On 10/11/04 6:16, in article , "Brian
Watson" wrote:


"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
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How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?

Remember you were a child once too. Then it won't matter.

Tell them they don't need to ask - just go and get it. Worked fine for me
some years ago.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

Obviously Sacha doesn't have the balls to make a stand against trespassers.


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 10/11/04 6:16, in article ,
"Brian
Watson" wrote:


"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking
if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?

Remember you were a child once too. Then it won't matter.

Tell them they don't need to ask - just go and get it. Worked fine for me
some years ago.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
On 10/11/04 6:16, in article ,
"Brian
Watson" wrote:


"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking
if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?

Remember you were a child once too. Then it won't matter.

Tell them they don't need to ask - just go and get it. Worked fine for me
some years ago.
Then they would be trespassing and if it was my garden, they would be in
grave danger of being seriously injured by my dogs.

On 10/11/04 16:15, in article , "ex WGS
Hamm" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
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Tell them they don't need to ask - just go and get it. Worked fine for me
some years ago.
Then they would be trespassing and if it was my garden, they would be in
grave danger of being seriously injured by my dogs.


But it isn't your garden and they're not trespassing if they ask and are
granted permission. And we don't know that the OP has dogs. At that
particular point in my life, I had two dogs and it never crossed my mind
that they would attack anyone, let alone children, because that wasn't in
their nature. I see no point in keeping vicious animals.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

The devil cannot enter your home unless you invite him in.

Allowing the neighbor kids into your yard to retrieve their balls is
inviting a whole lot of trouble. They will be nowhere nearly as careful with
your plants, garden and property as you are.

"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
On 10/11/04 16:15, in article , "ex
WGS
Hamm" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
snip

Tell them they don't need to ask - just go and get it. Worked fine for
me
some years ago.
Then they would be trespassing and if it was my garden, they would be in
grave danger of being seriously injured by my dogs.


But it isn't your garden and they're not trespassing if they ask and are
granted permission. And we don't know that the OP has dogs. At that
particular point in my life, I had two dogs and it never crossed my mind
that they would attack anyone, let alone children, because that wasn't in
their nature. I see no point in keeping vicious animals.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

"Cereus-validus..." wrote in message
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The devil cannot enter your home unless you invite him in.


He can if he drives a TV detector van.

--
Tumbleweed

Remove my socks for email address

The message
from "Tumbleweed" contains these words:

The devil cannot enter your home unless you invite him in.


He can if he drives a TV detector van.

No, that's not the Devil, it's only a minor demon, and he can't get in
without a court order.

The Devil comes with a Customs and Excise crowbar.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Sacha" wrote in message
Tell them they don't need to ask - just go and get it. Worked fine for
me
some years ago.
Then they would be trespassing and if it was my garden, they would be in
grave danger of being seriously injured by my dogs.


But it isn't your garden and they're not trespassing if they ask and are
granted permission. And we don't know that the OP has dogs. At that
particular point in my life, I had two dogs and it never crossed my mind
that they would attack anyone, let alone children, because that wasn't in
their nature. I see no point in keeping vicious animals.

The poster to whom I was replying said, "they don't need to ask - just go
and get it.".
That implies no permission was sought. It would thence be trespass.
So you had 2 dogs who would not guard your property. Good for you. What was
the point in keeping them?
Only one of my animals could be considered dangerous. I keep him because I
love him, he loves me and I have no fears of pikeys or anyone else breaking
in to steal my parrots from the aviary block while he is in the yard. Or
breaking in to steal anything for that matter.
You don't see the need, but perhaps you don't live way out in the sticks
with no streetlights, on your own and where other properties on the 2 mile
remote stretch of lane have been broken into.
All I can say is that it is a good job Kip never came to you as a pup. You
would not have seen the need to keep him and would no doubt have had him put
down.
Good job we aren't all the same. I could not abide a dozy bugger of a dog
who would not protect me and mine.
I was making a point to someone who maintained it was ok for the kids
firstly to kick the ball over, and then to simply go and fetch it without
asking permission. The garden owner might have a dog who hated kids, he
might also have had a shed with chemicals in or a greenhouse with brittle
glass, or a fall in-able pond for the little darlings to drown themselves
in.
The point I am making is that nobody should enter someone's property unless
they have permission.

"ex WGS Hamm" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 10/11/04 6:16, in article ,
"Brian
Watson" wrote:


"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins
asking
if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?

Remember you were a child once too. Then it won't matter.

Tell them they don't need to ask - just go and get it. Worked fine for
me
some years ago.
Then they would be trespassing and if it was my garden, they would be in
grave danger of being seriously injured by my dogs.


Then you would be in serious danger of being prosecuted for keeping
dangerous dogs, and your dogs in serious danger of being killed*.

--
Tumbleweed
*aka 'put down'

Remove my socks for email address

Tumbleweed wrote:
"ex WGS Hamm" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
On 10/11/04 6:16, in article
, "Brian Watson"
wrote:


"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5
mins
asking
if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?

Remember you were a child once too. Then it won't matter.

Tell them they don't need to ask - just go and get it. Worked
fine
for me
some years ago.
Then they would be trespassing and if it was my garden, they would
be in grave danger of being seriously injured by my dogs.


Then you would be in serious danger of being prosecuted for keeping
dangerous dogs, and your dogs in serious danger of being killed*.

And your dogs won't attack people they've been introduced to. I quite
like the idea of next-door children feeling welcome to pop in and
collect their ball: gardens always look better with children in them.
Pays dividends later on when you want some little job done, too!

Mike.

"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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And your dogs won't attack people they've been introduced to.
Kip will.He has done.

I quite
like the idea of next-door children feeling welcome to pop in and
collect their ball: gardens always look better with children in them.
Pays dividends later on when you want some little job done, too!
But not everyone *likes* kids. It so happens I don't particularly and don't
see why I should have other people's inflicted on me. I like the kids next
door and am happy to spend time with them and buy them pressies at xmas but
other than that, you can keep them.Next door's kids are the only ones around
here and they are too little to try to get into the garden. They wouldn't
anyway as they know Kip bites. Other than the chavs from the council estate
perhaps walking past to the local bonking site of an evening, there aren't
any young people. Not even the macho chavs are stupid enough to try to get
into the yard.They know about my dogs and they know about me.

"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
. ..
Then you would be in serious danger of being prosecuted for keeping
dangerous dogs, and your dogs in serious danger of being killed*.

Actually no I would not. There is no law against keeping a dangerous dog as
long as certain precautions are made. The precautions I make are keeping
them in a secure garden behind high hedges and 6 foot high gates which
cannot be opened from the outside. And he is not in any danger of being
killed if he bit. He no doubt would run off never to be seen again if he
badly bit someone. Shame. Then I would look about for another dog just like
him and find one in a couple of months. Deep joy .
Whomever took the time and effprt to scale the 6 foot high gates hearing 7
dogs barking and snarling behind them would have to be really stupid. I
doubt it will ever happen.

ex WGS Hamm wrote:
"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
. ..
Then you would be in serious danger of being prosecuted for
keeping
dangerous dogs, and your dogs in serious danger of being killed*.

Actually no I would not. There is no law against keeping a
dangerous
dog as long as certain precautions are made. The precautions I make
are keeping them in a secure garden behind high hedges and 6 foot
high gates which cannot be opened from the outside. And he is not
in
any danger of being killed if he bit. He no doubt would run off
never
to be seen again if he badly bit someone. Shame. Then I would look
about for another dog just like him and find one in a couple of
months. Deep joy . Whomever took the time and effprt to scale the
6
foot high gates hearing 7 dogs barking and snarling behind them
would
have to be really stupid. I doubt it will ever happen.

Blimey!

Mike.

"ex WGS Hamm" wrote in message
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[snip]
Actually no I would not. There is no law against keeping a
dangerous dog as
long as certain precautions are made. The precautions I make are
keeping
them in a secure garden behind high hedges and 6 foot high gates
which
cannot be opened from the outside.

Dear me, do you live in a jail?

[snip]

Franz

"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"ex WGS Hamm" wrote in message
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[snip]
Actually no I would not. There is no law against keeping a
dangerous dog as
long as certain precautions are made. The precautions I make are
keeping
them in a secure garden behind high hedges and 6 foot high gates
which
cannot be opened from the outside.

Dear me, do you live in a jail?

Nope, just a secure remote cottage.