# Neighbors dog poo. kill or be killed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098 "2017-06-29T00:26:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/1 "2017-06-29T00:26:30Z")
Tired of all the shit. Do I come off strong and be a dick or keep asking them to stop and be a GIANT pussy? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/2 "2017-06-29T00:30:05Z")
A little more detail please. In your yard or theirs? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/3 "2017-06-29T00:39:54Z")
Mine of course. Do I need to type slower so you can “get it”? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/4 "2017-06-29T00:47:07Z")
Get a pooper-scooper and deposit all of it in their yard. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/5 "2017-06-29T00:52:22Z")
How about asking your neighbor politely and being neither a dick nor a pussy? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/6 "2017-06-29T00:54:08Z")
Can you expand a little bit? Is the question whether to kill the dog or ask your neighbor to stop having his dog shit in your yard (which for some reason makes you a “pussy”?) I’m not following. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/7 "2017-06-29T00:54:24Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > Mine of course. Do I need to type slower so you can “get it”? If you’re this polite to your neighbors when they ask an innocent question, maybe there’s a reason they let their dog shit in your yard. For a real answer, maybe ask them to come pick it up whenever you find it. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/8 "2017-06-29T00:58:51Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > Mine of course. Do I need to type slower so you can “get it”? And you’re asking whether you should be a dick? ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/9 "2017-06-29T01:04:41Z")
I think you should go for the [giant pussy](https://images.halloweencostumes.com.au/products/32719/1-1/adult-deluxe-cheshire-cat-costume.jpg) option and lie in wait for the dog, ready to jump out and scare him. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/10 "2017-06-29T01:08:34Z")
My old neighbor’s dog used to shit in my yard constantly, big piles that stunk and I just started slinging it on the side of their house on the siding, it stopped soon after. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/11 "2017-06-29T01:09:05Z")
I’d start by casually throwing it back in their yard. If they persisted, I’d start casually throwing it on their porch. Then at their windows. Then at their cars. I would assume at some point before that, they would confront me about it and I wouldn’t be pleasant about it. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/12 "2017-06-29T01:24:22Z")
Just move. Sounds like it would be easier in the long run. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/13 "2017-06-29T01:31:46Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I’d start by casually throwing it back in their yard. > If they persisted, I’d start casually throwing it on their porch. > Then at their windows. > Then at their cars. > > I would assume at some point before that, they would confront me about it and I wouldn’t be pleasant about it. You forgot flames. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/14 "2017-06-29T01:35:27Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > You forgot flames. Burning paper bag? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/15 "2017-06-29T01:35:28Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I’d start by casually throwing it back in their yard. > If they persisted, I’d start casually throwing it on their porch. > Then at their windows. > Then at their cars. > > I would assume at some point before that, they would confront me about it and I wouldn’t be pleasant about it. We’re at that point, hence the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/16 "2017-06-29T01:35:36Z")
Nah, fire would be arson. Attempted arson against your primary residence is one of the few instances where lethal force can be used against people legally, pretty much anywhere in the USA. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/17 "2017-06-29T01:47:07Z")
Perhaps a “Me, Myself and Irene” solution is in order. Steal his newspaper and take a massive dump in his yard while he watches. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/18 "2017-06-29T01:50:01Z")
The non funny part of this is that there are children who may or may not find a doggy landmine. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/19 "2017-06-29T01:51:32Z")
No dog poo is worth a human life. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/20 "2017-06-29T02:06:00Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > How about asking your neighbor politely and being neither a dick nor a pussy? I’ve spoken to and with them and they (I guess) think Their dog’s shit don’t stink. Been here long enough to respect you’re advice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098.md?page=2)