Neighbour leaving dog poo on communal garden path

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Does anyone know if there is anything I can do about this situation?

For context I have diagnosed contamination OCD with the primary issue being dog poo. So the level of stress this is causing me is pretty high.

I own my small terrace. The garden is pretty weird in that it is not attached to my house. You have to walk down a communal path at the back and then all the terraces gardens are there. Many of the gardens are completely abandoned however I maintain mine for the kids to play. It's pretty annoyed as it wasn't like this when I bought the house. The gardens were all maintained but it's gone to complete shit. But anyway

A new neighbour moved in next door. He has a dog. The landlord for his house has let his garden grow out of control and it's unusable so he has no where to take his dog. For some reason he believe a different garden was his and was taking his dog on there until whoever garden it is realised.

Anyway since he moved in I am regularly finding dog shit down the shared path to get to my garden. It's a big dog. I am having no choice but to clean it up because other wise my kids have a a high chance of walking it as it's a thin path.

I put a note through his door politely explaining about the kids and also about my OCD and asked if he could please make sure he picks up his dogs poo.

Since then I have knocked on twice. He's friendly. Always apologises. But it's making no difference. I watch him at night he just lets the dog run down the path with our following.

Today he said he goes out to check when he remembers but like this is a communal path. I don't think he should just be leaving dog poo out there. He should be going down with his dog and picking it up when the dog does it. He just can't be bothered to in the dark.

Ive spoke to him again today. I doubt it will make a difference. I'm sick of having to pick someone else's dog poo up then having to scrub my hands with bleach.

I moved out of my family home over dog poo. I can not deal with yet another man who refuses to pick his dogs poo up.

The landlord is absolutely useless. Completely scum landlord I have had loads of problems with.

At this point is there anything I can do? Anyone I could start complaining or reporting this to?

I would move if I could but I can't 😔

Complain to the environmental health. Every day if necessary

pick it up and leave it on his door step that will make him get the message.

Check your local council website or environmental health?

Report to environmental health and the dig warden, it's an offense I think to let dogs foul.

Do you think environmental health will actually do anything?

I had this issue a while ago where the tenants of the house moved out without cleaning after themselves. The landlord rocked up and turfed out all the rubbish into the back yard (which is open access so this was all 1 metre from my back door with no fence in the way). It included actual food waste. Sanitary towels etc.
Reported repeatedly to the letting agent, the landlord and to environmental health. Nothing was done about it for over 3 months. Finally it was cleared up and then this tenant has moved in and now instead of a pile of rubbish there's dog poo everywhere down the path 😩

My little house used to be quite nice before the scummy landlord bought the house next door, flipped it badly, and then has been a nightmare 😔

You might need photo evidence. Can you time things so you get that?

If he is taking advantage of darkness, can you rig up an outside light, solar driven, so you have enough light to take a picture?

Can you enlist collective help from other path users or neighbours?

Buy a can of spray white lining paint which washes away in the rain, and spray a ring around every poo you come across. In other words, draw massive attention to the problem.

With evidence, Environmental Health should eventually help.

This ^.

I am a dog-lover but it's a health issue.

I can easily take photos. He lets his dog do it at night but is in no hurry to clear it up first thing in the morning. He often doesn't bother to clean it up the following day, or at all.

There are 2 other people's whose gardens are down here who maintain them. I don't think anyone else bothers to come down judging by how unusable their gardens are. But I will ask the other 2 houses that do. I have witnessed one person just step over it all to get to their gardens. But leaving poo on a grass path with small kids running down it isn't really an option for me to just step over it as they have and will step in it.

Thanks for the advice 🙂

Check with the cocuil and post the evidence to them ie video/pics etc. These nasty types leave their dog mess behind for others to step into inc one year old toddlers

Report to dog warden and environmental health get a few neighbours to join in your quest to get this nasty person fined etc

Yes try to get evidence of him being there whilst the dog poos

Try to keep diary of dates / times etc

With enough evidence they should have to take action or send a letter in first instance which might put the wind up him

Good luck it's absolutely disgusting, I'm a dog lover too but I absolutely can't stand dog dirt and it makes me feel sick taking my DC on walks where the paths covered in poo!