Homeless Encampment Set Up Right Against Her Backyard Fence—Now She Can’t Even Let Her Dogs Outside
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Jeez, talk about unwanted guests…
That’s a frustrating prospect in any situation, but it’s even worse when there’s really nothing you can do about it.
The woman who wrote this story is dealing with a huge headache…and it’s literally right in her own backyard.
Take a look at what she’s dealing with and see what you think.
Encampment set up against my back fence line.
“I’ve been lurking here for a while, but I never thought I’d have a reason to post.
Our neighbors are cool, and up until 3 days ago, I had a wonderful backyard. To give some context, I rent in an older neighborhood with my husband and our two dogs.
We’ve been here for 9 years and have never had an issue with our neighbors, even when our house was collateral during a drive-by when this was a much sketchier neighborhood.
Our backyard is huge, like way too big for us. It’s a .27 acre lot, and our house only takes up 1,400 square feet of that. All of the houses around us have similarly sized yards, all fenced, and since it’s the south there is a lot of overgrowth that also keeps the backyards very secluded. Enough so that I felt comfortable letting our dogs out in the yard alone.
This doesn’t sound good…
And then an unhoused encampment moved in to the other side of the fence. They carved out a little niche and set up. It’s on someone’s private property and I’m pretty sure they are letting them live there since I’ve seen them working on cars before.
They’re all the way in the back, so it takes me forever to get back there when I let the dogs out, who now just sit at the fence to bark at them. They won’t even relieve themselves, it’s too much stimulation. The fence itself is only a 4 foot fence, which is why all the overgrowth was nice.
She’s pretty worried about this…
I can see into the tent. I can’t let my dogs out in the yard anymore, they won’t do anything but sit at the fence and bark. We go on walks, but one of my dogs is 13 and can’t do multiple walks a day in the southern heat just so she can pee.
My husband and I are brainstorming what to do, talk to the people next door, fence off the back half, just wait it out?
I mean, we’ve talked to the campers, the dudes are nice enough, I understand the appeal of that particular location…. the other problem is, I’m overly confrontational so this will need to be something my much more diplomatic husband deals with, once we figure out what the plan is.”
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This is pretty wild!
And you can only imagine how frustrated you’d be if you were dealing with this.
Yikes!
She needs to get to the bottom of this situation ASAP.
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