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Guy Gets Bulldog To Keep Kids Away From Using His Pool Without Permission, Plan Works Beautifully
Interview With Expert
Everyone knows that if a kid is determined to do something, they’re going to do it regardless of whether you approve of it or not. As much as having a curious and independent spirit is important, it can sometimes cause problems. This happened to a poster who asked for advice on dealing with kids who kept messing up their yard.
This plea for help received many responses, but the best one was from a man who had dealt with a similar problem in the most creative way. People mainly loved his story because he got help from Kronos.
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Imagine going for a swim in your own pool only to find a bunch of strangers already enjoying themselves in it
Image credits: Max Vakhtbovycn / Pexels (not the actual photo)
The man told readers that he had bought a new house with a pool, and one day, he found random kids already swimming in it, so when they were done, he told them it was off-limits
Image credits: Oleksandr P / Pexels (not the actual photo)
The same thing happened again a couple of days later, even though he had told the children not to use his pool, so he decided to get a furry companion that would scare them away
Image credits: Amar Preciado / Pexels (not the actual photo)
He got an English bulldog and named him Kronos, and when the kids saw the dog, they were too afraid to use the pool anymore
Image credits: Poundhph
The man shared a picture to help folks understand what Kronos looked like, and he also said that he liked kids but didn’t want them swimming in his pool due to liability issues
Image credits: Poundhph
The best part is that the guy even told the children that they could use his pool once in a while, but only if they asked their parents to supervise them
After moving into a new place, you really want to just enjoy yourself and everything that comes with it. This poster just wanted to swim in his pool, but he couldn’t do that because the neighborhood kids had already taken over it without asking. Even after he warned them not to, they still came back to swim in it.
To get an expert’s perspective on situations like this, Bored Panda reached out to Camilla Miller. She is the mum of two teenagers, an award-winning blogger, author, and parenting coach dedicated to helping families understand their children and bring out the best in them.
Camilla offers expert online coaching to empower parents with effective strategies for nurturing positive behavior and building strong relationships. She told us that children don’t insist on testing boundaries as much as they act based on what they know. If a child has never encountered a firm boundary before, they simply haven’t had the chance to develop the skills needed to navigate it.”
“Testing boundaries, then, isn’t about pushing limits on purpose; it’s about learning how to adapt to the expectations and needs of others. Understanding this shifts our perspective. Instead of seeing boundary-testing as defiance, we can see it as an opportunity to coach our children in essential life skills.”
The OP understood that and realized that the children merely wanted to have fun, so he had no anger toward them. His main concern was that he didn’t want anyone to get hurt and then be held liable for that. He was also worried that one of the kids might pee in the pool, which he definitely didn’t want to happen.
Image credits: wirestock / Freepik (not the actual photo)
The poster’s clever idea was to get a guard dog who would also be his beloved companion. This would scare the kids away and also ensure he had the pool to himself. This idea worked superbly, and the children were too afraid to even go to the pool because of the bulldog. This is a fun way of setting a boundary without being mean-spirited or criticizing the kids.
Camilla Miller also explained that “most parents see boundaries as a way to stop their child’s behavior, often relying on consequences and punishments to keep them in line. But this approach often backfires, leading to power struggles and pushback, and fails to teach skills. Our true goal is to teach kids how to respect others’ boundaries while finding creative solutions to meet their own needs.”
She shared a few examples of effective boundary-setting with children, such as:
- “Instead of ‘Stop running in the house,’ say, ‘You can run outside or jump on this cushion.’
- Instead of ‘Stop yelling,’ say, ‘You can use a loud voice outside or in your room.’
- Instead of ‘Don’t grab that,’ say, ‘You can ask for a turn or choose something else to play with.’
This way, kids learn that boundaries aren’t about shutting them down. They’re about respecting others’ boundaries while still pursuing their own wants: a skill they’ll use for life.”
This happened to the poster more than 40 years ago, and it’s wonderful to see that even after so many years, people absolutely love his creative idea. What clever way would you have used to keep the kids out of your yard?
Folks were amused by the guy’s awesome idea as well as his dog’s cool name
What do you think ?
George Costanza 1 month ago
WTF is with all the weird neighbors thinking they can just use someone else's pool? I had no idea this was a thing but there's posts all the time on here about it. Can't imagine the entitled idiots that believe this.
brandyy17 1 month ago
its not just kids. wen i was in high school my parents got a really nice hot tub. one of those super expensive ones with all the fancy settings. my grandparents had a pool and i saw them every weekend so no need for a pool of our own. one night during the week i heard a woman and man giggling. the sound was coming from the backyard. i woke up my parents and we all went outside and there was my neighbors. a couple in their mid 50s in our hot tub with the lights set to pink and drinking wine and the closed wine bottle just floating our the hot tub due to the bubbles. my parents flipped out bc they noticed some wine had already been spilt into the water. there was wine on our outdoor couch cushions. its like they were having a date in our backyard. we ended up doing wat this guy did just it wasnt our dog. my other neighbors dog perfered outside to inside and guards every from the house to rabbit holes. super sweet and wouldnt hurt a fly. most adorable rotty ever. we explained wat was going on and my other neighbor took away part of his fence. wenever the rotty heard the rude neighbors come into our yard hed come running. the thing is i had a tiny cockapoo that my neighbors dog adored. hed sometimes jump the fence to play with my dog so we knew the dog would help us out. it worked perfectly. we also had rude neighbors pay for the wine stain removal from the couch cushions and the damages done due to them pouring wine into the water in the hot tube. our hot tub had a very specific water treatment so adding wine can basically destory it. so $1k in stain removal and $5k in hot tub repairs. after all that they tried coming back multiple times without wine but the adorable rotty wouldnt let them. it took them a year to give up. they knew we didnt have a rottweiler so they had no idea where it was coming from. wen they finally learned is wen they gave up. that wasnt our only problem with them either. we had to put a fence up. my dog never left the property but the rude neighbors dogs did. theyd come into our yard like it was their own personal bathroom. they got mad wen we added the fence. they also got mad wen we called the town asking if their chicken coupe was legal cuz they hate a damn rooster that would wake us up at the crack of dawn. it wasnt legal and they had to get rid of it and the chickens. it was self built and the town didnt kno. they also tried killing the wildlife in our backyard from an upstairs window in their house like it was a hunting trip. we loved our wildlife backyard it was like living on a nature reserve. one day he finally shot a deer. he had the nerve to tresspass to "claim his prize". he ended up arrested bc me, my dog and my nice neighbors dog were in the backyard not far from the deer and he was using buck shots. my nice neighbors dog did get grazed on his back leg otherwise we were fine. but ya got arrested bc he endangered a childs life by reckless gun use. both my parents and neighbor pressed charges. his wife ended up slapped with vet bills from my nice neighbor. in the end his wife left him and moved away and bc he was in prison his house ended up in forclosure due to no payments being made. adults tresspass too is my point. child or adult its ur property and ur liable.
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SheamusFanFrom1987 1 month ago (edited)
Apparently OP's name is John (per one of the messages there) and doggo's name was Kronos. I see a connection here (google John Kronus XP). Either way, great for OP to have Kronos as a deterrent for those rude trespassers. He would've been in trouble if anything happened to them on his property.
Traveling Lady Railfan 1 month ago
Although getting the dog was a solution to his problem, it really sounded like he had a lot of love and a lot of fun with the dog in his life and that's great. I hope that Kronos had a good long life with him
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Janelle Collard 1 month ago
Is it just me or have entitled people multiplied radically in recent years? Use a strangers pool, *demand* you switch seats with them (plane, bus, train, etc.), *insist* they get ahead of you in line, etc. If someone would do something like this to me I'd start yelling, "What? I can't hear you! What did you say? You want me to milk your dog?" or other such nonsense. 😁
Angela C 1 month ago
Society became way too individualistic and now everyone thinks they're the main character. And despite what some may think, it's not exclusively a young person thing or an old person thing. It's a universal issue at this point. Individualism isn't inherently bad, but we've taken it way too far in recent years
Load More Replies... George Costanza 1 month ago
WTF is with all the weird neighbors thinking they can just use someone else's pool? I had no idea this was a thing but there's posts all the time on here about it. Can't imagine the entitled idiots that believe this.
brandyy17 1 month ago
its not just kids. wen i was in high school my parents got a really nice hot tub. one of those super expensive ones with all the fancy settings. my grandparents had a pool and i saw them every weekend so no need for a pool of our own. one night during the week i heard a woman and man giggling. the sound was coming from the backyard. i woke up my parents and we all went outside and there was my neighbors. a couple in their mid 50s in our hot tub with the lights set to pink and drinking wine and the closed wine bottle just floating our the hot tub due to the bubbles. my parents flipped out bc they noticed some wine had already been spilt into the water. there was wine on our outdoor couch cushions. its like they were having a date in our backyard. we ended up doing wat this guy did just it wasnt our dog. my other neighbors dog perfered outside to inside and guards every from the house to rabbit holes. super sweet and wouldnt hurt a fly. most adorable rotty ever. we explained wat was going on and my other neighbor took away part of his fence. wenever the rotty heard the rude neighbors come into our yard hed come running. the thing is i had a tiny cockapoo that my neighbors dog adored. hed sometimes jump the fence to play with my dog so we knew the dog would help us out. it worked perfectly. we also had rude neighbors pay for the wine stain removal from the couch cushions and the damages done due to them pouring wine into the water in the hot tube. our hot tub had a very specific water treatment so adding wine can basically destory it. so $1k in stain removal and $5k in hot tub repairs. after all that they tried coming back multiple times without wine but the adorable rotty wouldnt let them. it took them a year to give up. they knew we didnt have a rottweiler so they had no idea where it was coming from. wen they finally learned is wen they gave up. that wasnt our only problem with them either. we had to put a fence up. my dog never left the property but the rude neighbors dogs did. theyd come into our yard like it was their own personal bathroom. they got mad wen we added the fence. they also got mad wen we called the town asking if their chicken coupe was legal cuz they hate a damn rooster that would wake us up at the crack of dawn. it wasnt legal and they had to get rid of it and the chickens. it was self built and the town didnt kno. they also tried killing the wildlife in our backyard from an upstairs window in their house like it was a hunting trip. we loved our wildlife backyard it was like living on a nature reserve. one day he finally shot a deer. he had the nerve to tresspass to "claim his prize". he ended up arrested bc me, my dog and my nice neighbors dog were in the backyard not far from the deer and he was using buck shots. my nice neighbors dog did get grazed on his back leg otherwise we were fine. but ya got arrested bc he endangered a childs life by reckless gun use. both my parents and neighbor pressed charges. his wife ended up slapped with vet bills from my nice neighbor. in the end his wife left him and moved away and bc he was in prison his house ended up in forclosure due to no payments being made. adults tresspass too is my point. child or adult its ur property and ur liable.
Load More Replies... SheamusFanFrom1987 1 month ago (edited)
Apparently OP's name is John (per one of the messages there) and doggo's name was Kronos. I see a connection here (google John Kronus XP). Either way, great for OP to have Kronos as a deterrent for those rude trespassers. He would've been in trouble if anything happened to them on his property.
Traveling Lady Railfan 1 month ago
Although getting the dog was a solution to his problem, it really sounded like he had a lot of love and a lot of fun with the dog in his life and that's great. I hope that Kronos had a good long life with him
Load More Replies... Janelle Collard 1 month ago
Is it just me or have entitled people multiplied radically in recent years? Use a strangers pool, *demand* you switch seats with them (plane, bus, train, etc.), *insist* they get ahead of you in line, etc. If someone would do something like this to me I'd start yelling, "What? I can't hear you! What did you say? You want me to milk your dog?" or other such nonsense. 😁
Angela C 1 month ago
Society became way too individualistic and now everyone thinks they're the main character. And despite what some may think, it's not exclusively a young person thing or an old person thing. It's a universal issue at this point. Individualism isn't inherently bad, but we've taken it way too far in recent years
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