Only thing i can suggest is to try telling the kids again nicely to back off.  and if that still doesn't work i would go to the parents.  just tell them that their children are being little...we'll say brats....and that you don't appreciate them bugging your dogs.

last summer we were living in a house with an allie right beside us, and a bunch of guys used to go through there throughout the day to go to the store, pool ect, and one of the boys always used to tease and taunt Tiny. he used to bring food and hold it up to the fence, and then blow in her face when she'd jump up onto the fence to get it.  and he used to poke her with sticks, throw water on her, and one day he even threw juice on her.  now i'm a very nice person most of the time, but this had been going on for 2 weeks and it was ticking me off.  i'd asked him nicely to stop it, but he wouldn't.  so one day 3 of them walk by and one of them has a stick and starts poking tiny from the other side of the fence....what he didn't know was that i had seen him coming and stood outside the fence in the bush.  he started to poke tiny so i ran out to him grabbed his stick and started poking him with it. his friends said see ya man and ran off. i poked him with the stick and asked how he liked it, then i poured an entire jug of juice on him and asked him how he felt.  he was pretty embarrased that his friends saw a girl picking on him (he's the same age as me, i go to school with him).  i told him that paybacks a B(female dog - ya'll know what i mean) and so am I, so stop bugging my dog.  Well the jerk got the hint, and he left my dog alone! Now i'm not saying to do what the girls do to your dog, don't get me wrong, but you've gotta do something!

Wow i sound like a real bag now, lol! it's not like he was just some strange guy though, i've known him since elementary school, and he's always been a jerk!

-- Edited by Sandyboo at 17:52, 2005-05-30

I get people all the time in my alley. They don't taunt Oscar but it still bugs him to have someone he doesn't know standing in the alley looking at him. So what we plan to do it put a privacy fence after we put in the storm cellar.

Hello Dorothy...I would be wiling to bet no matter if you caught the kids read handed or had a video (which is a good idea) of the kids in action...Some parents would still uphold their kids in doing wrong..no matter what..I would probably put up 8 foot privacy fence at the back of the proberty...or as high as city ordances would allow. I for one cant stand having neighbors for that very reason...I had some kids make my Smooth collie mix get aggressive from all the taunting and then when i moved the (actual) nut that lived next door would throw things at him or lunge at him with a shovel...So...needless to say this poor dog had no hope as far as his getting really agressive. I would hope that it isnt a problem that could escalate to being serious..But...when your a home owner and live in a city thats what you have...Thats why I have never been happier then when we moved up to now where. I wish you all the luck and sucess with remeding this problem...it wont be easy...