No peace?!

So my neighbor is soo sweet and a really nice lady! She bought her kid a power wheels go kart which is soo cool I thought it was cute! We got my kids a dune buggy one last year and they love it even the kid comes over to play on it so I'm super glad she has her own! So we both live next to each other on the middle of our road. Our dogs hate each other guys like they get near there is fights. So I tell my kids drive on this side half of our road from our driveway so their dog doesn't get to following them or they get chased. (this dog is known to be aggressive towards people and I'm protective) Now they just keep letting this kid drive almost to our mailbox and back. I love she enjoys her toy but I kinda was disappointed I thought they may have given me the same courtesy I give them... I tell them to only drive down our half so no dogs will bark or try to tear each other up. My dog got hit with a bat last time and he already had PTSD from a past owner when we saved him... My neighbor doesn't mean harm but I'm not sure how to handle this! She lets her dogs roam free and they follow her car I've seen where they pop up at other people's houses and they get annoyed... We have been neighbors a while now... I've got dogs barking, growling, and howling the ENTIRE time that kid drives it because of the dog she can't keep put up cuz she left once and the dog ate everything in her home.... I already am having a crappy day of parenting, it's also really fricken cold out, I've got two smaller littles that just got over being sick and all we want is some peace... Is a simple "same courtesy" too much too ask? Like IDC what she does I just don't want my dogs or hers getting hurt! Her dog is actually the son of mine, my husband's dog is another one of that litter... Idk why none of them like each other lol I'm no Caesar Milan but I wish all the noise would end 🥺

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Just go over and explain it to your neighbor. You said she is nice so she will understand! Maybe put a flag or cone out so she can tell her baby “don’t go past the flag!” That might be easier for the baby to remember!

We are sick RN or I would but I just cannot get over how they whacked my dog with a bat cuz our animals gotten into it (now they fought a few times before and I had to result to putting my dog on a chain which I hate so don't come for me) and like 2 out of the 3 times it was her dog in my yard.. I didn't think i would have to tell her that tbh she's a very intelligent woman and a beautiful person but to me I'm disappointed cuz I feel like she should've known a little better. Its not about the kid it's just the dog... I want her kid to be able to come play with my kids but she can't keep her dog in line.... She had a fence built but when she decided he wouldn't stay in it she took it down... Its not fair to my dogs they have to be on chains and hers roam free... Not to mention I could get fined for having my dogs like that around here... But if I don't I could lose them entirely.... Its simple courtesy.... I don't get why people don't have it

Also they have sooo much more property than us

It sounds like a lack of communication. Do they know you're keeping your kids from going down there? Do they know you want them to keep their kid from going down to your house? Is there a problem with letting the child know next time they come all the way down? Gently point out that the dog is getting worked up so they should stay down the other way. Have you all discussed the issue with these dogs and how you each can allow your dog freedom at different times to avoid a dog fight? I can't tell if this has all been discussed and you're fed up or if no one has been talking about things yet?

Yes they know, I don't keep them from going cuz the dog chases them anyway. To the second point the problem is the dog not the kid and she knows about it. The third wouldn't bother me but it's the woman's dog not the kids and the kid can't help it. But yes the woman knows the dog should stay on their 3 plus acre property instead of down to my yard. We tried to make it where the dogs would not see each other but the dog in question wanders over anyway then my dogs who were in the home at the time just bark and growl at the door and come get me til I open it which obviously I can't open it if the dog is out there. I have perfectly good reason to be fed up. Lol I baby sit her dog now cuz I am the one that found all her stuff tore up. She ended up getting a hold of a family member who asked me to check on him and her home was wrecked!

Dogs should not be left free to roam the neighborhood. Its not safe for people or the dogs. I wouldn't be able to be nice about it if that were my neighbors. I'd point out that the dog could get hit by a car or bite someone's kids and it'd be her fault 😶

Ikr!!! I really love this lady her heart is really awesome inside out!! But like I mentioned dogs have gotten hurt insanely so ones but another's parts if ya know what I mean... Her dog always growls at the mail people and garbage people... I really wouldn't know how mine reacts cuz they are always around me if he isn't on the chain hes on a leash