Neighbor dogs and cats take over...

My neighbors have been steadily adding to their small animal herd as of late. As recently as January, they had two dogs and one cat. As of this past weekend, they have added another puppy and several cats. I think they now have 5 cats, one that is very bold. It will climb through our fence and just walk up and start rubbing on the back of my leg. The first time this happened, I almost jumped out of my skin. It was a very good thing (for the cat) that Shiloh was not with me at the time. I'm not sure how she would have reacted to that one.

As annoying as these animals (well their owners actually) were, I am a bit afraid of how these new animals will affect the dynamic. Don't get me wrong, I am a big animal lover and in general, having many animals is not a bad thing. However, these neighbors are not responsible pet owners and having a lot of pets will only make things worse. And really, the cats probably won't cause TOO much trouble. Although I did have to "shoo" one off of my deck the other day. As you might imagine, a kitty sitting right outside the patio slider did NOT go over well with my dog.

I just hope that they change their ways and start exercising their dogs or at least spending SOME time outside with them rather than just shoving them out the door to run around and bark their fool heads off. One of said neighbors actually yelled at ME to fix my fence when I asked her to keep her dog off of my back deck.

Really though, we probably just got another neighbor dog that will learn the annoying habits of it's cell mates. From the looks of him, he'll be a MUCH bigger dog too. Fun times ahead!