Can anyone clarify the law with trespassing & dogs?

[Bes]

Hi

My mum's house shares a wall with a large park. Unfortunately it sometimes attracts a certain group of little ****s who have nothing better to do than shout and swear in the park, and sometimes 'for a laugh' jump over the wall into her garden.

She also owns a very protective Alsatian who has come extremely close to catching the little scrotes a few times. If they continue doing this, I know it is just a matter of time before he catches one, and I have no idea what he would do to them.

She has warned them, but of course they don't give a toss.

Does anyone know what would actually happen to the dog/ my mum if he did get hold of one in his own garden? We have asked the police before and one officer said nothing would happen to the dog (i.e. be put down) as he attacked a trespasser. I don't know if I believe this though.

Can anyone in the know confirm this? as I am not too sure if this is the case?

Thanks

 

[Bes]

TBH

We would if they were legal. Thing is if one of the little gits impails himself on it, he would almost certainly win a legal case against us.

 

[Bes]

Which would probably also be the case if your dog mauled him.

Jokester

Which is what I am unsure of as the police officer said he has no legal leg to stand on and the dog could not be destroyed, yet we cannot erect anything like that in her garden

Edit: Also those things are probably illegal to possess- Alsatians are not.

 

[Bes]

Shame isn't it. I don't understand why the defence "The idiot shouldn't have climbed my wall" doesn't cover us I mean, they're in clear view, so it's freakin' obvious what's going to happen if you try and climb it and only they are to blame...

These are legal as far as I know, they're made out of hard plastic I think. You just need to put a sign up on the other side of the wall then I think you're covered

The other thing is though sometimes the dog jumps up at the wall just to have a look around, or if he hears something in the park or whatever... We don't want anything that can injure him or make him tread anti-climb paint all over the house.

I was thinking of erecting a number of long steel rods just on our side of the wall- the dog will see them so won't hurt himself, but anyone jumping over will probably lose a testicle or an ovary. But it's probably illegal too

 

[Bes]

Can't stop you having a few rose bushes or hawthorn with massive spikes.

Yeah but her front garden is probably over 50 metres long (That a LOT of bushes, and they aint cheap!) and they also take more years to grow than she will stay there.

I will look into it for her though- find out what the nastiest variety is. Just a shame there are no poisonous plants indigenous here