Yep, I kinda went through the identical situation. We have a Yellow Lab and wanted a chain link fence to keep him close.
We bought our house in the fall of 2005 and the only time I ever spoke to my next door neighbor he asked if we were going to put up a fence for our dog. We said "Yeah, in the spring we'll put in a chain link fence". He got kinda pissed saying we should put up wood. He didn't offer to split on the cost and was clearly not intending to pay one cent. We told him chain link is more durable and lasts longer. Not to mention the houses behind ours are higher so a wooden fence wouldn't provide any privacy anyway.
The Idiot has neighbor has latticework all over his deck for privacy and was hoping for a free fence.
Anyway, last spring in the snow thaw apparently there was a dog poop on his lawn. There is only about a 3-5% chance it was my dogs as we watched him EVERY time he went out all winter and picked up right away. Even if it wasn't my dog's and he did the neighborly thing of politely letting me know there was poop on his lawn I would of cleaned it up. But no, what does the Idiot Neighbor do instead? He calls Animal Control. I came home from work to find a letter on my door. I had to call them and have a conversation about picking up after my dog. The guy at Animal Control was really cool about it and said it was procedure to call but it sounded like a crap call (no pun intended). There was no fine or report.
In the end it worked out even better than I could have hoped. Last spring when we went to put up the fence we had our land surveyed. His storage shed was on our property and he had to move it. We put up chain link and I haven't spoke to him since but do talk to his kids now and then.
Best part of the story! His house sold 2 weeks ago.....he is gone once his kids are done school.
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