I think that this is a pretty open and shut case of someone being an Arsehole.

My goodness, it's like my neighbors. They told us to keep our cats inside so their dogs won't eat them (nbd, they're inside cats anyway), but they let their dogs roam free around the neighborhood. They've already gotten in our garage, stolen our stuff, and eaten our chickens. Our neighbors return the junk and toss the dying chickens back over the chickens' fence to fend for themselves without telling us they were attacked in the first place. Next time the dog eats our chickens, I will be out there with a rifle. It's been going on too long; we've lost three chickens already.

1. Train your dog. 2. Get a fence. 3. Google asshole. Google inconsiderate. They should have similarities.

I have two barking dogs. Out of 6, so not bad! But these two are rescues and they are very anxious and have a history I can only guess by the scars they had when we got them. They bark at everything and training we've done for their anxiety has given them, and us, tools to calm them. They still bark a lot. And we still calm them. Because of this and because we live in a national forest and it isn't quite safe, we don't put them out alone and we take them in if they cannot be calmed. We don't have a lot of neighbors but one of them has 4 kids there about half of the time. If Sally and Dr. Finkelstein can't be calmed and soothed when they are playing outside, then we take them inside. It's not hard.

YTA, this dog is in an adjustment period and needs to get used to the sound of the kids next door. Having said that maybe the kids could be a little quieter? Or, thendog and kids could meet on the street (dog on lead) and the kids could give it treats so that it associates their voices with positive things? One great thing my dad taught me was if there's a protective barking dog you have to pass by often or live next to, don't yell at it and don't make loud noises. Just talk to it calmly and go about you business. My neighbours adopted a dog who would go bananas everytime I went outside my back door, so I started talking to her. It took about a month but now she just gives one woof, I say hello, and she's quiet.

Is this a joke? Someone can’t actually be that stupid and entitled!

Build a fence and get training, Mrs entitled

We are in such an entitlement epidemic that stuff like this keeps happening more and more. Too many people out there thinks they're the only ones that matter. It's a shame there's no vaccine for that.

My old neighbors dogs barked all the time I just tuned it out. After having my daughter I got really good at tuning out and having a lot of patience.

Secret sauce, children are PEOPLE, dogs are possessions without the inherit rights of personhood... Do not try to level that field, it is unconscionable - dogs simply are not children.

Wow! You think your dog is more important than children?!? Try training him, or take him to a trainer! Think really pisses me off! He's an animal for crying out loud! Get a clue both of you!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, one more thing: when my mother bought an Anatolian to guard her goats, she insisted that no training was necessary because human interference would weaken the dog's bond with his herd. But doggie was bored, very bored. One day, the neighbor's 4-year-old came down the street on her bicycle. Doggo jumped the fence like a gazelle and went after the kid who ran toward me for help. A flash of intuition prompted me to shout, ''NO!!!'' , whereupon the dog sat, cocked his head and gave me this look, ''What now, master?'' . Thank god, he had been trained by a previous owner!!! A week later, he attacked and ate one of Mom's prize goats and she gave Doggo to the owner of a used car lot, bought another dog and cried her eyes out when he got hit by a car while wandering down the range. People, if i can train my cat to understand the meaning of ''No'', do the same for your dog. That Pitbull might very well start seeing the neighbors kids a menace (they upset you, right?) and attack them.

Ridiculous. My neighbour had dogs that barked whenever we went out in the garden. The owner would bring them inside whenever we were in a garden, without being asked, because she was a good neighbour. Unlike this entitled asshat.

Looks like dog and the owner aren't into the world yet. Sometimes before asking neighbours it's worth reversing the roles and ask themselves the se question to see if it sounds reasonable.

made a good fence, if you are affraind he would jum over, then mabye for this certain time put him on long rope or chain... After some time, the dog should get use to those kids and start to ignore them.

I thought it was the dog owners' yard & the children were intruding on it

michigan man? my dad moved us up....back to michigan...oscoda. 1965, early spring. i joined kindergarten when we got up there. there were three houses...all of them, including ours, rentals. pry...a hundred yards back...off of US 23. that's a two lane federal highway, and back then, the speed limit was 65mph. the bus would pull off on the shoulder. lake huron side, the bus door was. so you get off...walk to the double yellow line...look up...and if she was right, she'd wave you across.

My dog is spoiled, This is just human entitlement. Get a long line and train your dog (it isn't that difficult)

Reached 'their kids have every right" and "you have a duty to train" and stopped. That's it. In today's terms it's about all sides reconciliating the conflicting and mostly unfounded entitlement feelings. Too many people confident having network connection and being connected via social networks replaces the brain.

Best bet would be to ask the kids to use them to help you train the dog

This is not a hard fix. I’m referring to the dog not the people they are a hard fix

Wait...this dog isn't spoiled, he's neglected. All dogs are genetically programmed to play ''follow the leader'' because they're pack animals. So you're not providing your pet with exercise by letting him run around the yard. Very SMALL dogs require two half-hour walks per day; large, active animals need up to three hours. If your dog isn,t following you, recognizing you as the one who is in control, he will, albeit reluctantly, try to take control on his own. Disaster will ensue. Please read Cesar Millan,s excellent book on the subject and get a dog trainer. You don't know what to do on your own or you wouldn,t be in this situation.

OP needs to think about how it would feel for it to be the other way around.

It is very important that you make amends with your neighbor. They might end up being your best friends, or your worst enemy. You must choose which. As for your dog, there are a plethora of choices to make his outside experience good, and it is all up to you to figure out how.

ok i can understand both sides. however im siding with the neighbors. the OP just wants her dog to enjoy its first time having a yard and the kids r causing it to freak out and bark i understand that. the thing is u can train a dog to not bark at everything also even playing with the dog will distract it and it will b much happier then u just letting it out to run around. not to mention ur neighbors have lived there lomger then u so even the childish route aka we were here first makes sense. i love dogs id want mine to enjoy a yard for the first time too. my dog barks all the time only reason we put her inside is if shes barking wen our neighbor is outside with their baby. she scares the baby and we dont want the kid to grow up thinking theres a scary dog next door. turns out they felt bad about my dog having to go in and play with their baby in the front yard so our dog is free to run around wenever. they even give us a heads up wen they r having company and having a backyard party. they also tell their guests about our dog and that she may bark loud but shes harmless. flat out telling ur neighbors to control their kids for ur dog is wrong. our neighbors kno our dog is skiddish and doesnt like strangers on or near the property they had a dog just like that before they moved next door to us. my dog will bark wen they have their parties but she stops once she realizes they arent coming here so as long as we kno that she doesnt annoy them its fine. if she does they tell us and we put her inside its not a big deal. i dont understand y this woman cares so much about her dog barking its part of who they r and if the neighbor didnt complain then she shouldve never said anything in the first place. it just sounds like shes annoyed by the dogs barking. dogs bark get over it. or dont get a dog if u dont like the barking. a dog not barking is scary they express themselves with sounds tail wags and ear movements

This is just... wow.

Despite what Frost says, in this case good fences do make good neighbors. Ms. Entitled should consider being a good neighbor.

DISAGREE. If it is an agreed upon 30 minutes, same time, every day PLUS dog training. Neighbors ATA for not willing to agree to a reasonable compromise that would benefit both in the long term future.

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What is the obsession with neighbor disputes?

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team dog!