"Sunflower" wrote in message
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Capture the dog and call the owner if it has a collar with the name on it
and animal control if it doesn't. AC probably doesn't work the night
shift
and you'll have to hold it in the garage until the a.m., but that's the
surefire way of keeping it out of your garbage. And, hopefully the owner
will learn a lesson. You can always tell the owner that you were
concerned
about the dog's safety re getting hit by a car or ingesting some poison
from
a neighbor that doesn't want him turning over the trash. Even the densest
person should get the hint, and if they don't, the fine they pay when they
pick their dog up from the pound ought to teach their pocketbook.

Barber told me funny story where neighbor denied it was his dog.
Barber left Exlax on his lawn and next day neighbor was removing rugs from
house that dog had soiled.

There is also a broken up lightbulb in hamburger dog story that you do not
want to know and cat lovers would kill barber if they heard his cat story.

Seriously, if you don't mind spending a few $, sportsmen suppliers like
Cabelas sell cameras for photographing game at night.
Also if raccoon or possum and you can trap, I'd buy the largest Hav-a-hart.
I'm working on a large raccoon and smaller trap will not fully close on him.
Also bet the large one might take a small dog
Frank