Neighbor's Dog In Our Yard
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Anonymous
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We have a small old farmhouse on some land in Rappahannock County. It was my wife's grandparents place going back to the 40s. We spend maybe a weekend a month out there from November to May but spend a lot more time there in the summer and early fall.
-Neighbor to the right is on 1000 acres and we never see or hear from him. -Neighbor in front is on 500ish acres and is a working farm. Very nice people but reclusive. -Neighbor to the left is on 15 acres and is a mid 60s retired white collar couple from DC. They are nice enough but constantly ask for help. I oblige because I was raised that way but I'm sick of their requests and their dog We have cameras all over the property. I keep catching the retired couple's dog shitting all over the property as well as the couple trespassing looking for the dog. How would you tell them to keep their dog off the land and to stop trespassing without starting a feud? |
Anonymous
| I would tell them that you don't want the dog on your property, particularly not pooping. Tell them to get a GPS dog collar or an invisible fence. |
Anonymous
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I would not unless they don't pick up after their dog. If they don't clean up after their dog i would take a picture and text them to clean it up.
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Anonymous
Don't burn the bridge. |
Anonymous
If you're letting your dog poop in someone else's yard and not picking it up then YOU are burning the bridge |
Anonymous
| Fence your property. |
Anonymous
| Get some signs about dogs pooping and no trespassing and maybe "no trespassing pooping dogs" if you can find one and put them in the areas they trespass and the dog poops. If they continue, address them directly |
Anonymous
| Fence. |
Anonymous
| Get a fence. But I'd let go of them trespassing if they're just going over to get their dog. |
Anonymous
OP here. No. It's 41 acres. We aren't spending 100k to put up a fence to keep out trespassers. I'll shoot their dog first. And no, they do not clean up after their dog. |
Anonymous
Grrrr |
Anonymous
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You tell them that you have cameras all over the property and to please not let their dog escape and poo all over the place, especially as they are not picking up after it.
The dog will still escape multiple times to your property, unfortunately, because by now it's a habit. You may have to get a guard dog. This is how rural folk protect their land, OP. |
Anonymous
| Let them know what you see them on your cameras and suggest that they fence a portion of their yard to contain their dog. |
Anonymous
Me again. If you tell them firmly, that will take care of their constant requests for help. There is a large universe of neighborly relations between fighting and being a doormat, OP. We're friends with most of our neighbors. I've had to speak to one of them about her dog escaping and pooping in our yard, and she wasn't happy about it at the time, but that was years ago and she's gotten over it - now we chit chat when we meet. My husband had a tiff with the next door neighbor, so for a while relations were awkward, but they've also gotten over it and now say hi to each other. This is what you do when you live next to others for decades. You take the long view... |
Anonymous
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There's no good way to solve this. And I wouldn't burn the bridge with the neighbors in case you ever needed something from them when you aren't there.
You could buy some Please clean up after your pet signs from Amazon. I've done that before at a previous home. Also, make sure your cameras are visible. We live on a small circle now. We put up cameras that are visible. We now have the only yard that doesn't have pee spots or poop. Not that I did it for this reason. I just wanted the cameras up for when we travel. The pee and poop improvement was just a benefit. |