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Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
I'm unusually blessed with great neighbors. My entire neighborhood was built in '63 on an old farm, and most have been here the whole time. We still live in "the Green's house" as far as most are concerned, and we have been here 21 years. But we have finally been accepted by the "old guard".
Anyway, we did have one bad neighbor family for about ten years. The house behind us, over our fence and hedge, was occupied by a family the whole neighborhood refered to as the "Bundies" after the Married with Children family. Oldest daughter hitting on guys in the neighborhood, only son with an adult record before he was one, youngest daughter pregnant at 15, wife banging boyfriends in the back yard when hubby was on the road, drunken all night parties with the stereo turned up to "11", etc. And a dog running loose, tearing up my yard (and others)...
So I tried the "six pack" approach. Billy "Bundy" was a great guy. Very appologetic. "Never happen again..." kind of stuff. It always happened again. I finally shot his dog, which really seemed to upset him. So he came over to kick my ass. That didn't go so well for him either. We were best friends after that, at least as far as he was concerned, and we never had any more trouble. He never got another dog. He finally moved out a couple of years ago, and all is quiet once again. Be very thankful if you have good neighbors.
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"i finally shot his dog" too damn funny!(probably wasnt at the time) oh man first one i read and coffee went flying! jeez thought i had some clown neighbors! WOW! i almost shot two rottweilers that were attacking horses/kids/people/my kids/my friends/other adults/animal control etc.
guy was employee of local news station. this went on and on and on. animal control said "shoot-'em", cops said "shoot-'em", friends told me to put anti-freeze in water dish etc etc.
being a bonifide dog person and having a 2 safes full of guns, being somewhat reasonable in mind and spirit, i reasoned that it wasnt the dogs that were *********s.......it was the owners that trained them.
with that in mind, and az. law stating all animals must be contained on property (fence) and there was no fencing, or when in public they must be leashed.
tried to reason w/this clown, that didnt work, strike 1 and 2. strike 3 after dogs burst thru my cheesy fencing one day and attacked my electrician friend. strike 3. told clown i have CCW, if dogs attack or come on property as per state law, i will shoot dogs. his reply (just insert billy bob redneck here).........."IM A GONNA SHOOT YOU!
with that brilliant line cops called again. cops said "shoot the dogs"!
one day son goes down on mini bike to get mail. im standing outside watching for rottweilers. rottweilers chase him. clown comes out points Hi-power rifle on son and scopes him!!!
I FLIP OUT! call cops. man w/gun pointing at my kid drunk(he was outside drinking prior w/amigoes), cops arrive. my springfield M1-A SUPER DUPER MATCH(factory) has one in pipe, .45 has one in pipe and stuffed behind back. cops nail him and haul him off. said he was only checking out scope for deer season(it was august) he next gets restraining order against me, i get one against him.
dogs continue to chase everyone. animal control called 21 times. things are tense. cops called 17 times.
finally light bulb goes off.............call his manager and the prez. of channel 15 ABC affiliate, told both of them if i hear those dogs so much as fart, i am going to every news station there is w/all the documentation of whats occurred and having them run nice little story about there competition and how family oriented their station ISNT!
guy gets FIRED.........FOR SALE SIGN GOES ON HOUSE! PROBLEM SOLVED!
i cant tell you how many times i almost DID SHOOT THOSE DOGS! i mean weapon drawn/round in pipe/safety off/trigger finger twitching!
all i could see in my mind was headlines "cave creek man shoots 2 violent rottweilers and then gets involved in firefight" "cave creek man wins firefight due to overwhelming FIREPOWER"!
what a damn nightmare that was.