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[rach125]

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Hi, as many of you may know i do quite alot of voluntary work for a animal rescue center. We have of late been having a lot of trouble with the woman next door, who i belive has gone off her rocker!!! she moved here about 6 months ago knowing full well there was alot of dogs up there as before it was a rescue center it was boarding kennels, she sed she was fine with this. Next thing she starts screaming and shouting about the noise. She has threatened many of the people who walk the dogs, thrown iron bars into the kennel area, played radios etc at 5.00 in the morning and tried to run over dog walkers whether they are on the road or the grass verge! We have called the police and recorded these incidents but nothing has been done. She has now contacted the council and the rescue have decided to only let the dogs out between 1 and 3 in the afternoon which disgusts and angers me, as i belive the dogs need to be out and about and also this makes the problem worse. My opinions dont seem to make any impact on the managers whatso ever. But i was wondering if any one had any ideas on what i can do to stop this nonsence, such as write to the council myself about her or anything else?

Sorry its so long but as you might tell i am very mad! :rant:

 

[hely]

if you belive she is being a public pain in the arse, yes contact your local council, whenever anything happens record it and take a photo for evidence, has anyone tried talking to her???

has she threatened anyone?

we are having problems with our neigbours and are doing all the things i have suggested!

im shocked the police are taking no action :rant:

if she is threatening violence, they have to do some thing about it, i was threatened out in the street by the woman next door and the police wanted to take action against her (we said not yet)!!!

it is a criminal act to swear or use intimidating or threatening behaviour to another person!

i would def take it further, good luck, and keep us informed :luck:

(if this fails, put a stocking over your face and give her what for :- " )

 

[Oldham-RSPCA]

if you belive she is being a public pain in the arse, yes contact your local council, whenever anything happens record it and take a photo for evidence, has anyone tried talking to her???has she threatened anyone?

we are having problems with our neigbours and are doing all the things i have suggested!

im shocked the police are taking no action :rant:

if she is threatening violence, they have to do some thing about it, i was threatened out in the street by the woman next door and the police wanted to take action against her (we said not yet)!!!

it is a criminal act to swear or use intimidating or threatening behaviour to another person!

i would def  take it further, good luck, and keep us informed :luck:

(if this fails, put a stocking over your face and give her what for :- " )

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You could set a dog on her? Im only messing.

Be blunt tell her its her own fault she knew where she was moving and tell her tough luck she can always move.

 

[daza]

When my Daughter was bullied at school I would invite the bully round for tea. They couldn't tell their Mum why they didn't want to come and had to be on their best behaviour while they were round in case they were caught being a bully. It worked every time. :huggles: Don't know if you could apply the same thing here and invite them round for a chat about the problem, show them around and ask their opinion. Make sure you have some really cute dogs in though.

If that fails........maybe that stocking after all

 

[rach125]

Weve tried asking her if she would like to take a dog out for a walk sometime but that seemed to be a red rag to a bull! we have tried shouting back but that dont work, nothing seems to! She even collared one of our volunteers in a supermarket which was a scary and humiliating thing for her. What should i write to the council do you think?

 

[hely]

what she is doing is unreasonable behavour, tell them everything that has happened, including that when she moved there she knew the situation, make sure you get everyone that has been on the recieving end of her tantrums and aggressive behavour to back you up and write down what has happened to them and tell them its making yours and everyone elses lives that works there a misery..you are all worried about it and the dogs are picking up on it, and its just making matters worse!

milk it for all you can, from experience the more evidence you have the better :thumbsup:

and in the meantime, dont speak or even look at her, dont give her anything to complain about you all(hard i know)

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[kris]

if you belive she is being a public pain in the arse, yes contact your local council, whenever anything happens record it and take a photo for evidence, has anyone tried talking to her???has she threatened anyone?

we are having problems with our neigbours and are doing all the things i have suggested!

im shocked the police are taking no action :rant:

if she is threatening violence, they have to do some thing about it, i was threatened out in the street by the woman next door and the police wanted to take action against her (we said not yet)!!!

it is a criminal act to swear or use intimidating or threatening behaviour to another person!

i would def  take it further, good luck, and keep us informed :luck:

(if this fails, put a stocking over your face and give her what for :- " )

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You could set a dog on her? Im only messing.

Be blunt tell her its her own fault she knew where she was moving and tell her tough luck she can always move.

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much as this is a tempting thing to do it wont work.mainly cos i know of kennels that have been a family run business for years and new people moved in as nearest neighbours and had them shut down!so i wouldnt go down this road,saying we were here first doesnt work anymore.she could take the kennels to court for nusisance ie barking etc and believe me shed probably win as enviromental health would be out like a shot with their sound recording equipment.id try to get as much evidence as possible that she is causing a lot of the problems cos if it carries on and she does make an official complaint then be prepared for a long costly legal battle .the law is very much on the side of a neighbour complaining about noise,smell,nuisance etc etc.

 

[rach125]

so kris, do you think i shouldn't write to the council, but just sit tight and wait to see if it progresses? we have a tape recording of her playing the radios full blast and shoutng obsenities, and theres one bark through out the 15 min recording or maybe this isn't enough.? im goin up today so i will take my camera, as the manager has rang me up and said this morning he was walking down the road and she pulled up and got out of the car shouting things at him but he walked away. Its quite frightening for him as he has 3 young sons and he worries that the next thing could be smashing his windows etc

 

[Lolcoe]

Which council is this?

At this moment in time im dealing with 11 noise nuisances (dogs) and after many hours of monitoring we can usually justify whether a complaint is sincere. A few turn out to be neighbour disputes and we can see straight through them and basically close the case or forward on to the police. Noise monitoring equipment isn't readily available in most councils as it is so expensive a council will only own a couple of units. I've ordered it for a resident today and it's not available until mid November!!

It's an individuals interpretation as to what constitutes a nuisance, i mean as a dog owner and dog warden i am used to dog barking and i kind of 'switch off' but to a neighbour who is listening out for it it will seem worse. Of course the law stipulates that you have a right of enjoyment in your own property but i think any legal dept will look at both sides before any enforcement.

If the person has filed a complaint with the council you won't be able to be monitored until you have been told you are going to be monitored. Then i would write to the council explaining what you have explained in this post.

I hope this helps.

 

[midlanderkeith]

if you belive she is being a public pain in the arse, yes contact your local council, whenever anything happens record it and take a photo for evidence, has anyone tried talking to her???has she threatened anyone?

we are having problems with our neigbours and are doing all the things i have suggested!

im shocked the police are taking no action :rant:

if she is threatening violence, they have to do some thing about it, i was threatened out in the street by the woman next door and the police wanted to take action against her (we said not yet)!!!

it is a criminal act to swear or use intimidating or threatening behaviour to another person!

i would def  take it further, good luck, and keep us informed :luck:

(if this fails, put a stocking over your face and give her what for :- " )

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why dont you pop down, no stocking needed :lol:

keith :cheers:

 

[*Caz*]

How awful for you all

sounds like that womans got a few screws loose :rant: :rant:

 

[kris]

so kris, do you think i shouldn't write to the council, but just sit tight and wait to see if it progresses? we have a tape recording of her playing the radios full blast and shoutng obsenities, and theres one bark through out the 15 min recording or maybe this isn't enough.? im goin up today so i will take my camera, as the manager has rang me up and said this morning he was walking down the road and she pulled up and got out of the car shouting things at him but he walked away.  Its quite frightening for him as he has 3 young sons and he worries that the next thing could be smashing his windows etc

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i think if you explained to the officers who will deal with this exactly whats going on they should be sympathetic.the law always asks what a 'reasonable person' would think in a given situation and they use this as a guidline.probably if you get your complaint in first theyll see it for what it is a nuisance but she hasnt really got anyhting to complain about.our council do noise monitoring and they must have the equipment cos they do it pretty quickly! :- " with noise they do take into account background noise so for example if the noise of traffic in the area is worse than the noise of the dogs theyll not proceed

 

[beaker]

get some 'yoofs' to sit outside her house with very loud, basey, dance music pounding out of theirs cars... it would take her mind offa the dogs :thumbsup:

 

[hely]

if you belive she is being a public pain in the arse, yes contact your local council, whenever anything happens record it and take a photo for evidence, has anyone tried talking to her???has she threatened anyone?

we are having problems with our neigbours and are doing all the things i have suggested!

im shocked the police are taking no action :rant:

if she is threatening violence, they have to do some thing about it, i was threatened out in the street by the woman next door and the police wanted to take action against her (we said not yet)!!!

it is a criminal act to swear or use intimidating or threatening behaviour to another person!

i would def  take it further, good luck, and keep us informed :luck:

(if this fails, put a stocking over your face and give her what for :- " )

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why dont you pop down, no stocking needed :lol:

keith :cheers:

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KEITH....your getting a bit big for your boots my dear :- "

 

[foxway]

if you belive she is being a public pain in the arse, yes contact your local council, whenever anything happens record it and take a photo for evidence, has anyone tried talking to her???has she threatened anyone?

we are having problems with our neigbours and are doing all the things i have suggested!

im shocked the police are taking no action :rant:

if she is threatening violence, they have to do some thing about it, i was threatened out in the street by the woman next door and the police wanted to take action against her (we said not yet)!!!

it is a criminal act to swear or use intimidating or threatening behaviour to another person!

i would def  take it further, good luck, and keep us informed :luck:

(if this fails, put a stocking over your face and give her what for :- " )

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why dont you pop down, no stocking needed :lol:

keith :cheers:

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KEITH....your getting a bit big for your boots my dear :- "

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Not like this is going to help! but just thought id tell you wen i was little we had a lady named mary in our village she was nuts we named her mad mary! she used to chase anyone who went near her house she used to chase me and my friends with knives if we walked our dogs down the shared pathway. She got alot of complaints and eventually got put in a insitution. Perhaps your get lucky too! unless its mad mary and she has escaped!

good luck with all of it though it must be frigtening for you lot walking ya dogs. we have kennels and our dogs prob bark like for 10mins in 24hours and its only really wen people go round the back so they are just doing there job some people really dont have anything better to do than moan and whine perhaps she was a cat in a previous life lol :thumbsup: