03-22-2009, 02:37 AM
So today I am having a good time, cleaning off front stoops, sidewalks and stair rails...When the minute I finished this woman is bringing her 2 dogs up on my property to poop where I had just cleaned.
I said, "Hey, not at the entrance staircase and rails that we use everyday, I just cleaned this area off." She became livid and told me "Where are dogs supposed to go?" I said, "How about on your property before their walk??"Then she produced a baggie out of her back pocket and said "I am picking it up" but it is my right to let the dog poop wherever". I told her thank you for picking up the poop but now every animal will mark my front steps and rails (and we get a lot of animals walking). She screamed at me, "You have a problem and are an animal hater and must not have a Life". By now I am furious...I pay taxes and it is my property and I don't want animal waste at my entrance. Then this crazy woman starts telling me that my water running into the street is polluting (it is from a rain barrel and was enough to clean off previous dog waste and mud). She then brought the dogs up into the grass and told them to pee. I told her that was fine, but that I was going to call the police, if she just could not get off my property.
This has started to become a real problem on my street and in the summer with a drought it really starts stinking. Who the hell wants to smell this crap all over? Only about 60% of owners pick up and only if someone is looking. Many of the homes on the block have signs in the yards about no poop, some are cutesy and others are to the point. We park our cars along the sidewalk and when you get out you step in dog poop at night or have to smell it.
The nonstop barking is out of control also. The owners leave the animals home alone all day.
How do you get your rights, and peace and quiet back? My neighbors across the street are in a war over barking and someone put poison in their back yard, which is just horrible. But their dogs keep the entire block from any peace and quiet and now they are subjecting their animals to abuse (and possible death) because they are irresponsible and won't train their animals.
I said, "Hey, not at the entrance staircase and rails that we use everyday, I just cleaned this area off." She became livid and told me "Where are dogs supposed to go?" I said, "How about on your property before their walk??"Then she produced a baggie out of her back pocket and said "I am picking it up" but it is my right to let the dog poop wherever". I told her thank you for picking up the poop but now every animal will mark my front steps and rails (and we get a lot of animals walking). She screamed at me, "You have a problem and are an animal hater and must not have a Life". By now I am furious...I pay taxes and it is my property and I don't want animal waste at my entrance. Then this crazy woman starts telling me that my water running into the street is polluting (it is from a rain barrel and was enough to clean off previous dog waste and mud). She then brought the dogs up into the grass and told them to pee. I told her that was fine, but that I was going to call the police, if she just could not get off my property.
This has started to become a real problem on my street and in the summer with a drought it really starts stinking. Who the hell wants to smell this crap all over? Only about 60% of owners pick up and only if someone is looking. Many of the homes on the block have signs in the yards about no poop, some are cutesy and others are to the point. We park our cars along the sidewalk and when you get out you step in dog poop at night or have to smell it.
The nonstop barking is out of control also. The owners leave the animals home alone all day.
How do you get your rights, and peace and quiet back? My neighbors across the street are in a war over barking and someone put poison in their back yard, which is just horrible. But their dogs keep the entire block from any peace and quiet and now they are subjecting their animals to abuse (and possible death) because they are irresponsible and won't train their animals.