Couple Installs Privacy Fence to Shield Their Large Dogs from Neighbor’s Taunting Children

The possibility of befriending their neighbors vanished when a couple decided to install a fence between their properties. OP, her husband, and their two dogs had lived in their house for five years.

The new neighbors moved in over a year ago. Their two young children, both under five, quickly developed a habit of harassing OP’s dogs whenever they were in the backyard.

The kids would dash outside whenever they saw the dogs, banging on the chain-link fence and shouting at them.

Her large dogs, once content to lounge in the backyard for hours, became increasingly hesitant even to step outside for a bathroom break.

Despite witnessing the children’s behavior through the window, the parents didn’t see a problem and never intervened.

OP tried to handle the situation diplomatically by speaking to the kids and explaining that they were scaring her dogs. She also approached the parents, who either dismissed her concerns or made vague promises to talk to their children.

Frustrated with the ongoing disturbance, OP and her husband applied for a permit to install a new fence and were put on the waitlist. When they were notified that their turn had come, they seized the opportunity.