How to deal with feral cats in my yard? And neighbors dogs barking that are left out all day?

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answer:Put in a water sprinkler in your yard to go off twice an hour for maybe a half a minute. Especially at night. After a while they should avoid your yard and they aren’t fond of wet ground. I know in Japan they use to leave bottles of water around the yard. It was popular everywhere and I was told it was to ward of cats. I don’t know if it really worked. I suppose out of curiosity some may have tipped the bottles and didn’t like getting wet. Another option. Give them better food than the lady next door and have a trap ready for them and then call Animal control to come an get it. Or get a bigger louder dog to deter the cats and annoy your neighbor back. But out of curiosity. Have you spoken directly to her? Or did you simply just report it to the police without ever trying to see if she would be willing to fix it herself. She can’t know about your allergies or if you are disturbed by the noise if you smile an wave at her and act like nothing is going on. She may be unaware of your allergies and that the noise disturbs you. Sometimes people get use to a sound and stop hearing it. And some people hear every little thing.

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