WAY^3 OT: what would you do?

[pb3vr6 at yahoo.com (Tonee Northam)]

Get the helicopter Jeff, the dog and owner would never see it coming.

Marc Getty <marc@getty.net> wrote:
I'm guessing that fences, even 18" high garden fences are out of the
question if you are in a zoned suburb.

Other ideas:

1. Rig up a system comprised of a motion sensor, a hose/sprinkler
system, and perhaps a switch to turn the system on and off as needed.
Whenever something comes onto the lawn the sprinkler system / aimed
hose turns on.

2. You can electrify the entire lawn by burying a copper grid just
below the roots of the grass and hooking it up to AC power. Even if
you don't get the dog, with enough power you can cook the dog shit
right off the lawn without even touching it.

4. Guns also work. You don't even need to shoot them, they are often
enough to scare most dog owners away. Actually shooting can put you in
a place without lawns.

5. Paintball guns. Shoot the dog with a paintball gun while in
mid-shit. This will make it yelp, but it should not hurt much more
then hitting it with a rolled up Sunday paper.

6. A trap door would work, dig a few holes cover them up with sticks
and sod.....

7. Shoot fireworks at the dog & owner.

8. Get a $30 remote controlled helicopter that Anson has and crash it
into the dog while in mid-shit at high speed.

9. Hire a hobo, preferably a skitsophrenic one, to yell at anyone or
anything that comes near your house, lawn, car, etc.

10. If you do put any sign on the lawn, make sure the sign is in
German, has a skull & crossbones, and a bunch of very long words on
it. They won't know what to think of it but will be more likely to
stay away then if you put a sign up in English/Spanish.

I can come up with more ideas if needed.

-Marc

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-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Toomasson
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:42 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: WAY^3 OT: what would you do?

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? :)

JT
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