I am so hungry for a brownie now!

Nope, the 9/10ths possession thing doesn't work apparently. The sheriff handling the case has told me we can try hiring a lawyer to fight giving Dallas back but that we probably won't have any luck. Hell the past couple of weekends we've had to deal with them driving up and down our road & stopping in front of our house and one day the woman involved riding one of her other horses up and down our property line screaming for Dallas to come to her. She hauled ass up the road when big George came flying out the door. I called the law and was told that it's a public road so I can't do anything. Well we're the last house on a dead end road, IMO they have NO business on it! Tried to get a restraining order but because no physical threat has been made we can't get one.

I decided that if they could play dirty I could to so I tried getting the guy in charge of large animals at animal control to go over to their place. I did the research, the rule is 1 acre of land for the first horse & a half acre for each additional horse. They have 3 horses in a ROUND PEN, that's where these horses have lived for at least 2 or 3 years, almost knee deep in old horse poop because it's NEVER been cleaned out. The round bales they feed are years old, moldy and disgusting, not fit to be fed to any animal. Even though he assured me he would not be influenced by the fact that they are friends with the head sheriff (their next door neighbor) I guess that wasn't true because now he won't even look at me & is never available to talk to me.

I'm just tired of it, George is tired of it and he really does not need the stress. We've proved that Cathy is not a thief (she was accused of stealing a tractor, weedeater, chain saw, 10 mens shirts, jewelry, electrical equipment, etc.) and we've proved their other much worse claim against her was false as well thank God. I would like to think they are investigating the woman over that charge but I'm not going to hold my breath. As much as we've sunk into Dallas & as good of a horse he is we've just about reached the conclusion that it would be easier if we just send him back, maybe that will end some of the harassment. Right now he needs his teeth floated badly, that's going to run close to $200 & I'll be damned if I am going to pay that if the law is just going to tell us we have no claim of ownership...I know that sounds bad because Dallas is the one who will suffer. We've been told we cannot move him anywhere. George suggested telling them he died but I am quite sure we'd have to produce a body to prove it so that's out...Sorry to go on like this but I really don't have anyone else to talk to about it.

BTW now that y'all have got me thinking brownies I guess I'll pick up some mix when I go to the grocery in a bit LOL.

Geez Shannon, I didn't realize it had gotten so bad with Cathy.  The horse thing, I know a little about because I have dealt with rescues before and you usually have to give them back.  Always get a bill of sale on those type of things.  Let him go back, life is short and you can find another one out there for you.  Those people will get theirs in the end

Val, well it didn't get bad with Cathy until she decided she couldn't deal with their issues anymore and wanted to come back home. Saying they did not take that well is putting it mildly, they didn't like losing their live-in maid & nanny. I NEVER should have allowed her to move in with them but I thought they were normal, okay people...they sure had me fooled.

Maybe at least if we give him back we can get back to normal here, instead of jumping up every time a car comes down the road or one of the outside dogs starts barking. It just pisses me off that chances are these people will get away with everything they have done. Part of me wants to fight, I don't know that we'll ever find us another as good as this one but the *sensible* part of me says give up before things escalate even worse.

HOLY SHAT!  Shannon that is some crazy stuff.  I agree with Val, life is too short.  Give the horse back, unless they are willing to sell you the horse.  You are just upsetting your self more by having these people "stalk" you and your family.  Pro longing it is only making it worse.  If they want the horse back make them come get him at a set time.  However if they step foot on your property with out your permission I would call the cops for tresspassing.  It may not seem like it now but they will get theirs.  One day they will piss someone off and it will all come around to bite them in the butt......

You will find another one that is just as good for you.  It may take awhile but there is another out there with your name on it. 

I agree with everyone else give them the horse with bells on.  Hope to hell they chock on one of the bells.

If they continue to harass you the best thing is to try to ignore it.  Cause it sounds like if you fire back they have people in the right places on their side and you'll end up in more trouble.

Turnin could you ship us some of those chicken eggs??  I have an idea!

by the time they got there they would be in perfect form for what u have in mind.

Wonderful!  My plan is taking shape!

    I wanna help 

Thats the spirit Val!!!!  You bring the TP and forks!

I like this conversation but I have very little experience in being naughty so whats the forks for?

Well I am the QUEEN of Naughtiness, let me clus you in!
The forks, get a bag of plasitc forks and stick them in there yard, fork part first.  They are a bitch to pick up and if you get luck they will mow there yard and have plastic scattered through out the yard!lol!!!!

Oh y'all are ba-aaaa-ad in the best way LOL! However events of the last couple of days have made me decide to just wave the white flag and surrender.

1) somebody threw a large gob of hamburger with glass chunks and gravel in it in our front yard. Gee, I wonder who??? the empy Marlboro Red 100 box in the yard gives a big hint being as I don't smoke Marlboros and the family across the road doesn't smoke at all but guess who DOES smoke them? Damn good thing the dogs only go out on leashes since the hawk incident.

2) found out that these people were at the county fair telling everyone who knows us that we stole Dallas from them and that we are starving him to death. Never mind that he's actually put on weight since we've had him and would put it on faster were he not a dedicated cribber who also needs his teeth floated. (which BTW we had planned on doing until WD got sick and cost us a small fortune at the vet)

3) this morning I wake up to a completely flat tire on my Blazer & the little thingy that covers the air nozzle laying on the ground.

What really sucks is that after doing some digging I found out that this is not the first time she's pulled this on a kid. I've talked to two other families who went through something similar with them but were too intimidated to push it with the police like we have and they will not give any kind of statement to the law about it. I've called the officer in charge about the hamburger, the talking about us & the flat tire today and he doesn't seem real interested so screw it. I give up, they win. Hopefully karma will come back and bite them ion the butt HARD.