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People who don't pick up after their dogs
Hi! I'm new here and hope to meet some other pet owners!
I'm wondering if anyone has had a problem with neighbours letting their dogs poop on other people's lawns? I have two sweet pups myself and I love all dogs, however I don't love all dog owners! We have an alley behind our house which is gravel (and some weeds unfortunately lol) and for some reason there are a couple of dogs that keep pooping there, RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR GATE!
This has happened to a few other neighbours too who share the alley. We have talked about it and two of them say it's actually just one woman (with two dogs) who takes her dogs out after dark and lets them poop anywhere and doesn't pick up after them! I haven't caught her at it myself. The two neighbours who have seen it have confronted the woman and asked her to clean up after her dogs and she always denies it's her dogs (even when they've just watched it from their windows!) and tells them to mind their own business.
What can we do? Our city has a poop-and-scoop bylaw which she obviously doesn't care about. It's really gross and I have stepped in the "offerings" many times especially when I'm out in the dark. It's disgusting.
Thanks for everyone's input!
Hi there furkids!
I am new to this site also; only posted a message twice so far.
I absolutely hate inconsiderate pet owners!!!! Luckily I haven't had that happen too much in our area ... yet. But then again, we just got our little bullie in September and haven't taken him everywhere in the neighbourhood yet.
What about a call to the Bylaw people? If they say they can't do anything because they need proof, I would take a picture of the 'culprit' in action and the call the Bylaw. I am sure they would love to have the picture as evidence and go and speak to this unsavoury neighbour.
Hope this helps.
Gail (and Bobby McGee)
I totaly agree with you, But i don't know what the answer is,I have always picked up after my 2 dogs and always will.The only time I didn't was when it was so runny and it was raining very hard so I knew it would be washed away I did pick up what i could.The worst I think is when a very large dog poops right on the sidewalk.I think the only thing we can do is keep confronting these people and maybe one or two will get the hint. so all you dog owners PICK UP AFTER YOUR FUR CHILD
You know what I did? I know it sounds gross and unkind, but I was so angy . . . I gathered up all the poop and neatly deposited it on her back step with a sign that said, I see you dropped this and I wanted to return it. She got rid of her dogs after that, so our neighborhood lucked out. It could so easily have escalated into all out war.
I love it, alphamom. Yes I know it sounds "unkind" but anyone who lets their dog poop wherever they want and then don't clean up after them, well that's unkind too!
Had to chuckle when I read your post because I "vented" much the same comments after clearing up the area outside of our backyard.
We back onto a municipal berm and constructed a "back door" onto it as our 14 year old golden Wizard seems to find the grass...albeit often frozen...more "forgiving" for his hips than the sidewalks.
Unfortunately the area immediately outside our fence line seems to have become quite a "dumping ground" for other dog owners whose dogs are no doubt "attracted" to Wizard and our 19 month Mystic.
I "poopy-scooped" one day and accumulated quite the "pile", literally and figuratively and observed that no wonder some people "hate" dogs...perhaps more to the point dog-owners. It would take no time for the owners walking the same to bend down and "poop-scoop". Just gives the "dog-haters" another reason to complain when a child steps into something, etc.
No excuses....
Bob & Sandy Macdonald, Wizard & Mystic
Merlin & Magic at the "Bridge", Gone but NEVER Forgotten
Edmonton, AB