I remember when my husband and I were staying with my mother-in-law for awhile while we were looking for our own place. I had Cody and Willie then, Cody was about 11 years old, did not run or even trot anymore really due to arthritis. Mother in law didn't have a fenced yard, and some new neighbors had just moved in behind her. I took the dogs out and was with them every time I was out with them. I could outrun, or even outwalk Cody easily so I didn't worry too much about him but he liked to shuffle around and sniff for awhile when he was out. He was deaf too by this time so I just usually walked along close by him.

Anyway, the exact moment Cody would put one foot on the property line, a man would fling open the door and yell to keep my dogs out of his yard. Every day when I took them out, I'd see him watching out the door, ready to jump out and yell. I just got to where I kept them from even approaching that area, but for the life of me that man irritated me to no end, staring at me every time I had the dogs out. It was so rude.

Some people just seem to look for opportunities to cause trouble about dogs. I know a neighbor a couple houses down, their hounds were always getting out and I imagine they were pooping in that guy's yard and he just assumed it was my dogs.

I guess you just have to do whatever it takes in order to not give people like that any opportunity because unfortunately if they go to the law it's more likely that the law will be on their side and if someone decides to handle things on their own, it'd be awfully hard to prove anything

Best wishes in dealing with this