Help, Advice, Dog Problem

[jim stone]

I love dogs. Got a dog myself. Here is my problem. My neighbor lets her dog run free. The dog is not mean and seems pretty friendly. He is a little smaller than a German Shepherd. The dog poos in my yard. There are piles near every entrance to my home. This dog poos big too.

My neighbor is a good neighbor. I just don't feel I have the raport to talk to her. I like these people and do not wish to start a problem that can last for years.

The only options I can think of are:

Call county animal control.

Talk to my neighbor, and risk the relationship.

Pellet the dogs fanny. (this may not be effective.)

Do nothing. (Shovel the poo as needed.)

Anything more creative?

[The Saltman]

just talk to the neighbor. that would piss me the *** off!!

[jim stone]

Maybe I should make my talk to the neighbor.

[The Saltman]

just talk in a nice way. If they are truly good neighbors like u say they will listen to u and not be an ass about it.

[jim stone]

That is probly best.

[Happy Panther]

Kill the dog

[lymelizzard]

Pepper Spray the Dog..............you pick heads or tails

[YoungPanthers89]

[Hawk]

post pics of the neighbor and we'll go from there!

[Matt Foley]

Every time the dog poos in your yard, get a little poo shovel and put it on her front porch.

[Carolina Husker]

Move.

[ladypanther]

Be nice to the dog! If you don't feel like you can talk to your neighbors, then just continue to shovel. You can drop it in their yard of the property adjoins.

Maybe if you make friends with the dog, he/she will go to another yard.

[Delhommey]

In what world would talking to someone do more irreversible damage to your neighborly relationship than physically harming her pet?

[FuzzyPanther]

The only options I can think of are:

Call county animal control.

Talk to my neighbor, and risk the relationship.

Pellet the dogs fanny. (this may not be effective.)

Do nothing. (Shovel the poo as needed.)

Anything more creative?

Re-order of events:

1- Do nothing. (Shovel the poo as needed.) (you already tried this, neg. results, right?)

2- Talk to my neighbor, and risk the relationship. (yep, that's next step. If you can't handle this, then keep shoveling.)

3- Call county animal control. (only remaining option that couldn't get you in trouble in some way.)

Dumping poop in neighbor's yard, while morally fair, is littering and trespassing, if not some other crazy NC State Statute. Pelleting the dog, while effective, would be cruelty to animals, and extremely embarrassing if this all came to a head at some point. If you look at it from other person's perspective: What would you do if you saw someone shooting pellets at your dog? I'm not a violent person, but that kind of thing would provoke an aggressive response in the most passive of people, myself included.

3 stages of dealing with the neighbor:

ask them- (talk nicely)

tell them- (fix this or I will call AC and prosecute)

help them- (call AC and DO prosecute, following through to the end)

(ref: I work directly with the ACO's where I live, unfortunately I live in VA, so I can't/don't have the resources or contacts to be of more help.)