Keep it clean - I'll try

[EdWort]

He was from Texas though

Oh, its on now Cornhusker, It's ON!!

Rally round boys!

Don't Mess with Texas!

 

[Desert_Sky]

resisting the urge for a steers and queers joke

 

[Alamo_Beer]

 

[EdWort]

resisting the urge for a steers and queers joke

Now, don't get the Okies all riled up now.

 

[Bedlam]

Back when I lived in Ohio, I moved into a hoity-toity neighborhood (I have no idea how that happened. Trust me, I didn't fit in!). An older gentleman with an ancient poodle would walk his dog by my house. Just about every day the little f00ker would crap in one corner of my tiny yard. I was unhappy about it, but being the new girl who'd never lived in any kind of suburban environment before, I figured I'd just wait and observe. Maybe this was the normal practice for the neighborhood? I wasn't sure.

So I waited.

And, well, whaddaya know! The guy came around one day with his lawn trimmer (I didn't own one), completely unbidden, and without a word edged my lawn and driveway. He did that at least once per month during the mowing season for the 3 years I lived there. We never spoke about the deal, ever. I just picked up the dog crap and he just edged my yard. It was a beautiful thing.

One other comment on shooting dogs. I have done it, and hated doing it. It was a group of feral dogs and they were running our cattle. I got one of them, my sister got the rest. Once I saw where two pit bulls ran a group of steers completely ragged in a 2 hour span. One ran through the barb wire, losing an eye and almost amputating his own leg. The farmer had to put that steer down immediately. The other steers in the herd lost a lot of weight in a rather short timespan. Months of feeding them out--gone. The farmer lost money...it's his livelihood! The owner of the pit bulls put them down himself as soon as he got there and saw the carnage. He apologized profusely and made restitution (via payment plan) to the farmer on an agreed-upon amount. I saw him as a responsible owner. His dogs just got out; it happens. He made amends. But I'll tell you, the sight of those steers still haunts me to this day.

But death for sh!tting? No way. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! There are many other ways of dealing with it and I'm loving hearing others' ideas...

 

[DeathBrewer]

...pile the dog's $hit on his doorstep...

don't forget to bring your lighter

 

[Dr_Deathweed]

Now, don't get the Okies all riled up now.

Yeah, if the okies stop sucking and start blowing hot air, Texas will just slip on off into the Gulf of Mexico....

IAs for my experience with shooting pets, where I'm from farmers will do this if they find them running cows. A dog can run a cow to death in a matter of hours and farmers will not tolerate this at all. People know this though and if they like there dog they will keep it under control. As for shooting one for $hiting in the yard, I don't think so.

I 100% agree with a farmer/ranchers right to shoot animals who are bothering/attacking their animals. My family lost almost 2 dozen sheep to half a dozen loose dogs in one night. They just chased them down and killed them. I can understand losing the occasional lamb or older ewe to the coyotes now and then, at least they ate what they killed.... but domestic dogs will just chase and kill livestock for the hell of it.

Of course, in our case, the only way we were able to receive some restitution were the dogs that were wearing collars that returned the next night..... Confronting the neighbors is still better than waking up to a field full of carcasses.....

 

[LoneOakDesign]

Put 2 cougars in your yard.....he won't poop there anymore. DOGS HATE COUGARS!!!!

what do dogs have against middle aged women with a taste for vodka and young men???

 

[Chriso]

Oh, its on now Cornhusker...

Crap! It was THAT Cornhusker, not THIS Cornhusker!
Only problem I have with Texas is that G.W.Youknowwho lives there. Other than that, It's like a giant version of us! We both have spanish speakers, we both have lots of ag crops and steers, oh yah, what's that thing you have that Nebraska doesn't?

.... hmmmmm what was it???? Rugged good-looking chippendales? Nah that can't be it... uhm....

Oh right. An Economy.

 

[Danek]

what's that thing you have that Nebraska doesn't?

.... hmmmmm what was it???? Rugged good-looking chippendales? Nah that can't be it... uhm....

Oh right. An Economy.

Yeah, but who has the Runzas?

 

[Chriso]

Ooooh. It's kinda sad. Runza has gone way downhill. My mom still makes the BEST homemade Runza's though!

 

[Dr Vorlauf]

He was from Texas though. Do you guys remember the audio of the dude calling 911 cuz he saw people robbing his neighbors house? He ended up shooting them and killing one and he got away with it. this was in the last 8 months i think.

only in texas.

Who got away with it the theif ? Or the good neighbor protecting his neighbors property?

 

[EdWort]

Who got away with it the theif ? Or the good neighbor protecting his neighbors property?

The thieves were two illegal aliens from Columbia. Both were killed. The neighbor has not been charged.

 

[WeHeavy]

The grease thing isn't going to hurt the animal and if he kept it tied up there wouldn't be a problem.

Tell you what else I did last fall.

They where gone and they had left their side door wide open and the dog was in and out all day, came in my garage while I was in there, scratched at our screen door wanting in our house.

Well anyways I decided to play fetch with the dog. I kept throwing stones into a large mud hole in the field behind our row of houses and the dog kept running right in after them. After 15 Min's I chased the dog home and shut the door behind him.

The wife doesn't think they will have the dog much longer because just last week some kids brought the dog home from up town (1 mile away). I guess they where friends with their son.

This are also the same people that have poker party's 2-3 times a year and the people that show up drive through my yard, park in my yard. After my 15 yr old daughter left our dog out and witnessed someone at the party pi$$ing in our yard next to a car, I called the cops. Next morning my yard was full of beer cans.

 

[quickerNu]

He was from Texas though. Do you guys remember the audio of the dude calling 911 cuz he saw people robbing his neighbors house? He ended up shooting them and killing one and he got away with it. this was in the last 8 months i think.

only in texas.

If everybody had that good a neighbor, maybe the world would be a better place.

It isn't a dog problem, it is a people problem. The dog has no idea you don't like it. Deal with the owner. If he doesn't listen, become a daily caller to your local code enforcement agent.

 

[EdWort]

The grease thing isn't going to hurt the animal and if he kept it tied up there wouldn't be a problem.

Tell you what else I did last fall.

They where gone and they had left their side door wide open and the dog was in and out all day, came in my garage while I was in there, scratched at our screen door wanting in our house.

Well anyways I decided to play fetch with the dog. I kept throwing stones into a large mud hole in the field behind our row of houses and the dog kept running right in after them. After 15 Min's I chased the dog home and shut the door behind him.

The wife doesn't think they will have the dog much longer because just last week some kids brought the dog home from up town (1 mile away). I guess they where friends with their son.

This are also the same people that have poker party's 2-3 times a year and the people that show up drive through my yard, park in my yard. After my 15 yr old daughter left our dog out and witnessed someone at the party pi$$ing in our yard next to a car, I called the cops. Next morning my yard was full of beer cans.

Your neighbors are a$$holes.

 

[zoebisch01]

Your neighbors are a$$holes.

Your not kidding. I can't stand people like that. "Get out of the Gene pool please"

 

[ohiobrewtus]

You mean it's bad to pee in your neighbor's yard?!? It's ok to pee in your own yard though, right?

 

[Homercidal]

I pee in my yard every chance I get! I agree on the @$$holes for neighbors though. Now you know why I'm anti-social! I dont' even know my own neighbors names! (except for Mrs. Watkins, who passed away two weeks ago, rest her soul).

Remind me not to steal in Texas!

 

[dirtymike1]

Wow I just caught up on this thread and wow.....just .....wow.

To back track a little, man your going to hell for shooting a dog. You should have put a warning shot at your neighbor, but you are a worthless fool for killing an animal.

Sorry I just can't leave that story up there....

 

[dirtymike1]

This is also why I fish but can never bring myself to hunt.

 

[Aleforge]

+1 on cougar idea, I was going to suggest to buy a bigger dog.

I have had this very same problem though at my old house. I talked with my neighbor a few times and he didn't stop. My best solution was to just call animal control when I noticed it out and they took it away. He got fined for it not being on his property and un-leashed. And it never happened again. It sucks to have to do that with neighbors, but some people just aren't respectful.