Throw this in my yard? Sick!
That's the little note I left beside the little blue plastic bag of dog poop that I found thrown into my front garden yard. I placed it beside the tree where our neighborhood dog walkers could see it; hopefully where the culprit can read it.
Why do these folks with at least a quarter acre of land in their own yards bring their dogs to go to the bathroom on other folks' lawns and gardens? I mean, they actually direct the animals on a lead and stand there like it's nothing at all to have their pet defecate or urinate where I frequently work and normally place my hands on the variety of plants and bushes.
I'm grateful that we have laws that compel them to scoop or bag the feces, but it's an exercise which is confoundedly abhorrent to me. City dwellers with no land? Fine. Suburban land owners with yards large enough to serve as their pet's toilet? Ridiculous and arrogant, imo.
Why do these folks believe it's proper to allow their pet to urinate on the cable box where the electricians are forced to deal with the waste? I watch one seemingly respectable neighbor after another bring their animal from their own home and yard and direct or stand there and allow them to relieve themselves on property which is clearly not a bathroom for their dogs. It is a rudeness of the highest order and it bespeaks a profound disrespect for community and our neighborhood.
I've actually been able to confront a few of these folks and declare that my property isn't there to receive their pet's refuse and that I'm regularly tasked to put my hands where their dog urinates. Their reactions ranged from shocked at being confronted, to utter contempt. Maybe it's my tone.
Oh, and as for the results of my little display and note, so far? One of the offending neighbors (maybe not his little package) just walked by with his boxer and bent down to read the note. Great, I thought, until I saw that he had gone a few feet and was now standing there, allowing his dog to urinate on my flowers and plants. Sick.
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"In 2011, the town council of Hernani, a village in northern Spain, approved a measure that requires dog owners to include a sample of their canine's DNA in their pet registration, the Telegraph notes. That way, if any piles of poo are discovered, the town can track down the pet owner responsible."
He knew enough not to piss where my plants were - especially out front, because I trained him (gently) not to and directed him whenever there was any opportunity.
I also walked my dog and did not pause to allow him to urinate on my neighbors' yards. It was as simple as a short lead and walking him on the public side of the sidewalk. I certainly didn't pause to allow the dog to urinate on cable boxes or any other property where someone might regularly need to use their hands. That was just common sense and courtesy, to me.
