Dealing with neighbourhood cats?

[Trip]

I am with Tmall, big dogs work best with kids, even older ones. Open carrying so the neighbors can see keeps younger kids away, being the crazy guy in the neighborhood has it's advantages. People leave you the fuck alone.

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by Trip

I am with Tmall, big dogs work best with kids, even older ones. Open carrying so the neighbors can see keeps younger kids away, being the crazy guy in the neighborhood has it's advantages. People leave you the fuck alone.

That and I'm usually patient with them until I get the slightest attitude, then I lose my fucking mind. Shitty kids, much like shitty parents are all talk until somebody does something about it. Then it's stare at their shoes and don't say a word.

It's even better if they're just shitty kids with good parents, because you always mention talking to their mom and dad and you can tell right away if there'll be consequences at home or not. Then you just play off of that, "I will not speak to you about this anymore little boy. Go get your parents if you have something else to say..." Then it becomes, "I didn't say nuffin' mister. Honest.."

[Papa_Complex]

We have a relatively small courtyard and they play soccer in it. My patio is off the end of one of their goals, when they do. I don't have a fence, on my patio, and they frequently hammer the ball off my back door, and windows. I also keep my bike back there. It was hit, more than once. It wouldn't have been safe in my parking spot, either, because they play soccer there too.

This isn't an entire neighbourhood of kids, it's the kids from 4 houses. From just those four houses, there are something like 16 kids. Their parents don't give a damn and don't watch them. One of the parents is actually a soccer coach, who got pissed off when they were bouncing a ball off his unit's wall, but it's OK for them top screw with me. Tried talking to the parents and, rather than apologies, got lip in response. In fact the night after the talk, the kids were out there until after midnight, playing soccer. Went to the property management company and they issued an order via letter, that has been completely ignored. The area is signed, by the property management, as "no playing of athletic games." There's a soccer pitch and two baseball diamonds at the school, across the street from us. They're almost always empty.

Open carry isn't a possibility up here, even on your own property. Too bad, because my Civil War replica hawgleg is a pretty impressive size.

I'm likely going to have to put up a fence up, but I shouldn't have to. I've got a Shelter Logic shed that I use for winter storage, of my lawn furniture and barbeque, that I put up early in order to protect my bike and back door in the meanwhile. That helps, somewhat, but yesterday they hammered the soccer ball off my back windows several times again.

I'm not the only one, who is having problems with these kids. It's at least half the neighbourhood, who are tired of the kids from just 4 units controlling the place. One mother hasn't even been able to let her kids out, all summer, because they get mercilessly picked on in their own yard.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

We have a relatively small courtyard and they play soccer in it. My patio is off the end of one of their goals, when they do. I don't have a fence, on my patio, and they frequently hammer the ball off my back door, and windows. I also keep my bike back there. It was hit, more than once. It wouldn't have been safe in my parking spot, either, because they play soccer there too.

This isn't an entire neighbourhood of kids, it's the kids from 4 houses. From just those four houses, there are something like 16 kids. Their parents don't give a damn and don't watch them. One of the parents is actually a soccer coach, who got pissed off when they were bouncing a ball off his unit's wall, but it's OK for them top screw with me. Tried talking to the parents and, rather than apologies, got lip in response. In fact the night after the talk, the kids were out there until after midnight, playing soccer. Went to the property management company and they issued an order via letter, that has been completely ignored. The area is signed, by the property management, as "no playing of athletic games." There's a soccer pitch and two baseball diamonds at the school, across the street from us. They're almost always empty.

Open carry isn't a possibility up here, even on your own property. Too bad, because my Civil War replica hawgleg is a pretty impressive size.

I'm likely going to have to put up a fence up, but I shouldn't have to. I've got a Shelter Logic shed that I use for winter storage, of my lawn furniture and barbeque, that I put up early in order to protect my bike and back door in the meanwhile. That helps, somewhat, but yesterday they hammered the soccer ball off my back windows several times again.

I'm not the only one, who is having problems with these kids. It's at least half the neighbourhood, who are tired of the kids from just 4 units controlling the place. One mother hasn't even been able to let her kids out, all summer, because they get mercilessly picked on in their own yard.

Have you tried ripping the kids a new ass and deflating their ball? Don't need to destroy it, just get an inflator needle and squeeze the air out of it and tell them little bastards that next time you'll set it on fire...

Or, pay kids from another neighborhood $5 each, to bounce soccer balls off those people's windows.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Have you tried ripping the kids a new ass and deflating their ball? Don't need to destroy it, just get an inflator needle and squeeze the air out of it and tell them little bastards that next time you'll set it on fire...

Or, pay kids from another neighborhood $5 each, to bounce soccer balls off those people's windows.

I would start making it incredibly uncomfortable for those kids. Or, better, the parents. CPS

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

We have a relatively small courtyard and they play soccer in it. My patio is off the end of one of their goals, when they do. I don't have a fence, on my patio, and they frequently hammer the ball off my back door, and windows. I also keep my bike back there. It was hit, more than once. It wouldn't have been safe in my parking spot, either, because they play soccer there too.

This isn't an entire neighbourhood of kids, it's the kids from 4 houses. From just those four houses, there are something like 16 kids. Their parents don't give a damn and don't watch them. One of the parents is actually a soccer coach, who got pissed off when they were bouncing a ball off his unit's wall, but it's OK for them top screw with me. Tried talking to the parents and, rather than apologies, got lip in response. In fact the night after the talk, the kids were out there until after midnight, playing soccer. Went to the property management company and they issued an order via letter, that has been completely ignored. The area is signed, by the property management, as "no playing of athletic games." There's a soccer pitch and two baseball diamonds at the school, across the street from us. They're almost always empty.

Open carry isn't a possibility up here, even on your own property. Too bad, because my Civil War replica hawgleg is a pretty impressive size.

I'm likely going to have to put up a fence up, but I shouldn't have to. I've got a Shelter Logic shed that I use for winter storage, of my lawn furniture and barbeque, that I put up early in order to protect my bike and back door in the meanwhile. That helps, somewhat, but yesterday they hammered the soccer ball off my back windows several times again.

I'm not the only one, who is having problems with these kids. It's at least half the neighbourhood, who are tired of the kids from just 4 units controlling the place. One mother hasn't even been able to let her kids out, all summer, because they get mercilessly picked on in their own yard.

Do something equally as aggravating. When the kids decide to "put one over on me" and play right on the property line while yelling and screaming, I start the leaf blower and stand in one spot with it howling. I make sure they know I'm not blowing leaves.

When the neighbour across the street used to sit on his front porch beating a drum repeatedly just to make noise, I'd take out the dirtbike. Point the exhaust at his house and fire it up. When he'd go back in the house, I'd shut off the bike and put it away.

One time he went in and cranked the music after one of our encounters, so I took my buddy's bike out of the shed. Parked it next to mine and fired it up. He had two 450 MX bikes thumping his way, and the problem went away.

You don't HAVE to be childish. But, it really is the best solution some time.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by defector

You could always get a cat and train it to shit on the soccer ball.

I'd rather get a cat and train it to urinate on the kids. Or maybe train the skunk, that's in the neighbourhood because one of these families leaves their recycling out in the back yard, to spray them.

Originally Posted by Tmall

Do something equally as aggravating. When the kids decide to "put one over on me" and play right on the property line while yelling and screaming, I start the leaf blower and stand in one spot with it howling. I make sure they know I'm not blowing leaves.

When the neighbour across the street used to sit on his front porch beating a drum repeatedly just to make noise, I'd take out the dirtbike. Point the exhaust at his house and fire it up. When he'd go back in the house, I'd shut off the bike and put it away.

One time he went in and cranked the music after one of our encounters, so I took my buddy's bike out of the shed. Parked it next to mine and fired it up. He had two 450 MX bikes thumping his way, and the problem went away.

You don't HAVE to be childish. But, it really is the best solution some time.

I've actually got the law on my side, because we have a noise bylaw in this town that has no specific applicable hours. The police have already said that they'll come out, to enforce it. Yes, it's bad enough that I've talked to the cops.

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

I'd rather get a cat and train it to urinate on the kids. Or maybe train the skunk, that's in the neighbourhood because one of these families leaves their recycling out in the back yard, to spray them.



I've actually got the law on my side, because we have a noise bylaw in this town that has no specific applicable hours. The police have already said that they'll come out, to enforce it. Yes, it's bad enough that I've talked to the cops.

We were going that route with the kids at one point. I was going to phone the police and tell them that there were people on my property who had threatened the life of my animals and myself. It was technically true, I was just going to leave out that they were early teens with no means of carrying out their threats. I was just tired of dealing with it. Now that I'm going the spiteful route, it's a lot more fun. I'm not going to say I'm disappointed that they've stopped bothering us, but where else can you be an asshole and not feel the slightest bit of guilt??

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Tmall

We were going that route with the kids at one point. I was going to phone the police and tell them that there were people on my property who had threatened the life of my animals and myself. It was technically true, I was just going to leave out that they were early teens with no means of carrying out their threats. I was just tired of dealing with it. Now that I'm going the spiteful route, it's a lot more fun. I'm not going to say I'm disappointed that they've stopped bothering us, but where else can you be an asshole and not feel the slightest bit of guilt??

I might even have done that, if I hadn't already contacted property management. Their comment, when I said that after all of these years I wasn't going to get pushed out of my home by these assholes was, "Oh, they'll be the ones leaving, not you." I don't exactly have much faith in that, based on how poorly they've vetted recent tenants in order to not have vacant units, but it's a moral thing with me.

[Papa_Complex]

Ripping them a new ass? Damned close to it, the fourth time i went out into the back yard, on the same night. Their parents have obviously told them to just keep doing what they're doing, based on my 'conversations' with them. "I work 10 hours a day and don't have time, to watch my kids." "They're kids and they'll play wherever they want to." "The property manager told us to have them play there, instead of in the parking lot."

When I was a kid if we hit someone's window, we ran like shit, whether we broke the window or not. Now they don't give a damn, and it's the parents' fault for being parents, in name only.