Neighbour's Kids Keep Kicking Ball to Our Backyard

shadowarrior on 12/04/2020 - 18:58
Last edited 12/04/2020 - 21:23 by 1 other user

Similar to another thread here from sometime back…but this time the other way around.

Neighbour's kids keep kicking their balls (football) over to our side..we have two small dogs who love hanging around in the garden + we have rose gardens. I am worried the balls would hurt the dogs. We have spoken to them repeatedly (kids and parents) when they come over to retrieve the balls, to not kick the balls too high. The kids have tried to cross over and we have warned them that the dogs could hurt them or they would hurt themselves if they fall. This has been happening over months and we have noticed the parents don't even care to supervise the kids.

I throw the ball over, tell them to please be careful, they nod and carry on as usual. There's also a big playing ground like 1 min walk from the place where every other kid plays.

At what point can we say enough is enough? How to tackle this situation? What's the ideal suggested next step?

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Comments

  • syousef on 14/04/2020 - 18:08

    Just ask them not to fetch it themselves and remind them that if the dog destroys the ball that's not your problem.

  • MessyG on 14/04/2020 - 18:14

    They'll grow out of it OP, 6 months might seem like a long time but I guarantee you a few months from now they'll be onto something else. The best thing you can do is try and develop a friendly relationship with them so that they will then care enough about you and your doggos to not WANT to throw the ball over. All the punitive suggestions on here wont work, they just create hate.

  • belongsinforums on 14/04/2020 - 19:28
    -1

    People in this post don't understand the legal obligations you have. If they get hurt on your property, you could be liable. Maybe tell them you'll only throw it back over once, then after that, it goes in the bin. No climbing over. Maybe put it in writing and video yourself delivering it.

    • bmerigan on 14/04/2020 - 20:42

      Sooo… don't have visitors ever?

  • darkmoss on 14/04/2020 - 20:37
    -1
    1. Be a grown up and talk to them. 2. Put up a net. 3. Enjoy it.

    … or, if all else fails, GET A LIFE

  • bmerigan on 14/04/2020 - 20:41

    You sound like a grinch and just looking for weak reasons to be so.
    I don't understand how a football can hurt your Jack Russell, and if a kid gets scratched climbing the fence I don't think it's something you need to worry about.
    It's not possible to 100% stop balls going over the fence. If it was possible then it wouldn't be happening - it's a bigger inconvenience to them than to you.
    If you are worried about them coming into your yard then tell them not to come over and promise you will throw their balls back for them.

  • tikei on 14/04/2020 - 20:41

    Amazed at the "kids being kids" comments. It's an excuse to cover up having no discipline from parents.
    As a kid if I threw a ball over the fence I consider it my carelessness and it's gone, I never went to neighbours to get it. Kids need to learn how to be more mindful and careful instead of being little brats who doesn't give a crap about others.

  • centrelink on 15/04/2020 - 00:16
    +1

    Put an expensive Vase in the middle of the garden and tell the neighbour if they hit it, then they will be liable for $1 MILLION DOLLAHS

  • Hunter14 on 16/04/2020 - 15:23

    Is this your ball? You want it back? GO GET IT!!! HAHAHA!

  • MariaZ on 22/07/2023 - 13:33

    Okay having read all the comments and being in the same situation where my neighbours kids for 15 years have been kicking and throwing multiple different types of balls into my backyard, destroying my garden ornaments, breaking windows and constantly having to throw them back, I politely never said anything and always threw the ball’s back but recently my neighbour had the gall to complain about me using my own washing machine so after 15 years Of being a nice decent neighbour and always throwing the balls back even with damage to my property, I finally spoke up and they found every time excuse to defend their children and not empathise with me at all, so I having been the good Aussie neighbour have decided that fog shit sounds real good now!!!!

  • MariaZ on 22/07/2023 - 13:34

    I meant dog shit!!! No respect at all.

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