What can I use to keep my neighbor's dogs from coming into my Yard?

Question

I just bought this house, and it is in the country.
It was vacant for quite some time. the neighborhood dogs consider it thier territory.

Answer 1

Animal/Pet repellant applied around the boundaries of your yard should work well. I've used similar stuff that I bought at Lowes to keep stray cats out of my yard.

Answer 2

First of all you need to speak, kindly with your new neighbor. It could be that he doesn't know that his dogs are running. There is an ordinance about dogs running loose. If that doesn't work, then you need to put up a chain link fence. Our dogs in the county was running loose. We didn't think our dogs were bothering anyone far off. Well our dogs came up missing and when we walked to search for them, we found them dead from gunshot wounds down by the creek. Hopefully, if you tell the neighbor about his dogs he will listen. Had we known that our dogs were running onto his property, we would have restrained our dogs. To this day, we don't know who killed our beautiful dogs. Hopefully, you can keep these dogs away from you and your new home. Good Luck !!

Answer 3

a fence always works, but if you don't want the dogs and can't afford to fence your property maybe you could talk to your new neighbors.

They are responsible for their animals, and if you are scared of dogs its also your right not to have them trespass. If all fails try calling animal control, you may have to prove that the dogs are a pest by taking pictures of them when they are in your yard etc.

this happened to us too, but the dogs were let out no leash and there were two and aggressive. didn't have a choice but to complain to animal control, even if you live in the country that is no excuse to let your pets run rampage. what will be next a horse? You see you have to take control of your life, and if you don't want your neighbors dogs in your yard that is your right. Good luck.

Answer 4

A fence. I have a dog and try to be a responsible pet owner. My dog is fairly obdient, but has on occasion wandered into the neighbour's yard for a few moments. I do watch him and call him back as soon as I see him there. If they had a gate on their yard, it would keep him out, but they chose not to spend the money and have only a semi-fenced in yard. Our backyard is fully fenced, but the front isn't. If they leave "presents" on your lawn, you can point that out to your neighbours. If polite requests don't work, you can involve the police. Don't try to hurt the dogs - you'll end up in jail!

Answer 5

FENCING: Back yard, definitely a 6 ft. fence & gate. Front yard, depending on your neighborhood -- fence & gates best. Dog repellent chemical isn't cheap and I am not sure it is practical or that effective. We have an open driveway in back of our house and no fence because of the coastal damp weather and terrain out back, it would be inconvenient to use plus a maintenance problem. A friend told me to splash chlorox around at the end of my drive (said dogs don't like the smell) to keep them from coming into my yard & pooping. I tried that But the liquid evaporates and did not stop the problem. Chlorox is not cheap either if I continued splashing it around out back like that.

Some dogs just stop coming around (maybe died or moved away) and another dog stopped coming after my husband went up the hill and angrily scolded the neighbor who was in her backyard, for allowing her dog to run loose and enter our yard to poop. I complained to the owner of one house across the easement from us and his tenant and dog soon moved away and solved that problem.

Answer 6

One thing you could try is an Ultrasonic Dog Repeller (try Googling this). It works by emitting a sound which only dogs can hear, and is very uncomfortable for them. Humans wouldn't hear the noise, but the dog will probably hear a loud shrieking noise. You need to get one with a passive detector i.e. its only set off when something enters your garden. You also need to ensure that its pointed away from your neighbours, or their dog will be uncomfortable if a person or cat sets the thing off.

Answer 7

We sold out of Liquid Fence for Dogs and Cats twice this season. The reports of its effectiveness are good. There are also effective formulas by the same manufacturer for rabbits and deer and for snakes.
As long as you keep this sprays outside, they're inoffensive. Pretty stinky, but the smell fades quickly, from a human perspective. Dogs still hate it.

Answer 8

I have been trying to find answers this question... seems like a lot has changed since this was posted. Here's a link with a lot of tech to solve it: http://badneighboradvice.com/pages/my-neighbor-s-pet-keeps-coming-into-my-yard

They still sell the odor border stuff, too.

Answer 9

The police. If you live in the US, just about all communities have leash laws, which say a dog, outside, has to be on a leash. If the dog gets picked up by a dog catcher and the owner has to pay a few fines, the owner might learn.

Answer 10

Put up a fence and ask your neighbor to do his or her part by keeping their dogs in a fenced in yard of their own.

If you can go to the zoo and get big cat dung that will scent the area in a way that says stay away from my area.