Cleaning up the neighbor's dog poo...

[Pat and Traveler]

I'd finally had enough this morning.  My next door neighbor has an Italian mastiff and a variety of other large dogs visit there, or maybe live there.  I'm not even sure how many PEOPLE live in that house!  Anyhow, their dog or dogs are just let out the front door to take care of business wherever they want, which appears to be mostly in my yard.  After I'd used a leaf blower this morning to pile up leaves from the front yard, I couldn't believe how many huge piles of dog poo were out there!  Trav has his fenced spot in the back and is only on leash in the front, so I knew none of it was his.  I bagged it all up, a gross task, though it appears the dog(s) do have a decent diet.  Heh, heh--can't help but make that assessment.  I've also run the mower through some of those piles--another yuk experience.  So this morning I knocked on their door, apparently woke the girl up, and politely asked if they could direct their dog(s) to their own yard when it was time to take care of business.  Such surprise and amazement!  They had no idea their dog(s) were messing in my yard.  Uhhhhh....right.  Anyhow, I've been assured that they'll watch the dogs in the future.

And that's my rant for the morning. 

 

[Cindy M, Zachary & the Frenchies]

Good for you. I have neighbors who walk their dogs and let them poop in others yards and leave it. I have yelled out my window to at people to not leave their dogs poo (although I didn't use such a polite word) in my yard!!!! Geez I already clean up after my 4 without having to clean up after the neighborhood dogs who are on a leash!!!

[Pat and Traveler]

Thanks, Cindy.  Oh, yeah--cleaning up after 4 dogs would really make one sensitive to the issue!  I finally gave up on trying to catch those dogs in the act, or finding the neighbor outside at the same time I was.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

WTG Pat!!! That is just nasty and GROSS!!  I appreciate that you did NOT do what one fellow in our neighborhood does and that is to FLING the poop out into the street!! Of course then walkers step in it and cars drive through it and well... you get the idea.  I hope you have had the last visit from your neighbor's poopers!

[Pat and Traveler]

Ricki--glad your neighbor doesn't live around here!  Ugh to poop in the street!  Bad enough in the yard.  I hope they'll keep an eye on their hounds from now on.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

You go get em', Pat. Way to go!!! Where did she think her dogs were going??

[Pat and Traveler]

Laurie--my thought exactly.  There seem to be a number of different people who either live next door or spend large amounts of time there, so I hope the word about the dogs gets around to EVERYBODY!   They have a fenced yard in back--fenced everywhere except across the driveway.  You'd think they could block off the driveway and let the dogs out in the back yard.  Apparently this idea hasn't occurred to anybody...

[Donna K & Quincy]

I'm am cleaning up after 4 dogs but only have one. I feel your pain. You need to do what a friend of mine once had done to them. They would let their dog out to potty and he had just enough leash to reach the edge of the neighbours lawn. Their neighbour picked up the poop and deposited it in a neat little pile at the end of my friend's driveway. They got the message.

[Pat and Traveler]

Donna--however did you manage to have ONE dog but clean up after FOUR?  I'll admit I thought about putting the bag of poop on the neighbor's driveway, but maybe they wouldn't have gotten the message I wanted to send.

[Donna K & Quincy]

No, you had to put the poop there without the bag. :>) 

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

This reminds me of a "prank" that I heard of one time.

Disclaimer: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

This is when you scoop the neighbor dog's poop and put it into a paper bag. Set the bag on the neighbor's porch and set it on fire. Then you ring the doorbell...and let the stomping begin!!

I of course would never do anything like that!

[Pat and Traveler]

Ricki--I'd heard of this prank.  Tooooo gross!  Are you SURE you didn't ever do this?  :)

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

LOL! NO! I didn't! But I had a family member, who shall, of course, remain nameless, who did it! :)