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September 19, 2007, 3:30 pm PDT
09/19 Nasty Neighbors
Quote From: sandib48Just wanted to share my neighbor story. We live in a small "village" in Ohio. At the time our neighbors on both sides of us had fenced in yards, our yard was not. On many occasions we would find dog poop on our truck, the front sidewalk and on our grandsons outside toys. Puzzled on what was happening & most of how it was being done....we "caught" neighbor#1 pitching dog poop w/a shovel towards our house. There was a confrontation as to WHY & he said it was OUR dogs mess? I can add that there are many pets in our community...unsure how he knew it was our BUD?! Soon after we were served w/court papers. When we arrived at court..neighbor #2 (to our right..who was nice friendly & we chatted regulary w/him & his wife) was there sitting w/neighbor #1. As court went on...it came down to our dog BUD had NOT been in their fenced in yards...but had pooped within 6 feet inside THEIR property line. We were found guilty of poop (lol) fined $50.00 & court cost. We installed privacy fence asap on neighbor #1 side..and fenced in side #2. Totally enclosed & private. Neighbor #1 climbs a ladder to take a peek over every now and again. :) BUD (golden retreiver) has sinced passed on at age 15 & we never did teach him how to measure distances.(ha ha)! AND to this day we do not speak to either neighbor. We feel a knock on our door & talking would have been better.
Now its a fun memory of our BUD that we share....& he was worth every penny ;)
Thanks for letting me share 1 more time
Sandi B
OHIO
I love dogs. Our lab passed away in 2005 and we got a puggle later that year. Needless to say I know how our pets can become one of the family, but I have to disagree with you on this one. Not everyone likes dogs. I love dogs and so does my husband, but we take excellent care of our lawn, our new dog goes in her designated area where she's been trained to go. We clean up her poop. If we take her out for a walk, we also carry a bag just in case she poops on someone's lawn. I don't blame your neighbor for flinging the poop into your yard. Why should he have to clean up after your dog? This is the kind of thing that gives dogs a bad name so to speak with some people. They hate that they might step in dog poop in their yard. It's ugly and it smells. We as pet owners have a responsibility to clean up after our animals. It sounds like you let your dog roam? Around here we have leash laws. Any dog caught roaming is picked up by the catcher and the owner can pay to bail it out of jail. I agree with the law. I do not want to pick up other dogs poop. I have enough to do picking up after my own dog and she relieves herself on gravel, not on our manucured lawn that my husband spends hours on every week in the summer.
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