WAY^3 OT: what would you do?

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Before I get all lathered up here, this is about dogs doing they're business. So, if discussion of dog poop bothers you, hit DEL.

I have this guy who lives on my street. Walks his dog twice a day usually - once in the morning and once in the evening.

Now, I would say, >80% of the time, in the evening, when I'm out there working on my car in the evenings (which can be for multi-week stretches as it is right now), his dog elects to do his business on MY lawn. Now, what kinda irks me is that the owner allows this mutt to do his business while I'm standing right there! Doesn't say anything; just waits and picks up the delivery when the mutt's done.

Part of me feels like: "Well, it is just a dog. He's gotta go some place and the owner _does_ pick it up".  Then one day when it was dark, I stepped in a nice, odoriferous present. Man, was I pissed!  Now, I can't say it was HIS dog. But one bad apple...

But even before that event, the other half of me didn't like it too much. I mean - I pay gardeners damn good money to maintain MY yard - the yard I OWN - not to mention that I have a small son who's going to be running and crawling through that very same grass.

But I do realize that I can't prevent everyone from letting their dog roll a deuce on my lawn, but I distinctly feel that the owner should have the decency to move him along if I'm standing right there. Hell - even a pathetic "sorry" from him would be acceptable I guess...

What would YOU do?  :)

</rant>  JT