In front of my small group of apartments are 3 townhomes they have their own fenced in backyard area and they rent them from a managment company.
In front of their town homes is about 12 feet of concrete, a concrete curb/ driveway thing to the road and two 6ft rectangular patches of grass by the driveway. In order from her door to the road it’s: her door, 12 ft concrete parking lot, patch of grass/ driveway, sidewalk. There is a broken chain link fix that doesn’t even touch the sidewalk seperatjng where our apartment is and where the townhomes start. sorry to describe so heavily just want to pain a clear picture.
Me and my fiancé just got a small puppy and we walk him on that sidewalk and our puppy quickly decided that was his favorite and only place he can poop. We pick up after him and make sure there’s no remanants (he’s a puppy so there is a very small amount of poop and he pees on the little patch grass on our side of the fence which is mostly if not all rocks with weeds growing between.
A month in a woman from the furthest townhouse from us (not in front of her house what so ever) comes out and gives me the third degree. She asks if i live here, or im visiting someone (three times) and then finally why im there, i happily explain that i live 2 feet away and there’s too many rocks and i promise i pick up!
She also saw my fiancé and yelled at him, after he confirmed that he lived in our apartments she went inside.
Today she parked right in the townhouses driveway to park along the green patch and get out and yell at me. She said that all 3 residents had complained and i reassured her that the property management property doesn’t even start until behind the grass patch, so i’m standing on our city property and not hers (my mom wanted to move into those townhouses and she asked if she could put a garden in the patch of grass which the property management said that it isn’t their property).
The woman then said that she can’t believe i’m doing this after she’s asked for me not to because i’m black, and black woman to black woman this is insane. I asked her why she is so bothered by me standing here so far from her door and she got in her car and said she would talk to her property management.
I’m not going to go over there again just because i can feel that i am stressing her out but i want to know why someone would have such a big problem especially when its right next to the sidewalk and so many people walk and run back and forth with their dogs
NTA. You are being a responsible and respectful dog owner. Your neighbor wants drama.
Do not stop. Then the entitled lady wins and will continue to harass and bully you and other people. Keep saying “I am legally in a public space, following the law by cleaning up after my leashed dog and you are harassing me. If you have a problem call the city and the city can come talk to me if they have a problem with me legally and responsibly utilizing public spaces as a member of the public. Otherwise please stop harassing me.” Repeat it every time. When she calls the city the city will tell her you are allowed to be there or they will tell you you cannot and the problem will be resolved, and the rude neighbor will have to suck lemons. If she continues to harass you film it and report it to an nonemergency line. Filming will also prove you clean up the poop.
NTA. I walked my large rescue 5-7x a day on the same loop through my complex, feet from people’s windows (because that’s where the sidewalk is) for 7 months until she was brave enough to walk along the road. No one said anything. This lady is nuts. Who gets mad at a puppy 😩
Why do people that have to walk their dogs think it is okay to let their dogs crap on my lawn. You can’t clean up the pee. It kills my plants and can contaminate my yard. It’s not your land. Get your own lawn, yard or place to let your dog pee and poop. My yard is not for your animal.