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Brilliant!Many years ago I had a little battle ongoing with a neighbourhood mutt that would come over to my yard to get rid of used dog food. Not a problem, as I know the cure...
So about two weeks after that started the neighbour and I were chatting in the street. He looked at my lawn and said, "Wow. How do you keep dog poop from making those burnt holes in your grass? Your lawn is so green!" I smiled with justifiable pride and told him my secret.
Bacon grease.
"Oh, like it helps the poop dissolve into the grass?" he asked.
"No, I don't think so. I just melt some in a cup and come out and pour a bit on every deposit. Next day, they're all gone."
"Wow!" he said. "I'm gonna try thhhh....." and as his voice went silent he was watching his kids playing with their dog in their front yard.
"HEY YOU KIDS DON'T LET THE DOG LICK YOUR FACES LIKE THAT!!" he screamed as he ran back across the street.
I just smiled and waved...
O.H.
So I got the plastic shopping bag, scooped it up, and knocked on their door…
That’s extremely extreme. But, I kinda think that’s a good thing.i lived in an apt complex that required a blood sample for DNA of your dog when you moved in. They would get the DNA of your dog then test it against any poop they found on the grounds. They fined $500 for the 1st 4 times they found your dogs poop that wasn’t picked up and they’d evict you for a 5th offense.
It was a very “up scale” kind of place. I stuck out in my wranglers and work boots like a sore thumb.That’s extremely extreme. But, I kinda think that’s a good thing.
Not true. You own the land subject to the easement. The owner may do whatever he wants with the land so long as he doesn’t interfere with the underlying utilities or their maintenance. The easement affords no one else the right to trespass on your land, including allowing their pet to defecate there.Re. the OP here, yes it is an easement just like mine. So you don't own it, the county does since there are utilities running underneath. But you are responsible for maintaining it, not the county. The county does not mow it, for instance. So the idea that the folks across the street would do as they have... it is jaw dropping.
Not an excuse at all but an observation. I wonder if your home had been rented prior to you living there. So the tenants don't care and the folks across the street took advantage of the situation. Then you buy the home and are the owner so you rightfully have a sense of ownership that the renters never did.
That is about the only scenario I can come up with. And even then what they were doing is unacceptable.
I agree and that makes perfect sense - thanks for summarizing that succinctly. The easement also allows the underlying utilities to be maintained / replaced. So if you plant a rose garden in the easement and they replace the sanitary sewer they are not responsible for whatever happens to the rose garden.Not true. You own the land subject to the easement. The owner may do whatever he wants with the land so long as he doesn’t interfere with the underlying utilities or their maintenance. The easement affords no one else the right to trespass on your land, including allowing their pet to defecate there.
ExactlyI agree and that makes perfect sense - thanks for summarizing that succinctly. The easement also allows the underlying utilities to be maintained / replaced. So if you plant a rose garden in the easement and they replace the sanitary sewer they are not responsible for whatever happens to the rose garden.
This gave me a belly laugh.Many years ago I had a little battle ongoing with a neighbourhood mutt that would come over to my yard to get rid of used dog food. Not a problem, as I know the cure...
So about two weeks after that started the neighbour and I were chatting in the street. He looked at my lawn and said, "Wow. How do you keep dog poop from making those burnt holes in your grass? Your lawn is so green!" I smiled with justifiable pride and told him my secret.
Bacon grease.
"Oh, like it helps the poop dissolve into the grass?" he asked.
"No, I don't think so. I just melt some in a cup and come out and pour a bit on every deposit. Next day, they're all gone."
"Wow!" he said. "I'm gonna try thhhh....." and as his voice went silent he was watching his kids playing with their dog in their front yard.
"HEY YOU KIDS DON'T LET THE DOG LICK YOUR FACES LIKE THAT!!" he screamed as he ran back across the street.
I just smiled and waved...
O.H.
Does one get their deposit back if evicted?i lived in an apt complex that required a blood sample for DNA of your dog when you moved in. They would get the DNA of your dog then test it against any poop they found on the grounds. They fined $500 for the 1st 4 times they found your dogs poop that wasn’t picked up and they’d evict you for a 5th offense.