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Thanks for all the advise guys. I still think possibly going to see their bishop if the situation continues is the best course of action because these people HAVE proven that they are down right rude and disrespectful and doing something out of malice.
To those that are telling me the same thing they are, that I can’t tell them what to do on their property… I am not sure how you are as ignorant as they are when I clearly mentioned in the original post that “I would never try to tell someone what to do on their property.” Likewise, they can’t with me either, which equals profanity in my music to drive them off, being totally acceptable. If annoyance is the game, two can play it! I also cannot move my arena as it is now permanent due to fencing and substrate. If I were to move it, it would just end up on someone else’s fence line/next to their house; there is flat out no where else to move it. To say my neighbors of 35 years would move on me and I should have known that, I find a bit wild and cruel. They loved having us there and never minded my arena, actually really enjoyed watching me ride.
I have gone above and beyond for these neighbors in the past as well. Letting their kids over to play with my daughter, letting them ride a pony while being led, fixing their fences, mowing their lawns, taking care of their animals, giving them animals… Then they told me one day my horses were a liability and started treating me like this. I find it completely unaccepatable behavior and I am pretty positive there IS some sort of legal ramifications if a horse and rider were to be injured due to their negligence, even if the shenanigans ware on their property. Especially since I have paper trails of asking them to politely be mindful of the situation. I do agree that I need to make a very solid paper trail with them though. I have tried effortlessly to turn the other check, work on bomb proofing my horses and look the other way for months now. Some times there is a line that has to be drawn.
I am working on the giant Thuja’s as we speak; they are also a very fast growing form of screen like shrubbery, like all the others mentioned above.
For the record… My horses are pretty damn bombproof, I don’t need any more work on that and so much so, that my horses are afraid of them walking outside. I live across the street from a naval landing field where F18’s bounce on a daily basis. Most horses will not tolerate it, mine do just fine, after burners and all. My horses live around pot belly pigs, goats, zebu and alpaca; not afraid of those at all. Even cattle, no problem. Trampolines, no problem. My daughter chasing my horses with a power wheels, no problem. Things they can’t see flying out of nowhere will always be an issue for horse owners, if they can’t see where a noise or object is coming from or something sneak attacks them, you can’t train for that. That causes accidents and possibly death. Please be kind and actually thoughtful when responding because some of these are quite wild!
I apologize some of you don’t agree with my “descriptive terms” in order to describe them and the situation. Unfortunatly, they are true and I will use them as I see fit. We all have opinions and we are all entitled to them. My words aren’t mean or unkind, they are simply descriptive.[/QUOTE]
Put up a stockade fence just inside of your property. Then put a berm of dirt inside of that. Then ignore the neighbors as others have said to do. And use the video cameras as suggested to keep track of any objects being thrown over your fence and berm. Lock the gates too. (I just cannot imagine Chesapeake VA being that uncouth.) And isn’t cypress bad for horses?
