"red" wrote in message
...
Jibby wrote:
Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent my neighbor's dog from using
my yard as it's own personal toilet? I am disabled and use a power
wheelchair and there is nothing worse than getting dog crap on a wheel
(especially since I can't clean the wheels myself). I don't want to put
up a fence, and speaking to the neighbors about it has been no help.

Thanks,
Jibby

call codes enforcement

That may start a war. Get a slingshot and some harmless but attention
getting ammo. Make a sport of it with a mean yell after firing.

Dogs respond well to training but only if you catch them in the act.

As a peace offering, get your neighbor a pooper scooper and ask him nicely
(again) to stop his dog from going in your yard and if he does, then please
clean it up pronto.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...ff&oi=froogler

Heidi the Horrible wrote:

"red" wrote in message
...

Jibby wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent my neighbor's dog from using
my yard as it's own personal toilet? I am disabled and use a power
wheelchair and there is nothing worse than getting dog crap on a wheel
(especially since I can't clean the wheels myself). I don't want to put
up a fence, and speaking to the neighbors about it has been no help.

Thanks,
Jibby

call codes enforcement


That may start a war. Get a slingshot and some harmless but attention
getting ammo. Make a sport of it with a mean yell after firing.

Dogs respond well to training but only if you catch them in the act.

As a peace offering, get your neighbor a pooper scooper and ask him nicely
(again) to stop his dog from going in your yard and if he does, then please
clean it up pronto.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...ff&oi=froogler


Put a lawn sprinkler or two where the dog come. Turn it on every time
the dog arrives.

"William W. Plummer" wrote in message
...
Heidi the Horrible wrote:

"red" wrote in message
...

Jibby wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent my neighbor's dog from
using my yard as it's own personal toilet? I am disabled and use a
power wheelchair and there is nothing worse than getting dog crap on a
wheel (especially since I can't clean the wheels myself). I don't want
to put up a fence, and speaking to the neighbors about it has been no
help.

Thanks,
Jibby

call codes enforcement


That may start a war. Get a slingshot and some harmless but attention
getting ammo. Make a sport of it with a mean yell after firing.

Dogs respond well to training but only if you catch them in the act.

As a peace offering, get your neighbor a pooper scooper and ask him
nicely (again) to stop his dog from going in your yard and if he does,
then please clean it up pronto.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...ff&oi=froogler
Put a lawn sprinkler or two where the dog come. Turn it on every time
the dog arrives.

Great idea. Can you figure out how to make it motion activated ? I'll bet
there is a way.

HtH

"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message
...

"William W. Plummer" wrote in message
...
Heidi the Horrible wrote:

"red" wrote in message
...

Jibby wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent my neighbor's dog from
using my yard as it's own personal toilet? I am disabled and use a
power wheelchair and there is nothing worse than getting dog crap on a
wheel (especially since I can't clean the wheels myself). I don't want
to put up a fence, and speaking to the neighbors about it has been no
help.

Thanks,
Jibby

call codes enforcement


That may start a war. Get a slingshot and some harmless but attention
getting ammo. Make a sport of it with a mean yell after firing.

Dogs respond well to training but only if you catch them in the act.

As a peace offering, get your neighbor a pooper scooper and ask him
nicely (again) to stop his dog from going in your yard and if he does,
then please clean it up pronto.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...ff&oi=froogler
Put a lawn sprinkler or two where the dog come. Turn it on every time
the dog arrives.

Great idea. Can you figure out how to make it motion activated ? I'll
bet there is a way.

HtH


I dunno, if the dog is anything like any of the many I've had over the years
it will see the sprinklers as an attraction and merely romp through them!
( Or literally stomp on them while biting at the spray!).

If speaking to the neighbors is no help, then they have already declared war
on you. Call animal control. If yours is like most areas there are leash
laws and the animal will be picked up if they see it out sans leash and the
owner notified ( If it has a proper license so they can trace the animal to
them, if it doesn't then they are risking more than just the sanitary nature
of your lawn because it doesn't get it's required vaccinations!). Your
neighbor shouldn't be told who made the call at all. (again if your area is
anything like most). And if you explain your situation, I'm sure they'll act
in keeping with your needs as a handicapped individual.

By the way, since the leash laws generally require the animal be leashed or
in a properly enclosed area when outdoors, this might end up requiring your
neigbor to put up a fence around their yard or at least provide a kennel
enclosure. Viola, no need for you to go to the expense of fencing your
property to solve this problem!

Again, allowing their animal onto your property at all after you have told
them not to do so is simply aggressive behavior on their part, and probably
illegal in any event. Your rational choices are to defend your rights using
the legal recourse available through your municipality or to put up with it
and resign yourself to that and perhaps more such behavior from your unkind
neighbors.

I once saw a person get fined for having their toy poodle in their own front
yard without a leash and that dog wasn't going anywhere else or about to
bother anyone. The leash laws, if you have them where you are, are usually
very explicit.


joe

Put a lawn sprinkler or two where the dog come. Turn it on every time
the dog arrives.

Great idea. Can you figure out how to make it motion activated ? I'll bet
there is a way.

HtH

Here is the product called scarecrow:

http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/scarecrow.htm

What about the neighbors cats that sleep on our vehicles and crap in
our yard? Just caught it sleeping on our van, tried sneaking out with
the BB gun, but it's pretty wary of me.

This might work for you http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/scarecrow.htm
"William W. Plummer" wrote in message
...
Heidi the Horrible wrote:

"red" wrote in message
...

Jibby wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent my neighbor's dog from
using my yard as it's own personal toilet? I am disabled and use a
power wheelchair and there is nothing worse than getting dog crap on a
wheel (especially since I can't clean the wheels myself). I don't want
to put up a fence, and speaking to the neighbors about it has been no
help.

Thanks,
Jibby

call codes enforcement


That may start a war. Get a slingshot and some harmless but attention
getting ammo. Make a sport of it with a mean yell after firing.

Dogs respond well to training but only if you catch them in the act.

As a peace offering, get your neighbor a pooper scooper and ask him
nicely (again) to stop his dog from going in your yard and if he does,
then please clean it up pronto.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...ff&oi=froogler
Put a lawn sprinkler or two where the dog come. Turn it on every time
the dog arrives.

"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message
news

"red" wrote in message
...
Jibby wrote:
Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent my neighbor's dog from
using my yard as it's own personal toilet? I am disabled and use a
power wheelchair and there is nothing worse than getting dog crap on a
wheel (especially since I can't clean the wheels myself). I don't want
to put up a fence, and speaking to the neighbors about it has been no
help.

Thanks,
Jibby

call codes enforcement

That may start a war. Get a slingshot and some harmless but attention
getting ammo. Make a sport of it with a mean yell after firing.

Dogs respond well to training but only if you catch them in the act.

As a peace offering, get your neighbor a pooper scooper and ask him nicely
(again) to stop his dog from going in your yard and if he does, then
please clean it up pronto.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...ff&oi=froogler

Let me get this straight. You think the victim should buy something for the
criminal?

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message
news

"red" wrote in message
...
Jibby wrote:
Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent my neighbor's dog from
using my yard as it's own personal toilet? I am disabled and use a
power wheelchair and there is nothing worse than getting dog crap on a
wheel (especially since I can't clean the wheels myself). I don't want
to put up a fence, and speaking to the neighbors about it has been no
help.

Thanks,
Jibby

call codes enforcement

That may start a war. Get a slingshot and some harmless but attention
getting ammo. Make a sport of it with a mean yell after firing.

Dogs respond well to training but only if you catch them in the act.

As a peace offering, get your neighbor a pooper scooper and ask him
nicely (again) to stop his dog from going in your yard and if he does,
then please clean it up pronto.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...ff&oi=froogler

Let me get this straight. You think the victim should buy something for
the criminal?


Yes. An unexpected peace offering can do wonders for guilt tripping someone
into stepping up to their responsibilities.

HtH

"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message
...

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message
news

"red" wrote in message
...
Jibby wrote:
Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent my neighbor's dog from
using my yard as it's own personal toilet? I am disabled and use a
power wheelchair and there is nothing worse than getting dog crap on a
wheel (especially since I can't clean the wheels myself). I don't
want to put up a fence, and speaking to the neighbors about it has
been no help.

Thanks,
Jibby

call codes enforcement

That may start a war. Get a slingshot and some harmless but attention
getting ammo. Make a sport of it with a mean yell after firing.

Dogs respond well to training but only if you catch them in the act.

As a peace offering, get your neighbor a pooper scooper and ask him
nicely (again) to stop his dog from going in your yard and if he does,
then please clean it up pronto.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...ff&oi=froogler

Let me get this straight. You think the victim should buy something for
the criminal?


Yes. An unexpected peace offering can do wonders for guilt tripping
someone into stepping up to their responsibilities.

HtH

Oh Heidi....you must be very young. You don't yet know that dog owners are
an exception to your statement. Think about it. If someone step's in your
dog's crap, he has to clean off his shoes, his wheels (in this case), and
perhaps his house or automobile carpets. The victim may have to pay someone
to clean the carpets. If not, he has to waste his time doing it when he
could've been doing something he wanted to do. Therefore, the dog owner has
stolen time, and perhaps money, and is fully aware of this. Since they are
aware of it but allowed their dog out anyway, we conclude that the result
was intentional.

This most certainly does NOT deserve a peace offering.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message
...

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message
news
"red" wrote in message
...
Jibby wrote:
Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent my neighbor's dog from
using my yard as it's own personal toilet? I am disabled and use a
power wheelchair and there is nothing worse than getting dog crap on
a wheel (especially since I can't clean the wheels myself). I don't
want to put up a fence, and speaking to the neighbors about it has
been no help.

Thanks,
Jibby

call codes enforcement

That may start a war. Get a slingshot and some harmless but attention
getting ammo. Make a sport of it with a mean yell after firing.

Dogs respond well to training but only if you catch them in the act.

As a peace offering, get your neighbor a pooper scooper and ask him
nicely (again) to stop his dog from going in your yard and if he does,
then please clean it up pronto.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...ff&oi=froogler

Let me get this straight. You think the victim should buy something for
the criminal?


Yes. An unexpected peace offering can do wonders for guilt tripping
someone into stepping up to their responsibilities.

HtH

Oh Heidi....you must be very young. You don't yet know that dog owners are
an exception to your statement. Think about it. If someone step's in your
dog's crap, he has to clean off his shoes, his wheels (in this case), and
perhaps his house or automobile carpets. The victim may have to pay
someone to clean the carpets. If not, he has to waste his time doing it
when he could've been doing something he wanted to do. Therefore, the dog
owner has stolen time, and perhaps money, and is fully aware of this.
Since they are aware of it but allowed their dog out anyway, we conclude
that the result was intentional.

This most certainly does NOT deserve a peace offering.


You can fight your neighbors fire with fire. I choose to fight fire with a
peace offering. To each is his own. The objective is to solve the problem
and have a nice relationship with the neighbor. That is a more complex
objective than just winning the dog poop fight.

Also, you are too harsh on dog owners. Some are irresponsible. Some just
don't realize the problems their dogs are causing. A few years back, I
lived in the country. My dog was well trained and well behaved and was
allowed to roam free at times for an hour or so. Unbeknownst to me, she
snuck up to the neighbors sheep field, jumped the fence and herded them all
in the barn. She didn't hurt the sheep, but the owner was concerned she
would and called my place furious. I appologized and promised to not let it
happen again. It didn't. Or so I thought. A couple of years later, I
found out through the grapevine that it happened again and that the sheep
farmer was furious. However, he never let me know that it happened again.
He told everybody in the neighborhood except me.

I was clearly at fault but I didn't know there was a problem. When I found
out the second time, I installed electric fencing and made damn sure it
didn't happen again.

If the neighbor had just been polite and kept me informed of the problem, we
would have solved it sooner. Had he called animal control or shot my dog,
then it would have been war and the neighborhood would have been a nasty
place.

Life is too short to start a war over dog poop.

"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message
...

Some just don't realize the problems their dogs are causing.

Sometimes, we step into logic traps. You just did that.

Scenario: You open the newspaper and read that two toddlers were found dead
after ingesting toxic cleaning products while their parents were busy
watching "The Price is Right" on TV two rooms away. You scream bloody murder
to a friend about this. The friend says "Some just don't realize the
problems their toxic cleaning products might cause for toddlers".

You say:

"Bullshit. They had no business caring for children".

Don't deny it. That is exactly what you'd say. So, using YOUR logic, some
people have no business owning dogs.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message
...

Some just don't realize the problems their dogs are causing.

Sometimes, we step into logic traps. You just did that.

Scenario: You open the newspaper and read that two toddlers were found
dead after ingesting toxic cleaning products while their parents were busy
watching "The Price is Right" on TV two rooms away. You scream bloody
murder to a friend about this. The friend says "Some just don't realize
the problems their toxic cleaning products might cause for toddlers".

You say:

"Bullshit. They had no business caring for children".

Don't deny it. That is exactly what you'd say. So, using YOUR logic, some
people have no business owning dogs.

Whatever. I have no idea what kids ingesting toxic chemicals has to do with
dog poop. That's a big leap in irresponsible parenting.