Some neighbors frown upon homeowners who raise farm animals on their property, but if the city zoning allows it, there isn’t much they can do but complain.

This person shares how they got a complaint from their neighbor about the 2 sheep that are roaming around their land, claiming the sheep are causing them allergic reactions.

However, the homeowner doesn’t think they need to respond.

Read below and weigh in.

WIBTA for ignoring my neighbor’s text message about my sheep?

Yesterday, a neighbor I never talked to before contacted me by text message with a complaint about my 2 sheep.

We are both in our 50s.

This person keeps 2 sheep and lets them roam around freely on their property.

I own a small parcel of land where I live alone with my 2 cats and 2 sheep.

A lot of the land is unconstructed and, basically, has only wild grass.

And I let my sheep navigate freely, so they can eat all the grass they want.

This parcel is located in a semi-rural area.

One of their neighbors claims that their sheep were giving them allergies.

I have neighbors close by in all direction, but we are all homeowners and away from the city.

The neighbor asking me to restrict the area in which my sheep are able to roam claims that “we are not in an agricultural zone,” as if we were.

The city would have not allowed them to build their villa close to my house, and they are seemingly allergic to my sheep.

They claim to have been suffering the consequences of the allergy for close to a year now, and cannot properly enjoy their home with my sheep around.

In their defense…

I find this request completely ludicrous as my sheep always stay on my land.

I never take them outside of the parcel I own.

And while, admittedly, their pen are next to the road separating their house to mine, they do not stay in the pen very often.

Mostly only at night, and during the day, they roam on my land, which is further away from their property.

But they still want to know if they should give in to the request or just ignore it.

My gut reaction was to ignore this request and keep things as is.

But I would also like to know what you guys think.

Would I be the jerk?

What do you guys think?

Let’s find out how other people react to this.

Ignore them, says this user.

Another sheep owner speaks up.

This user advises to look up the local law.

This one shares their personal thoughts.

Finally, communication is key, according to this user.

Ignoring the problem won’t make it go away.

Deal with it by talking to your neighbors.

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