Dogs! My neighbors are pooping in my yard!

[mark414]

Should I throw it over the fence? Call the cops? Spray em with a hose next time I see em?

:shrug:

[LizW]

1. I would think pointing and laughing would work

;)

If not, go for the pepper spray.

[hippiechick]

2. You're in Wisconsin, are you surprised ??

:shrug:

(Native Green Bay'er myself) :hi:

[swimmernsecretsea]

3. Let's see...

1. Encase it in Lucite! There's still time to showcase it at the Tate Gallery in London.
2. Put a current newspaper in front of it and hold it for ransom!
3. Get some appliances from a "Mr. Potatohead" set and create a semblance of your boss.
4. Put some Peeps next to it, and that cello-grass. Late Easter Basket!
5. Three words--empty Godiva box!
6. Scarlet Robes--now it's lying in state.
7. Ignore it--it's not talking to you or beaming thoughts into your head. No, it sure isn't...
8. A disco ball, flashlight with colored gels, an iPod with speakers--instant disco!
9. Put a TV in front of it--isn't the resemblance to your significant other striking?
10. Talk to it. I bet there's a good story there...

[kanrok]

8. Now that's funny.

good job. I particulary like "empty Godiva box"

[Dervill Crow]

4. For the want of an apostrophe.

My first thought was that you were siccing your dogs on the neighbors, who are pooping in the yard.

I get it now.

Throw it back in their yard.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

5. Leave the apostrophe off

It's funnier that way.

[Dervill Crow]

7. I can't stop laughing.

And I think my dog is laughing at me.

[Scout1071]

20. I'm laughing my ass off right now. That is hilarious!

My boxer is looking at me as well.

[skygazer]

13. From a person so boring she loves grammar and punctuation

No apostrophe is needed in his (her?) subject line. Dogs (plural not possessive) and neighbors (also plural not possessive).

Only if we were discussing the ownership of said poop, dogs or neighbors would we need an apostrophe.

Okay, I'll go back to my crossword puzzles now. :hi:

[Dervill Crow]

15. Hmmmm.

The lack of an apostrophe makes it unclear exactly whose poop is being deposited in the yard. Are the neighbors pooping or the neighbor's dogs pooping? What to do, what to do? Call animal control or the police? "Dogs" is the implied subject of the sentence, but an apostrophe would add a bit of clarity.

You'd probably never know it from my posts on DU, but I actually get paid to punctuate. Today's a vacation day, though, so I'm going to post this without proofreading it and probably embarrass myself. :pals: I love grammar, too. Used to diagram sentences in my head when I was supposed to being going to sleep.

[mark414]

17. actually it was a poor attempt at a copycat...

the original was something along the lines of "My neighbor's dogs are pooping in my yard!"

oh well
:shrug:

[Dervill Crow]

18. Ooops. My middle initial is D. For dense.

My job is editing medical reports, and I actually do run across sentences that are just as goofy.

[KG]

6. syntax is everything.

[Solly Mack]

9. rub their noses in it and say "Bad human!"

[Donailin]

14. "Fooooey!"

in a really dark and deep voice. Dogs know exactly what that means. The ears go back, the head goes down, they try to leave your presence

[Seabiscuit]

10. Catch them on video and mail the tape to Larry Flynt.

He'll make good use of it.

[sparky_in_ma]

11. Talk to the dogs

and if they don't correct the behavior of the neighbor, take the neighbor to the vet and have them put down.:-(

[Donailin]

12. That is SO. NOT. COOL.

My neighbor's dog did that a few times, and I told her, "Hey, you're dog's been wandering and pooping in my yard. Can you not let that happen anymore?"

And that was it. Never happened again.:shrug:

[shesemsmom]

16. Scrap it up and take it to them

If that doesn't work leave it on their step

[Scout1071]

19. I think you should keep an eye out, catch him in the act and

promptly tell the neighbor that you've just witnessed his dog soiling your yard and that you have noticed this before and would really appreciate it if he would either keep his dog out of his yard or politely clean it up so that you don't have to before you mow.

Be nice about it, but definitely call him/her out on it. It's weird because I NEVER remember anyone cleaning up after their dogs when I was a kid. Not in my typical suburban neighborhood. Nowadays? It's a must. And as someone who toils almost obsessively in my yard these days I would be pissed. And I am a proud dog owner.

[gardenista]

21. Are your neighbors Bush fans, by any chance? nt