Don't let a single neighborhood douchebag bully you into moving. There's at least one in every neighborhood, and if that's the worst they can come up with, you'll be OK. We live in Pasadena in a nice and very diverse part of town. Except we hate our next door neigh-boors, so much so that we thought of fleeing. They are drunk and playing shitty oompah music out of car stereos at all hours, waking us and our 2 year old son. Confront them, they ignore you, or threaten you. But we have persevered. It meant doing something exceedingly distateful and against everything I believe in: calling the cops when all else fails. It sucked, but now they know we aren't shitting around.

Is it true that sometimes you don't pick up after your dog? If so, doesn't he have a legitimate gripe? I'm not Ms. Super People Skillz by any means, but if I was leaving dogshit on his lawn and he called me out on it, I'd apologize.

4 words: burning bag of poop

I guess I should have clarified. I always pick up the poop. I don't know where the "sometimes" comes from. But he makes me WANT to leave shit on his lawn.

maybe it's just crazy dog-poop-hater week all over, 'cause nearly the same thing happened to me this weekend:

http://portland.metblogs.com/archives/2007/05/if_a_dog_poops.phtml

I've got an old man living next door. He watches my every move outside. Among other things, he has called the police when our car, parked in our driveway, wasn't pulled up far enough had its fanny hanging over the sidewalk. He's an ass. And our neighbors across the street, who don't have a dog, will actually go to the trouble of picking turds off of their lawn and putting them on ours, or on their next door neighbor's yard, presumably because we have a dog that who spends time pooping in our back yard. Our dog has never been anywhere near their yard. I think they're crazy.

And there it is. They're everywhere, even in the Philadelphia suburbs.

I said it before: Carlin was right about waterfront property. It's better because you only have assholes living on three sides of you.

p.s. Don't retaliate. That's usually a big mistake in dealing with crazy people.

Kill him and feed the corpse to your dogs. Presumably his flesh does not cause kidney failure.

I had the neighbors from hell who lectured me about how I wasn't as good a dog parent as they were. After six years of this insance shit, I sold my house and moved to the country -- now I don't have any neighbors and my dogs can shit anywhere.

Hey, is it the guys lawn or not? If it is, don't let your dog shit on his lawn, IT'S HIS LAWN!

If, on the other hand, it ain't his lawn, is it community lawn where all dogs shit? Come on dude, has some class and get a cat... ;-)

I am very tolerant of my neighbors; I have to be due to the neighborhood whereI have chosen to live. But I won't tolerate dogs defecating on my yard. It's tacky, and I'd probably say something to you regarding the dog poop. If that makes me an asshole, so be it. Of course, I would be somewhat more tactful than the old man. It's all in how you say it....

Caught the Nightline segment tonight. You came off well. I daresay Regina came off even better. They tried to frame it in media bullshit and you guys did a good job combating it.

Speaking of neighborhood, I feel like I'm in the early stages of your Harmon Ave. battle. Our hood is trying to turn to crap and I find myself mobilizing and talking to APD commanders and lieutenants trying to get neighborhood watch going and pressuring local businesses into helping out. Fodder for a much longer discussion...

And what's up with the register.com footer?

Oh I see, thanks for the clarification, Neal. Then I suggest hiding his crackpipe. That is revenge enough.

Suburbs, yelled at because my dog was WALKING on some jerkoffs lawn. She didn't even leave evidence. I've also been told to pick up after she's peed on lawns. Still not sure how to respond to that one.

Find myself on the other end of the poop debate here. My neighbor has been walking her dog on our lawn. She does not pick up the furball's shit.

I am confused as to why she does this when there is an empty acre of land across the street. Not to mention the fact that we have a huge back yard where the bitches can poop but she does this in our smaller front yard. What the hell?!

As for picking up a dogs pee... The fun and vengeful thing to do would be (when the guy is watching) sprinkle a liberal (like a whole box full) of baking soda on the pee spot.

Hmm, as someone who has picked up a lot of turds with plastic bags, I feel compelled to add that, often, there is a nasty, um, residue. If it's the guy's lawn, I don't blame him for being annoyed that your dog is sheeting on his lawn and that you are only picking up most of it with the bag. That all said, the guy sounds like he spends his days watching Dirty Harry movies. I don't think anyone has effectively and unironically uttered "you want a piece?" since 1972.

Once upon a time, I was walking a friend's dog and he started peeing on some lady's lawn. She ran out, screaming at me "MY GRANDKIDS PLAY ON THIS LAWN! DON'T LET YOUR DOG PEE ON MY LAWN!"

Gee, lady. It's not like I instructed it to pee right there.

That's the trouble with dogs. They become everyone's problem because they piss and shit on everything. One time I was walking a friends dog in Brooklyn, and I noticed that every trash can and street light was piss-rusted at the base. I quickly came to the conclusion that pretty much everything below knee height in NY is coated in dog urine. They're swimming in it.

Obviously someone is not cleaning up their poop and your dog chooses the same spot, attracted to the scent. Many dogs are poisoned or even shot due to the actions of the unrestrained animals. I'd just train my dog to keep away from that man's property. He may start seeding the lawn with exlax-filled hot dogs or poisoned dog treats.

I haven't owned a house in 10 years due to the crazies that always seem to be in neighborhoods. My neighbor's wife would tie her Spitz to my border tree. The dog would shit on my grass and of course I'd slip on it. The dog barked constantly and she's come out and yell at the dog. Recently I was walking to the center of town and a young guy with a dog on a leash came toward me. The dog jumped and tried to bite my arm!! Missed my elbow by inches. I love dogs!! The problem is that when people cross the line. Dog pee kills boxwood and zoysia grass and stinks when it gets hot. Dog poop burns grass however short time it sits. I always say that people's dogs, children and music create the biggest wars between neighbors. A good fence is required.