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Old 11/18/11, 07:43 AM
 
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First let me say, I agree she should not be coming over without permission and wandering your property without your knowledge.

Second, I'm a pushover and tend to be overly nice to folks as well so I understand the being too neighborly.

Next, is she lonely? Since you mention she even "visits" your veggie garden, does she have a garden or any animals of her own? Perhaps if you were to try to help her get into something of her own to occupy her time and keep her off of your place?
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Old 11/18/11, 08:08 AM
 
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Take video of you telling her not to come on your property without permission-useful later..
What really bothers me is her killing an animal and not using the meat,etc-disgusting-call the game warden on her.
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Old 11/18/11, 09:08 AM
 
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Once again, until I knew otherwise, I would assume this person is a psychological manipulator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_manipulation ) and give her the heave-ho.....

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Old 11/18/11, 09:08 AM
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Every time I come across this thread I am reminded of a handful of young ladies whom I suffered to endure while incarcerated at the local high school, some years ago.
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Old 11/18/11, 05:26 PM
 
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We saw her last evening and she seemed shocked and appalled but then apologized and said she would not come over so often and when she does she claims she will respect our privacy. We then proceeded to tell her that if she breaks our rules we will call the sheriff and completely ban her from our property. She looked hurt but I hope she got the message. Her reaction made me think about the mention of her being a few fries short of a happy meal. You guys may be right on that. Apparently her Mom lost her mind due to dementia disease. If that is the case with her, then how we deal with her is an entirely different ball game. Also, those who mentioned we have been too nice are 100% correct! I mentioned we have already gone beyond what we would normally do but we tried to be 'neighborly' first. No good deed goes unpunished....
We are going to string up some electric and see how that goes. As far as her wasting meat and calling fish and game....the hunt club near us has already done that and was told she has to be caught in the act.
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Old 11/18/11, 07:15 PM
 
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This is an easy fix. Simply string a single strand of electric fence on top of your no-climb fence. She will only grab that wire once before she gets the message.
And be sure and get a video of her grabbing it!
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Old 11/18/11, 07:23 PM
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Be sure and put up lots of "Warning, Electric Fence" signs. She might get bit and want to cause trouble.
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Old 11/19/11, 02:58 AM
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The fact that she says she won't come over as often and will try to respect your privacy when she does just tells me that you won't see her as often because she'll be sneaking around.

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Old 11/19/11, 05:39 AM
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And be sure and get a video of her grabbing it!
And then share it with us!
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