Note for neighbor

[catnapper]

I'm leaving this note for my neighbor.... I wanted feedback before I tape it to their back door

Dear Axxx and Bxxxx,
Can you please remind everyone to pick up after Cxxxx? We don't mind her in our yard -- she's quite welcome to run around! We do mind the poo left behind.

You've seen Callie return from hundreds of walks. I walk her daily and pick up as she goes. Please remind your family to do the same.

Thank you,
Kim



My neighbor's dog is the sweetest Golden Retriever. They paved their yard completely so the poor dog has no grass. We have no problem with another dog playing in our yard. But they NEVER pick up after her. After a long winter, there's a poo factory in our yard. None of it belongs to Callie. I wanted to ask them politely to pick up.

I like Axxx, and can't bring myself to complain to her. I hate her jerk of a husband. He scares me, so there's no way I'm asking him to pick up. Axxx and her daughter pick up if they saw her go potty. The husband and the boys? Not on your life.

Callie and Cxxx play and wrestle. I want Callie to continue having a friend visit our yard. I just simply want the poop gone. We're tired of picking up after their dog.

[happylabs]

I would do it! It isn't fair for them to let their dog poop in your yard and not clean up. The note seems pleasant enough.

[kuhio98]

Kim ~ Can you take Cxxx for a walk when you take Callie?
The only reason I suggest it is that Cxxx deserves to take a walk and you're going anyway. And sometimes people step-up when they see someone else doing it.

There used to be a neighborhood dog chained to his house. There wasn't a fence in the yard, so he was chained all the time. He could walk a little, but not far. One day I asked if I could take him for a walk and let him run a little. They thought I was weird, but said okay. I did it again the next day and the next. Can't remember how many days later it was that I actually saw them taking him for a walk around the neighborhood.

[Pinot's Mom]

I have, unfortunately found, even when I have the best intentions asking neighbors to take care of a situation it doesn't come out well. My thought would be to ask the wife in person as opposed to involving the husband at all.

[Cataholic]

Do they not realize she is pooping in your yard?

I would think they know, and choose not to do anything. So, a note is only going to backfire, cause tensions, or maybe worse- make them stop letting her run in your yard.

[Karen]

I, for one, think the note might help, if it gets to the wife. Some people just need to be prompted. No guarantees, but maybe it would at least prompt conversation!

[redbird]

I think your note was very nicely said and I do hope they will start picking up after their dog. Some people just don't have any common sense.