MICHELLE H. wrote:

So besides leaving a sprinkler on all night long, and wasting precious
gallons of water, what options am I left with here??


Try a motion-activated sprinkler. (I'm not sure if they work in the
dark.) Nobody likes getting hit with a stream of cold water -- except
maybe a duck.

So be glad it's not a flock of ducks tearing up your yard. ;-)

Bob