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Well, to be fair, those aren't parallel situations.
It's not as if the neighbors are knocking on HER door, asking if they can play football in her yard. They're just showing up there and assuming they can.
So, because of THEIR sad and passive-aggressive behavior, it's supposedly SAD that the OP won't take the aggressive step of knocking on THEIR door and confronting them?
Well, to be fair, those aren't parallel situations.
It's not as if the neighbors are knocking on HER door, asking if they can play football in her yard. They're just showing up there and assuming they can.
So, because of THEIR sad and passive-aggressive behavior, it's supposedly SAD that the OP won't take the aggressive step of knocking on THEIR door and confronting them?
Scoop the poop and deposit it all over the area they play football......I would make those deposits in the middle of the night so they think it's normal for your dog to poop in the front yard and normal that you leave it there.
OP, I had a similar issue recently, and in fact posted about it on CD. In my case, the man next door and his kids were using the basketball goal in our driveway at the house we just moved into. Perhaps the previous owners allowed this, but the noise would set my dog off and have her barking non-stop. Also, the garage doors had numerous dents in them, which we came to believe were likely from being pounded with basketballs.
It wasn't comfortable for me, but one day when they were playing basketball, I just walked out and explained that the noise bothers our dog, and that we have ordered new garage doors and don't want them to get dented. A couple days later my husband even went to their house, and told them they could have our basketball goal for free (it's a $1200 goal!) if they wanted it. The dad simply said they didn't have a place to put it.
We haven't seen or heard from these neighbors in the several weeks since these conversations took place. Even when my husband I were out taking little Christmas gifts to everyone on our street last night, only the kids (not the parents) came to the door at their house. So I don't know if they're mad at us or have just been really busy. It does make me feel awkward, but I know I had every right to expect my driveway to be our own personal space, not the neighborhood play area.
Good luck in dealing with this.
I think they are embarrassed. I hope they are, anyway.
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