Neighbor's Dog In Our Yard

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fence your property.

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.

I’m sure you’re just being over the top but threatening their dog makes you sound unstable. They 100% should not be letting it roam but it’s an owner issue not reason to kill the dog.

Will you also be killing the deer, fox, rabbits, and every other animal that use the bathroom on your 41 acres?

Maybe a simple conversation with them about the dog would resolve the issue.

Do you understand the difference between wild animals and domesticated pets?

Very much so. Also enough to know that this is a problem with the dog’s owner and not something a decent person would kill a dog over. The owners should keep their dog off of OP’s property, without a doubt.

Also, poop is poop. Truly can’t imagine the actual dog poop is more of a problem than the poop of wild animals on a 41 acre piece of property OP uses occasionally.

The owners are definitely wrong but threatening someone’s pet is a sign of being unstable.

Completely false. Domesticated dog poo is full of all sorts of dangerous pathogens, bacteria, and pathogens not found in the feces of wild animals. This is especially true in an agricultural environment.

I'm not going to waste my time explaining how, but educate yourself so you dont look so foolish the next time you make demonstrably false statements.

Why would any of that be relevant to OP? They don't have an agricultural property, they're hardly there enough to have a vegetable garden.

??? OP literally stated that the house next door is a 500 acre working farm!

House next door and they don't seem to be complaining. OP did not say their acres were used for farming and described 41 acres as a "yard." So, not a farm.

Good job missing the point. You think the dog knows the difference between neighbors? A loose dog is a nuisnace and will be dealt with as such.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fence your property.

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.

I’m sure you’re just being over the top but threatening their dog makes you sound unstable. They 100% should not be letting it roam but it’s an owner issue not reason to kill the dog.

Will you also be killing the deer, fox, rabbits, and every other animal that use the bathroom on your 41 acres?

Maybe a simple conversation with them about the dog would resolve the issue.

Do you understand the difference between wild animals and domesticated pets?

Very much so. Also enough to know that this is a problem with the dog’s owner and not something a decent person would kill a dog over. The owners should keep their dog off of OP’s property, without a doubt.

Also, poop is poop. Truly can’t imagine the actual dog poop is more of a problem than the poop of wild animals on a 41 acre piece of property OP uses occasionally.

The owners are definitely wrong but threatening someone’s pet is a sign of being unstable.

Completely false. Domesticated dog poo is full of all sorts of dangerous pathogens, bacteria, and pathogens not found in the feces of wild animals. This is especially true in an agricultural environment.

I'm not going to waste my time explaining how, but educate yourself so you dont look so foolish the next time you make demonstrably false statements.

Why would any of that be relevant to OP? They don't have an agricultural property, they're hardly there enough to have a vegetable garden.

??? OP literally stated that the house next door is a 500 acre working farm!

House next door and they don't seem to be complaining. OP did not say their acres were used for farming and described 41 acres as a "yard." So, not a farm.

Good job missing the point. You think the dog knows the difference between neighbors? A loose dog is a nuisnace and will be dealt with as such.

Seriously, what is wrong with you with your constant posts trying to justify killing the dog?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fence your property.

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.

I’m sure you’re just being over the top but threatening their dog makes you sound unstable. They 100% should not be letting it roam but it’s an owner issue not reason to kill the dog.

Will you also be killing the deer, fox, rabbits, and every other animal that use the bathroom on your 41 acres?

Maybe a simple conversation with them about the dog would resolve the issue.

Do you understand the difference between wild animals and domesticated pets?

Very much so. Also enough to know that this is a problem with the dog’s owner and not something a decent person would kill a dog over. The owners should keep their dog off of OP’s property, without a doubt.

Also, poop is poop. Truly can’t imagine the actual dog poop is more of a problem than the poop of wild animals on a 41 acre piece of property OP uses occasionally.

The owners are definitely wrong but threatening someone’s pet is a sign of being unstable.

Completely false. Domesticated dog poo is full of all sorts of dangerous pathogens, bacteria, and pathogens not found in the feces of wild animals. This is especially true in an agricultural environment.

I'm not going to waste my time explaining how, but educate yourself so you dont look so foolish the next time you make demonstrably false statements.

Why would any of that be relevant to OP? They don't have an agricultural property, they're hardly there enough to have a vegetable garden.

??? OP literally stated that the house next door is a 500 acre working farm!

House next door and they don't seem to be complaining. OP did not say their acres were used for farming and described 41 acres as a "yard." So, not a farm.

Good job missing the point. You think the dog knows the difference between neighbors? A loose dog is a nuisnace and will be dealt with as such.

Seriously, what is wrong with you with your constant posts trying to justify killing the dog?

Pp wants dog meats maybe?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fence your property.

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.

I’m sure you’re just being over the top but threatening their dog makes you sound unstable. They 100% should not be letting it roam but it’s an owner issue not reason to kill the dog.

Will you also be killing the deer, fox, rabbits, and every other animal that use the bathroom on your 41 acres?

Maybe a simple conversation with them about the dog would resolve the issue.

Do you understand the difference between wild animals and domesticated pets?

Very much so. Also enough to know that this is a problem with the dog’s owner and not something a decent person would kill a dog over. The owners should keep their dog off of OP’s property, without a doubt.

Also, poop is poop. Truly can’t imagine the actual dog poop is more of a problem than the poop of wild animals on a 41 acre piece of property OP uses occasionally.

The owners are definitely wrong but threatening someone’s pet is a sign of being unstable.

Completely false. Domesticated dog poo is full of all sorts of dangerous pathogens, bacteria, and pathogens not found in the feces of wild animals. This is especially true in an agricultural environment.

I'm not going to waste my time explaining how, but educate yourself so you dont look so foolish the next time you make demonstrably false statements.

Why would any of that be relevant to OP? They don't have an agricultural property, they're hardly there enough to have a vegetable garden.

??? OP literally stated that the house next door is a 500 acre working farm!

House next door and they don't seem to be complaining. OP did not say their acres were used for farming and described 41 acres as a "yard." So, not a farm.

Maybe, but obviously they are in an area with agricultural land, they don't say what the 1000 acre property is but fact is it's hardly uncommon for there to be small parcels mixed in with much larger ones in rural agricultural areas. My parents' farm was in a mixed area like that. Small farmsteads where the previous owners had sold off their fields or where it wasn't good farming or in an inconvenient location, some 40 to 160 acre parcels owned by people for hunting purposes, plus fields. OP, is it ok if the dog poops in the woods or the weeds? My dog seemed to instinctively know to do that on our farm and when we visited people--she'd never go on people's lawns.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fence your property.

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.

I’m sure you’re just being over the top but threatening their dog makes you sound unstable. They 100% should not be letting it roam but it’s an owner issue not reason to kill the dog.

Will you also be killing the deer, fox, rabbits, and every other animal that use the bathroom on your 41 acres?

Maybe a simple conversation with them about the dog would resolve the issue.

Do you understand the difference between wild animals and domesticated pets?

Very much so. Also enough to know that this is a problem with the dog’s owner and not something a decent person would kill a dog over. The owners should keep their dog off of OP’s property, without a doubt.

Also, poop is poop. Truly can’t imagine the actual dog poop is more of a problem than the poop of wild animals on a 41 acre piece of property OP uses occasionally.

The owners are definitely wrong but threatening someone’s pet is a sign of being unstable.

Completely false. Domesticated dog poo is full of all sorts of dangerous pathogens, bacteria, and pathogens not found in the feces of wild animals. This is especially true in an agricultural environment.

I'm not going to waste my time explaining how, but educate yourself so you dont look so foolish the next time you make demonstrably false statements.

Why would any of that be relevant to OP? They don't have an agricultural property, they're hardly there enough to have a vegetable garden.

??? OP literally stated that the house next door is a 500 acre working farm!

House next door and they don't seem to be complaining. OP did not say their acres were used for farming and described 41 acres as a "yard." So, not a farm.

Maybe, but obviously they are in an area with agricultural land, they don't say what the 1000 acre property is but fact is it's hardly uncommon for there to be small parcels mixed in with much larger ones in rural agricultural areas. My parents' farm was in a mixed area like that. Small farmsteads where the previous owners had sold off their fields or where it wasn't good farming or in an inconvenient location, some 40 to 160 acre parcels owned by people for hunting purposes, plus fields. OP, is it ok if the dog poops in the woods or the weeds? My dog seemed to instinctively know to do that on our farm and when we visited people--she'd never go on people's lawns.

etc.

My stepfather's family has several hundred acres in the northern neck. It's all a quilt. Large plots rented off to others, other parcels for horses, trees, a hunt club, etc. Very rarely do large landowners let chunks of land go fallow

[Anonymous]

Two former stupid neighbors used to let their stupid dogs roam my 2 acre yard to poop and bark on me. You know what stopped them? Police, a restraining order, and then a fence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

This isn’t what you tell country folk. You tell them that you set out rabbit traps and to be careful with the dog. (Don’t set out traps). Or tell them that people will be hunting on the property and to keep their dog off the property during hunting season which is basically the whole summer

This is good.

[Anonymous]

Some dog owners are so incredibly clueless. We have a neighbor whose dog is constantly getting out and running over to our yard to poop. In the interest of "taking the long view," we haven't said anything to them about it - yet. However, if this keeps up, we will have to tell them to make sure it stops happening. Our yard is not their yard.

[Anonymous]

Does this actually cause a problem for you or is this a petty gripe? I can’t imagine on that large of a property that a little dog poop would be such an issue. So, you might just need to check your ego and the part of you that feels disrespected, and let it go of it. It is an emotional reaction.

[Anonymous]

I had a neighbor who let their dog run loose constantly. I just started picking the dog up and dropping it off at animal control. After they paid the fine a couple times they stopped letting it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fence your property.

Keep your dog in your own yard.

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Anonymous wrote:Does this actually cause a problem for you or is this a petty gripe? I can’t imagine on that large of a property that a little dog poop would be such an issue. So, you might just need to check your ego and the part of you that feels disrespected, and let it go of it. It is an emotional reaction.

This question badically can't be answered but we are talking about 41 acres of property that is apparently not visited that frequently for months on end but on which there are "tons of cameras all over" that are apparently being monitored from afar for errant neighbors and dogs. I'm not supporting the pooper and neighbors, but anyone with any large amount of property knows, the lines get a little blurry unless you are a total dick.

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Anonymous wrote:Fence your property.

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.

Is the dog pooping in place you generally walk? I also own a ranch property and I couldn't care less if an animal (and by the way, there are A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE) poop out in the fields. Now, if the dog is coming up to your front porch to poop, that's a problem. Otherwise, you're complaining a single piece of trash in the ocean with the amount of animal poop that is all over your land.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, does Virginia's stand your ground statute apply to dog invaders? Asking for a friend.

No, not unless it is threatening you or another living being. Grass doesn't count.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a fence. But I'd let go of them trespassing if they're just going over to get their dog.

No, he does NOT need a $$$ fence. The bad neighbors with the dog need to buy a fence.

Correct. One person's laziness and entitlement does not become another person's 5 figure obligation.

For all of you clutching pearls over a dog getting shot. Tell me you don't know diddily about rural life without telling me you don't know diddily. Real country people- not some K lobbyist retirees playing homesteader in rich as hell Rappahannock- will shoot dogs all day long because they harass, harm and kill valuable items like chickens, game birds, crops, cows etc. Like, theyd expect their dog to get shot so they contain them before it happens. Or at least the decent people do.

Shooting a dog because it's killing your chickens is not the same thing as shooting a dog because it crapped in the woods. Do you even understand that?