Neighbor ills... what to do?
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Folks, I've deleted several posts on this thread due to their offensive and/or inflammatory nature (and a couple that quoted said posts). I didn't want to remove the entire thread b/c a large portion of it has been constructive. Anyone who has a problem, feel free to PM me. If not, please play nice in the future.
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Update: my cat likes to sit at my front door, which is glass, and look out. Apparently, the cats next door found my door and could smell my cat, because my door mat now smells like cat pee. I'm starting to lose my patience... 
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A bit off topic but you could do it with cats as well.
One of my friends had neighbours across the street who had dogs that would repeatedly crap in his front garden.
One day after a few too many beers we pulled out my spud cannon loaded it up with dog shit and shot it all over the front of their house.
There's no reason why cat shit wouldn't work
One of my friends had neighbours across the street who had dogs that would repeatedly crap in his front garden.
One day after a few too many beers we pulled out my spud cannon loaded it up with dog shit and shot it all over the front of their house.
There's no reason why cat shit wouldn't work
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From: Savannah
or you could use a high pressure water sprayer.
Imagine sitting on your roof, like a sniper waiting for the kill.
When a "victim" comes to
do its duty, aim
, and shoot that mo fo until it crosses the yard line. Not only will it
traumatize the cat to never come on your lawn again, it will give it a well deserved
bath.
Phi
P.S. This is coming from a teenage counterstrike player. I will not be liable if a certain cat
becomes blind. To be nicer, you could just use a water hose. 
Imagine sitting on your roof, like a sniper waiting for the kill.
When a "victim" comes to do its duty, aim
, and shoot that mo fo until it crosses the yard line. Not only will it traumatize the cat to never come on your lawn again, it will give it a well deserved
bath.
Phi
P.S. This is coming from a teenage counterstrike player. I will not be liable if a certain cat
becomes blind. To be nicer, you could just use a water hose.
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From: Shawnee KS USA
Neighbor w/the cats....go over & tell them that you found a kitten in your garage, & that your concerned that you might run one over. It's a legitimate concern, & that may get the idea across that you don't want them over in your yard. If that doesn't work, be more direct & explain that it is not appreciated when their cats spray your front door mat(I think I'll pass wiping my feet, thank you very much! 
) & walk on your car/scratch it. If all else fails, then get the city involved.
Neighbor w/the business out of their home....maybe suggest that he tells his customers to be careful pulling out of the driveway when they leave, as he's already had a client hit a car on the other side of the street. If that one fails, then again, get the city involved.
I'm always for giving the other person a friendly solution before getting nasty!
Good luck & keep us in the loop!
) & walk on your car/scratch it. If all else fails, then get the city involved.Neighbor w/the business out of their home....maybe suggest that he tells his customers to be careful pulling out of the driveway when they leave, as he's already had a client hit a car on the other side of the street. If that one fails, then again, get the city involved.
I'm always for giving the other person a friendly solution before getting nasty!
Good luck & keep us in the loop!
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Your cat neighbors may not even know that their cats are causing problems. I would give them the benfit of the doubt and talk with them about it.
I would go to their house with an offering of food. A plate of cookies or a loaf of homemade bread. I would say, "I am on a mission of peace. I was wondering if you could keep your cats indoors or at least in your yard. I have found them in my garage and one cat likes to sit on my porch. My car has paw prints and small scratches and doormat now smells like cat pee. I am also afraid my dogs will eat one if a cat happens to be in the yard when I let them out."
You have to put aside your anger and frustration and give them a chance to resolve this issue. They may be the nicest people with the best of intentions who have gotten caught up in their day-to-day. Remind them that their actions affect the people around them and they may be considerate enough to resolve the issue without further action.
If that doesn't work, I would call animal control about the loose cats. Leash laws apply to cats too.
I would go to their house with an offering of food. A plate of cookies or a loaf of homemade bread. I would say, "I am on a mission of peace. I was wondering if you could keep your cats indoors or at least in your yard. I have found them in my garage and one cat likes to sit on my porch. My car has paw prints and small scratches and doormat now smells like cat pee. I am also afraid my dogs will eat one if a cat happens to be in the yard when I let them out."
You have to put aside your anger and frustration and give them a chance to resolve this issue. They may be the nicest people with the best of intentions who have gotten caught up in their day-to-day. Remind them that their actions affect the people around them and they may be considerate enough to resolve the issue without further action.
If that doesn't work, I would call animal control about the loose cats. Leash laws apply to cats too.
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I sent them an email, explaining the situation and asking for their help in trying to solve this problem. They have a live trap and offered to set it up in my garage to find out whose cat it is; they seem to think that it was another neighbor's cat, even though I have found one of their cats sleeping atop the folded down top of several S2000's as they sat parked in my driveway.
In any case, they seem glad to help solve the problem, so I'm hoping for the best.
Now the other neighbor remains to be seen. It still fires me up that it was one of his clients who hit Blake's car, but he doesn't seem to see any problem with what he is doing. *sigh*
In any case, they seem glad to help solve the problem, so I'm hoping for the best.
Now the other neighbor remains to be seen. It still fires me up that it was one of his clients who hit Blake's car, but he doesn't seem to see any problem with what he is doing. *sigh*
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From: Tyler, TX
I feel for you, Sondra.
I live in a nice area in the country. We had people move into the house next door to us, who we refer to as the Clampetts - a family of 5 with a ton of money and no class. The parents are in their 40's and don't work and always have people staying with them. Here are some of the things we put up with:
1) Our neighborhood was VERY quiet before they moved in, and now we have to listen to kids playing basketball untill midnight.
2) They run out of parking space in their driveway with all of their company, so they park on their lawn (at least it's usually their Lexus).
3) Since we live in the country, we all have septic tanks, but theirs is an aerobic system which treats the waste water then uses a sprinkler to discharge the treated water into the woods behind their house. This is normal with an aerobic system, and if the system is maintained with chlorine pellets, you would never know that it wasn't drinking water. Well, the Clampetts haven't added the chlorine pellets in the 2 years that they have lived there and the back of their house (and our's if the wind is blowing just right) smells like sewage.
4) They had several dead pine trees on their property that were over 100 feet tall. They had been dead for a long time and we were worried about them falling in a storm and landing on our house. After several friendly conversations with them expressing our concern for the safety of my wife and I and our home, nothing was done. Finally, I had to resort to a certified letter copied to an attorney friend of ours which resulted in "Bubba's tree service" cutting the trees down. The best part was that after they cut the trees down, they left them in their front yard for 6 months. Finally, one of their relatives visits with a chain saw and cuts the trees up and stacks the logs just on their side of the property line in the woods between our houses. Then, the unthinkable happens - they set the pile on fire and leave it to burn unsupervised. I went home for lunch to find flames within 20 feet of my house and no one around nor any water hoses to be seen. I panicked and called the fire department (which is a volunteer unit - we are in the country). I am told that there was nothing they could do unless the fire actually spreads to my property. Great. So I water down the woods the best I can with a hose and I set my sprinklers to run for an hour near the bon fire. I get home for work, and the fire is still blazing (flames are shooting upwards of 40 feet) and their 5 year old son is playing near the fire, throwing rocks and toys and anything else he can find into the fire. When I went to bed that evening the flames were still very big, and I decided that I had enough. I went over with 2 hoses, and I tried to put the fire out, but I couldn't. I was able to reduce it's size a little. The real kicker here is that there is another pile on the property line from some more trees that they had cut, so I am just waiting for that bon fire to start.
5) They had 2 dogs - a small white dog (I thik it's a shitzu or something) and a beagle that both barked all the time - including all night long. A few of us neighbors had enough and spoke to the Clampetts about them, and they were not aware of the barking!. So, they got rid of the beagle (makes sense right - 2 dogs barking, get rid of one). They will leave the other dog outside with their garage door open about 2 feet while they go away for the weekeng, and the dog just barks non stop.
6) Every aluminum can from every beverage they have consummed is in white trash bags at the edge of their driveway - about 25 bags and growing.
7) One of the guys I work with lives in a house behind the Clampetts. He told me that one day he was working in his yard and saw that 2 of the young Clampett kids were jumping off their 2nd story roof onto a trampoline below. So, he ran over to their house and told the kids to get down off the roof. At that point, the mother comes out of the house and asked the neighbor what the problem is. He tells her about the jumping and she tells him that it is OK - she told them they could jump from the roof! My co-worker then left and went straight into his house - he couldn't stand to watch the inevitable.
But, best of all, they have been trying to sell their house for the last 2 years for $375,000 (I guess they think that the sewage smell and the trash bags add property value).
Bottom line is - don't feel so bad. It could be worse! Good luck any way.
I live in a nice area in the country. We had people move into the house next door to us, who we refer to as the Clampetts - a family of 5 with a ton of money and no class. The parents are in their 40's and don't work and always have people staying with them. Here are some of the things we put up with:
1) Our neighborhood was VERY quiet before they moved in, and now we have to listen to kids playing basketball untill midnight.
2) They run out of parking space in their driveway with all of their company, so they park on their lawn (at least it's usually their Lexus).
3) Since we live in the country, we all have septic tanks, but theirs is an aerobic system which treats the waste water then uses a sprinkler to discharge the treated water into the woods behind their house. This is normal with an aerobic system, and if the system is maintained with chlorine pellets, you would never know that it wasn't drinking water. Well, the Clampetts haven't added the chlorine pellets in the 2 years that they have lived there and the back of their house (and our's if the wind is blowing just right) smells like sewage.
4) They had several dead pine trees on their property that were over 100 feet tall. They had been dead for a long time and we were worried about them falling in a storm and landing on our house. After several friendly conversations with them expressing our concern for the safety of my wife and I and our home, nothing was done. Finally, I had to resort to a certified letter copied to an attorney friend of ours which resulted in "Bubba's tree service" cutting the trees down. The best part was that after they cut the trees down, they left them in their front yard for 6 months. Finally, one of their relatives visits with a chain saw and cuts the trees up and stacks the logs just on their side of the property line in the woods between our houses. Then, the unthinkable happens - they set the pile on fire and leave it to burn unsupervised. I went home for lunch to find flames within 20 feet of my house and no one around nor any water hoses to be seen. I panicked and called the fire department (which is a volunteer unit - we are in the country). I am told that there was nothing they could do unless the fire actually spreads to my property. Great. So I water down the woods the best I can with a hose and I set my sprinklers to run for an hour near the bon fire. I get home for work, and the fire is still blazing (flames are shooting upwards of 40 feet) and their 5 year old son is playing near the fire, throwing rocks and toys and anything else he can find into the fire. When I went to bed that evening the flames were still very big, and I decided that I had enough. I went over with 2 hoses, and I tried to put the fire out, but I couldn't. I was able to reduce it's size a little. The real kicker here is that there is another pile on the property line from some more trees that they had cut, so I am just waiting for that bon fire to start.
5) They had 2 dogs - a small white dog (I thik it's a shitzu or something) and a beagle that both barked all the time - including all night long. A few of us neighbors had enough and spoke to the Clampetts about them, and they were not aware of the barking!. So, they got rid of the beagle (makes sense right - 2 dogs barking, get rid of one). They will leave the other dog outside with their garage door open about 2 feet while they go away for the weekeng, and the dog just barks non stop.
6) Every aluminum can from every beverage they have consummed is in white trash bags at the edge of their driveway - about 25 bags and growing.
7) One of the guys I work with lives in a house behind the Clampetts. He told me that one day he was working in his yard and saw that 2 of the young Clampett kids were jumping off their 2nd story roof onto a trampoline below. So, he ran over to their house and told the kids to get down off the roof. At that point, the mother comes out of the house and asked the neighbor what the problem is. He tells her about the jumping and she tells him that it is OK - she told them they could jump from the roof! My co-worker then left and went straight into his house - he couldn't stand to watch the inevitable.
But, best of all, they have been trying to sell their house for the last 2 years for $375,000 (I guess they think that the sewage smell and the trash bags add property value).
Bottom line is - don't feel so bad. It could be worse! Good luck any way.
