Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 10 acres in rural VA. The animals that poop on my property daily include: deer, rabbits, birds, wild turkeys, coyotes, foxes, squirrels, groundhogs, voles, and random barn cats belonging to my neighbors.

You have 41 acres and are worked up about a little dog poop? I mean, sure. Die on that hill.

I had this same thought. We live on a golf course in a non-rural area and we get all sorts of poop. Deer, skunk, fox and who knows what else. For a property that isn't lived in full-time and kids aren't out playing in the fields after school, I would let it go. Though if it will make you feel better, make the cameras visible and put up clean up after your dog signs.

Agreed. I guess I'd ask them to pick it up but this is the country. Shit happens, literally. On 41 acres I am skeptical you'd even notice an occasional dog poop if you didn't know it was happening by looking at your cameras.

What an asinine post. As long as the poo goes unnoticed most of the time it's OK to treat your neighbor's land as a toilet? Who are you people that think you can do whatever you want with other people's things?

Personally I'd have an extremely blunt, face-to-face, talk with them along the lines of:

"Tom, look, Ijust texted you 27 videos of Sadie shitting on my vegetable garden, back patio, driveway, garage sidedoor, etc and frankly, I'm sick of it. The last 4 times we've been here we've tracked dogshit into the house and had to clean up after your dog. If you don't put a stop to this now, you're really not going to like how this ends."

If the dog shit on the property again, all shit gets collected and smeared all over their house. Any instances after would put the dog's life in jeopardy

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 10 acres in rural VA. The animals that poop on my property daily include: deer, rabbits, birds, wild turkeys, coyotes, foxes, squirrels, groundhogs, voles, and random barn cats belonging to my neighbors.

You have 41 acres and are worked up about a little dog poop? I mean, sure. Die on that hill.

I had this same thought. We live on a golf course in a non-rural area and we get all sorts of poop. Deer, skunk, fox and who knows what else. For a property that isn't lived in full-time and kids aren't out playing in the fields after school, I would let it go. Though if it will make you feel better, make the cameras visible and put up clean up after your dog signs.

Agreed. I guess I'd ask them to pick it up but this is the country. Shit happens, literally. On 41 acres I am skeptical you'd even notice an occasional dog poop if you didn't know it was happening by looking at your cameras.

What part of the 41 acres is grass that requires mowing? Is the dog on that area or is the dog somewhere in the woods? If the dog is on your grass, show the neighbors your video. No more neighborly help if they ignore your ask.

Anonymous wrote:I have 10 acres in rural VA. The animals that poop on my property daily include: deer, rabbits, birds, wild turkeys, coyotes, foxes, squirrels, groundhogs, voles, and random barn cats belonging to my neighbors.

You have 41 acres and are worked up about a little dog poop? I mean, sure. Die on that hill.

Amen!

7 months out of the year, you go there once a month. You are never going to stop this. You can say something but I doubt it will help at all.

And start saying no to their help requests. Offer to teach them whatever or give them number of a local handyman or the like. They are not being neighborly. They are users.

I'm from the country, and here's how I'd handle it.

The next time the dog is on your property, contain it and let the owners know you have it. Make them come pick it up. Repeat as needed.

This is pretty simple. Just tell them that you know their dog has a knack for escaping into your yard and that’s not the problem, but if they could kindly clean up his poo.

Tell them that you are tired of stepping in their dog’s 💩 poop and you saw their dog on your camera. Speak up.

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Anonymous wrote:I have 10 acres in rural VA. The animals that poop on my property daily include: deer, rabbits, birds, wild turkeys, coyotes, foxes, squirrels, groundhogs, voles, and random barn cats belonging to my neighbors.

You have 41 acres and are worked up about a little dog poop? I mean, sure. Die on that hill.

And it is quite legal to shoot deer, rabbits, birds, wild turkeys, coyotes, foxes, squirrels, groundhops, moles, etc if they are on your property. Just sayin.

The PP isn't saying she wants to shoot anything. And are you implying that because you can shoot wild animals on your property it's okay to shoot someone's dog?

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Don't burn the bridge.

If you're letting your dog poop in someone else's yard and not picking it up then YOU are burning the bridge

This is not a small yard it is a wilderness.

But according to the land survey, it is OP's wilderness. I would suggest the owner of the dog keep their dog on their wildnerness.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Don't burn the bridge.

If you're letting your dog poop in someone else's yard and not picking it up then YOU are burning the bridge

This is not a small yard it is a wilderness.

You have no idea how the property is set up. It could be open cropland, nice pasture, forested hardwoods, slate patios, pool, etc.

Anonymous wrote:I have 10 acres in rural VA. The animals that poop on my property daily include: deer, rabbits, birds, wild turkeys, coyotes, foxes, squirrels, groundhogs, voles, and random barn cats belonging to my neighbors.

You have 41 acres and are worked up about a little dog poop? I mean, sure. Die on that hill.

And it is quite legal to shoot deer, rabbits, birds, wild turkeys, coyotes, foxes, squirrels, groundhops, moles, etc if they are on your property. Just sayin.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Don't burn the bridge.

If you're letting your dog poop in someone else's yard and not picking it up then YOU are burning the bridge

This is not a small yard it is a wilderness.

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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.

You are my hero.