Mean ole neighbor..rant

**Mamaw** · 08-27-2007, 01:08 PM

I live in a very rural area. Several times a day I am "trying" to walk the new puppy up the road. I take her outside in my own back yard first to " make potty" . Then I try to walk a bit with her. She tends to stop and sit down and needs some urging to continue onward. In addition, she stops if a car comes up the road. Anyway, this morning the neighbor was on his way out to work and he yelled at me to " Dont teach your dog to go to the bathroom in my yard. Use your own yard." I told him I was not that I was just walking her. His answer," Then why are you bent over" HUH????? To try and train her to keep moving or to come. To give her a pat if a car comes....And I am NOT in his yard but walking along the side of a rural road. The puppy is in the grass along side the road so I guess he could consider that his yard. In any case, she is not being taught to use his yard to relieve herself nor has she made any mess there. It just frosts my cookies that this idiot thinks I am the kind of person to let my animal be a pest to others intentionally. I have a fenced yard but the pup is little enough to get through the bars of the fence as well as under the fence yet so walking her is also exercise for her. She is not outside unless on a leash or in her exercise pen. The majority of the time she is right with me. I also have a bigger old dog that is in the fence. My cat is an indoor cat. I am debating trying to talk to him later today and to explain that I am just walking the dog. If she would have an accident on the road in front of his yard, I would of course pick it up. But part of me now just wants to put doggie do on his darn front porch! What would you all do or say?

**frugalfarmwife** · 08-27-2007, 01:32 PM

Awww I'd let it go, grumpy people suck! Hmm, and I'd hope that sometime during the day he steps in dog doo-doo FAR FAR FAR away from home

kj

**FrugalMomof3** · 08-27-2007, 01:58 PM

I agree, grumpy mean people stink! She's a puppy for goodness sakes and even if she did potty in his yard I am sure you would pick it up (if it was #2) AND I am sure if there are stray cats around they have already peed in his lawn.

I dont care if an animal goes to the bathroom in my yard, I just ask that the person clean it up but I know from experience that pee ruins the grass but heck winter is around the corner so he needs to get off his grumpy wagon, lol

**baxjul** · 08-27-2007, 03:35 PM

Maybe he will step in some "doo"! People are so grumpy these days! Is he old?

**Missourimom** · 08-27-2007, 04:14 PM

I'm sorry he ruined your day.

I'd try to let it roll off and ignore him the best that you can.

**Mamaw** · 08-27-2007, 07:18 PM

Thanks all. I can not believe how much it is bothering me. So.... I called him and very nicely told him that I was not trying to teach my dog to go potty in his yard, I was just trying to teach it to take a walk. And I asked him to please let me know if my animals get out and are a problem to him. He actually accused me of purposely training my dogs in the past to use his yard to go! My mailbox is across the road from his yard, as is all the others in the vicinity. It is true that in the past my dog has walked to the mailbox with me and I would point and tell him to get across the street. But I certainly did not tell the dog to go in anyones yard! This crazy man is telling me that he saw me point on a daily basis and then my dog did his business in his yard.I tried to tell him that I have never even tried to train a dog to do that ( and frankly, I am not that great of a dog trainer in any case to even be able to get a dog to go on command, where I tell him to, with no leash and then to nicely walk on home! ) He just insisted that I did and told me not to tell him what I did or did not do. There was no talking nicely with him, so I just told him that my if my dogs got out for any reason and were in his yard to please call me and I would go get them and clean up any mess they may have made. I admit, the old dog has gotten out of the fence ( he learned to open the gate) but DH put a metal spike on the side of the gate over the weekend to stop that. What I really dont get is why this man never talked to me before if my animals were an issue or problem to him...Sorry to go on and on but this really has me quite upset. I dont much like confrontation and he was really scartastic and rude. oh well.....

**baxjul** · 08-27-2007, 07:44 PM

What an A$$hole! Sounds like he has nothing better to do with his time, than watch what you are doing with your dogs. Hope you feel better soon, try to forget about him!

**Darlene** · 08-27-2007, 08:27 PM

Barb, I'm glad you tried to talk to him but it sounds like he's set in his ways. No sense talking sense to someone who has their mind made up. Just try your best to keep yours yours & his his & go your merry way.
PS, don't fret over this anymore, not worth the time or effort.

**frugalfarmwife** · 08-27-2007, 08:31 PM

I'm sure there's something else bothering him and you were just the unfortunate target, I'm sorry about that.

I know it's not easy but you tried your best, just try to shake it off.

And now I REALLY hope he ends up with a shoe full of dog doo!!

OL MEANIE!

kj

**Edna_E** · 08-27-2007, 09:31 PM

Sounds to me like you've got a neighbor who doesn't like dogs, and you probably aren't going to change his mind.

**Judi Dial** · 08-27-2007, 09:59 PM

I grew up in L.A., but I live in the country and have for the past 15 or so years. Behavior that's acceptable (or bred by) the city just is weird and nasty to people who've been away from that for a while.

I give the neighbors bread for Christmas, like I've said. We have new neighbors who built a new house right next door. I waited til they said "Hi." they didn't. I stewed about it for a while and then decided that I'd give them bread at Christmas, and that would do it...

Nope. They took the bread, said "Thank you." and all but slammed the door in my face! If it hadn't been Christmas Eve....

My postman and I exchanged stories last week. He has 15 acres and only 2 neighbors, one of whom erected a cyclone fence when he moved in and
NEVER waves, says hello, nothing.

It happens. Figure he had a bad day, or he still thinks he lives in the city, poor guy. He may (or may not) eventually "get it." But, apparantly, some people never do.

Good luck!

JD

**freyadog** · 08-27-2007, 10:09 PM

So sorry for your neighbor ruining a pleasant day for you. You have done your best so let it be or at least try to. Sounds like there is more than dog poo on this guys mind and I would give him a wide berth.