Words for the YoYo
Ugh. Yes, doggy running loose and making the neighborhood his toilet is pretty icky.
I would probably have gone out, introduced myself, offered to help round up Bowser, and then said something like, "You probably haven't unpacked your plastic bags for waste disposal yet" and handed him a few, hoping that he got the hint.
I'd also be tempted to lie through my teeth and say that the "folks down the street" are infamous for calling animal control when they see a dog off leash, perhaps even embellishing with a story about how I got hit with a big fine myself once when my own doggie got out accidentally. You don't have to be the big, bad neighbor. You can be the dog owner in the same boat who is educating him on neighborhood dynamics.
Alyson - we just got new neighbors too! I'm optimistic though - they seem to have JOBS that don't involve take-out windows at 3:00 am, if you know what I mean! (When it thaws some we're going over to meet them.) Gargamel. Hmm...I put a piece of paper on the fridge before #3 and solicited name suggestions. This was 1971--I still have the list. He's grateful I named him "Gabriel" and not "Starshine". (His middle name is Shalom, he can live with that.)
SMURFETTE!!! I had a bunch of those little plastic sticker thingies that you came with a background on cardboard and you could move the stickers around....gosh what the hell where they called again???
Anyway, that neighbor. Not even us crazy folks from Brooklyn act like that.
You sure that wasn't the dude that just hit the lotto and used to live in a trailer up in GA??
ahahahahahahaha oh man. that whole blog post is stellar alyson. stellar.
i'm sorry you didn't get the sharpest tool in the shed neighbor, and i feel sorry for his poor dog.
gargamel
Ooooh, we just got rid of some of those people! It's lovely to be able to walk on our lawn again. Incidentally, they moved to a house with a fence so their three ill mannered spawn are contained now.
You're quite right, you won't like him. Sorry.
"love and discipline"..... people get confused and think the latter somehow erases the former. But oh no. It's necessary! Good luck, New Neighbor sounds like a basket of firecrackers in an outhouse.
(That is not a colloquial saying in Missouri, I just made that up. It seemed to .... fit, what with all the dog poop involved.)
Ugh. I hate people who cannot train their dogs to behave. As if the dogs know what they're supposed to do from birth. Reminds me of our neighbor with the little white dog who they shove into the backyard in the spring/summer. The dog just sits at the door and barks -- for hours -- the high pitched little dog bark. I usually take my dog upstairs open the window that faces the yard and say "Speak!", and my dog makes the great big bark. The little dog is usually quiet for about 15 - 30 minutes after that. LOL
I'm not particularly fond of dogs.. especially not ones I don't know personally, so my biggest pet peeve are the people who let their dogs run loose and then assure you (from across the street in their own yard..) that their dog (who is snarling, snapping & trying to dismember me)is "just saying hi!".
I feel bad for the dog in your story.. its not fair that it could get hurt wandering in the street because its owner is an idiot. I always direct my anger at pet owning idiots rather than their animals because at least the animal doesn't know any better. I'd like to think the human should though..
Ugh. I hate loose dogs. I'm fond of saying, "I don't let my horses run around the neighborhood loose, how come I have to put up with your dog running around loose?"
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