Lots of my neighbors walk their dogs without leashes. Like, big, mean looking dogs. As a cat owner, this concerns me. But not a whole lot because the unleashed dogs are really well behaved and I have never seen one maliciously chase or hurt a cat. And trust me, the cats have the run of the street. They’re everywhere. There’s gotta be about 20 of them.
So, I was giving my neighbor (who is a good friend) shit about walking his dogs with no leashes the other day. About the laws and how I was going to call the cops, blah blah. He starts telling me that my cats are pooping in his yard and how there ought to be a law about cats pooping and I said that he doesn’t know they’re my cats, it’s probably the girl next door to him’s cats. She has, like, ten cats, seriously. Neighbors had an intervention with her a couple of years ago because some of her cats had kittens and none of her cats were fixed. The kittens were taken away and all of her little friends are now fixed. Anyways…this has been going on for a couple of weeks. I’m starting to get the feeling he is serious about the cat poo. My cats bury their poo, I’ve seen them do it multiple times. They always bury it in my yard and I never see it (the poo). Therefore, it couldn’t be Caspian and Aravis, they do no wrong. Duh.
About a week ago, I came home to a little pile of cat poo on my front steps. I smiled about it at the time and thought it was kind of funny. A couple of days later, more poo. Then, when I got home today there was a bigger pile of cat poo. I documented. For you all. You’re welcome.
I am completely amused by this, but perplexed. Once, it’s a little funny. I get that. You’re taking the bantering to the next level. Genius! Now that we’re on at least the third time I’ve found a pile of poo on my steps, it’s weird. This person has had to pick up poo out of his yard, multiple times (probably didn’t get that bounty all in one go) and transport it into my yard–on 3 different occasions. I don’t know about you all, but I don’t want to touch cat poo if I can help it. But, whatev. It’s becoming more and more entertaining. And, if you can see, it’s sitting in the middle of the steps. Waiting for me. My neighbors are super weird really great.
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May 25, 2010 at 10:48 am
Sizzle
That’s pretty funny. And gross. My landlord bought these “no pooing” signs that show a dog squatting with a circle and line across the offender. I can’t bring myself to put them out despite seeing piles of it on our grass. The sign is just too ridiculous.
May 25, 2010 at 11:21 am
Windsor Grace
I love those signs! And, I understand about the dogs pooping, but they are cats. And they bury their poo. I think my neighbor is out of control.
May 25, 2010 at 11:54 am
Nilsa @ SoMi Speaks
So odd. Community living at its best. Reminds me of a time when I had an ongoing spat with my upstairs neighbor over her loud noise. It wasn’t so much the noise that bothered me as much as it was her making it from 2-4AM during the week. So, after many sane attempts asking her to, I don’t know, REMOVE HER HIGH HEELS when she gets home, I finally got clever. I bought her a Christmas gift … slippers. A few days later, she left me a Christmas gift … ear plugs. =)
May 25, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Windsor Grace
That’s awesome. I really love it. Especially because now we (since you’ve told me, the both of us) can look back and laugh.
I love these neighbors and this is why I’m just going to assume it’s a joke. Because it would really break my heart if it isn’t. But, the man has a sense of humor that is awesome.
May 26, 2010 at 5:18 pm
LittleBig
I’m going to come right out and go all Californian on this post: THAT IS HELLA RUDE. Ever hear of talking like adults instead of passive-aggressively moving shit around? For fuck’s sake. You are nicer to your neighbors than I would be.
Maybe I’m a little sensitive about this issue. My cats had the run of the neighbhorhood when I was a girl and lived with my parents. Our neighbor across the street, a Nazi, took my cat Peaches to the pound when he thought our other cat, Spock was pooping in the bushes. I busted him out of the slammer right before they euthanized him.
May 26, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Windsor Grace
I had a “friend” in college who helped me look for my kitten that was lost. For like a week. She helped me look and then, several months later, I found out that she took him to the pound because she was mad at me. SHE HELPED ME LOOK FOR HIM, insane.
May 26, 2010 at 5:22 pm
LittleBig
I so wish it was legal to headbutt.