I’m invested now too. I’m also not very confrontational, but I think I’d go pay her a visit today and use some of the wording already suggested. If you want, you can get relatively inexpensive motion detector cameras or even a game/hunting camera or whatever it’s called.
I can't go for at least another hour, because I have to make up for the time I lost while updating you guys and investigating the poop!!
I called my parents to vent, and when my mom realized I was working from home with some regularity now, she asked if I'm able to focus and be productive. Once a mom, always a mom...
And you have to wonder how long she's been using your yard for her dogs toilet. If you had just seen her walking through to your other neighbor - o.k., still rude but "understandable" in that they thought you weren't home so why does it matter? (I don't agree with it no matter what - just processing HER thought process) But damn. Did this start after you asked her to not cut through and she's just being spiteful? or has she been this big of a jackass the whole time you've been there?
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!! There's shit by the shed.* HOW AM I GOING TO GET ANY WORK DONE THIS AFTERNOON?
I poked it with a stick and it's fresh. (And no, I don't have a dog. I have never before found poop in my backyard.)
I'm completely dumbfounded and pissed. I don't know how to describe my neighbor, but I'm beyond shocked she would do this. She's rather...refined. Or I thought she was. I actually began to wonder if she's out of doggie bags and had plans to come pick it up later or something. But in that case, why my lawn instead of her own? So that can't be it.
WTF? I am so pissed.
* The shed isn't at the very back of the property. The swingset is farther back, so we go beyond it all the time, and the poop is just past the end of the ramp we use for the mower so it's not hidden at all.
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So we have a dog and apparently my neighborhood has a ton of people who don’t pick up after their dogs. The people have resorted to Facebook shaming posting videos taken with their ring doorbells. Anyway I was out one morning and my dog, who is usually good for one regular crap, took two. I only grabbed one poop bag. We ran home so fast after his second round so I could grab a new bag and I drive back to the scene to clean the poop. I was not about to be blasted all over Facebook 😂
Post by outnumbered on May 8, 2019 14:20:58 GMT -5
I am usually pretty calm when I deal with people, but some things make me very angry. One of those things is dog poop. I would bag up the poop, knock on her door, and hand it over saying 'you left this behind when you were wandering in my bag yard, stay out of the back yard'. Fin.
Our neighbor had an old dog that would poop all over our yard. I asked them to use their own yard (fenced in),the dog kept wandering and my kids kept stepping in it. One day I shoveled up all the piles and left it in their driveway. I admit I was not rational in my response.
I am usually pretty calm when I deal with people, but some things make me very angry. One of those things is dog poop. I would bag up the poop, knock on her door, and hand it over saying 'you left this behind when you were wandering in my bag yard, stay out of the back yard'. Fin.
Our neighbor had an old dog that would poop all over our yard. I asked them to use their own yard (fenced in),the dog kept wandering and my kids kept stepping in it. One day I shoveled up all the piles and left it in their driveway. I admit I was not rational in my response.
I grew up in a similar sounding neighborhood, big lots and no fences. We had two people in the subdivision who walked their dogs without leashes and would let them use our yard as a public doggy toilet and not clean it up. Same situation as you, little kids, no dogs at our house. If any of us saw it happening we asked them to come back with a bag and get it. If we weren't around at the time of the incident, my mom would bag it and leave it on the doorstep of the offender. It once got so bad my mom bagged it and smeared it all over the guy's garage. Nobody has ever called my mom refined though, LOL.
This is my favorite line in this whole crazy thread*
*Until we get a hopefully amazing response from OP
Post by rockpaperscissors on May 8, 2019 14:39:58 GMT -5
This may have been mentioned but I would absolutely not tell her what days you WFH. She will likely just use that as a workaround to do what she wants anyway until you get a fence, should you decide to so.
This may have been mentioned but I would absolutely not tell her what days you WFH. She will likely just use that as a workaround to do what she wants anyway until you get a fence, should you decide to so.
YES. If she tries to ask just tell her that it varies week to week.
This may have been mentioned but I would absolutely not tell her what days you WFH. She will likely just use that as a workaround to do what she wants anyway until you get a fence, should you decide to so.
YES. If she tries to ask just tell her that it varies week to week.
I think I would actually just say "I'm working from home now". She doesn't need to know it's only 1 day a week! It's none of her business.
You could even plant some grapes along the property line, no fence necessary, just the wires and post for the arbor. Let the vines do their work.
That'll surely keep the dogs out....when the grapes kill the dog.
We go to small, family wineries all the time, they all have dogs. Many plants and foods are poisonous to dogs, but dogs seldom choose to eat them, just like wild animals don't often eat plants that are poisonous to them. It isn't like she is planting poisoned liver treats.
In our old neighborhood, people walked their dogs off leash all the time. All of our neighbors had signs in their yards telling people to pick up the poop. Our front yard was elevated from the street and if my boys were playing on the sidewalk and an off-leash dog approached, I made them go up into our yard. I was attacked by a dog when I was little and I'm not taking any chances. I am terrified of dogs, but I don't want to pass this fear onto my kids so I've never said anything in front of them. One day, a guy told me that I was being rude and his dog wouldn't hurt anyone and I lost my shit. Like, what the hell? IT's THE LAW, asshole.
She texted me before I could go over. She said she was in our yard and thought the dog pooped but she couldn't find it, so she hopes I didn't find anything.
I responded immediately, "I was wondering!" and told her I was home, saw her, and I went to see what they were doing over there. And, yes, I found poop.
She texted me before I could go over. She said she was in our yard and thought the dog pooped but she couldn't find it, so she hopes I didn't find anything.
I responded immediately, "I was wondering!" and told her I was home, saw her, and I went to see what they were doing over there. And, yes, I found poop.
Haven't received a response yet. I'll probably DD
OMG does she post here?!?!?! How weird that she texted you first lol
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!! There's shit by the shed.* HOW AM I GOING TO GET ANY WORK DONE THIS AFTERNOON?
I poked it with a stick and it's fresh. (And no, I don't have a dog. I have never before found poop in my backyard.)
I'm completely dumbfounded and pissed. I don't know how to describe my neighbor, but I'm beyond shocked she would do this. She's rather...refined. Or I thought she was. I actually began to wonder if she's out of doggie bags and had plans to come pick it up later or something. But in that case, why my lawn instead of her own? So that can't be it.
WTF? I am so pissed.
* The shed isn't at the very back of the property. The swingset is farther back, so we go beyond it all the time, and the poop is just past the end of the ramp we use for the mower so it's not hidden at all.
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So we have a dog and apparently my neighborhood has a ton of people who don’t pick up after their dogs. The people have resorted to Facebook shaming posting videos taken with their ring doorbells. Anyway I was out one morning and my dog, who is usually good for one regular crap, took two. I only grabbed one poop bag. We ran home so fast after his second round so I could grab a new bag and I drive back to the scene to clean the poop. I was not about to be blasted all over Facebook 😂
Are you my neighbor? LOL We had a neighbor send out the video to the rest of the neighborhood. It kind of backfired on them because the person question in the video was definitely a minor so everybody's response was basically "this kid is definitely wrong, but you can't go around sending videos of a minor to email listservs". LOL They also put a sign in their front yard with a picture of the kid from the Ring doorbell and note that said "Did you forget to bring one of these?!" and there was a poop bag attached. It was drama and they were fairly new to the neighborhood at the time.
Anyway--every time I walk by I wave my poop bag at their ring.
I really hate that a few shitty people ruin it for everyone. I'm a responsible dog walker who not only picks up after my dog, but I generally pick up trash and stuff on my walks too. I hate that we're all lumped into the same group though. At least in my neighborhood.
She texted me before I could go over. She said she was in our yard and thought the dog pooped but she couldn't find it, so she hopes I didn't find anything.
I responded immediately, "I was wondering!" and told her I was home, saw her, and I went to see what they were doing over there. And, yes, I found poop.
Haven't received a response yet. I'll probably DD
So not only were they in the yard but she wasn't even watching her dog?
She texted me before I could go over. She said she was in our yard and thought the dog pooped but she couldn't find it, so she hopes I didn't find anything.
I responded immediately, "I was wondering!" and told her I was home, saw her, and I went to see what they were doing over there. And, yes, I found poop.
Haven't received a response yet. I'll probably DD
BUT WHY WAS SHE IN YOUR YARD?! This needs to be asked. The fact that she nonchalantly said she was in your yard and lost her dog poop makes me livid. Send the follow up text to ask why she was in your yard.
She texted me before I could go over. She said she was in our yard and thought the dog pooped but she couldn't find it, so she hopes I didn't find anything.
I responded immediately, "I was wondering!" and told her I was home, saw her, and I went to see what they were doing over there. And, yes, I found poop.
Haven't received a response yet. I'll probably DD
BUT WHY WAS SHE IN YOUR YARD?! This needs to be asked. The fact that she nonchalantly said she was in your yard and lost her dog poop makes me livid. Send the follow up text to ask why she was in your yard.
#overinvested
Oh, I will be following up. No worries there. She brought the dog on his leash; he didn't wander over.
"Yes, I am too. I was confused about why you were in my yard in the first place and very disappointed that you left dog poop on my property. Please do not walk your dog on my property going forward."
"Yes, I am too. I was confused about why you were in my yard in the first place and very disappointed that you left dog poop on my property. Please do not walk your dog on my property going forward."
This is good. I mean, it's direct and not the least bit rude; it's quite tame.
My response was not mean or accusatory, but it also was not warm and fuzzy. I didn't want to say, "It's ok," because it's not. I ended it by saying I found the poop and will take care of it. I would think she'd thank me, but perhaps she's too embarrassed to respond.
I will probably follow up in person because I didn't want to handle this via text anyway. I just couldn't resist reading it when I got a message from her, and I got a new phone and don't know how to turn off read receipts. lol
BUT WHY WAS SHE IN YOUR YARD?! This needs to be asked. The fact that she nonchalantly said she was in your yard and lost her dog poop makes me livid. Send the follow up text to ask why she was in your yard.
#overinvested
Oh, I will be following up. No worries there. She brought the dog on his leash; he didn't wander over.