Neighbours dog pooping in my garden

billy few mates

Don't take it out on the dog, I'm a dog lover I don't love picking up their poop but I do it because it goes with the territory.
The fault is with the owners of the dog.

GarIT

cerastes wrote: »

What breeds are these, is it possible to email or post a registered letter to the dog warden then ring them and tell them you have done both of the above, if they still fail to respond can you go over their head to a Councillor, as the dog warden, despite however busy they may be still must have some responsibility in this?, in the event the dogs are a potential danger contact the Gardai, while I suspect all or most of this is due to resources and funding.

I've no idea about breeds at all. They are all the small noisy dogs, so I doubt they're restricted. There is a greyhound in the area but that's always muzzled and on a lead.

It probably is due to funding, the problem I have found is the the dog warden is his own boss and answers to nobody. I've emailed, sent letters to and called the warden. I've then talked to both the council and local counsellors who both say they will look into it but forget/don't bother. The Gardaí say I need to get the dog warden to deal with it, they were involved in one incident though when a dog ran into my house as I was getting the post, I panicked and closed the front door so was locked out without keys, neighbour got aggressive and called Gardaí they made several attempts to contact the dog warden and weren't able to, eventually the GF came back with keys and let the dog out.

I'm not even looking for help because I have given up, the inconsiderate dog owners (I'm not saying dog owners are inconsiderate, just saying my point is regarding owners that are inconsiderate) have won. I don't want to use poison but at times feel I have no other option, I don't plan to either but point D in the post above is generally how I feel.

If I leave out poison on private property I have not tried to kill anything, the animal kills itself while trespassing on my land and the law should support me on that.

GarIT

billy few mates wrote: »

Don't take it out on the dog, I'm a dog lover I don't love picking up their poop but I do it because it goes with the territory.
The fault is with the owners of the dog.

Clearly it's the owners fault but it is impossible to stop the owner. It's easy to stop the animal. It's an unfortunate situation, for all we know the owners in the OP could cooperate though.

RonanP77

I agree with those saying gather it up and dump it on their front lawn. The other option is to call over, tell them it's their dog doing it, produce the photo if they object, and tell them you"ll take it further if it happens again.

doubter

now,
approaching this sensibly;

on the lane/access to your house, do other people than you have access?
in regards to dogwardens: Kildare has 2, as reported by the dog control statistics 2013

CONTROL OF DOGS ACTS, 1986 & 1992
2013 GENERAL
Local Authority No. of Dog Wardens Employed Shelters /Pounds Number of collection vans Dog control operated by
Kildare 2 0 1 2 ISPCA