# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/61 "2017-07-03T23:04:58Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Don’t know where the OP lives (and not REALLY sure why I’m responding given the tone/content of his posts), but presuming he lives in a city/town/village with some municipal zoning, building, and animal control codes, and decent services including some attempts to enforce those codes, with an ongoing neighbor situation like this the ONLY thing to do at this point is to call the village and/or the police. Explain the issue, and have THEM talk to your neighbor. If at all possible, back up your version with a photo of the dog dumping on your lawn. Sign a complaint if appropriate. > > I imagine it would be quite rare for a city or town to not have a code prohibiting dogs from crapping on other peoples’ property without the owner cleaning it up. Probably a leash law as well, and other animal control ordinances. The cops/village personnel exist to enforce those ordinances. I’ve had both municipal personnel and cops tell me that, if you’ve tried to discuss something with your neighbor but have been unsuccessful, they WANT you to call them and get them involved. That is their job - what you are paying them to do. The last thing they want is for residents to take matters into their own hands and escalate disagreements. > > Of course, if you live in the boonies, you might be more on your own. My home is one of forty villa’s ( small house with a garden, not trailers) in a very small 55+ community inside city limits. I may or may not have problems with the geriatric HOA and neighbors due to the fact that I’m not old enough to live here and yet I own the property. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/62 "2017-07-03T23:10:24Z")
No words needed. [![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SoNZ7k8do1M/TJdylsiF1nI/AAAAAAAAAEY/UF4TfettM0o/s1600/crapapult.jpg) ](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SoNZ7k8do1M/TJdylsiF1nI/AAAAAAAAAEY/UF4TfettM0o/s1600/crapapult.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/63 "2017-07-03T23:28:10Z")
My OP is a drunken regret and I’m surprised to find it still lingering as bad fart but a “crapapult” it isn’t. What is a crapapult? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/64 "2017-07-04T00:49:07Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > My OP is a drunken regret and I’m surprised to find it still lingering as bad fart but a “crapapult” it isn’t. > > What is a crapapult? If I may, I believe it is a suggestion about flinging the waste back where it originated. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/65 "2017-07-04T01:49:49Z")
You might want to consider e-mailing your neighbor [this video clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuvFQiUWtA). Alternatively, I’d scoop some up in a bag, leave it by their front door with a note saying, “Something that belongs to you was left on my property, so I am politely returning it. Next time you lose something similar and I find it on my property, it gets returned without a bag.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/66 "2017-07-04T02:23:15Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > You might want to consider e-mailing your neighbor [this video clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuvFQiUWtA). > > Alternatively, I’d scoop some up in a bag, leave it by their front door with a note saying, “Something that belongs to you was left on my property, so I am politely returning it. Next time you lose something similar and I find it on my property, it gets returned without a bag.” And such a nice Jewish boy! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/67 "2017-07-04T18:29:17Z")
Well, “Hashovas Aveida” (returning lost objects) is an important mitzvah! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/68 "2017-07-04T18:47:44Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Well, “Hashovas Aveida” (returning lost objects) is an important mitzvah! I’ll check with Rabbi. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/69 "2017-07-06T18:02:36Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > My home is one of forty villa’s ( small house with a garden, not trailers) in a very small 55+ community inside city limits. > > I may or may not have problems with the geriatric HOA and neighbors due to the fact that I’m not old enough to live here and yet I own the property. If the neighbor’s dog is crapping on your lawn, it’s crapping on others. The HOA most assuredly has rules about pets, leashing, and cleaning up after them (if they’re even allowed). For what it’s worth, many 55+ communities allow you to own property in the community, you just can’t (officially) _live_ there. We were in that situation ourselves a few years back - bought a place for the in-laws to live in, but we couldn’t have occupied it ourself (well, I’m sure we could have moved in but couldn’t have used community facilities). If you own the place, whether you live there or not should be immaterial. Get photos of the dog making its deposit, and file a complaint to the HOA. They’re more likely to take action than the city’s animal control officers, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/70 "2017-07-07T19:22:59Z")
And in a case of life imitating an SD thread title a [GA man killed his neighbor](http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/man-accused-of-killing-neighbor-over-dog-droppings-in-yard/550639496), allegedly over dog poop. SMH. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/71 "2017-07-08T01:04:09Z")
By all means go the dick route. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/72 "2017-07-09T00:50:12Z")
Killed her man and one of their dogs? I’ve always though it but now I’ll state it here… Any guy with a goatee needs to be on a watch list. What the fuck is going on with guys who have a goatee? Everyone I’ve ever met who sports one is one kind of a dick or another. I myself have been shaving and tried it only to finish and keep my mustache and soul patch. I’m cool like that. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/73 "2017-07-09T02:03:50Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > I myself have been shaving and tried it only to finish and keep my mustache and soul patch. > > I’m cool like that. Any guy with a soul patch needs to be on a watch list. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098/74 "2017-07-09T02:40:07Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Any guy with a soul patch needs to be on a watch list. For me, that’s more like a ‘never look at’ list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-poo-kill-or-be-killed/790098.md?page=3)