"DSK" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
I need a cat like that. We have a dog problem in my neighborhood. Last
time
I had a conversation with a dog owner about her animal digging in my
garden,
the police showed up at my door.

You don't have a dog problem, you have a neighbor problem. The two
options I see are 1- get a bigger meaner dog (or a pet alligator) or 2-
make friends with the dog so that it will follow you willingly when you
put it in your trunk to take it to the local pound. If you are going to
'disappear' the dog, which is a good Stalinist solution to the problem,
then don't mention it to anybody and wait a couple weeks so it won't be
obvious.

Dogs can't help being dogs, but they shouldn't be allowed to run loose
where they're not wanted. For one thing, getting hit by a car is the
usual fate and it's rather painful & cruel.

Apparently, people can't help being people, either. Even the so-called "good
dog owners" are usually skanks who have no business living within miles of
other people. Example: I was out working in the garden once when a guy
stopped to let his dog crap on my lawn where it meets the street. He had the
equipment to pick it up afterwards, but as everyone knows, that doesn't
matter. Other dogs find those spots interesting because of the scent. So, I
politely asked him to not stop his dog on my property in the future. He said
he planned to clean it up. I said "Great, but even so, please don't stop
here any more". His next response was something like "That's some attitude
you have toward your neighors", to which I responded "Would it be OK with
you if I haul my trash cans down to your place and dump them on your lawn?"
He said "That's not the same". My final comment was "If you'd like to
continue having a dog, you'll not stop here in the future". He didn't. But,
why should anyone need to go through this hassle? He should've gotten right
to the correct response to my request: "Sure...no problem".

He's not the exception, either.

"I don't know how he gets out of my yard - really, I don't". (Hole in fence
big enough for a horse to walk through)

"You must be doing something to MAKE him want to visit your garden". (Right.
I grow steak bushes.)

"Oh come on....it's not THAT hard to clean doggy poo off your shoes. I do it
all the time." (A perfect example of coprophilia!)

We finally got a real dog catcher who behaves like a jack-booted thug. After
the legally required third complaint, he doesn't even knock on the dog
owner's door - he just takes the dog if he sees it, and sends them a letter
in the mail. Spooky. Nasty. Priceless. :-)