Richard writes:
[neighbor lets his dog poop on OP's lawn]

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left these
in my yard".

Perhaps you could save us all the trouble of having this
discussion yet again by reading the many previous instances of
this same discussion in the archive at groups.google.com.

Incidentally, the fact that you ask if you should deal with
this by handing your neighbor a pile of dog **** tells us a
lot about which of you is the "rude person".

I had the same problem as you had. A neighbor next to my neighbor on the
right side of my house had a dog that always crapped in my front yard. What
I did one night was --- I took 3 piles of the crap and dumped it right in
the middle of his driveway.
CASE SOLVED!



"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left these
in my yard".

"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left these
in my yard".

Didn't you say tactful? I'd try talking to him first.

Greg M

"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person?


No, rude people don't understand tact. Use Dave's method of returning hte
goods to the owner. Fling it with a shovel and let him see you do it.
Worked for me with a neighbor.

In most cases, that is all that is needed. If he is very persistent, there
are probably leash laws in the town and you can involve the police.

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"Richard" wrote in message


Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person?



No, rude people don't understand tact. Use Dave's method of returning hte
goods to the owner. Fling it with a shovel and let him see you do it.
Worked for me with a neighbor.


Agreed. Even if you ask nicely, the *rude* neighbor will probably still
have a hard-on for you from then on anyways and still let his dog crap
in your yard.

"G Henslee" wrote in message
...
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"Richard" wrote in message


Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person?



No, rude people don't understand tact. Use Dave's method of returning
hte goods to the owner. Fling it with a shovel and let him see you do
it. Worked for me with a neighbor.


Agreed. Even if you ask nicely, the *rude* neighbor will probably still
have a hard-on for you from then on anyways and still let his dog crap in
your yard.

It may not help, but talking to the neighbor can't hurt and might be a much
better solution. You would be foolish to do something antagonistic without
first talking.

Evidently you have never owned a dog. They relieve themselves on walks and
thats all there is to it. Sure, a decent person cleans up after their dog,
but is hardly a matter of trespassing.

I had exactly the opposite problem. An old woman would scream at me every
time I walked by her house; I have no idea why, since my dog had never
visited her yard. I tried talking to her, but she was crazy. A neighbor
solved the problem by leaving a large pile on a rock by her driveway. (no,
it wasn't me, really) So I guess the pile trick does help people regain
their reason, but should not be a first choice.

(toller) wrote in
:

Evidently you have never owned a dog. They relieve themselves on
walks and thats all there is to it. Sure, a decent person cleans
up after their dog, but is hardly a matter of trespassing.

While the original poster didn't say, in most cities it's not legal
to let your dog run free, even if it doesn't crap in the neighbor's
yard. And, in most cities, the dog's owner is legally responsible for
cleaning up after it, regardless of the circumstance.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

Richard wrote:
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left these
in my yard".

Check your city code, and then call in a violation if the code says he
must pick up doggie-doo. Code violation here. Lots of dogs, and dog
walkers pick up and put in nearest dumpster.

"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
...
(toller) wrote in
:

Evidently you have never owned a dog. They relieve themselves on
walks and thats all there is to it. Sure, a decent person cleans
up after their dog, but is hardly a matter of trespassing.

While the original poster didn't say, in most cities it's not legal
to let your dog run free, even if it doesn't crap in the neighbor's
yard. And, in most cities, the dog's owner is legally responsible for
cleaning up after it, regardless of the circumstance.

I made the assumption, which might not be correct, that it was happening
when the neighbor walked their dog. If they are letting it run free and
there is a leash law, then that changes everything.
But my answer is still correct; it makes sense to talk first.

"Richard" wrote in message
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My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left these
in my yard".

Step one: talk to him and ask if he would please not let his dog defecate
on your property.

Step two if this doesn't work: toss the crap onto his driveway.

Step three if this doesn't work: call the police and/or health department
and ask if there are any laws being violated.

Step four: when the dog comes in the yard, call the police and say the dog
snarled at you. Tell the responding officer that you have asked this
neighbor repeatedly to keep the dog off your property, but the neighbor has
refused to do so.

Each step is a little more direct, and will determine what kind of neighbor
this really is and if their friendship is worth keeping.

I got to step two with my neighbor. After two times of returning some bombs
to their welcome mat, the problem mysteriously and quickly ended. That has
been about a year now.

If it is a good neighbor, you won't have to go past step one.

Steve

Evidently you have never owned a dog. They relieve themselves on
walks and thats all there is to it. Sure, a decent person cleans
up after their dog, but is hardly a matter of trespassing.

Evidently, you are a liberal.

Any dog owner that allows their animal to relieve themselves at will and not
clean up after it is simply irresponsible. Sure, I know that it is the
nature of wild animals. I also know that it is important not to have the
animal feel badly about itself, or to cause any problems that might result
in counselling. Or to appear germophobic, or scataphobic.

And your views on the rights of the public on private property shows
liberalism, too. You might read up on trespassing laws in your community.

I doubt you will, as you appear to think the typical liberal bent.

Steve

(toller) wrote in
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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
...
(toller) wrote in
:

Evidently you have never owned a dog. They relieve themselves on
walks and thats all there is to it. Sure, a decent person cleans
up after their dog, but is hardly a matter of trespassing.

While the original poster didn't say, in most cities it's not
legal to let your dog run free, even if it doesn't crap in the
neighbor's yard. And, in most cities, the dog's owner is legally
responsible for cleaning up after it, regardless of the
circumstance.

I made the assumption, which might not be correct, that it was
happening when the neighbor walked their dog.

Then it's even worse.

Again, most cities have laws requiring dog owners to clean up after
their dogs, but common courtesy would dictate that regardless.

If they are letting it run free and there is a leash law, then that
changes everything. But my answer is still correct; it makes sense
to talk first.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

Step 2 1/2:

Leave the crap where it is. Take a bottle of BBQ Sauce and generously
pour it over the turds. Watch your neighbors face, as his dog eats own
crap. Problem will be solved permanently

"SteveB" wrote in message
news:fVXte.2715$Lr4.855@fed1read03...
Evidently you have never owned a dog. They relieve themselves on
walks and thats all there is to it. Sure, a decent person cleans
up after their dog, but is hardly a matter of trespassing.

Evidently, you are a liberal.

Any dog owner that allows their animal to relieve themselves at will and
not
clean up after it is simply irresponsible. Sure, I know that it is the
nature of wild animals. I also know that it is important not to have the
animal feel badly about itself, or to cause any problems that might result
in counselling. Or to appear germophobic, or scataphobic.

And your views on the rights of the public on private property shows
liberalism, too. You might read up on trespassing laws in your
community.


let me tell you about the trespassing laws in my boro: if you don't post
with no trespassing signs, it isn't trespassing.

"SteveB" wrote in message
news:MuXte.2706$Lr4.136@fed1read03...

"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across
my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left
these
in my yard".

Step one: talk to him and ask if he would please not let his dog defecate
on your property.

Step two if this doesn't work: toss the crap onto his driveway.

Step three if this doesn't work: call the police and/or health department
and ask if there are any laws being violated.

Step four: when the dog comes in the yard, call the police and say the
dog
snarled at you. Tell the responding officer that you have asked this
neighbor repeatedly to keep the dog off your property, but the neighbor
has
refused to do so.

Each step is a little more direct, and will determine what kind of
neighbor
this really is and if their friendship is worth keeping.

I got to step two with my neighbor. After two times of returning some
bombs
to their welcome mat, the problem mysteriously and quickly ended. That
has
been about a year now.

If it is a good neighbor, you won't have to go past step one.

in this day and age, with xxxxxx rage, etc, i'd go directly to step 3 and,
assuming it's against the law, i'd turn him in anonymously.

"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left these
in my yard".

are you sure it's his dog? you've seen the dog doing it? i ask because
i've been blamed (with a poopie packet on my doorstep) for something my dog
didn't do. it was assumed, by the size of the poopie, that it was my dog
(acutally, it was a little small for my dog (150lbs); more like a 100lb
size). however, if you're not up that early you don't know just how many
100lb+ dogs are walked in my neighborhood.

if you saw the dog do it, and it's illegal, turn him in anonymously.

Dave wrote:
I had the same problem as you had. A neighbor next to my neighbor on
the right side of my house had a dog that always crapped in my front
yard. What I did one night was --- I took 3 piles of the crap and
dumped it right in the middle of his driveway.
CASE SOLVED!

Worked with me, also. Day after day, mom and her litter came into our yard.
The owners could care less. Finally, my shovel took over. Still didn't work,
until.....

They came home one day as I shoveling out my yard. I didn't stop. They saw
the stuff hitting their house and car. Problem solved. The neighbor, a fence
installer by trade, decided it was time to fence in his yard.

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"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left these
in my yard".

are you sure it's his dog? you've seen the dog doing it? i ask because
i've been blamed (with a poopie packet on my doorstep) for something my dog
didn't do. it was assumed, by the size of the poopie, that it was my dog
(acutally, it was a little small for my dog (150lbs); more like a 100lb
size). however, if you're not up that early you don't know just how many
100lb+ dogs are walked in my neighborhood.

if you saw the dog do it, and it's illegal, turn him in anonymously.




??!?

LOL!

You'd have us believe that you can tell the poops from 150 lb dogs and 100 lb
dogs!

If I were defending that a dog's poop wasn't my dog's poop, it would be more
along the lines of:
1. My dog doesn't get out because I take xxx percautions against that.
2. When I walk my dog, I watch and scoop it up each and every time.

That you're nattering on about dog sizes and poop sizes tells me you don't do
either 1 or 2, so you're trying to figure out which is yours and which isn't,
and you should buck up and deal with your dog poops.

Banty

Banty wrote:
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AllEmailDeletedImmediately says...


"Richard" wrote in message
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My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.



LOL!

You'd have us believe that you can tell the poops from 150 lb dogs and 100 lb
dogs!


He's gotta be ****tin' us.

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:56:39 -0400, Richard wrote:

My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left these
in my yard".

Like others have said, try talking to him first.

If that doesn't help:

Do you have a fenced back yard, garage or somewhere you could hold the
dog while you call animal control to pick him/her up as a stray? If
the dog is in your yard unattended, bait it in with some tasty, smelly
morsel of food.

After the owner has to take a couple of trips to the dog pound and pay
the fine he may keep a little closer eye on the mutt.

DJ

G Henslee wrote in
:

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"Richard" wrote in message


Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person?



No, rude people don't understand tact. Use Dave's method of
returning hte goods to the owner. Fling it with a shovel and let him
see you do it. Worked for me with a neighbor.


The "return their crap" method is vandalism.


Agreed. Even if you ask nicely, the *rude* neighbor will probably
still have a hard-on for you from then on anyways and still let his
dog crap in your yard.


Then you videotape it,and call the police and have him cited for vandalism.
If necessary,it's great evidence for a restraining order.(both human and
dog)
The videotape is also useful for the "that wasn't MY dog" excuse.


--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

"SteveB" wrote in
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"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal
toilet. He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked
them up afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his
dog across my front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on
his door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you
left these in my yard".

Step one: talk to him and ask if he would please not let his dog
defecate on your property.

Step two if this doesn't work: toss the crap onto his driveway.

Vandalism.
It doesn't matter if it's his dog's crap.


Step three if this doesn't work: call the police and/or health
department and ask if there are any laws being violated.

Step four: when the dog comes in the yard, call the police and say
the dog snarled at you.

what GOOD advice;to lie to a police officer.
Making a false statement is a crime.

Tell the responding officer that you have
asked this neighbor repeatedly to keep the dog off your property, but
the neighbor has refused to do so.

Each step is a little more direct, and will determine what kind of
neighbor this really is and if their friendship is worth keeping.

I got to step two with my neighbor. After two times of returning some
bombs to their welcome mat, the problem mysteriously and quickly
ended. That has been about a year now.

If it is a good neighbor, you won't have to go past step one.

Steve






--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

"AllEmailDeletedImmediately" wrote in
:



are you sure it's his dog? you've seen the dog doing it? i ask
because i've been blamed (with a poopie packet on my doorstep) for
something my dog didn't do. it was assumed, by the size of the
poopie, that it was my dog (acutally, it was a little small for my dog
(150lbs); more like a 100lb size). however, if you're not up that
early you don't know just how many 100lb+ dogs are walked in my
neighborhood.

if you saw the dog do it, and it's illegal, turn him in anonymously.



This is why I suggest videotape. Positive,legal proof.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Banty wrote in
:

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AllEmailDeletedImmediately says...


"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal
toilet. He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked
them up afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his
dog across my front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on
his door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you
left these in my yard".

are you sure it's his dog? you've seen the dog doing it? i ask
because i've been blamed (with a poopie packet on my doorstep) for
something my dog didn't do. it was assumed, by the size of the
poopie, that it was my dog (acutally, it was a little small for my dog
(150lbs); more like a 100lb size). however, if you're not up that
early you don't know just how many 100lb+ dogs are walked in my
neighborhood.

if you saw the dog do it, and it's illegal, turn him in anonymously.




??!?

LOL!

You'd have us believe that you can tell the poops from 150 lb dogs and
100 lb dogs!

I've seen cocker spaniels that have turds bigger than some large dogs.


If I were defending that a dog's poop wasn't my dog's poop, it would
be more along the lines of:
1. My dog doesn't get out because I take xxx percautions against that.
2. When I walk my dog, I watch and scoop it up each and every time.

That you're nattering on about dog sizes and poop sizes tells me you
don't do either 1 or 2, so you're trying to figure out which is yours
and which isn't, and you should buck up and deal with your dog poops.

Banty



And what do you do if their dog has diarrhea? B-)

(faint attempt at humor)

One last note;the "return the owner's crap" method involves you,a non-dog
owner,in cleanup of someone elses dog crap.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Richard wrote in
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My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal
toilet. He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked
them up afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his
dog across my front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on
his door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you
left these in my yard".

One other thought;if you have the person on videotape leaving the crap on
your property,it's a powerful tool to SHOW the person,and tell them you
will show it to police or a judge as proof of vandalism of your
property;that alone may make them stop.

You also have solid proof of exactly -who- is doing it.
No mistakes,no doubts.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Jim Yanik wrote:
G Henslee wrote in
:


Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"Richard" wrote in message

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person?



No, rude people don't understand tact. Use Dave's method of
returning hte goods to the owner. Fling it with a shovel and let him
see you do it. Worked for me with a neighbor.


The "return their crap" method is vandalism.


Agreed. Even if you ask nicely, the *rude* neighbor will probably
still have a hard-on for you from then on anyways and still let his
dog crap in your yard.



Then you videotape it,and call the police and have him cited for vandalism.
If necessary,it's great evidence for a restraining order.(both human and
dog)
The videotape is also useful for the "that wasn't MY dog" excuse.


Allowing the neighbor to see you videotaping would send the message as
well. Actually it's too bad and can be kind of sad when this '****'
happens between neighbors.

One approach- BB gun, shoot the dog in the ass whenever you see it in your
yard. It'll quickly learn to stay out.


"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left these
in my yard".

wrote, a little heartlessly, perhaps:

One approach- BB gun, shoot the dog in the ass whenever you see it in your
yard. It'll quickly learn to stay out.

Or, more humanely, try one of these ultrasonic gadgets that send out
a noise above what humans can hear, but it drives dogs mental.
I had great success with this, with a dog next door that barked
annoyingly: it soon learned, and the people who leased that house
have left now, thank Gawd.

"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left these
in my yard".




--
Ian

"Jim Yanik" . wrote

Step two if this doesn't work: toss the crap onto his driveway.

Vandalism.
It doesn't matter if it's his dog's crap.

Oh, I see. I'm going to get into trouble for returning something that
belongs to the neighbor? It's not a crime for them to allow the dog to
defecate in my yard, but a crime for me to return it? Is that what you're
saying, Bunkie?

Step four: when the dog comes in the yard, call the police and say
the dog snarled at you.

what GOOD advice;to lie to a police officer.
Making a false statement is a crime.

Again, the dog was on MY property. And you say that I'm going to get into
trouble because the dog was agressive on MY property? It's my word against
the dog's. No crime can be proven. Now, THAT'S good advice.

Have a nice day. Keep taking those meds. Doctor dispensed, over the
counter, and street purchased.

Steve

"Richard" wrote in message
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My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal
toilet.

One word ........... Fi-shock

Put a metal garbage can in your yard for a week. Let the dog urinate on it.
Put it up on something that will insulate it from the ground like plastic
tupperware containers. Hook up the juice. The next time he urinates on it,
he won't go near a trash can in his lifetime, let alone come into your yard.

Can be found at Google. Does no permanent harm to the animal. Costs about
$25. Hilarious as hell if you happen to be watching. Good for all sorts of
critters. Legal to use on private property. One time is all it takes to
completely solve the problem.

Steve

SteveB wrote:
"Richard" wrote in message
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My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal
toilet.


One word ........... Fi-shock

Put a metal garbage can in your yard for a week. Let the dog urinate on it.
Put it up on something that will insulate it from the ground like plastic
tupperware containers. Hook up the juice. The next time he urinates on it,
he won't go near a trash can in his lifetime, let alone come into your yard.

Can be found at Google. Does no permanent harm to the animal. Costs about
$25. Hilarious as hell if you happen to be watching. Good for all sorts of
critters. Legal to use on private property. One time is all it takes to
completely solve the problem.

Steve



Not to mention it'll keep the homeless from going through your trash can
too!

"G Henslee" wrote


Not to mention it'll keep the homeless from going through your trash can
too!

As I said, good for all sorts of pesky critters.

Steve ;-)

SteveB wrote:
"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left these
in my yard".


Step one: talk to him and ask if he would please not let his dog defecate
on your property.

Step two if this doesn't work: toss the crap onto his driveway.

May feel good at the moment, but that is vandalism. Bad advice.


Step three if this doesn't work: call the police and/or health department
and ask if there are any laws being violated.

Step four: when the dog comes in the yard, call the police and say the dog
snarled at you. Tell the responding officer that you have asked this
neighbor repeatedly to keep the dog off your property, but the neighbor has
refused to do so.

Find out what the local law is. If leaving droppings is against the
law, take a picture and file complaint with animal control. I called
animal control here, about a neighbor with 125# dog which had attacked
other dogs twice. Neighbor is in condo, is a bit of a lunatic. Had
screen stapled over outside of front door, and it was the only means of
restraining a dangerous animal. They had previously gotten a letter
about keeping it under control at all times. They said they had no
authority about the screen, but would speak with them. It worked.
Small kids in condo pass within 10' of the door.


Each step is a little more direct, and will determine what kind of neighbor
this really is and if their friendship is worth keeping.

I got to step two with my neighbor. After two times of returning some bombs
to their welcome mat, the problem mysteriously and quickly ended. That has
been about a year now.

Dog poop on the lawn is not worth worrying about, unless they are large
piles. Being seen doing vandalism will not establish your status as a
good neighbor. It only escalates a silly issue.


If it is a good neighbor, you won't have to go past step one.

Steve

"Norminn" wrote

Deserttraveler wrote:
Step two if this doesn't work: toss the crap onto his driveway.

May feel good at the moment, but that is vandalism. Bad advice.

Only if you're too big a woos to toss the crap back where it belongs. This
advice is only meant for vertabrates.



Dog poop on the lawn is not worth worrying about, unless they are large
piles. Being seen doing vandalism will not establish your status as a
good neighbor. It only escalates a silly issue.

And it sends a message that you won't put up with crap from a dog or a
neighbor. A good neighbor doesn't get this started in the first place, and
if it is started, they will take steps to reign in their animal. If they
don't, then, it's a man's world. Returning property to its owner is being a
bad neighbor?

Steve

In article yu0ue.2773$Lr4.1643@fed1read03,
"SteveB" wrote:

"Richard" wrote in message
news My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal
toilet.

One word ........... Fi-shock

Put a metal garbage can in your yard for a week. Let the dog urinate on it.
Put it up on something that will insulate it from the ground like plastic
tupperware containers. Hook up the juice. The next time he urinates on it,
he won't go near a trash can in his lifetime, let alone come into your yard.

Can be found at Google. Does no permanent harm to the animal. Costs about
$25. Hilarious as hell if you happen to be watching. Good for all sorts of
critters. Legal to use on private property. One time is all it takes to
completely solve the problem.

My father did something like that 50 years ago, he just wired the hot
110vac wire (thru a 100 watt light bulb to keep from blowing a fuse).
The dog lifted its hind leg and let fly. Obviously the dog was unhurt
since we could still hear it after it had run 1/2 mile

--
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In article Sk0ue.2772$Lr4.366@fed1read03,
"SteveB" wrote:

Oh, I see. I'm going to get into trouble for returning something that
belongs to the neighbor? It's not a crime for them to allow the dog to
defecate in my yard, but a crime for me to return it? Is that what you're
saying, Bunkie?

Exactly right; it's the same principle that what a thief steals from
you, you cannot steal back. Welcome to Big Brother.

--
Free men own guns, slaves don't
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5357/

"Nick Hull" wrote


My father did something like that 50 years ago, he just wired the hot
110vac wire (thru a 100 watt light bulb to keep from blowing a fuse).
The dog lifted its hind leg and let fly. Obviously the dog was unhurt
since we could still hear it after it had run 1/2 mile


Fi-Shock has a lot less electricity, but the result is the same. The dog
will not be back.

Steve

"Banty" wrote in message
...
In article ,
AllEmailDeletedImmediately says...


"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal
toilet.
He leaves his bombs there all the time. Even IF he picked them up
afterwards, I don't think I like the idea of him walking his dog across
my
front yard. What's wrong with his yard?

Any tactful ways of dealing with this, obviously, rude person? I'm
thinking of collecting a week's worth of bombs and then knocking on his
door and handing them to him and say something like "Here - you left
these
in my yard".

are you sure it's his dog? you've seen the dog doing it? i ask because
i've been blamed (with a poopie packet on my doorstep) for something my
dog
didn't do. it was assumed, by the size of the poopie, that it was my
dog
(acutally, it was a little small for my dog (150lbs); more like a 100lb
size). however, if you're not up that early you don't know just how
many
100lb+ dogs are walked in my neighborhood.

if you saw the dog do it, and it's illegal, turn him in anonymously.




??!?

LOL!

You'd have us believe that you can tell the poops from 150 lb dogs and 100
lb
dogs!

yes. there's a difference in size based on the size of the dog.

If I were defending that a dog's poop wasn't my dog's poop, it would be
more
along the lines of:
1. My dog doesn't get out because I take xxx percautions against that.
2. When I walk my dog, I watch and scoop it up each and every time.

the poop is caught (too large for scooping, and scooping always leaves
something behind) every time. and my dog doesn't get out of the house off
a leash.

That you're nattering on about dog sizes and poop sizes tells me you don't
do
either 1 or 2, so you're trying to figure out which is yours and which
isn't,
and you should buck up and deal with your dog poops.

Banty

and you're an idiot.

"G Henslee" wrote in message
...
Banty wrote:
In article ,
AllEmailDeletedImmediately says...


"Richard" wrote in message
news
My neighbor is letting his dog use my front yard as his personal
toilet.



LOL!

You'd have us believe that you can tell the poops from 150 lb dogs and
100 lb
dogs!


He's gotta be ****tin' us.

nope. guess you've never owned large dogs. and do you think a 10lb dog's
pile is the same size as a 50lb dog?

"Jim Yanik" . wrote in message
.. .

I've seen cocker spaniels that have turds bigger than some large dogs.

then the poor thing was getting really crappy, cheap food. even with good
food, my dog's piles are too large to scoop, so i have to catch it.

and i'm not talking about the actual pile size. i'm talking turd diameter.
the exit hole of a cocker spaniel is much smaller than that of a great dane.
if they're both fed the same food, the great dane will not only have more,
due to being fed more, but the diameter will be larger.

And what do you do if their dog has diarrhea? B-)

well, i guess a hose would be needed. but i wouldn't get too upset with
diarrhea, as long as they have a poopie bag on them, thereby showing that
they probably pick it up regularly. diarrhea isn't normal, and it happens.

(faint attempt at humor)

One last note;the "return the owner's crap" method involves you,a non-dog
owner,in cleanup of someone elses dog crap.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net