Hi. I had a situation years ago that my family didn't really know how to deal with and perhaps you have better ideas.

Problem A:

Years ago, the house next to ours was rented to some really obnoxious people who would let their dog (a giant one - either Great Dane or Boxer) out (without supervision!) to go potty. The problem was the dog kept pooping on our lawn!

I had to wind up scooping up the BIG bombs every day! When we saw the dog doing its business and said, "NO!", it would growl at us in a menacing way.

My father was always a very polite and nice fellow and asked the dog's owner to please stop the attacks but the owners did nothing. They kept "washing" their hands of the problem and just let their dog bomb our lawn each day (they were probably home laughing about it!).

Boy, our lawn was totally destroyed that year!

I now know (years later) that they (the dog's owners) were bad & neglectful owners who were not considerate of their neighbors and tried to pass off their responsibilities of the dog's mess to others.

What do you think my father should have done to counter this problem?

Problem B:

This situation is somewhat similar (a few years later) except the neighbor (a different one but further up the street) would walk his dog to urinate on our lawn every night. On several occasions, we caught him doing so and yelled out from the house, "Stop it! Go somewhere else!"

The dog's owner didn't budge (and even stared at us indignantly!) until his dog was finished with his business. He made it seem as if WE were in the WRONG (on our own property)!

What could we have done?

tks,
b.

Well, if you're out there while their dog comes into your yard, spraying him with a garden hose works well. The dog will return to his property wet.....you can only hope that he's an inside dog, it won't take long for the neighbors to get the hint.

As far as piles being left on your lawn, I simply scoop them up with a pooper scooper and place them on the neighbors front porch - this works best if the neighbors are watching you. Might as well give inconsiderate neighbors something to *really* stare at!

And no, I'm not kidding about this. But I'm a confrontation type of guy, I don't abuse other people and won't tolerate abuse at the hands of others.

1. shovel some of the "bombs" into a paper bag
2. when you have ensured that your nasty.
neighbours are home - place bag on doorstep.
3. light bag on fire, ring doorbell and run for
home.
If you don't like playing with fire and have a good throwing arm - flick freshly layed "bombs"
at the siding of their house (or picture windows for better effect) with enough force so that they adhere.
Will - you just too nice a guy.

In a situation like this when the owners been warned, especially if the dogs shows aggression.
I'd pellet/BB gun the Mutt, (hitting him in the hip) will send him running home.

Or I'd leash him and call Animal control to pick him up, $47.00 plus a $10 ticket.

Once or twice will do it.

When my dog, only the male GSD pottys in the neighbors beautifully manicured yard, (he's retired), I yell "No" then send him to the back yard.

Scoop his poop up and water the residue into the ground. Pisses me off more work for me. But I've seen him come out and look at the spot, he gives me a thumbs up. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

He says that he likes GSD, but never could keep his fenced.

A number of years ago,after asking the husband, wife, 3kids, I resorted to Will's method. While they were watching me I loaded up their poarch and gave them a nice big smile and a wave.(didn't want to seem unneighborly <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> ) They got rid of the dog by the third pile on their poarch.

we had a situation like this a few years a go we got a paint ball gun and would hit the dog about 4 to 5 times so the paint would say on and the neighbors knew we had a problem with it (this is alot of fun <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> ) when they came over to complain we calmly explained what thier dog was doing and that we would keep on shooting it if the dog returned and the dog hasn't been back since

-michael

I like to shoot'em with the hose and the paint ball gun ideas. As for the people that now have their dog use your lawn as a potty, do the same. The dog is on your property, hose him, paint him or pepper spray him. Too bad you can't do the same to the owners. You also might want to video tape the guy letting his dog on your property and take him to court. Or at the very least show the tape to the humane society officer and have them issue the offender a ticket.

Thanks for the many suggestions and advice. Now that I'm a bit older and wiser (and with your generous suggestions), I think (or hope) I can deal with these situations better in the future.

Boy, I can still remember the scenario of Problem B above, where the owner literally took his dog (doing its business) on the front of our property - and literally - looked back at us (scowlingly) when we shouted from the window (he didn't leave until the dog was done!). My brother and I were afraid to physically confront the guy who was bigger than us and also could have sicked the dog on us. He did this until he moved out of the neighborhood.

I will say, though, my uncle dealt with a similar situation years ago quite differently.

He went straight to the owner (after witnessing the owner leading the dog to poop on my uncle's lawn) and told the owner that he'll (my uncle) strangle that dog the next time he (the owner brought the dog over to poop. Amazingly, the irresponsible owner never did that again.

Boy, I sure appreciate responsible owners who pick up after their dog... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

b.

Whew.....have I been away too long. I have missed some bizzare stuff.




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