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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
The first thing you want to do is talk to them - it might save you a ton of time and heartache. Invite them over for dinner, sit down, act like adults and try to work something out. Tell them that you want the fence to keep the dog inside your property. Ask what you can do to be a good neighbour for them - would planting hedges along the fence help?
You both have "rights", but talking it over could be the best way to deal with it and maintain a relationship of respect.
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Great idea and I think it might be the solution. Dont know if you need to invite them for dinner, but coffee and a chat is certainly a good thing.
I think that the woman in question is afraid of big dogs and if that is the case, seeing them will bring out the fear and irrational behaviour. And if they are afraid, they will sound unreasonable and say they dont want the dog to attack their baby....
But I do believe you will be within your legal rights to just put in a chain link fence. Perhaps you might ask her if you had a chain link fence to provide protection from a swimmng pool, would she have the same fear? Not that her baby would be attacked by a dog but the baby could drown?