Keeping the neighbors dog from crapping in my yard

My patience is running thin..... the neighbor has some big mutt colored like a beagle and taller like a collie, who knows what kind of a genetic mess this thing is. This thing thinks that my back yard is his toilet, I have to clean up after him EVERY DAY! In the summer we like to use our yard and we constantly have to dodge the land mines of poo. Saying something to him and later shoveling it up every day and putting it in his driveway and on his sidewalk seems to have made an impression, yet I still get the occasional poo dumping. It must be great owning a dog and never having to clean up after it, the tracks in the snow prove that my yard is his favorite. What do you think about these chemical sprinkles that you can put out in your grass, do they work? Do they work even if there is snow on the ground? Do you have a better suggestion?

 

I used to take a shovel, scoop up the crap and fling it at the neighbors house. That seemed to get his attention. His house never looked better after he washed it (although this would actually be illegal and get you into trouble but in my neighborhood, I had no worries about that)

Not that I can attest to the method working or not but one person said your urine at the property line would dissuade the dog from coming on over.

then there is always the courts method. Film the dog doing his thing in your yard if possible and let the owner know that the next time you find poo in your yard, you will start contacting the animal control folks and the police (This is presuming there is a leash law in your area). Or you could actually hire somebody to clean the dog crap up and with supporting evidence (the photos of the dog poopin), sue the guy for the costs to clean up after his dog.

another thing that may work. There is a relatively new item. It is a sprinkle with a motion detector that sprays when motion is detected.. Placed where it would seee the dog may work.

 

You would have to check to see if this is permitted in your area but we are allowed to restrain a dog if on our property being a nuisance and to call the dog pound to pick it up.

This worked for me where we use to live and it was a similar story to yours.
I chased the dog away several times but when I realized this wouldn't work made friends with it.
The dog on a leash, myself and the bone he was chewing on were waiting on my back porch when the pound arrived.

Cost the guy $65.00 to get the dog out.
The owner never said hi to me again but the dog never came into my yard again either.

 

Good fences make for good neighbors.

 

Pepper will keep him out.

 

i like the pound/animal control idea. legal and effective.( i like some of the other ideas too, but that can be expensive for you.)

 

I once had a neighbor who had a big dog. Everytime they let him out, he made a bee line to the next door neighbor's. Finally, their neighbors tired of the situation, and started restraining the dog and calling the local pound. After having to bail the dog out about six times, they decided to get rid of the dog. Dogs should not be allowed outdoors unsupervised.

 

That is my situation too, the problem is that the neighbor lady leaves for work real early and I rarely get a chance to see the dog. The earlier that she leaves, the earlier she whips the door open and says let-er-rip, it's not always the same time. Yes I am posative that it is their dog, the tracks in the snow doesn't lie.

They have actually been pretty good over the last 3 weeks, it's amazing what stepping in and over poo does for someones memory! I got out of control one morning and it landed on the hood of their truck...oops!

 

Dog owners have this irrational blind spot about their animals, which is love, dammit. You contradict that, you become the heartless bad-guy next door, then they understandably want to tick you off. And so on.

Fork attack then. Get them on your side by showing dopey appreciation for that most wonderful animal in the world, while insisting in strong terms they keep it off your property, or else.

 

I think the bottom line in reading all the posts is "it ain't the dog" it's the owner you have to train. Sort of like initial potty training. You train the adult, not the child, and the child eventually catches on. The dog owner does have a blind spot (ask my wife). But enough light on the subject will eventually cause them to see what is happening. I vote for nap's idea, no matter how unlawful it is. Scooping it up, putting it in a butter dish nor baggie and leaving it at the front door may get attention, too.

 

I am happy to report that my efforts may be paying off! Of course now that I say this it will probably change...LOL. I have been scooping and relocating their POO every day for a while, putting in on the sidewalks, next to their car door so they have to walk around it, the driveway wall where they could see it, and once on the hood of their truck. I think that when the POO started piling up in the yard, and believe me there was plenty of it, they started getting the idea. It has been about 8 weeks since the last POO dump event but I also noticed that when I see them outside I am shunned...oh well!

The summer will be the real test. Something is strange though, I have not seen the wandering pooper for quite a while. They have either retrained him to go to the other side of the house, or he is gone??? I know that he is older and they said last summer that he wasn't in the greatest health. Either way I am currently POO free!!!!!

Your statement is 100% correct, "it aint the dog it's the owner". I have seen the Mrs. with a scowl on her face when she was all dressed for work and had to sache around a big mound of last nights reprocessed dog food, that is what I call retraining in action!

 

Seems a lot of tech has changed since this was first asked... I've been researching and found this link with a lot of detailed help on the subject.

 

This thread is 6 years old. As Ron posted, much has changed. Thread closed.