Dog toilet etiquette?

[chalinsumner]

One of my neighbors takes her dog to go to the bathroom in the middle of my little front yard EVERY DAY. They have a very large yard, & still feel the need to go to my little front yard for the dog to do it's business.

This started in Feb (This is when I first found out about it.) My mother was visiting, and when I went to work & it appeared no one was home, out she would come with her dog in the middle of my yard!

Since then I see her do it from time to time, but it happens most often when I am at work.

The other day I came home at an odd time, & she was standing with her dog in my yard. As soon as she noticed me come around the corner, she ran back to her house. When I got out of the car, I noticed piles of poop where they were standing.

I did go complain to one of the people living there, and the guilty party came over 5 minutes later to clean it..

But she is still doing it!
She is an older lady.
I have a 1 & 2 year old that play in that grass.

What can I do?

[Julie H]

go and tell her off and say that yyoull report her to the police(??? or something) if she keep doing that

[?HayRee?]

REGARDLESS of her age, she is still tresspassing..and being rude. You should talk to her.

[winsor52]

Well, beyond the fact that she is trespassing on your property its a touchy situation because you do have to live near her.

I would write a kind letter to her stating that as much as you love animals, you have children that need to play in their yard without having to worry about dog poo and the germs associated with it.

If this doesn't work, I would then contact your town's dog officer and see if there are any ordinances governing this. If necessary, stay home at an off time and get a picture of the offending neighbor as 'proof' if you need to take this further. A picture really IS worth a 1000 words when it comes to a 'he said/she said' situation such as this.

Good luck!! Hopefully a nice letter reminding her of neighbor etiquette should be enough to stop this.

[suzy]

This happened to me and my husband had a great way to stop it. He would watch for the lady and her dog. As soon as the dog did his business in front of our gate. He got a shovel and picked it up then he followed the lady home and dumped it on her property. She didn't appreciate it but since I took a couple of pictures of her and her dog she couldn't deny her dog did it and being chased home by an angry home owner with a shovel full of crap embarrassed her. She never walked her dog by our home again.