sniffing and barking. I feel so guilty about even wanting to try it but nothing else has worked. The vibration collars are a joke, she just doesn't care. The citranela (sp) spray collar she didn't care either.
My other dog is a fence climber so I am going to have to do something about her too. If she sees a dog out walking she will climb the fence to go see it.
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Post by sharlag on Aug 18, 2014 19:06:50 GMT
The shock collar DOES work, but we have to have it so tight, I just can't stand to use it on him. He sniffs the yard, head down, and the collar slides down to the smallest part of his neck when he does this. But when we're buckling the collar ON him, he's standing normally, and when I try to slide it up to the smaller part of his neck, I'm not very effective/am overly concerned about it being too tight. So then, it doesn't make contact for the ZAP when he's head down, sniffing and barking. I feel so guilty about even wanting to try it but nothing else has worked. The vibration collars are a joke, she just doesn't care. The citranela (sp) spray collar she didn't care either.
My other dog is a fence climber so I am going to have to do something about her too. If she sees a dog out walking she will climb the fence to go see it.
What a stinker! (your dog) I can commiserate... Funny story about the citronella collar: We tried it first on MaxTheBeagle. It DID seem to muffle him at times. He'd bark, and halfway through the bark, it would sort of choke off in a muffling sound as the squirt got him. Then, I don't know if the collar was too loose (seems to be my failing, so that's probably it...) or what, but it stopped working. I went out to pick him up and carry him inside while he was barking, wearing the citronella collar. In my arms, he struggled and barked, throwing his head back at the same time. It was perfectly aimed at my face, and I got a snoutful of citronella. It's attention-getting, I can attest to this personally! |
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Post by alibama on Aug 18, 2014 19:24:56 GMT
I feel so guilty about even wanting to try it but nothing else has worked. The vibration collars are a joke, she just doesn't care. The citranela (sp) spray collar she didn't care either.
My other dog is a fence climber so I am going to have to do something about her too. If she sees a dog out walking she will climb the fence to go see it.
What a stinker! (your dog) I can commiserate... Funny story about the citronella collar: We tried it first on MaxTheBeagle. It DID seem to muffle him at times. He'd bark, and halfway through the bark, it would sort of choke off in a muffling sound as the squirt got him. Then, I don't know if the collar was too loose (seems to be my failing, so that's probably it...) or what, but it stopped working. I went out to pick him up and carry him inside while he was barking, wearing the citronella collar. In my arms, he struggled and barked, throwing his head back at the same time. It was perfectly aimed at my face, and I got a snoutful of citronella. It's attention-getting, I can attest to this personally! Sorry but I laughed at that one :0 |
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Post by tincin on Aug 19, 2014 10:11:37 GMT
If my crabby neighbor did something for me I would be looking over my shoulder for the knife in my back. Since I moved in 17 years ago I have been guilty of: having a yard that looks like hell (1week after I moved in), getting dirt on their fence, putting my landscaping timbers too close to their fence, not weed wacking enough, taking their tree limbs (they fell in my yard, and now my new flower bed is preventing the flow of any water in their back yard from draining into my yard.
I keep hoping they will move since all my other neighbors are awesome and they can't seem to get along with any of us. I know these things not because they talk to me but because they leave nasty notes on the fence, inform any man who is in my yard without me or call and complain about me to the local authorities. The funny thing was I only put in landscaping timbers to keep any dirt off their fence. I promptly moved my timbers back 6" from the fence line as he informed me their fence is 6" inside of the property line.
I am really to the point of just shaking my head at him. How he expects to maintain his 6" of property between his fence and my timbers should be interesting. So far this year he has done nothing so the weeds and grass are getting quite tall. He used to hop the fence to grab his branches that fell in my yard to use in their firepit but I just bought a no trespassing sign I intend to post facing his house. I am afraid if he slips or injures himself hopping the fence they will sue me. I really don't want to agitate the grouch (his wife is just as bad) but I am hoping the sign will cover me if he continues to fence hop.
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Post by smokey2471 on Aug 19, 2014 11:42:00 GMT
If my crabby neighbor did something for me I would be looking over my shoulder for the knife in my back. Since I moved in 17 years ago I have been guilty of: having a yard that looks like hell (1week after I moved in), getting dirt on their fence, putting my landscaping timbers too close to their fence, not weed wacking enough, taking their tree limbs (they fell in my yard, and now my new flower bed is preventing the flow of any water in their back yard from draining into my yard. I keep hoping they will move since all my other neighbors are awesome and they can't seem to get along with any of us. I know these things not because they talk to me but because they leave nasty notes on the fence, inform any man who is in my yard without me or call and complain about me to the local authorities. The funny thing was I only put in landscaping timbers to keep any dirt off their fence. I promptly moved my timbers back 6" from the fence line as he informed me their fence is 6" inside of the property line. I am really to the point of just shaking my head at him. How he expects to maintain his 6" of property between his fence and my timbers should be interesting. So far this year he has done nothing so the weeds and grass are getting quite tall. He used to hop the fence to grab his branches that fell in my yard to use in their firepit but I just bought a no trespassing sign I intend to post facing his house. I am afraid if he slips or injures himself hopping the fence they will sue me. I really don't want to agitate the grouch (his wife is just as bad) but I am hoping the sign will cover me if he continues to fence hop. Wow I'd leave him a note on the fence telling him to weed wack the 6" I would also tell him to NOT enter my property. If limbs fall you will toss them over the fence or better yet tell him to prune his branches so they are not over the fence line. What a douche. If the police didn't have better stuff to do I would call them and tell them he was in your yard uninvited and for them to tell him to stop that it scares you. |
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Post by eisforennui on Aug 19, 2014 12:31:26 GMT
i'm the quiet (but hopefully not mean) neighbor. i just keep to myself! my fiance is very gregarious though, so he makes up for me.  |
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Post by smokey2471 on Aug 20, 2014 22:27:58 GMT
i'm the quiet (but hopefully not mean) neighbor. i just keep to myself! my fiance is very gregarious though, so he makes up for me. You are like my DH. I am very outgoing and talk to and make friends with the neighbors. My DH is quiet and while he will do a little wave or nod he does not strike up conversations. I am really close now with next door and after is being friends, having coffee some mornings she said I really thought your DH was an asshole. She would always smile and say hi and he would rarely make eye contact. Then when I would see him come home I would jump up to leave. He works 24 on 48 off and would arrive home at 8:30am she thought i was leaving because he didn't like her but really it was because I miss him those 24 hrs and I like to fix him breakfast. |
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