Madison County, KY
My husband and I own a home and a little over an acre of land in a subdivison with no homeowners association.
About a month ago, a couple and their two older children moved into the house adjcacent to the one across the street. They have four very large mixed-breed dogs and a dachshund that are kept in the house. Twice daily, the large dogs are walked across the street into our yard, and then back to the other side and around the block. (Our lawn is the only one on our side of the street that they walk through.) As the thread title indicates, the dogs are doing their business in our lawn, and the owners are just leaving it. Our house, and one other are getting the 'bulk' of it. As you could imagine, with four large dogs, twice a day, it's becoming quite foul and disgusting.
Case in point: Yesterday, I took a hoe and spent over 30 minutes cleaning up the mess (roughly 10-15 piles), and then my husband and I took a walk. As we returned home, we met them walking their dogs up the street. When we arrived back at our home, we made it a point to walk down the sidewalk in front of our house to see if they had left us any 'presents.' Sure enough, in the corner of our lot, at least 10 feet into our lawn, there was a massive pile of fresh poo. I would have marched over and had words with them right then, but I was very angry, and decided that it might be best to wait until later.
Unfortunately, as I stated earlier, we have no homeowner's association, and we also live right outside city limits, so there is no 'pooper scooper' law to be enforced. Thus, we will have to rely on the city/state laws to hopefully protect us.
I plan on speaking to them soon. They walk their dogs in the morning after we leave for work, and in the afternoon before we return home. I plan on speaking to them when they are on my property this weekend. I would like to note to them that what they are doing is not only rude, but illegal as well. Under what statues would we be protected? Tresspassing? Littering?
Thank you for your time.
My husband and I own a home and a little over an acre of land in a subdivison with no homeowners association.
About a month ago, a couple and their two older children moved into the house adjcacent to the one across the street. They have four very large mixed-breed dogs and a dachshund that are kept in the house. Twice daily, the large dogs are walked across the street into our yard, and then back to the other side and around the block. (Our lawn is the only one on our side of the street that they walk through.) As the thread title indicates, the dogs are doing their business in our lawn, and the owners are just leaving it. Our house, and one other are getting the 'bulk' of it. As you could imagine, with four large dogs, twice a day, it's becoming quite foul and disgusting.
Case in point: Yesterday, I took a hoe and spent over 30 minutes cleaning up the mess (roughly 10-15 piles), and then my husband and I took a walk. As we returned home, we met them walking their dogs up the street. When we arrived back at our home, we made it a point to walk down the sidewalk in front of our house to see if they had left us any 'presents.' Sure enough, in the corner of our lot, at least 10 feet into our lawn, there was a massive pile of fresh poo. I would have marched over and had words with them right then, but I was very angry, and decided that it might be best to wait until later.
Unfortunately, as I stated earlier, we have no homeowner's association, and we also live right outside city limits, so there is no 'pooper scooper' law to be enforced. Thus, we will have to rely on the city/state laws to hopefully protect us.
I plan on speaking to them soon. They walk their dogs in the morning after we leave for work, and in the afternoon before we return home. I plan on speaking to them when they are on my property this weekend. I would like to note to them that what they are doing is not only rude, but illegal as well. Under what statues would we be protected? Tresspassing? Littering?
Thank you for your time.
