Neighbors!

[Brooke W]

GAHHH!

Apparantly our neighbors to the south decided to head to Florida this winter and their one son is watching the place.
Their is a target behind the place, against a fence that runs north-south, and isn't on our own pasture fence. But, they are very close.
Son like to shoot target. BOOM, BANG!
If ya don't know, I have two horses. Horses NOT used to this! We have a three strand electric fence and a metal gate that holds them in. And my horses were scared, particularly my little mare. So I holler across and ask them to be careful cause my horses were scared. A little time goes by; I'm thinking they stopped because hey, they care, right? Uhm, no, they don't. More shots, very LOUD shots. I ask again. More shots. Apparantly they don't care, and son is on phone, i'm assuming with dad.
Yes, more gun shots. Yes, my horses are terrified and poor Punky is beside herself and banging against the gate. Neighbor's son doesn't care. My dh drives over there and talks to neighbor's son, who's brilliant, intelligent reply is, "what do you want ME to do about it?". and they keep on shooting.
So, dh and I spent a long half hour by the gate, making sure both our horses didn't go thru the gate, calming them as much as we could. And we watched the target shooters.
Finally, it seems their box of ammo runs out, he gets their target and he and wife inspect it and walk back up towards the house. Not until I saw their car leave did I feel safe enough to not worry about my horses. And even then I stayed until Punky called herself down enough.
There's nothing I can do. It's private property, the guy has permission to do whatever he wants to. And I'm afraid he might be the sort to not give a care and just start up another day and I won't be home to watch my horses.
And I'm half frozen, because I didn't take time to put on the proper clothes to stay warm.

[lovely1m]

What a jerk. I am guessing he won't care cause really its not his place so what does he care if he gets along with the neighbors. Nice guy.

[my3hens]

I am SO sorry you have to deal with that, some people are freakin so inconsiderate and I can imagine how frightening that is for you and your poor horses!

[lizzyfizzy]

wow. what a grade-a winner.

[Brooke W]

Thanks.

I was pi&&ed to be honest. But my horses aren't used to guns. There's no hunting allowed anywhere near here so they never hear guns. There's a game club about a mile and half from us and they have target shooting and such. But the sound's muffled and non threatening.
And ya, it's that inconsiderate attitude that just had us royally angry.

When my dh went to talk with them, the guy had the pistol in his hand, tho he had it on the grip and nowhere else. Still, he was trying to be intimidating. Which is hard when my dh who is 6'2 and around 350 approaches,lol. He is far more intimidating,lol. Still don't like that that guy kept the pistol in his hand, safely held or no.

[mummytothree]

private property or not...permission or not there are still "laws" about disturbing the peace and it sounds to me like they were being very disturbing!!!! I think I would have been calling the police/sheriff

So sorry you were dealing with such butt heads!!!!

[Dottie]

What a total loser!

[Brooke W]

Wanted to thank you for reading and replying. I was a tad upset,lol. You made me feel much better.

[chloe]

He's a jerk indeed! I don't know how it is in the US, but here you can't make too much noise (even during the day) and disturb your neighbors, so hopefully there's something you can do there too! (((hugs)))

[mrshobbes]

omg, I HATE that kind of inconsideration. What a total jerk! Seriously, I think you should've let your horses trample him. >

[Sharon Kay]

Oh your poor horses! What an inconsiderate piece of *work* he is. Hope you don't have any more trouble!