Today, tired of people letting their dogs crap in my yard, I sprinkled an assortment of crushed peppers around my lawn as a deterrent. One dog went to do its business and had some sort of allergic reaction. Now its bitchy owner is threatening to sue me, and tried to have her daughter kick my ass. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I wanted revenge on my neighbor, whose dog craps in my yard, so I spent a day at the dog park gathering up dog shit. I piled it up by the property line and ran over it with the mower, intending to spray his driveway and car with turds. Instead, it gummed up the mower. Now it stinks too bad to fix. FML
Today, as I was walking my dog, some self-righteous animal activist berated me on how it was animal abuse to put my dog on a leash. Despite warning her, she crouched down to undo it, my dog charged at her, giving her a gash on the cheek. She kicked my dog for it, and is now threatening to sue me. FML
Today, I took my dog for a walk. He started crapping on someone's lawn, then I noticed that the owner was outside and giving me a death stare. Not knowing what to do, I picked up the crap with my bare hands. The man started laughing at me. FML
Today, after weeks of asking my neighbor nicely to pick up his dog’s crap out of the common area, I got fed up and reported him to the landlord and the city. He’s now been given two options; either get rid of his dog or move out. He’s now sworn revenge on me, even though he was the one being gross. FML
Today, while on my run, I was attacked by my neighbor's new dog. It apparently didn't like me running past their house and broke free from its chain. I now have stitches and was just told that I'm probably being taken to court for the emotional distress I caused her and the dog. FML
Today, some punk tried the "flaming bag of dog poop" trick on me. I caught him in the act and smashed the unlit bag across his face. Now he's "traumatized" and wants to press charges. FML
Today, I stepped into a pile of dog shit on my doorstep, along with a note saying, "Keep your dog out of my yard." I don't own a dog. FML
Today, I received a poorly-written letter from my asshole neighbor in which he threatened to "sew" me because my dog shat on his lawn again. I went over, asked if he needed some wool for his sewing, and told him to stop being an idiot. Now he's apparently hiring a lawyer for real. FML
Today, I’ve been threatened with a lawsuit for refusing to treat a patient. I had to refuse her because she brought a huge hairy dog with her that she falsely claimed was her service animal. Not only am I deathly allergic to dogs, the damn thing shat in my waiting room. FML
Today, I learned the VERY hard way that if you’re gonna go onto your neighbor’s property, yell at them for parking on your side of the street, and threaten to call the city on them, then you should probably make sure she doesn’t have pepper spray. FML
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ayaaya 16
that’s not your fault, it’s your lawn! take them to court if they keep insisting. 🤦🏾♀️
be82tw 17
Because a bunch of people don't seem to understand this I feel compelled to say it: Crushed red pepper is considered Nontoxic. It acts for most mammals as a rather mild irritant and is widely considered a safe and humane way to discourage animals from disturbing plants and areas, as opposed to actual toxins and traps. The dog wasn't being tortured or poisoned. It had an allergic reaction, which is sad, but OP did not poison that dog.
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ayaaya 16
that’s not your fault, it’s your lawn! take them to court if they keep insisting. 🤦🏾♀️
mike3775 39
Actually, in some places it might be illegal to booby trap your lawn. It’s illegal where I live.
be82tw 17
Yes but applying pest deterrent is not booby trapping. The fact is that crushed pepper is only usually toxic in rodents (mildly so) and is usually only an irritant to other mammals. Note this was an allergic, not toxic, reaction. Crushed red pepper is widely considered a humane and nontoxic way to deter animals from disturbing an area. The duty of care doesn't imply you cannot take measures that you don't reasonably believe will cause injury or death.
HayNow 11
They can just say they were trying to deter bugs..... I would
rotflqtms_ 21
I mean, maybe he was trying to turn his lawn into a garden and start growing peppers in his lawn and the dog ate their pepper garden... I'd say that their dog ruined my budding garden by eating it.
Gubbon 17
It's also not the poor dog's fault. The one he made suffer.
Hangryko 32
You could have just used a lawn sign instead of attempting to poison dogs who don't know better. YDI.
dreams2383 20
sorry but pepper isn't poisonous. do you really think a sign does anything? they ignore it. I have no trespassing signs all over my property yet people think it's OK to ignore the signs
whackman56789 7
Op doesn’t deserve to have other ignorant peoples dogs ******** in their yard. I can’t say I wouldn’t have done any differently than Op. I would also use deterrents to keep other peoples pets from using my yard as a bathroom
RichardPencil 32
How would peppers cause a dog to not poop on your lawn? Poisoning them is indiscriminate. What? You didn't have bear traps handy?
be82tw 17
Red pepper is nontoxic to dogs.
Gubbon 17
Unless they are alergic to it, @ be82tw.
Gubbon 17
* allergic
randomnobody0622 6
i lobe it, ur awesome
be82tw 17
Because a bunch of people don't seem to understand this I feel compelled to say it: Crushed red pepper is considered Nontoxic. It acts for most mammals as a rather mild irritant and is widely considered a safe and humane way to discourage animals from disturbing plants and areas, as opposed to actual toxins and traps. The dog wasn't being tortured or poisoned. It had an allergic reaction, which is sad, but OP did not poison that dog.
whackman56789 7
No court would listen to that dogs owner anyway. They would throw out her complaint and side with OP
idragosani 17
Depending on local ordinances, it's probably more illegal that the owners are not cleaning up after their dogs than you peppering your lawn (which probably isn't illegal since it's not toxic and you can probably say you were combatting mice or birds). Where I live, you can get a pretty steep fine for not bagging up your dog's poop.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Many cities have ordinances that require dog owners to pick up their dog's poop when it's not on their own property. You should check to see what your town's policy is.
Gubbon 17
its *