Well I don't have a dog in this race ... but when I asked how many bad neighbors you had I was only wondering about the neighborhood.
Clown is lucky that the dog was not on my property messing with any animal I have, cat(s) dogs, cows, calves, mules, horse's, chickens, pigs. I would not fire a warning shot.
I like CarDoc own my property and I will do on my place as I see fit ... including consuming as much beverage as I want, when I want and I have been known to pee off my porch!!!
I am fortunate and have good neighbors ... we all feel the same about our dogs ... if my dog wondered over and chased my neighbors cat or anything I would expect them to handle it ... and they know I will do the same.
Now livestock is a different matter, fences do get holes and animals do get out ... when this happens we call each other and help each other put them back where they belong.
BTW ... the law has never been to my place nor have the neighbors or myself ever called them, we just talk things out.
Thank you sir I am appreciative of your input!
Yes you are exactly right I did buy out of the city for the peace and quiet 24 years ago and we all owned our places and we all get along great we still do the problem areas are 1/2 - 1 mile away but close enough to spill over into our space.
On the north of my property there is 48a CRP and south is 320 of working crop land we are in a row of houses about a 1/2 mile long maybe 7 all totaled it was sub-divided out of the CRP ground before there was CRP fwtw.
I am the guy that clears the driveways when the snow plow blocks everybody in and comes around during the summer months once the ground is just dry enough to fluff their driveways and blade them.
I am also the guy everyone even a few from the "ranch" part of the sub-division comes too for backup when they an extra voice at a county commissioners meeting to settle a disagreement with the county.
I am also the guy who spent countless hours at zoning meetings with the commissioners hashing out a realistic zoning changes that they were in process of redoing anyway now they have a cohesive set of regs that corresponds to 9 other county's in respect to large animals in the 3 mile zone we have none in place now.
In fact it deals with this county wide they just need to finalize them the police dept is 100% behind my work on that it gives them a law with teeth so they are not just out cowboying these big animals for nothing they are hurting people on the highways seems like every week.
I am also the guy who comes over and jumps your car or helps you get the mower running plus I have been known to give most of my garden away all summer and then realize we dont have much for us did it again this year. :laughing:
I have cleaned up my half of the block buy buying up the abandoned and run down 1/2a plots I could afford to buy and cleaned them up. I use one next door for my garden its got a nice 9'x11'x6' tall underground storm/bomb shelter and a new water well and its a good place to keep my tractor attachments and we store stuff in the trailer house.
Everyone that lives near or drives by regularly even the commissioners have commented how much better the neighborhood looks and its a lot quieter and a whole lot less trash blowing around.
I have helped my neck of the area retain the marketability of our homes somewhat there are a few folks I know from the "ranch" area have their homes for sale over this mess and they literally cant give them away but they are paying taxs on what they are quote worth not what they could sell for its sad for them.
This is why there is so much anger over the animals always on the loose if it was just now and then nobody would care most of us come from farm backgrounds anyway we all love animals we hate people that dont take care of them.
Oh an update; Last night I went to JD where my wife works and drove by where these horses came from they are right on the highway. Come to find out from the sheriff deputy I know the guy he was nearly mauled to death last year by a pit bull in his front yard in front of his wife and kids came so close to bleeding out the para medics didnt know if he would make it to town anyway guess where he used to live..... yup over in the "ranch" part of our neighborhood anyway he moves about a mile and a half away down on the highway and owns these horses....
Well they were out AGAIN people you have to be feeling the frustration.