Neighbour’s big mistake when sharing angry letter over ‘mongrel dog’

A shift worker fed up with their neighbour’s barking dog wrote a furious letter threatening to ‘shut the mongrel up’ - but then made a monumental mistake.

A shift worker fed up with their neighbour’s barking dog typed a furious letter threatening to “shut the mongrel up for good” - but dropped it in the wrong mailbox.

The surprised recipient of the letter took to Reddit on Wednesday to share the expletive-laden message, writing: “Received this well-worded letter in my mailbox this morning (wrong neighbour - I don’t even have a dog).”

He also shared the contents of the aggressive memo which read:

“Mongrel dog owner,

“Keep ya mongrel f***ing dog quiet. We f***ing told you before but now you better kiss that mongrel dog good bye coz (sic) we have had a gut full of its baking day and f***ing night and we work shiftwork.

“Have some manners and keep it inside or else it will be shut up for good.

“Sick of it trying to attack us and any one walking by.

“Dead mongrel dog will be your fawlt (sic)
“No more warning a**hole. Shut ya f***in dog up.”

The note was heavy on the death threats and expletives. Picture: Reddit.

In the comments, Reddit users lashed the anonymous neighbour over the aggressive letter.

“Is this the letter Barnaby sent to Johnny Depp?,” wrote one person, referencing the infamous 2015 stoush between the Deputy PM, Depp and his then-girlfriend Amber Heard over their failure to declare their Yorkshire terriers to Australian customs.

It wasn’t the only politically-laced dig either. Another joked: “Nah, it’s a print out of the texts Gladys sent to an unnamed cabinet member”.

Others lashed the petty behaviour of the shift worker who wrote the note, suggesting the receipient contact the police.

“Definitely inform the police, I know what it’s like to have your dog poisoned and it’s not fun I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone,” wrote one pet owner.

“I love that they took the time to type and print this … I can just imagine them waiting by the printer all mad for the page to come out,” added another.

The saga of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s Yorkshire terriers made international headlines. Picture: AAP Image/Glenn Hunt.

While the dogs were threatened with euthanasia, they were eventually flown back to the US. Picture: News Corp Australia.

Recently, a note about a noisy dog that was shared by its Coomera-owner had people deeming the move “gutless”.

The neighbour wrote that the barking was a “common occurrence”, which was “constantly ignored” and threatened to “formally lodge complaints”.

“Noticeably it is every night at a time that they appear to be distressed, which is becoming distressing for several households,” the note continued.

Unfortunately, the neighbour also failed to leave any contact details.

“Thanks for the note, maybe next time leave your number and we can chat about it,” the man wrote in his Facebook post.

“A bit hard to know my dog barks when I’m not home. And I’m pretty sure there are a lot of other dogs in the area that bark as well.”

Originally published as Neighbour’s big mistake when sharing angry letter over ‘mongrel dog’