Today, we finally moved into our new home, which my husband and I got mostly so our kids could have fun in the spacious backyard. The moment they stepped into the backyard, they were terrorized by the neighbor's dogs, and now refuse to go outside. FML
cassie611 tells us more.
OP here, set things straight, our Realtor told us they had SMALL dogs, these are not little animals as she claimed them to be. Yes we do have a fence, I would not have taken it lightly if the dogs were in our yard scaring them. My kids are 2 & 1 so the loud barking and jumping on the fence does scare them. I do plan on talking to the neighbor but my 1 year old is scared of dogs period so introducing them will not help. I plan on talking to the neighbors and seeing if maybe an hour or so a day when my kids go outside if they can bring the dogs in. I hope a compromise can be made..
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rhysfucker 24
Time to face one's fears...and invest in a fence...
rec_chem 22
Good fences make good neighbors.
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FemskyD 26
Communication is THE answer little grasshopper =D
pjsr 33
Doggone it!
tranced_ 45
ok I guess cats gonna cheer them up..
cwl727 33
Is there a fence keeping the dog out of your yard?
Polynomial 28
You know what? This situation could have been a lot worse. By your reaction, I would have thought they dug up the corpse of a gerbil or hamster in your neighbors yard. Also, why does everyone assume the dogs were in their back yard? Maybe the neighbor has a fence, but the dogs still like to bark when they hear the kids playing? You should just talk to the neighbors, introduce the kids and the dogs, and it'll all be okay. Unless your kids smell like bacon, then those dogs are some lucky sons or daughters of bitches.
Shadowbay 18
Don't let things stay that way.. maybe talk to your neighbors and meet the dogs new people are always interesting to dogs. We introduce our new dogs to our neighbors and they introduce us with theirs so there's no surprises and their dogs come over all the time to play when they hear we're out and about the kids love it
chinaski7628 32
Probably not a good idea to feed someone else's dogs without permission (I'm guessing that's what you meant by 'bribe'). We had a neighbor who constantly fed our dog through our fence-- a dog that had diabetes. It almost killed our dog.
holliepong 8
they will grow up and one day they'll not be afraid on it!
gracefs 11
Did yuk not take them to see if they were okay with it in the first place?
worldclassrager 41
Well you are new to the neighborhood over time the dogs may actually like you