Grrrr!!!!

[trebellangeminired]

It's the first week of the school holidays, children worked hard all morning on chores so we decided to bunk off for an ice cream at a local beauty spot. We were just about to walk out of the door when we spotted a small dog, Jack Russell type making "puddles" on the back garden lawn. Went out to investigate, frantic voices shouting for dog. Told them where to come and Mum and son came to collect. Dog squeezed through tiny gap in rabbit netting, ran back to house it came from. Mum most apologetic, visiting her Mum, dog escaped etc. I told her not to worry, these things happen. Anyway, watering round tonight OH spotted dog sized hole in our newly constructed brassica cages. Then I spotted the other hole, then the damaged plants... OH seriously unhappy, me too. We spent all day Sunday making frames and covering them with net, then assembled them into the cage and planted out our young plants only to have our efforts thwarted in three days. Spoilt a good day.

[Alice]

Oh Dear ! These things happen. What a shame. But I really do think people who "own" animals need to be made more responsible for them. They think sorry is enough when their darlings have wreaked your work. If they were really sorry they would come round and repair the damage.

[di]

Second your Grrrrr!I'd be really annoyed!!I think most dog owners are very responsible for their dogs~but then there's the others!! Won't even start to attempt to list my grumbles!

[trebellangeminired]

Thank you for your kind words Alice and andi&di. Unfortunately, I am not clear which house they were visiting as it didn't seem important at the time. The "puddles" are easily washed away but the netting has to be replaced and so do the plants. I have got spare plants but naturally we planted our best ones so this is the second 11, as it were. To be fair, neither myself or the dog owner were aware of that damage at the time. Our veg patch is at the top of the garden and we only saw the little darling on the lawn near the house. Hey ho, tomorrow is another day.

[squashysu]

cor i too would be most peed off !!!! we had dog, but she was a goody, also wouldnt have fitted through any hole!!! lol!

we have just been adopted by a cat and he is quite cute! i may just save this for a post!!

[trebellangeminired]

Thanks SS, look forward to your cat posts!