Rant about obnoxious neighbors
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I hate HOAs. They take the joy out of being a homeowner and makes me want to move out to the country with 9 acres of land so we can do whatever the hell we want to do. We got a letter because our teenage sons were playing football in our yard and one pass landed in the neighbor's yard. So, we told them to play football in the street because we are in a cul-de-sac. Got a letter for that! I told them don't even play outside anymore. They wonder why kids are overweight. Total B.S. is what it is!0
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My neighbor has a skunk living under his shed, and won't get rid of it. His shed is 8 feet away from mine.
When my dogs get sprayed, they smell of skunk all winter, no matter how much peroxide solution I pour on them, especially my collie. There can be up to 20 skunks sharing a den, so I'm hoping this one won't get babies.
Sooo, what is stopping YOU from getting rid of it? Unless it is your neighbours pet, he doesn't OWN it. Skunks are wild animals, and if it is causing YOU a problem call your local animal control to have a live trap set. The only problem I can see you having with your neighbour (is once you have gotten rid of these little creatures), that he not block the nesting area for another family to take refuge.0 -
"They can't tell ME what to do with my own yard"???? If you signed an agreement or chose to live in a HOA community .. I hate to break it to ya but YES THEY CAN!
I will never understand why anyone complains about the rules and regulations of their association, or refuse to follow them hence recieving pesty notices and complaints about breaking those rules.
Good grief people .. it's not rocket surgery !
If you want to let your grass grow or work on your vehicle in your driveway .... Don't choose to live in a community that has bylaws that dictate that you can't do those things .. PERIOD!
Personally, I would NEVER agree to live in a HOA community .. NEVER!0 -
If you're part of an HOA, then the letters are legit.
I know they are. Mostly. I've already been fined for the grass once and the fine was more than I pay the man that cuts it. REGULARLY. My neighbors are all starting to send their own letters back to them as retaliation. I'm just non confrontational.
We're moving the car but REALLY?! I do NOT even rent and I can't have whatever *moving* car in my driveway I want? It's not a rusted out piece of crap, it's just purple.
My neighbors got the same letter a few weeks ago. They have two of the same color/model Lexus and they don't drive one often because they have three cars between the two of them. Same thing: "Please move your non functioning Lexus." It's insane. So I guess we have to add" Car Musical Chairs To Prove They Still Function" to the list of annoying things my neighborhood makes us do.
Cutting your grass every 2 weeks is not 'regularily' .. Unless you live in a desert, of course.
WE have to cut our lawn at least 2 - sometimes 3 times a week (depending on amount of rainfall we get)!0 -
I hate HOAs. They take the joy out of being a homeowner and makes me want to move out to the country with 9 acres of land so we can do whatever the hell we want to do. We got a letter because our teenage sons were playing football in our yard and one pass landed in the neighbor's yard. So, we told them to play football in the street because we are in a cul-de-sac. Got a letter for that! I told them don't even play outside anymore. They wonder why kids are overweight. Total B.S. is what it is!
I hope you are not blaming your association for kids being overweight. THEY didn't choose to have you live there .. YOU did. Playing in the street shouldn't be the defining factor of how fit a kid is. Good grief, there are other ways to compensate for the lack of playing area. Parks - back yards -- local community centers .. school yards .. There are plenty.
If you don't like the rules ... Look outside the box, ANYONE can find other options.0 -
"They can't tell ME what to do with my own yard"???? If you signed an agreement or chose to live in a HOA community .. I hate to break it to ya but YES THEY CAN!
I will never understand why anyone complains about the rules and regulations of their association, or refuse to follow them hence recieving pesty notices and complaints about breaking those rules.
Good grief people .. it's not rocket surgery !
If you want to let your grass grow or work on your vehicle in your driveway .... Don't choose to live in a community that has bylaws that dictate that you can't do those things .. PERIOD!
Personally, I would NEVER agree to live in a HOA community .. NEVER!
HOA change all the time - new president , new rules etc. Most people never imagine that they will be micromanaged to the point of not being allowed to play ball out front or having to move the cars around regularly to prove they are running.
I have also seen the flipside where a nice neighborhood goes to hell cause a few people junk out there yards and there is little that can be done in this situation as well.
The stairs to my upstairs neighbors is unfortunately along the wall where my head lays at night. Mostly I sleep through the comings and goings, but occasionally it gets really bad. Like Saturday nights - something to look forward too.0 -
Good grief people .. it's not rocket surgery !
that hurts my brain...0 -
We have a couple of girls in our neighborhood who ride their bikes up in our driveway and it drives my husband CRAZY! Normally, I wouldn't really mind this, as long as they don't do it while we're out there, but my husband keeps his truck parked in the driveway and that does not leave much room to ride in. They use our driveway to make their "U-turns" graze past his truck on the way out. He prides himself on keeping his truck in great condition so the day we start finding tire tracks and handle bar dings in the side (it's bound to happen) he's going to lose it...0
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Rocket surgery...hehe
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My neighbours cows get out every now and then and I am forced to hear their constant noisiness until they're rounded back up. This is especially annoying at night when I am trying to sleep, but it's a pretty rare occurrence so I don't complain too much. Other than that I've never really had an issue here. Now, before I moved in here I lived in an apartment in a complex run by people who couldn't care less and occupied by pill heads and gangsta wannabes. They were ALL obnoxious! I don't know how I survived that place without shooting someone.0
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"They can't tell ME what to do with my own yard"???? If you signed an agreement or chose to live in a HOA community .. I hate to break it to ya but YES THEY CAN!
I will never understand why anyone complains about the rules and regulations of their association, or refuse to follow them hence receiving pesty notices and complaints about breaking those rules.
Good grief people .. it's not rocket surgery !
If you want to let your grass grow or work on your vehicle in your driveway .... Don't choose to live in a community that has bylaws that dictate that you can't do those things .. PERIOD!
Personally, I would NEVER agree to live in a HOA community .. NEVER!
HOA change all the time - new president , new rules etc. Most people never imagine that they will be micromanaged to the point of not being allowed to play ball out front or having to move the cars around regularly to prove they are running.
I have also seen the flipside where a nice neighborhood goes to hell cause a few people junk out there yards and there is little that can be done in this situation as well.
The stairs to my upstairs neighbors is unfortunately along the wall where my head lays at night. Mostly I sleep through the comings and goings, but occasionally it gets really bad. Like Saturday nights - something to look forward too.
Yes, I understand the micromanaging part .. More often than not, the people on these committees take their jobs wayy to seriously .. but, nonetheless .. rules are rules. Sadly, it seems the people who take on these jobs of enforcement, have a real "power" issue themselves. They often feel a sense of empowerment, and embark on a real power trip.
If you originally agree to follow the rules, then break the rules, and get reprimanded .. you can not complain about the rule. THAT is not even logical. Why anyone would choose to put themselves in this situation baffles me.
HOA's are not the place for people who want to allow their kids play in the street, park their car on the street (especially if they don't use it everyday), have pets, want to perform mechanical work on their vehicle, have a clothes line, have a noisey kids toy, want to paint their home a different colour, decorate their yard .. you name it. THere are a kabillion restrictions, too numerous to mention.
My advise is .. to anyone considering on living in a controlled neighbourhood .. READ the agreement (if there is one) .. and research just how the community is run. If you agree with it, fine .. fill your boots .. If you don't like the rules or agree to follow the rules ... then find some other place to live. You can't have it both ways.0 -
Good grief people .. it's not rocket surgery !
that hurts my brain...
Yes.
And also, it's true they are micro-managing. The father of the previous board leader still lives here and he has talked to us about all the letters he gets. He thinks they get paid for sending them or something.
Also, two weeks is more than enough for my grass. I don't know where you live, but three times a week is like, Military base often.
And there's nothing about working on cars in the driveway in the 'rule book.' They don't want junkers or RV's parked and unmoving. These people are nitpicking, ASSUMING these cars don't work because they aren't daily drivers. My boyfriend races cars. There are four cars in the drive way-- they all fit (with AMPLE room) and they all work. They can shove off. This 'hood thinks they don't stink.0 -
Good grief people .. it's not rocket surgery !
that hurts my brain...
Yes.
And also, it's true they are micro-managing. The father of the previous board leader still lives here and he has talked to us about all the letters he gets. He thinks they get paid for sending them or something.
Also, two weeks is more than enough for my grass. I don't know where you live, but three times a week is like, Military base often.
And there's nothing about working on cars in the driveway in the 'rule book.' They don't want junkers or RV's parked and unmoving. These people are nitpicking, ASSUMING these cars don't work because they aren't daily drivers. My boyfriend races cars. There are four cars in the drive way-- they all fit (with AMPLE room) and they all work. They can shove off. This 'hood thinks they don't stink.
Yea, it can certainly be that way. You should know and acutely understand what they mean by "unmoving".. Is that in terms of hours or days? .. or is it left up to the 'enforcer's' discretion. Know the rules .. to the letter .. and follow them if you don't want to get a reprimand.
There are a lot of places that will have town or city bylaws that dictate that you can't have your vehicle parked on the same side of the street two days in a row. They will alternate the side of the street of which cars are allowed to park each day of the week. This remedies the 'non movers'. If you park on the wrong side of the street on a particular day, or you forget to move your car to the other side soon enough .. your car will be towed.
If you're car gets towed, for this or any other infraction for parking where you shouldn't be .. Is forking out $50 - $100 (or more) dollars worth trying to fight the system?0 -
Well if they are registered vehicles, then it's BS. Most HOA's require just registration. If it's accepted by the state, then the HOA can't do crap.If you're part of an HOA, then the letters are legit.
I know they are. Mostly. I've already been fined for the grass once and the fine was more than I pay the man that cuts it. REGULARLY. My neighbors are all starting to send their own letters back to them as retaliation. I'm just non confrontational.
We're moving the car but REALLY?! I do NOT even rent and I can't have whatever *moving* car in my driveway I want? It's not a rusted out piece of crap, it's just purple.
My neighbors got the same letter a few weeks ago. They have two of the same color/model Lexus and they don't drive one often because they have three cars between the two of them. Same thing: "Please move your non functioning Lexus." It's insane. So I guess we have to add" Car Musical Chairs To Prove They Still Function" to the list of annoying things my neighborhood makes us do.0 -
Dang, sounds pretty cheap for towing. I've seen it usually in the low $100's.If you're car gets towed, for this or any other infraction for parking where you shouldn't be .. Is forking out $50 - $100 (or more) dollars worth trying to fight the system?0 -
My neighbor has a skunk living under his shed, and won't get rid of it. His shed is 8 feet away from mine.
When my dogs get sprayed, they smell of skunk all winter, no matter how much peroxide solution I pour on them, especially my collie. There can be up to 20 skunks sharing a den, so I'm hoping this one won't get babies.
Sooo, what is stopping YOU from getting rid of it? Unless it is your neighbours pet, he doesn't OWN it. Skunks are wild animals, and if it is causing YOU a problem call your local animal control to have a live trap set. The only problem I can see you having with your neighbour (is once you have gotten rid of these little creatures), that he not block the nesting area for another family to take refuge.
It is his private property, and we have no right to be on it. His shed, not our shed. Animal control officers in our municipality will only trap skunks living on public property. What is on his property is HIS responsibility.
Good citizenship means bearing responsibility for the quality of life of the community as a whole insofar as your particular piece of it is concerned, whether its weeds, trees about to fall down, or skunks.0 -
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My neighbor has a skunk living under his shed, and won't get rid of it. His shed is 8 feet away from mine.
When my dogs get sprayed, they smell of skunk all winter, no matter how much peroxide solution I pour on them, especially my collie. There can be up to 20 skunks sharing a den, so I'm hoping this one won't get babies.
Sooo, what is stopping YOU from getting rid of it? Unless it is your neighbours pet, he doesn't OWN it. Skunks are wild animals, and if it is causing YOU a problem call your local animal control to have a live trap set. The only problem I can see you having with your neighbour (is once you have gotten rid of these little creatures), that he not block the nesting area for another family to take refuge.
It is his private property, and we have no right to be on it. His shed, not our shed. Animal control officers in our municipality will only trap skunks living on public property. What is on his property is HIS responsibility.
Good citizenship means bearing responsibility for the quality of life of the community as a whole insofar as your particular piece of it is concerned, whether its weeds, trees about to fall down, or skunks.
I think you completely missed my suggestion. I wasn't suggesting you go onto his private property to trap it.
If the skunk is a problem on YOUR property you can trap it if it wonders onto YOUR property .. If it stays on HIS property .. it's not much a problem for YOU, now is it? .. THat is, unless you allow your dogs to enter onto your neighbours private property, and get sprayed in the process.
In my experience, skunks are nocturnal and neighbourhood pests. Once they come out into the open, especially onto your property, you have every right to take care of the problem .. especially if your neighbour won't.
If you don't have a fence to keep your dogs away from pesty skunks living in your neighbours yard .. THAT is not your neighbours problem ... THAT is YOUR problem. I am certain, the skunk that lives under your neighbours shed is not the only skunk in the neighbourhood. That is a problem EVERYWHERE in the world. There are ways to protect your pets from skunk spraying ... use your imagination.
Will your animal control not allow you to borrow a skunk trap? I have never heard of any community that doesn't support the use of live traps to remedy a varment problem like this...Is such a common practice.
And I would NEVER suggest to use ammonia on a dog .. There are much better remedies for skunk oil than that. Ammonia has an extremely strong smell and to a dog (who has an intense sense of smell) could be extremely troubling. Buy a good quality skunk shampoo .. if you in a real bind ,.. use the old fashioned remedy of tomato juice and regular dish soap or .
Best Recipe for Removing Skunk Smell from a Human or Pet
◦1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide (from a Pharmacy)
◦1/4 cup baking soda
◦1 teaspoon liquid soap
..and as an added note ... be extremely cautious around their eyes.0 -
Never mind...didn't finish reading the thread...Carry on...lol0
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I was president of our HOA for several years....we had a homeowner who was a problem (didn't maintain the house or the yard, sued the builder, forged other homeowners names on the lawsuit....) who finally was booted by her mortgage company. New homeowner does A TON of work and improvements.
Then a neighbor of this property calls me (as HOA president) to complain that the new folks had dead shrubbery and the place was becoming an eyesore again. I went over and took a look, and could barely find the ONE dead shrub. Perhaps because I was distracted by the rusting hulk of a dumpster in the driveway next door.
So I call the complainer back, say the property looks fine to me, but then I was distracted by that ugly dumpster and did they know anything about that? Yep, it was the complainers....never took them seriously again.0 -
My neighbor has a skunk living under his shed, and won't get rid of it. His shed is 8 feet away from mine.
When my dogs get sprayed, they smell of skunk all winter, no matter how much peroxide solution I pour on them, especially my collie. There can be up to 20 skunks sharing a den, so I'm hoping this one won't get babies.
Sooo, what is stopping YOU from getting rid of it? Unless it is your neighbours pet, he doesn't OWN it. Skunks are wild animals, and if it is causing YOU a problem call your local animal control to have a live trap set. The only problem I can see you having with your neighbour (is once you have gotten rid of these little creatures), that he not block the nesting area for another family to take refuge.
It is his private property, and we have no right to be on it. His shed, not our shed. Animal control officers in our municipality will only trap skunks living on public property. What is on his property is HIS responsibility.
Good citizenship means bearing responsibility for the quality of life of the community as a whole insofar as your particular piece of it is concerned, whether its weeds, trees about to fall down, or skunks.
I think you completely missed my suggestion. I wasn't suggesting you go onto his private property to trap it.
If the skunk is a problem on YOUR property you can trap it if it wonders onto YOUR property .. If it stays on HIS property .. it's not much a problem for YOU, now is it? .. THat is, unless you allow your dogs to enter onto your neighbours private property, and get sprayed in the process.
In my experience, skunks are nocturnal and neighbourhood pests. Once they come out into the open, especially onto your property, you have every right to take care of the problem .. especially if your neighbour won't.
If you don't have a fence to keep your dogs away from pesty skunks living in your neighbours yard .. THAT is not your neighbours problem ... THAT is YOUR problem. I am certain, the skunk that lives under your neighbours shed is not the only skunk in the neighbourhood. That is a problem EVERYWHERE in the world. There are ways to protect your pets from skunk spraying ... use your imagination.
Will your animal control not allow you to borrow a skunk trap? I have never heard of any community that doesn't support the use of live traps to remedy a varment problem like this...Is such a common practice.
And I would NEVER suggest to use ammonia on a dog .. There are much better remedies for skunk oil than that. Ammonia has an extremely strong smell and to a dog (who has an intense sense of smell) could be extremely troubling. Buy a good quality skunk shampoo .. if you in a real bind ,.. use the old fashioned remedy of tomato juice and regular dish soap or .
Best Recipe for Removing Skunk Smell from a Human or Pet
◦1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide (from a Pharmacy)
◦1/4 cup baking soda
◦1 teaspoon liquid soap
..and as an added note ... be extremely cautious around their eyes.
I have to say, this is a really great post!!!0 -
if i had neighbors like you all i would pour gas on myself and light a match! I dont have an HOA and i live in a nice "hood". My neighbors are wonderful.
we have lived here for over 10 years and though we would like to move to the country it makes me sad to think i would live away from some really nice good people.
when my husband and I first moved in this house it needed some cosmetic surgery and we didnt really have the $ for it just yet. we have finally made those changes to the house and our neighbors never once complained (to our faces at least) nor did we ever receive letter from any stupid HOA.
I would live in a tent before i lived somewhere with an HOA like the ones i have heard about before.
P.S. no you cant come live in my hood.0 -
I live in an HOA neighborhood and wouldn't have it any other way. We have nice landscaping in the common areas, parks just for the neighborhood, a community pool and tennis courts, etc. I have had to deal with a micromanaging HOA board on a power trip. My suggestion is t findout where the board members live and start reporting every little thing they do wrong. I once got a letter that our grass wasn't edged. I drove past the HOA President's house and his bushes were overgrown and there were weeds in the rocks (AZ landscaping). I took photos and sent them in along with a photo of our property and suggested that he not throw stones until he moved out of his glass house. I never received another notice.
My In-laws lived in a neighborhood without an HOA. They were trying to downsize their home and move. A house just like theirs but not as updated and on 1/2 acre instead of their 2 acres sold for a nice sum of money and rather quickly. It was a few blocks away but in the same neighborhood. My in-laws house sat on the market for 3 months and finally sold for 20% less than the other house. Everyone who saw their house really liked it. They all also said the same things - "I couldn't stand to be sitting at my dining table looking at that pink and green house (neighbors) all the time." "Is that a rooster I hear??" (another neighbor. They didn't live in the country but there was no city ordinance against it because they were an unincorporated area.) etc. The neighbors had no less than 15 junk cars in various states of disrepair on their front lawn. I'm not talking about a Lexus that hasn't been driven in a week. I'm talking about cars with the rust held together with duct tape and coat hangers on blocks with no engine.
Not all HOAs are good. Not all are bad. Just as not all areas without an HOA are good or bad. It all depends on your neighbors.
Now for my bad neighbor story. In AZ we had neighbors across the street who let their 5 and 3yo kids roam the neighborhood. The kids would open the sprinkler system boxes in neighbors' yards and throw rocks inside. They'd go into yards and take rocks from them. They even went into backyards once they were tall enough to reach the gate latches. I came home from visiting my parens one day to find our backyard gte open. I went into the yard to find the kids in their bathing suits trying to remove the cover to our hot tub. I yelled at them and took them home. Their dad was at work and mom was on the couch watching TV. I told her what they were doing and she said "They said they were going to go swimming when they left a little while ago. I wondered what they meant. Oh well, it's not like they could get the cover off so no harm done." I not so politely informed her that there most definitely was harm done and if I ever saw or heard of them being in my or anyone else's yard again I was calling CPS and the police. They moved to FL a few months later with her husband's military transfer. Those monsters are now 11 and 8. I pity their neighbors.0 -
if i had neighbors like you all i would pour gas on myself and light a match! I dont have an HOA and i live in a nice "hood". My neighbors are wonderful.
P.S. no you cant come live in my hood.
I'm not sure how to take a comment like that. A little harsh don't you think?
Are you referring to someone in particular, or the variety of members of this thread?0 -
Wow! We don't have this House- Association thing in England. If you live in a 'council house' then there is a *certain* amount of power the council has to make you keep the property looking somewhat acceptable, but if you own your property, there is very little anyone can do about it.... Very occasionally you hear of someone being fined for keeping their front gardens messy - and I mean really really messy - it has do get horrific for this to happen, and when it does, it's such rare news that it makes the local paper!
Pretty much, everyone keeps their houses and front gardens looking ok, so it isn't a huge problem.0 -
My neighbor has a skunk living under his shed, and won't get rid of it. His shed is 8 feet away from mine.
When my dogs get sprayed, they smell of skunk all winter, no matter how much peroxide solution I pour on them, especially my collie. There can be up to 20 skunks sharing a den, so I'm hoping this one won't get babies.
Sooo, what is stopping YOU from getting rid of it? Unless it is your neighbours pet, he doesn't OWN it. Skunks are wild animals, and if it is causing YOU a problem call your local animal control to have a live trap set. The only problem I can see you having with your neighbour (is once you have gotten rid of these little creatures), that he not block the nesting area for another family to take refuge.
It is his private property, and we have no right to be on it. His shed, not our shed. Animal control officers in our municipality will only trap skunks living on public property. What is on his property is HIS responsibility.
Good citizenship means bearing responsibility for the quality of life of the community as a whole insofar as your particular piece of it is concerned, whether its weeds, trees about to fall down, or skunks.
I think you completely missed my suggestion. I wasn't suggesting you go onto his private property to trap it.
If the skunk is a problem on YOUR property you can trap it if it wonders onto YOUR property .. If it stays on HIS property .. it's not much a problem for YOU, now is it? .. THat is, unless you allow your dogs to enter onto your neighbours private property, and get sprayed in the process.
In my experience, skunks are nocturnal and neighbourhood pests. Once they come out into the open, especially onto your property, you have every right to take care of the problem .. especially if your neighbour won't.
If you don't have a fence to keep your dogs away from pesty skunks living in your neighbours yard .. THAT is not your neighbours problem ... THAT is YOUR problem. I am certain, the skunk that lives under your neighbours shed is not the only skunk in the neighbourhood. That is a problem EVERYWHERE in the world. There are ways to protect your pets from skunk spraying ... use your imagination.
Will your animal control not allow you to borrow a skunk trap? I have never heard of any community that doesn't support the use of live traps to remedy a varment problem like this...Is such a common practice.
And I would NEVER suggest to use ammonia on a dog .. There are much better remedies for skunk oil than that. Ammonia has an extremely strong smell and to a dog (who has an intense sense of smell) could be extremely troubling. Buy a good quality skunk shampoo .. if you in a real bind ,.. use the old fashioned remedy of tomato juice and regular dish soap or .
Best Recipe for Removing Skunk Smell from a Human or Pet
◦1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide (from a Pharmacy)
◦1/4 cup baking soda
◦1 teaspoon liquid soap
..and as an added note ... be extremely cautious around their eyes.
I have to say, this is a really great post!!!
I disagree. What an obnoxious response! Glad I don't have him for a neighbor.0 -
Where do I start? I swear hands down, my neighbour is worse than anyone else here's.
I won't go into it in detail, but let's just leave it at - she threw cat **** all over my car while we were on holiday last year.
And that is the very barest tip of the iceberg. She is an evil witch I would happily burn at the stake.0 -
My neighbor has a skunk living under his shed, and won't get rid of it. His shed is 8 feet away from mine.
When my dogs get sprayed, they smell of skunk all winter, no matter how much peroxide solution I pour on them, especially my collie. There can be up to 20 skunks sharing a den, so I'm hoping this one won't get babies.
Sooo, what is stopping YOU from getting rid of it? Unless it is your neighbours pet, he doesn't OWN it. Skunks are wild animals, and if it is causing YOU a problem call your local animal control to have a live trap set. The only problem I can see you having with your neighbour (is once you have gotten rid of these little creatures), that he not block the nesting area for another family to take refuge.
It is his private property, and we have no right to be on it. His shed, not our shed. Animal control officers in our municipality will only trap skunks living on public property. What is on his property is HIS responsibility.
Good citizenship means bearing responsibility for the quality of life of the community as a whole insofar as your particular piece of it is concerned, whether its weeds, trees about to fall down, or skunks.
I think you completely missed my suggestion. I wasn't suggesting you go onto his private property to trap it.
If the skunk is a problem on YOUR property you can trap it if it wonders onto YOUR property .. If it stays on HIS property .. it's not much a problem for YOU, now is it? .. THat is, unless you allow your dogs to enter onto your neighbours private property, and get sprayed in the process.
In my experience, skunks are nocturnal and neighbourhood pests. Once they come out into the open, especially onto your property, you have every right to take care of the problem .. especially if your neighbour won't.
If you don't have a fence to keep your dogs away from pesty skunks living in your neighbours yard .. THAT is not your neighbours problem ... THAT is YOUR problem. I am certain, the skunk that lives under your neighbours shed is not the only skunk in the neighbourhood. That is a problem EVERYWHERE in the world. There are ways to protect your pets from skunk spraying ... use your imagination.
Will your animal control not allow you to borrow a skunk trap? I have never heard of any community that doesn't support the use of live traps to remedy a varment problem like this...Is such a common practice.
And I would NEVER suggest to use ammonia on a dog .. There are much better remedies for skunk oil than that. Ammonia has an extremely strong smell and to a dog (who has an intense sense of smell) could be extremely troubling. Buy a good quality skunk shampoo .. if you in a real bind ,.. use the old fashioned remedy of tomato juice and regular dish soap or .
Best Recipe for Removing Skunk Smell from a Human or Pet
◦1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide (from a Pharmacy)
◦1/4 cup baking soda
◦1 teaspoon liquid soap
..and as an added note ... be extremely cautious around their eyes.
I have to say, this is a really great post!!!
I disagree. What an obnoxious response! Glad I don't have him for a neighbor.
Really? How so?
Would you rather have a neighbour with a dog who taunts a skunk to spray in your back yard, repeatedly? THAT doesn't even make sense, not to mention wierd.0 -
if i had neighbors like you all i would pour gas on myself and light a match! I dont have an HOA and i live in a nice "hood". My neighbors are wonderful.
P.S. no you cant come live in my hood.
I'm not sure how to take a comment like that. A little harsh don't you think?
Are you referring to someone in particular, or the variety of members of this thread?
it was a joke.0 -
We also have a HOA in our neighborhood. Actually, recently they voted for members of the neighborhood to be on the board. As the covenant says when the neighborhood reaches 70% occupancy they turn it over. They tried to turn it over last year with 50-something%, so they had to start building again (they stopped building the past 4 years and sold the model home). In the past the HOA did absolutely nothing in the way of sending notices. People had cars on block in the driveway, sheets up in the window, flags considered offensive to some in windows, using empty lots to park 4-5 cars in, etc. I'd rather not have an over the top HOA, but at least one that could class the place up a little, like it used to be.
As far as neighbors, one of our neighbors had 8 cats (all let outside every single day) and a dog. The random cat jumping out from under my car was annoying. But when I found a rat head w/attached entrails on the front door step , I began to reassess my feelings. (:sick:) One of the cats went missing a few weeks ago (I didn't do it) and she put fliers in everyone's mailboxes. She said someone sent an email to her complaining it was illegal. I said "Hm.." What I wanted to say was "Maybe if you had a few cats where it was manageable, you could keep them indoors without them driving you nuts. Therefore no missing cat." She also feeds neighborhood strays that stick around my house, not hers. The ironic thing? We hang out every now and again, since she found out I was into fitness. :ohwell:0
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