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So, me and my boyfriend just bought a house and the previous owners apparently never raked the leaves up, so the yard was full of leaves and trash and various poo's. Yesterday, we just got the last of the leaves raked up, and throughout noticed that there were a few piles of dog poo that weren't there the day before. I didn't think much of it, because I assumed that whoever left it just assumed that since the area was full of leaves and trash, that we wouldn't mind or notice a little "fertilizer".

But, today, just one day after getting the lawn trash and leaf-free, we noticed yet another pile of dog poo.

My questions are...
How can I catch whoever is letting their dog poo in our yard?
And, What should I do to make them stop?

Just so you know, the law in my town is a $500 fine for getting caught for not picking up after your dogs, but no one ever gets caught even though we live 50 feet from the police station.

My aunt had the same problem. Her neighbor is like one of those crazy pet people and she has 3 dogs and 5 cats. They used to poop in my aunt's yard, and then my aunt finally called the animal patrol and they told the lady that if she didn't watch after her pets, she would be fined. So it has stopped ever since.

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(Rating: 3) thanks, but the biggest problem is that I don't know who it is, so this doesn't really help me much.

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