mookaloid
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 01:00 PM |
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Dog doo Legal Question
One of my friends has a problem with her neighbour.
The neighbour lets her dog out of the house every morning which promptly goes into my friends garden and has a dump on the lawn.
Environmental health are not interested because it isn't noise nuisance and the dog warden is not interested because it is private land.
Is there any legal remedy available to her to make the neighbour stop the dog doing this?
Thanks
Mark
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 01:11 PM |
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Yes,
pick it up with a shovel and post it straight through her letterbox. Worked when we had the same problem with a neighbours dog, only had to do it
twice. Dog never shat on our lawn again.
Regards
Jon
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r1_pete
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 01:11 PM |
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I don't think so.
I had a similar problem, did post in another thread a few weeks ago, I threatened to put the parcel through the owners letterbox, he thougt I was
joking, untill he returned to find the little gift on his welcome mat.
Never let his dog anywhere near my house again.
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r1_pete
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 01:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
Yes,
pick it up with a shovel and post it straight through her letterbox. Worked when we had the same problem with a neighbours dog, only had to do it
twice. Dog never shat on our lawn again.
Regards
Jon
Touche'
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daveb666
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 01:23 PM |
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Regardless of where the poo came from you could, potentially, get charged with vandalism for posting poo through someone's letter-box.
A better course of action would be to place it on the doorstep instead.
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scootz
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 01:44 PM |
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Jim Carrey had the same problem in Me, Myself and Irene.
Do what he did... stroll onto your neighbours garden, drop your kecks and curl one off on their lawn. They should get the idea pretty soon!
It's Evolution Baby!
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CRAIGR
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 01:53 PM |
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Trowel it up and slip it up under the door handles on his car.
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JoelP
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 02:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by daveb666
Regardless of where the poo came from you could, potentially, get charged with vandalism for posting poo through someone's letter-box.
A better course of action would be to place it on the doorstep instead.
Would be difficult for them to prove though! Police come round, 'we think you put dog shite through your neighbours door.'
'Sorry, I don't have a dog.' Close door.
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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daveb666
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 02:41 PM |
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Also might be worth actually speaking to "the neighbour", they may not be aware of where there dog is going.
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Neadles
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 02:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Jim Carrey had the same problem in Me, Myself and Irene.
Do what he did... stroll onto your neighbours garden, drop your kecks and curl one off on their lawn. They should get the idea pretty soon!
I was thinking exactly the same think!!! 
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owelly
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 02:52 PM |
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The dog eggs belong to them so just return it. Scoop it up with a shovel and sling it back onto their property. Ideally with a big splatter onto the
door step or path. Also consider doing it so they may trample in it.....
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mookaloid
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 02:54 PM |
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I was wondering if she could also bill them for her time spent cleaning it up? 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Theshed
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 02:57 PM |
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Yes there is a legal remedy. It is both a trespass and "nuisance" in the technical sense both species of Tort. Oddly enough there is a
distinction between dogs and cats (cats being considered wild animals).
Litigation between neighbours is a last resort. Knock on the door and a cup of tea a far better way of sorting out problems
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 02:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CRAIGR
Trowel it up and slip it up under the door handles on his car.
Even better, shovel it up their exhaust, should smell wonderful after a few minutes . Failing that, just hoick it over the fence into their garden
"just returning what is yours" After all, if you trim the neighbor's trees/bushes hanging over into your property you are obliged
to put it over their fence by law.
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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Smoking Frog
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 03:05 PM |
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Good fences make good neighbours!
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nick205
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 03:07 PM |
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I take it there's no fence and/or gate to stop the dog?
A friendly chat has to be the start point. If it doesn't work you have at least started on the right foot before resorting to the letterbox!
My father-in-law used to suffer this with his neighbours cats. His remedy comprised a black widow catapult and a flower pot of new potatoes. The cat
took several strikes before it learnt the rules, but did move on.
We also had a neighbours tom cat peeing on our garage door (we have a spayed female), which stank something terrible. Eventually I left the cat flap
open on the IN only setting and cornered the tom in the garage. He got a proper soaking before being released
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James
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 04:22 PM |
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My hop-up BB gun is perfect for the neighbour's Westie when I catch it cocking it's leg in my garden!
I feel no guilt about this as I basically detest dogs. 
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steve m
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 05:19 PM |
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I've done the shovel in the letterbox, and the little runts were never let out again
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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designer
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 05:51 PM |
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Why not just get a solicitor's free consultation and get proper advise. I once did and used what he said to win my case.
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Brett Jones
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 05:51 PM |
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In South Africa this is common problem and the trick we use was to fill up a one or two 2l plastic coke bottles with water. With the labels removed
and place on the lawn don't ask me how it works but it does. It a cheap solution and worth trying.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 06:06 PM |
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Makes your garden look like a litter filled mess too!
Personally I'd just chuck it back onto their drive until they got the hint. If they're letting their dogs out off the lead to run in the
street they're not the kind of bright, neighbourly individuals who'll take kindly to "excuse me, you're dog's in my
garden". I have a similar problem with local kids and footballs being kicked through my garden and plants and bounced off my cars up the drive.
I've come very close to gutting one particular one but befriending him and explaining why it's not very nice worked better in the end, but
I'm fairly sure his parents are less intelligent.
As for dogs/cats - I find cats /usually/ go to the loo in the borders and so I don't really mind as much. Dogs just go smack bang in the middle
of the grass or the path. That really grinds my gears. I think dog owners are a bit like parents, they generally have absolutely no concept of how
irritating their little wonders are to everyone else.
[Edited on 17/9/13 by coyoteboy]
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Simon
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 07:03 PM |
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Our landlord at work plopped a poo back through a letterbox and the old bill asked him what he thought he was doing.
"Returning lost property" was his response.
I think, dilute in water and spray over their garden. No solid evidence, but one hell of a smell
ATB
Simon
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AndyGT
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| posted on 17/9/13 at 11:34 PM |
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spread it in the heater vents. on his motor. When it rains and the heater is on...!!!!! Mmmmmm!!!
[Edited on 17/9/13 by AndyGT]
nothing is impossible
everything is possible
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snapper
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| posted on 18/9/13 at 06:39 AM |
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You speak to them
If that does not work
You write them a letter
If that does not work
Tell them again your not happy
If that does not work
You place the poo on there front garden
You tell them your unhappy and have returned there property
If that does not work
Poo wrapped up and put that through letter box
If there is any more poo on your lawn tell them you will escalate through formal mediation
It's all about reasonably escalating until the behaviour stops
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I drink to forget
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ashg
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| posted on 18/9/13 at 07:17 AM |
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i get our neighbours cat poo and fling it back over the fence with a shovel, bloody stuff stinks and the beggar keeps laying them outside my workshop
door.
if you have spoke to them and they are not doing anything about it the other option is to stand at the end of the garden with rubber gloves on and
throw it at their front windows
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