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We just moved into our new home. Two out of five neighbors in our gated community have dogs. The neighbors right next to us have a great Dane, the others a lab. Both are cute & totally docile. How do I know? They like to hang out at our place.
Per the HOA standards and other restrictions (we have to ask historic monuments for any changes), we can't have higher fences inside our walled area.
I love dogs, but both keep stealing stuff from my kids.
I also had everything set up to get chickens, but abandoned the project because I'm pretty sure they're at risk - wanted to let them free range inside our fenced yard. Same goes for guinea pigs/bunnies... just afraid I might have to leave them suddenly while in the outside area (have a toddler and a baby, so this happens all the time..).
Anyone ideas how this could work? What can I expect the owners to do? What's realistic?
Fyi: lab people have been here for 45 years (both around 75+ y o, very sweet people), Dane people for about 15 years (both around 50, bit arrogant), so I get that we are new and they are used to just letting their dogs roam. When the lab stole a big (pricy ...) toy horse from my 3 y o while she was playing on the terrace, they found it funny, but leashed him for a day... but this was temporary and I also don't think this an appropriate treatment for a dog/doesn't make any sense education wise...
My RL dog enthusiast friends just laugh and find it funny and think I should get a dog myself and work with the other dogs so they get along. No small critters / potential prey, though...
Per the HOA standards and other restrictions (we have to ask historic monuments for any changes), we can't have higher fences inside our walled area.
I love dogs, but both keep stealing stuff from my kids.
I also had everything set up to get chickens, but abandoned the project because I'm pretty sure they're at risk - wanted to let them free range inside our fenced yard. Same goes for guinea pigs/bunnies... just afraid I might have to leave them suddenly while in the outside area (have a toddler and a baby, so this happens all the time..).
Anyone ideas how this could work? What can I expect the owners to do? What's realistic?
Fyi: lab people have been here for 45 years (both around 75+ y o, very sweet people), Dane people for about 15 years (both around 50, bit arrogant), so I get that we are new and they are used to just letting their dogs roam. When the lab stole a big (pricy ...) toy horse from my 3 y o while she was playing on the terrace, they found it funny, but leashed him for a day... but this was temporary and I also don't think this an appropriate treatment for a dog/doesn't make any sense education wise...
My RL dog enthusiast friends just laugh and find it funny and think I should get a dog myself and work with the other dogs so they get along. No small critters / potential prey, though...