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Citizen complaint of the day: Lack of snow means early arrival of JP turd blossoms

A disgusted citizen in Jamaica Plain complains about neighborhood dog owners:

what is up with all the dog crap on the sidewalks in JP? winter is usually bad, with sneaky dog owners leaving layer on layer of crap piles to be covered with snow until the spring thaw reveals what looks like anarchaeological dig gone very wrong. but we haven't had snow and crap is everywhere! can we at least get some signs up, not that i think the troglodyte owner can either read or care. and no, i don't have a photo-- do u really want one?

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Ugh, agreed. There IS a sign on my house, but the crazy lady who lives two doors down insists on having her myriad animals come over and excrete here anyway. It wouldn't be so bad if she didn't coo after them to "go peepee and poopoo" at all hours.

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This is what I have done and it works. Make it clear you know it's her and that you have watched her and expect this to be the last time you ever see her there. Take a photo of her doing it and make sure she knows you will call the cops next time. Most of these people are making a point to be sneaky because they know they're being a jerk. A little confrontation will usually result in them finding a new place to do their business or bag it up to avoid future confrontation.

On a different note, it always cracks me up when dog owners of this sort try to deflect responsibility onto the dog. "But this is where Charlie likes to go." or "He's just a city dog!" No, you're just a lazy, inconsiderate dog owner. Of course these are the same people that think it's a good idea to keep an 80 pound dog cooped up in a 950 sq ft apt twelve hours a day except when the dog walker takes it out for 10 min. So we're not dealing with people that are taking into to account the needs of their pet, much less their neighbors.

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can we at least get some signs up

Yeah, that'd do wonders! All that would accomplish is getting people to complain about the kerning of the fonts in the word "poop."

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JP is way too hip for fonts and kerning. :-)

(granted, now that they have a Whole Foods it could change everything) :-) :-)

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I'm a dog owner and when other dog owners do this is p*sses me off b/c it gives us a bad name. The majority of us do pick up after our dogs and many of us do "karma" pick ups for people that have let Fido go wherever they want.

Have there been days that I have lost a bag on a walk - yes. But I have gone back and picked it up after I got home.

It's no differnt than people throwing garbage on the street... where their minds are I have no idea. I mean do they want to step in shit too?

I would say if you know it's your neighbor for sure bag it up and place it on their porch with a note saying "this is what you are supposed to do with your poo."

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I'm constantly picking up dog poop left by other owners when walking my dog. It's gross and unsanitary.

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