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Issue with neighbors not cleaning up after dog.
I live in a duplex, and we share a VERY small front yard (more like a dirt patch since it doesn't get enough sun to have much grass).
The neighbor we share a wall with has a dog he got as a puppy about a year and a half ago. Despite this neighbor being clueless about many things, he seems to have trained the dog pretty well. I talked to him after he first got the dog, and he was working on barking (we live close to the street/sidewalk and neighbor has people over a lot, so he didn't want the dog barking at every single new person he saw). From what I've seen, the dog is also pretty good with commands off-leash.
His roommate is another story. She recently got a "puppy" who looks to be a youngish dog (maybe 6ish months, but he's a mix, so I'm not sure). She lets the dog out the front door, he runs to the front yard, goes to the bathroom, then runs back inside. She doesn't go out with him. She doesn't clean up after him.
Aside from criticizing her habits as a pet owner (how would she know if her dog had diarrhea or worms or how often he defecates?), how can we ask them to clean up after the dog every. single. time.? Is it a health hazard? My husband went over a few weeks ago and the main tenant was all, "The puppy is pooping in the yard?! I'll tell my roommate to clean it up!" (Dude, come outside and take a deep breath...) They never did and eventually our landlord's gardener did it when he graded the lawn.
We're doing some exterior maintenance tomorrow and, surprise surprise, the yard is covered in dog poop again. I don't want to have to go over (well, make my husband go over) every two weeks and say, "Hey, can you please clean up 2 weeks worth of dog poop, which is now particularly gross because it's rained recently?" It's not our private property, since it's shared, and it's not public property, so it's not technically against the law. Suggestions?
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Re: Issue with neighbors not cleaning up after dog.
Yes, but it's not a professionally managed property. We don't have rules regarding pets in our lease other than a pet deposit if we have pets. Neighbor has a broken window and his roommate has been vadalizing the laundry room with a highlighter (yeah, long story) and we've informed him of those things, but nothing has been done. We also think he has some medical issues. Also, we do a lot of the exterior maintenence, like clipping the hedges, just because we want to. I know, I know, it doesn't mean he's not responsible for maintaining the property, because he is. But he likes us and I hate to complain about every little thing.
We probably will, though. The other thing is, if the neighbors think someone has complained, they'll know it's us, because it wouldn't be anyone else. Same if we throw the poop on their porch.
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Yes, it is a health hazard.
Just make sure your neighbor isn't a complete psycho before asking them to clean up after their dog. Someone in Philadelphia was shot to death for asking his neighbor to clean up his dog's poop.
Not completely psycho. Just a little off. And not very good at keeping up his home. My H talks to him pretty frequently, which is why he's going to ask... again. :-)
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