I have a kitty with an injury. Neighbors dog did it. She apparently goes to visit one of the roommates who gives her pets. Someone asked if I was going to sue. 1. My cat, their yard. So no 2. Even if, why Would I do something to someone’s dog who was clearly projecting them on their own property? The dog could be put to sleep. That’s over board. I don’t understand why ppl feel the need to police others yards, animals, or lives.

My boss lives alone in her house in a nice neighborhood. She babysits her sons dogs from time to time. The dogs are fairly calm and only go outside on a leash as her yard is not fenced. The neighborhood boys have taken to entering her yard and crossing through her backyard which drives the dog nuts as they start madly barking. She's asked them to stay off her property and why. The response was her neighbor from across the street yelling at her from his yard that his kids are allowed to go anywhere they please. She said there are "No trespassing" signs posted and if they entered her yard again, police will be called. She even had cameras set up by a friend who is a sheriffs deputy. Since they saw his patrol car in her driveway..not a single sign of the boys crossing. Post "No Trespassing" signs and set up cameras. That will get neighbor lady to back off.

NTA. No way in hell I would let my kids play in someone elses yard uninvited, let alone expect them to have that right. He should have turned around and said, "Oh I am so glad you bought this up because I am all for socialising private spaces, you know. I mean just the other day I was thinking that I might invite all the lads over to your place for a BBQ, because you have such a nice big BBQ and my friends like to cook BBQ. Wow. Amazing that I have found a community that shares my communist values."

I honestly thought it was a communal area at first until I read further. What a rude, entitled woman! I guess while her kids are playing on your lawn she gets a break, plus if they are injured you would be liable. I would seriously consider buying locks, no trespassing signs and a security camera for your property. Good luck and I hope you can resolve the issue. I may also consider writing a letter explaining your side of the story and giving copies to your neighbours as you don't know what rumours she's spreading.

I can undestand if she asked that because the previous owner let the children play. But if he said no, you have absolutely no right to continue with other argues. What if he asked about using the others garden as his dogs parks? You could ask it, but you have no right over other people propriety, unless they make something illegal or really irrespectful ( using your own garden for your own dogs is not in the list). Now, if I was the dogs' owner I would be very careful and put some cameras in my garden. I'm quite worried about the neighbours putting poisoned bait in the garden in order to kill the dogs. Maybe I'm too much diffident, but it is better to prevent.

OK, it's your lawn and it's fenced in and they let their kids play there? Aside from this being rude, what about liability? If a kid gets hurt in YOUR yard, would you be responsible? They have no business being on your property, especially without your consent.

It's disgusting that some people actually are like this and would spread sh*tty rumors about someone else just because they can't have their way. Parents like those should be sent to the pound and be put down. Sorry about the negativity, but this just pis*ses me off since it's uncocivable how many as*holes live on this planet. How the hell do they even come to be? Spoiled sh*theads.

I think he should use something to record voice, and go talk to her about it again. And then save it. And definitely get security cameras (good idea anyway...bonus if they feed to a phone when ever he checks remotely)

It's your property so you can do with it as you please .. And strangers playing in your garden well they are trespassers

This guy is NTA. He was considerate enough to fence in his yard so his dogs don’t go on other people’s properties. This woman can do the same for her kids. Now, had she come to his door to welcome him to the neighborhood, and nicely ASKED him if her kids could run through his yard when playing, he may have suggested first setting up a closely supervised meeting between his kids and the dogs—-who just might get to like each other, meaning the kids could become neighborhood dog walkers——thereby eliminating both the fear of the dogs and the request to keep the dogs inside. But to basically order him to keep his dogs inside so her kids could trespass on his property, then to badmouth him all over the neighborhood when he said no, indicates an insane level of entitlement. Who knows if she practiced the same kind of emotional blackmail on the neighbors, to force them to allow her kids on their yards? F*****g psycho. There’s always one in the neighborhood, though they’re usually the HOA “Enforcer”.

If my parents ever found me on someone's property I would have been in big trouble. What an entitled wench, she shouldn't be allowed to have kids because they are going to grow up just as entitled. gross.

Why would anyone let their child play in the garden of a stranger? STRANGER DANGER? This man might be wonderful, but still why would anyone think that's ok?

A new type of Karen! Let me talk to your supervisor! People beware! We are not entitled to everything!!!

The parents allowing the kids to play there, and expecting a new neighbor to be okay ----- Identical to my first two years in my current home. The previous owner didn't even take care of the yard, so if the fence was damaged/gate removed/etc. that was "normal". The place was a sh*thole in that respect. I spent two years telling people, and their kids, "Stay off my property." And I was the a-hole as far as everyone was concerned. I had dogs ripping up stuff, trash dumped, you name it, and even tho' we joined the HOA we were told "Well, people are used to it." Yes, but that doesn't make it okay. Of course, IATA. Even tho' the kids didn't ask, the parents didn't ask, etc.

The Dr. is absolutely within his rights. His property, his choice.

Just stop picking up dog s**t in your yard for a while, and let the kids slip and slide in that. I imagine it won't take long before they won't want to play there anymore.

What the hell did I just read?

Maybe one to transfer to the "Not familiar in the UK, but normal in the US" post because I had to double-check. HOAs sound a little power crazy.

Mother can buy a bigger property with a large yard instead of free loading on some one else

This is insane. This woman expects the OP to keep his dogs inside (even though he moved so they could be outside) so that her kids can play in HIS yard, which is FENCED IN.

I'd put up cameras first off. Then casually write a letter an send to the people in the area giving the stink eye. Maybe explain her issues. And you're new home is yours. Not a community park. And also if that fails I'd lounge in a chair w the dogs on the front lawn an smile at everyone for a whole week. Just to make them more uncomfortable. This will be a long battle by a Karen demanding entitlement.

OP needs to print out this post and all the comments and give it to the presumptuous parent who thinks her kids have a right to play in his fenced lawn that he bought specifically for his dogs. Sheesh! Some people!

THIS is what he should've done: "OH! Okay, sorry, sure! I'll keep them in all day, no prob!" Then, go talk to your other neighbors about the situation, tell them what she said, be friendly and explain about your dogs and that they'll be out. Then just leave them in the yard anyway, leaving that crazy lady to stew in her own entitled juices while she sees your dogs out. She'll go talk to the neighbors and they'll already know what's up! Problem solved!

I also wouldn't trust that lady or anyone else in general but in particular all the neighbors that sided with her enough to leave my dogs out alone. It's bullshit and sad that it is like that but people are horrible. Especially those people who feel their spawn are entitled to anything they want and could care less about you and yours. I don't trust people with my kids or animals to begin with but someone like her NO WAY.

Its not his problem if dogs are afraid of fcking retrievers. Build a fence around it

It's a also questions of legal responsibilities and home insurance. If something happens to those kids while they're playing on someone else's property, who's responsible? Depending on what happens, the owner of the property may not be legally responsible, that owner could still end up with an increase to their home insurance. Basing that on the example of: It's winter. You're having people over for dinner. Everyone has a lot to drink. The weather turns icy during the evening. By the time your now inebriated guests leave to get their taxis (because they're responsible folks), your front walkway is ice covered. Someone slips, fall, breaks an ankle. Who's responsible? You, the home owner.

Years and years ago when I was in second grade, I was a tiny skinny little girl walking to my house after the bus dropped me off from school when the neighbor’s enormous dogs started barking like crazy and then they came racing toward me. I LOST it. I was terrified of dogs at the time and when the two huge dogs came at me, even though they were probably excited, it was terrifying and I lost it, just screaming for my mom, but the dogs’ owner didn’t even run for them, he just stood on his lawn and lazily called out “hey, come back” to NO effect, while the dogs kept coming. One slammed its paws into my chest and I snapped out of it and just ran like the wind to the door. My mom came out and she fended the dogs off but the owner actually didn’t even say or do ANYTHING. He just stood there watching me cry in terror and then just went inside his house. I know this has absolutely nothing to do with this article, where the dog owner has no wrong, but for some reason it reminded me of this sry.

Well I'd like it that when this site tells me I have a reply to my comment and I click on it, it takes me to the comment and not the top of the page expecting me to go through about 500 comments to find my own. Both aren't happening are they? Also I think he'd like to play with his claymores in her yard see what she thinks about it

Wait. Guy moves into a house and the neighbour tells HIM to keep HIS dogs inside so that HER kids may play on HIS lawn? WTF?? Even to ask the question AITA is preposterous! She needs to be told that her damn kids have no business on his property

HOA could argue for a right of way or easement so send a dated letter to them immediately stating that your property is 'No Trespassing' and post 'Beware of Dog' and 'No Trespassing' signs to protect yourself. It sucks but legally if someone is hurt on your property you're at fault. Do not engage with aggressive neighbours, tell them to write you a letter and that a lawyer will be keeping a copy.

people call the COPS on our dogs all the time--because they're 'barking'.......our dogs are not the only dogs in the neighborhood, how do you know ours are barking. Also don't call the freaking police! call the owners! they can do something about it a lot faster than the police!

Fence your yard and tell them to f-off

Karens of the world, Karm is watching. How utterly ridiculous of this woman demanding anything from a private homeowner when the animals are cared for and loved. Take your children to a public park,, Goofy!

No way are you the ass! It’s is your property that you are paying for, and she has no say over what you do with it. You bought a house with a very nice yard just for the dogs, so the dogs should have that yard. And I know I would be mad if some kids I don’t even know started running around my yard.

Install cameras ASAP please. People crazy enough to let their children use a private yard as theirs own can be crazy to try something against your dogs.

I don't even let my kids step on someone's lawn when we're out for a walk, let alone play uninvited in someon's yard. I think most people consider this to be the proper way to behave and how to teach children respect for the property of others. That woman would be the first to sue if her kid tripped over a rock and scraped their knee on someone else's lawn.

I don't care one way or the other about what the man does, me not knowing him, so have no investment in his life. I do find it stupid, however, that someone in the comments above--the ones directly to him---called the DOGS "doggies," as if the commenter is some babyish 3 y.o who can't quite put their words together correctly. If you're going to respond to adults on this forum, please use adult words. "Doggie" and "kitty" are for toddlers just learning to talk, not for full grown, supposedly mature ADULTS, who should know to refer to the animals---they are ONLY ANIMALS, nothing more!---as either dogs or cats. Birds, too, are birds, not "birbs," nor "birdies," and none of them, no matter the animal or bird, is your 'baby,' fur or otherwise! You did not give birth to the animals, so please call them what they are when on a public forum, not what you wish they would be! What you call them in your own home is yours to bear, but not on here.

Time to go to the town council or HOA meeting. Explain who you are, why you brought that house. That they should not listen to rumors spread by rude neighbors. And especially Why you don’t want the kids in/on your property due to liability.

Silly man. Simply call the police & file a criminal harrassment complaint. Call your lawyer & have him(her) send an (open) cease & decist demand for the defamation. People will take sides, she might escalate ... but ultimately she will move.

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