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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
Man up, go talk to them. Keep your cool no matter the response.
If they are old or infirm offer to pick it up.
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This is the worst advice imaginable.
The exact kind of dope that won't pick up after their dog is the exact kind of dope that will get uppity when you confront them about it. Great, now you have friction for the rest of time with your next-door neighbour all because they're disgusting slobs who won't pick up literal piles of feces all over their property. Only a total pig would live like that - any rational person would have picked it up without a fellow adult needing to remind them of their basic pet-ownership responsibilities. Why approach a demonstrably irrational person with a rational request like, 'excuse me, but your animal is defecating all over your lawn where the neigbourhood has to see and smell it...any chance you could pick that up?' Fata that.
OP, straight to bylaw on this. If your neighbours ask if you called, just say no. It's too annoying having friction with your neighbours, so just let the people you already pay (bylaw officers) handle this for you.
I have done this. If your neighbour ignores the bylaw requests eventually bylaw will actually pick up the crap themselves and charge your neighbour. That's what happened in the situation I was in.
First question bylaw will ask is if you talked to the neighbours before calling. Just say yeah. Also, keep a log and take some photos.
If people are going to leave #### on their lawn (unbelievable this is even a thing), go straight to thermonuclear. That is beyond disgusting.