Question about a neighbors dog pooping in my yard.?
Okay so this is the situation. I am from Minnesota, so I'm wondering if there are any laws prohibiting people from letting their dogs poop in people's yard. I own my property and so does the neighbors in question. I asked them once to keep their dogs out of our yard, because they poop in my yard and dig holes after a poop. I want to call the cops on them at this point because it's like a slap in my face to keep letting their dogs off a leash to just roam and poop anywhere they want. I was a dog owner and I never let my dogs poop in other people's yard and picked it up if they did. Should I call my local police station to see how to move forward? I feel like asking the neighbors this again will not stop anything. So any advice or knowledge of Minnesota law in this situation would be helpful. Thank you.
bluebonnetgranny2018-01-08T17:54:40Z
This is not a POLICE matter. POLICE cannot do anything about it. It is not their job. You call Animal Control when you see the dog out wandering the neighborhood. Animal Control has control over all animals. Dogs, cats, exotics, cattle, goats, sheep, pigs .....
The best & most logical thing to do is to install a fence to keep dogs off your property.
I would wait & watch when the dog is in your yard run out the door like a maniac screaming & waving your arms, telling it to get out of your yard. Gather up a pile of rocks & throw rocks at it to chase it away. You could lace pieces of raw meat with chili & throw it out in the yard. The chili will burn the dogs mouth & when it runs home, owners won't have a clue as to what is wrong with their dog. The chili won't hurt the dog & it doesn't burn for ever.
Trespassing on private property with or without a dog is is a crime, common courtesy/respect is to clean up after your dog, and is now the law in a public venue, and in most areas.
It's also against the law to have a dog at large, unleashed and not under the owners control at all times, report it to the local animal control.
Police do not get involve in these matters, unless someone is actually being attacked by a dog. As for specifics on Minnesota laws that's something you can use a search engine for yourself.
I'm in Pennsylvania so I do not know the laws in Minnesota. You can find details of such laws on a website like this one that is an official state website, which I'm not sure this site is official but it looks like it is: https://www.animallaw.info/statutes/us/minnesota
In Pennsylvania it is illegal, no matter what, to allow a dog off the leash in public unless it's in a dog park or something that has specific rules allowing it.
I've lived in different states and have always had bull breed dogs. Unfortunately Minnesota wasn't one of them that I lived in so like I said I'm not aware of the specifics of Minnesota dog laws. Every state that I have lived in has had a law that requires the owner to pick up after their dogs business. Both in public and on private property. It must be picked up immediately.
You can call police. Either they will attempt to take care of it or they will suggest you either call Animal Control or the city code officer.
the neighbors dog is spost is on there side , and there should be a fence. its not the dog its the owners problem of the dog. yes u can call the police but its not a emergency .its a complaint they will show up .