040102 1331 - Ken Hall wrote:

I don't think there's anything that can be done about this except
move, but sometimes I'm surprised by the answers on newsgroups.

Our street faces a large apartment complex. The arrangement of the
few houses on our street create only small front yards -- about 20'
deep by the width of the lots (80'?). The houses are about 25 years
old. The apartment complex was built a few (3 ?) years ago.

On the far side of the complex is a boulevard and on each end is
another complex so the only area with grass these people can reach is
our small lawns. So, our lawns have become the toilet for the *many*
tenants with dogs. They all walk the dogs down our street and stop on
the lawn for a dump. The lawns become covered with dog turds.

If I happen to be outside they usually pass on to a lawn a couple of
doors down. On the rare occasion when the owner ignores the fact that
I'm standing right there, I say something like "Please don't mess my
yard." Usually they either don't reply or say something like "Go
F**k yourself," or give an indifferent "OK."

Anybody think of any way to stop this? Is there something one can
sprinkle or spray on the yard that will repel the dogs?

Ken

You could have a lot of fun with this one. I would go to a local Radio
Shack and find a roll of bare 22 gauge, or thereabouts, wire, and also a
roll of the same in insulated wire. String the bare wire a few inches apart
near the sidewalk in the grass, making a grid. It could be up to 6 feet of
grid from the sidwalk. Then attach the insulated wire to one end of the
wire and run into your house. Leave the other end of the bare wire open.
Inside the house you could attach a battery and a coil to the end of the
wire and ground the other end of the battery. Put a push button in the
circuit so that you can push the button several times on and off while the
dog is on the grid ****ing on your lawn, or whatever. Make sure that the
bare wire is tucked down into the grass so that it is not readily seen. The
pulses will enter the dogs feet and he will be grounded with his feet on the
grass. Some of the high voltage generated by the coil will be lost into the
grass, but this will be effective enough to make the dog realize that this
is not a good place to poop. The dog will remember this lawn thereafter and
will not go on the grass there and will resist attempts by his master to
make him go there.

Another method would be to run outside with a flash camera and take a
picture of the perps while they are in action. This would prove to be
unnerving and they should stop coming around.