I was appalled at what I discoverd last night when I walked out to see if there were termite swarms as I saw a couple in my living room. As I turned to look down the street I noticed a man and his dog well into my lawn and what looked like the dog doing it's business... I thought the dog must simply be doing no. 1 and that wouldn't be so bad so I said simply made a howdy justure which he ignored or didn't hear, although when he saw me he tugged on his dog and made a bee line to his home across the steet about four houses down. After a couple of minutes I decided to get a flashlight and see just what had happened. This senseless and careingless neighbor had done just what I had hoped he would not dared to have done. Needless to say more, I got very angry at his complete disrespect for my property and I went down to talk to him about it. All of the lights were off as I rang the doorbell. I rang it two or three times before his wife came to the door. I inquired as to if her husband had been walking their dog a few minutes ago, and she said no it was quite a while ago. I apoligized and told her that I wanted to speak to her husband. He came to the door and I inquired the same to him. I asked specifically, if he had his dog on my property and he said yes. At this point I became more angry than I can ever remember as I told him that I would never even think of doing that to a neighbor. I told him that in the future if he doesn't think that people care about dog crap in their yards, that the should simply let his dog crap in his own yard... He apologized a couple of times, but I feel that the only thing he's sorry about is the fact that he got caught red-handed. Not cleaning up after your dog in any neighborhood is one of the rudest things you can do. Especially if you specifically take your dog to another neighbor's yard instead of your own.

Senseless Neighbors

Unfortunately, the problem you described is one of the most frequent complaints we receive--dogs doing their business in your lawn and pet owners not picking up after them. Apparently, some people believe that if the incident occurs at night when no one is looking, then it's ok because they'll get away with it. Well, it's not ok, and it certainly is not neighborly. As you said, it is one of the rudest things a fellow resident can do. We address this problem in practically every newsletter, but some people still don't seem to care. That's not a good sign.

Glenn Orgeron