Hi Peeps,
Just a bit of advice really as we are at the end of our tether here.

Next door we get along with, nice polite people. Now the woman lives there with her eldest son, Ron. They are currently looking after a very highly boistrous Husky cross. She is a sweetie(ish), but she is wrecking our fence. I would like to add before I go any further that the Husky cross in fact belongs to her other son who lives in a high rise flat, therefore unable to take the dog on.

Anyway, the husky cross,Neeva, has decided that our garden is far more exciting than hers. Now we are due to replace our fence anyway as it is a shambles now and old. But Neeva is constantly chewing the fence and pawing at it to get in our garden. Thing is, our garden is being renovated plus I help catch stray cats in our garden for the Cats Protection (and we have 4 of our own). We have nails and sharp bits of wood down the bottom of the garden, plus I have my young nieces round and a 6 month old of my own.

Its becoming a baine on my life as Neeva is now constantly getting through more and more, and I am getting more and more fed up. They claim they are 'fed up' as well, but it seems to me they don't give a damn. When my husband confronted Neeva's owner, they had no idea that their dog was getting through the fence!

Now what we are worried about is, if we erect a new fence, the chances are Neeva will ruin it again! I am tempted to make a complaint to the council about it now, I have given them so many chances concerning the dog. By the way the fence is joint with us and the council (as nextdoor are council tenants) but because we desperately need a new fence up for sercurity and safety reason, we are paying for it ourselves.

I need some advice on how to deal with this as I didn't want to get so far, but she scared the hell out of my sister in law (because she is scared of dogs) and my niece. The fence is becoming more holier than swiss cheese.

She got in 2 Saturdays ago and bit my husband. BUT, it was partially his fault as he did pick her up! Even still she drew a hell alot of blood!

Now, I have a 6 month old daughter, the cats and now a 9 week old Jack Russell Terrier who I take out in the garden with me. I was out putting the washing on the line, and low and behold ... The dog makes a HUGE hole in the fence right in front of me!! I had to scoop my puppy up and hold him close until the neighbour called the dog back. Luckily she didn't get through!

When my husband got back from the hospital, the owner and the eldest brother were outside talking. And when I said that she has had a taste, she will bite again and to watch the kids, they laughed and said: "Well she is fine with the kids ..."

I am feeling like a sodding prisoner in my own home because after she bit the husband, I am worried she will attack the cats, the pup or even worse my daughter. I have had a daughter bit by a dog, and it wasn't nice! And I can't do nothing in the garden because of the darn dog.

I am refusing to put up a new fence at the moment because I have a seriously bad feeling that Neeva will break through that as well and it will be money wasted that we are struggling to afford.

I have been raised and worked with dogs most my life and they treat me like I knew nothing. The amount of holes now that are in our fence (which the previous owners of our house paid for and erected 8 years ago) is seriously bad now!

The owner doesn't care one bit what his mutt is doing. But surley, isn't the dog causing criminal damage?

I would like to add also that the eldest brother Ron, who lives next door with his mum, is seriously getting miffed, but wont ask his brother to take the dog elsewhere because "it is a difficult situation." A certain swear word begining with B comes to mind!

Sorry for the long post *blushes*