I could just scream!!! My neighbor that just moved in last October called and reported us to the zoning officer! I never knew (we have lived here over 2.5 years) that you have to have 4 acres to have a horse. I totally blame my realtor, as we told him that we have to be able to have horses where we move. Well, we have under 4 acres, and the neighbor called and reported us because they are old, crabby, and retired with nothing better to do!!!! The zoning guy said that he has no problem with us having horses, even with us having under 4 acres, but since the neighbor complained, he has to make us get rid of them
These jerks have bothered us since they moved in. The old guy complained one day that we "left our dog out for 2 hours to bark at him". My dogs are NEVER out for more than 15 minutes in my fenced in backyard, PLUS we have a couple of acres between us. AND he is deaf, and wears hearing aides. So now, he turns on his car alarm when he comes outside if my dogs are in the backyard so I make them come in. They dont have any animals, and I dont think they like pets.
I am just so devastated because I had horses growing up, and my kids have their 3 4-H goats that they are supposed to show the first week of august that we have to get rid of now too. I cannot afford to board my animals either.
When the officer got to my door, my dogs ran out and surrounded him.....in love. He looks down and says "well...THESE are NICE dogs". As if the neighbor had reported that they were vicious pit bulls or something. They are all under 12 lbs each (2 are under 4 lbs).
Plus they were so nice to him. He did comment about there being 5, but said "getting a kennel license is a breeze", so I dont have to worry about that.
My animals are my babies. I cannot believe these mean bitter people are going to make me get rid of them. They are all very healthy and well taken care of, there is no smell or anything. My other neighbors all love them. These new people move in and just try to run the whole block. One of our horses (we have 3) was inherited by my mom because the man she was best friends with died unexpectedly and that was his horse that she would ride when they would go out on the trails. She cannot part with him and has no where else he can go aside from boarding him, which she cannot afford either. Its so expensive here to board.
I am just so mad I could cry. I want to go confront them, but I know I wouldnt be nice and it wouldnt fix any of this. We are just a nice family that are trying to raise our 6 kids and not cause problems with anyone, and all these people do is complain about everything!!
