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The tenants from the Corsair apartments continuously use my property as a dog park because they are too lazy to walk to the end of the street to use the proper dog park. So far they have killed the plantings in front of the house and all of the grass along the tree line. These people are so rude that they actually walk up my driveway and into my yard with their dogs. When I tell them they are on private property and the dog park is located at the end of the street, they act like they have a right to be there and sometimes even argue with me about it. I had one guy today tell me that he was going to bring his dog there every day and there was nothing I could do about it. These people are not good neighbors! How do I make this stop?
23 Comments
XYZ (Registered User)
Andy O (Registered User)
j r (Registered User)
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
A fence would not work since my tenants need to get into and out of the driveway and I don't think it would be possible to fence off the tree line.
Jeff Lee (Registered User)
j r (Registered User)
sara (Registered User)
angelibruck@aol.com (Registered User)
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
I couldn't find a contact number for the Corsair management. The only number listed is for the leasing office so I was just hoping they might see this.
JR, apology accepted.
It just seems inconceivable that it wouldn't be obvious that this is private property. Every house and every yard on the street is private property. In fact, the Corsair is private property (although corporate owned). If it weren't, whose property would it be? If you know it's not your property and it doesn't belong to the city then it must be privately owned right?
I can put up private property and no trespassing signs but it's going to look bad.
j r (Registered User)
Angelika , this is not the proper forum to communicate to over 350 individuals. Not everyone knows this app.
Frank , the leasing office is open seven days a week and on the other side of the block , walk over. The manager is on site. It isn’t obvious and no one is stopping you from putting up a nice fence and some landscaping. There are more serious crimes and issues in the immediate neighborhood than a dog peeing on your lawn.
Finally after some research is sounds like you owe one of your neighbors an apology. Approaching a stranger by shouting “get the fcuk off my lawn” doesn’t seem appropriate.
sara (Registered User)
neighbor (Registered User)
Angelika, you had some great ideas, including submitting a bill to Corsair and having video. However, I doubt Corsair holds responsibility for what its tenants do off-site.
Andy, I like the sprinkler idea. Do they have any motion-sensitive sprinklers, or does anyone know how to jerry-rig one? In any case, Frank, for $20 you can put up a bright motion-sensor light so any dog-owner is caught red-handed, so to speak, in a big yellow pool of light on your lawn.
Frank, private property and no trespassing signs look better than yellowed grass and bedraggled landscaping (I have similar problems in my neighborhood and it makes me wanna holler).
JR, are you the official monitor policing what is appropriate or inappropriate for this forum? If I had a dog that did the dirty, I'd completely understand if an exasperated homeowner raced out and told me to "get the fcuk off my lawn." It takes a lot of effort and cash to do the neighborly thing of trying to make our front yards attractive.
JR -- A nice blithe response. Have you priced the cost of nice fencing and plants lately? Maybe you and the other culprits can get together and buy a healthy gift card for Frank.
Sara: You are absolutely right. Frank should not be belittled. He should be supported in his quest to find solutions to this ugly and smelly problem.
If only there were a way to persuade dog owners to hold their dogs close to their sides and trot down to the dog park before the pooches can mark every tree and bush... How about making a cardboard template of paw prints and spray paint the prints in an arc into the street, hinting that dog owners should lead their pooches along that little path and thereby circumvent homeowners' grass/trees/etc. ?
neighbor (Registered User)
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
Unfortunately this happens in broad daylight so a light would have no effect. In fact, it happens in broad daylight with me standing there in plain sight so the offenders have no shame and no concept of right or wrong and maybe that's what bothers me the most.
Thanks to all of the neighbors who have been supportive here. You have some really great ideas. Unfortunately they will only work for the responsible dog owners but I guess it's a start.
Thanks You
New Haven Health Department (Registered User)
angelibruck@aol.com (Registered User)
j r (Registered User)
Apologies for any confusion on my previous statement.
This is a fine forum for a discussion but my point for Frank is that if you actually want to do something about this go talk to Corsair management who can directly communicate with all their residents. Not everyone uses SCF.
Further, nothing discussed here is that ground breaking and this issue didnt pop up overnight. Ask Corsair to post a sign or Frank you can put up a fence or post your own sign. Two sections of chain-link fence would be under 250 installed. A few shrubs and some mulch and a nice sign would cost half that.
You can also call the police as suggested, because they have plenty of free time and nothing more serious to handle. :)
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
I actually removed the chain link fence and the bars from the windows years ago because I felt it was bad for the neighborhood. I will look for a better solution
XYZ (Registered User)
j r (Registered User)
Frank, those cost estimates are incorrect. Further your side yard is less than half that length. Plant some shrubs with, put up a sign, call your alder or call the cops.
Realistically - the yard looks fine but I would love to know the look your going for ...
Closed New Haven Health Department (Registered User)
neighbor (Registered User)
Last week when I got home a woman was encouraging her two small dogs (lint on a leash type) to trample and etc. on a portion of my front garden where just a few weeks before I had planted about $50 worth of pretty pansies. The woman was caught red-handed, and I screamed and yelled, and I didn't care what my neighbors thought. Meanwhile, now that patch of pretty delicate little flowers is as DEAD AS A DOORNAIL. Bare brown dirt right next to my front stairs. Honestly, why do we even bother to spend the cash and do the gardening work make things look nice when axoles purposely destroy our efforts? I really want to shame this woman, because I am so fing po-ed!!!
XYZ (Registered User)