Morena all: in response to Rosemarie’s email re cats that call the old school site ‘home’ and her dogs loving to chase cats, I wrote to her seeking some assurances around fencing etc.

John Reynolds, Rosemarie’s son in law and husband of her daughter Jane, as the owners of the two dogs in question, responded to me and is happy for that to be shared with the group. As John says, they very much want to be good neighbours, and that includes managing their dogs around our property. I hope that will put people’s minds at ease.

Best wishes for the week ahead –

Marianne

Marianne Quinn

Level 3, 115 Stuart Street, Dunedin

P.O. Box 20, Dunedin 9054

ph +6434773115 or 0211612050

From: John Reynolds <john.reynolds@otago.ac.nz>
Sent: Thursday, 4 March 2021 7:00 PM
To: mariannequinn@xtra.co.nz
Cc: Jane Reynolds <jane.reynolds@voland.co.nz>; Rosemarie Smith <rose@voland.co.nz>
Subject: Re: re your email

Kia ora Marianne,

Thank for your email to Rosemarie, which she has forwarded to Jane and I as co-owners of No. 31. Since Jane and I own the dogs it is fitting that we reply.

Firstly let me assure you that we have no intention of generating anything other than a good neighbourly feeling, and that we are planning for fencing all of the outside areas that our dogs will be released into. When we take the dogs anywhere outside our fenced areas now, we always have them on a leash, so again that should meet your request.

We cannot, of course, give a gilt-edged assurance that there will never be an occurrence where one or other dog inadvertently makes a dash to the Toiora area when transferring to the car etc, just as much as you could not guarantee that cats will never go over the fence and into our areas where the dogs could be. We will, however, do whatever we can to ensure this doesn’t happen. We have always had good relationships with our neighbours with us having dogs and them cats, hence I can’t see why it would be any different with our house being neighbours of residents at Toiora.

Look forward to seeing you in the coming weeks.

Many thanks,

Ngā mihi nui,

John and Jane Reynolds (cc Rosemarie)

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On 4/03/2021, at 8:35 AM, <mariannequinn@xtra.co.nz> <mariannequinn@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

Hi Rosemarie: thanks for alerting us to the other cats in the neighbourhood who have claimed Toiroa. I’m sure, as with some of the humans who liked to use the ‘empty’ space, we’ve displaced quite a few.

While I appreciate your concern about cats fighting, I would like to have your assurance that given that your dogs love chasing cats – which can result in death, not only injuries – that your property will be securely fenced and that your dogs will be on leads anytime they’re at Toiora. I expect that would contribute to ‘good neighbourly feeling’, while the converse most certainly will not!

Thanks for assuring me of this.

Regards,

Marianne

Marianne Quinn

Level 3, 115 Stuart Street, Dunedin

P.O. Box 20, Dunedin 9054

ph +6434773115 or 0211612050