Arrr -there she goes again!

[borzoimom]

Well- lets go back to basics. IN almost alllllllll states, an owner has to have their dog controlled. Either with a fence or a leash. You must have your dog contained and the same applies to them. Once I had a neighbor that was terrified of dogs, and one of my dogs bolted out the front door, and took a cruise on her property as I tried to get him back. The dog warden was at my house in a hour.. I explained the situation, but so did he..= i had to keep my dogs on my property or be cited..
Try that.. If nothing else than they will have to put her on a leash,,... which leads to a walk... etc..

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Frankly I'd report them. They have a dog but refuse to walk it - surely that is animal abuse??

[cloverfdx]

What Pam said . Just suss them out a bit and see what they are like, mentioning the danger Gracie would be in if she was to go near the roads would be a good place to start aswell.

Goodluck with talking to these people hopefully they will listen to you and keep Gracie under control. If not maybe reporting them is the way to go.

[catnapper]

They are NOT nice people. They PRETEND to be nice but will stab you in the back as quick as you can blink. We do not trust them at all.

I was talking to hubby last night and mentioned that they aren't picking up the poop, and he said he mentioned something last week to the wife and she said, "Well how do I know which poop is Gracie's?" I feel like saying, "If you don't know, then pick it ALL up." She should be there with her dog to see where she goes and what she's done. Nicki has gone from being a dog that poops in one general area to basically pooping all over. She NEVER pooped in front of the cars before and now all of the sudden we have a minefield - it wouldn't be so bad if it was just Nicki poop.... but now we have two dogs. And I've gotten my back up so that I refuse to pick up ANY poop because I don't want ot be picking up Gracie's too. Yeah, yeah, a little childish of me

Maybe if I see them today I'll mention it again. If they say they don't know which poop is hers, then tell them letting her use our yard is a priveledge, not a right, and if they can't respect our yard then they can't use it.

[borzoimom]

I would call the dog warden and have him address their dog running at large.. Meanwhile he can check out the situation.

[Pam]

I was talking to hubby last night and mentioned that they aren't picking up the poop, and he said he mentioned something last week to the wife and she said, "Well how do I know which poop is Gracie's?" .

Oh Kim, hubbies aren't as quick on their feet as us women. That would have been a golden opportunity for him to address the fact that she should be supervised while she is outside. Then she would KNOW which poops were Gracie's and she could be standing right there with her little poop bag.

Honestly, I don't know what I'd do. I would resent terribly picking up another dog's poop day after day, but I would also not be too happy about walking through it either. Also once you started doing that she would take that as a sign that she was off the hook as far as poop patrol goes. *sigh* I guess I am no help, but I just wanted to commiserate with you.