I hade an experience about 6 years ago when i had planted about 30 small conifers along side our fence so we would not be overlooked in a few years time when they grew, anyway we had just got Lily our dalmation pup and i watched her in the back garden and noticed that 4 of the newly planted trees had been ripped out and chucked over our fence - well red rag to a bull that was and then i found 3 11/12 year olds skulking behind the garages with fresh mud stains on hands and clothes, so i quite firmly told them 'if i see you near my fence and trees again ill hang you by your feet and fecking well skin you!!' feeling triumphant but not entirely satisfied i decided to go down to the parents house and give them the same treatment, well talk about where do kids learn it from, the mum staggered to the door as if it had just fell out of bed and tried to deny it, so i gave her the same warning and told her where i lived in case her chicken s**t husband wanted to stop hiding behind the door and come and have a chat with me!!! and perhaps disclpine the shitester of a kid he had!!
Thankfully my OH was with me and ordered me back to the car before front doors were pulled of hinges etc etc, and on returning home i thought that i better inform the local bobby about this in case any more trees came flying.
Some time later he turned up and said he had been to this kids house and that i had threatened him with violence was this true, i triumphantly said 'yep, sure did' to which he looked and said now sire you know you cant say that but off the record i understand, poor bloke his hands were tied like everybody else who wants to live in a nice world. When we younger and used to drink in the town on a saturday night there would be about 20 of us hanging around till 2,3,4 in the morning but we never acted up or vandalised anything and also the local bobby used to sometimes come and be with us, one foot out of line and you would benefit from an almighty smack from the ear,, and god forbid mum & dad found out coz that meant another one!!
On a final note just been down and fed the pigs and we think we had some visitors the other day, but tonight the water has been turned off and the CCTv cameras have been turned and pointed to the floor, god knows what i will find in the morning but what can you do??