We moved to a new city recently and rented a building in which we are living. There are not many places to walk my dog apart from one street close by that has land for sale on one side and other areas as well. 

 

When I first started walking my boy there (twice a day) one old guy didn't look too happy. His wife was all smiling at me but the old man looked so serious. He has 3 dogs of his own which my dog is trying to get along with. 

 

The other day my dog was off the lead and walked into the huge vacant land opposite his house. He gave me this look of disgust. Admittedly it could be his land and if it is then Im in the wrong. 

 

We are away for a few days at the moment and the dog walker told us that the old guy says we should not let our dog walk on the area of land in question. He says we should pick up any poo with garbage bag. 

 

I hate being told what to do, but for the sake of our business I assume I have to let go of my ego and play the game so as to not make enemies with the locals. When we get back should I be taking the wife to have a friendly chat with this guy? 

Meh, clean up your dog's waste and ignore the old guy as he obviously wants nothing to do with you.

Is he friends with the guy who didn't finish your gate?

Edited May 19, 20188 yr by JLCrab

Why walk a dog off a leash? Is that legal in your country? Very irresponsible in my opinion.

Show some respect and keep the dog on its lead AND pick up any mess it leaves........you should not need telling

43 minutes ago, ghworker2010 said:

He says we should pick up any poo with garbage bag. 

 

I hate being told what to do,

 

You hate being told to use common sense and behave like a normal dog owner?

1 hour ago, ghworker2010 said:

He says we should pick up any poo with garbage bag. 

Yes quite right too.. you can use some of the many free plastic bags floating around as

"pooper scooper gloves"  and thus gain extra brownie points.

1 hour ago, ghworker2010 said:

When we get back should I be taking the wife to have a friendly chat with this guy? 

Yes  tell him your sorry for letting your dog poo on his land and that it won't happen again.

Count yourself lucky he has no objection to you walking your dog there as long as you clean up after him. When I first saw the title I thought the neighbor was objecting to your having a dog altogether. Instead it appears he just wants you to do what any responsible dog owner in a city or town should do.

 

It is required by law in many countries.

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Find out why the grimace. If his land then clean up the poo. Or is it his dogs are eating and laying in your do's poo and bringing back some foul breathe and crap encrusted fur?

So it is not stated it is his property or not. if not his property he needs to mind his own business. 

From the other point of view, if you had a piece of land and someone willingly let their dog roam around and mess on it without then cleaning it up would you be very happy about it?
To post that you actually do this, and then feel persecuted because the land owner has a reaction seems a little screwy to me....

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Perhaps the old chap does not like falangs nor their dogs, it's his country and he's entitled to his opinions regarding those whose presence he did not ask for. Be careful he does not poison your dog which he probably will if it's  a barker and few would blame him. It won't be the first hound that's been silenced in such a way.

 

There was a case in the UK that hit the press about a persistently barking dog that was fed poisoned meat by a neighbour.

2 hours ago, ghworker2010 said:

When I first started walking my boy there...

"...walking my boy.."

What?  Your boy?  Seems that you think your mutt is something special.

look at it this way.....

 

you are enjoying your retired life in a quiet town, but then some foreigner moves in and proceeds to let his dog run loose and crap in the vacant land directly across from your house, and doesn't show the common decency to clean up afterward.

 

brings back memories of the old b'nai brith commercials on saturday morning during cartoon time....12-yo kid speaking...."let me tell you about those others - they're rude and smelly and they throw trash everywhere, and then they try to be your friend.  just ask my dad, he knows."

Asking that you pick your dog's crap up?

The world's gone mad, who the hell does he think he is?

Doesn't he know that you have the right to be as thoughtless and disgusting as most other dog owners?

let this be a lesson , dont complain about anything on this forum,

just praise the street dogs , the friendly people , the clean beaches, the good politicians ,the mild climat , the perfect builders, the perfect wives , ........and the smooth flowing save traffic .........if not , go back to your country !

OMG. You are exactly the type of dog owner that gives us a bad name. 

I know that there are loads of strays around but never let your dog off the lead in a town area. Maybe on a quiet beach or park area but never in a town. Secondly your post indicates that you were disgusted you had to pick up the dog mess. That should be obvious mate. Do it everytime everywhere.

1 hour ago, lucjoker said:

let this be a lesson , dont complain about anything on this forum,

just praise the street dogs , the friendly people , the clean beaches, the good politicians ,the mild climat , the perfect builders, the perfect wives , ........and the smooth flowing save traffic .........if not , go back to your country !

let this be a lesson , dont complain about anything on this forum,

Complaining about anything "on this forum" is unconsciousness or masochism 

We also have two dogs and I wouldn't like to clean other dogs' excrements away. 

 

  Yes, it makes sense to take some plastic bags. 

If your dog shit on my land I would make you eat it you inconsiderate Bastard 

Edited May 19, 20188 yr by goonnerone

What are all these unbelievable responses!!!

 

I've never seen any one walk a dog with a lease in Thailand and I've never seen anyone pick up dog poo. If someone else's dog walks onto our land then we have to scare it off and/or pick up the poo.

 

Why should a farang have to do any differently?

 

To the OP, just keep walking your dog and ignore the old man. The exception would be if he doesn't let his 3 dogs run around (e.g. they are well behaved/controlled) in which case you should use a lead just when walking past his house

What kind of business u plan to do there?

10 minutes ago, Stevemercer said:

I've never seen any one walk a dog with a lease in Thailand and I've never seen anyone pick up dog poo.

 

Adding to that, I have never even seen an owner of a dog either.

We have a few dogs in the village one day the guys spraying for mosquitoes came by and while in our yard went across and stood

under a tree where most of been the boss was standing.

 

He spoke some English and had a nice conversation. He said that brown dog of yours is bad and got in my chickens so I shot and killed him. 

 

The dog dog he was taking about may have been crazy stalking anything that moves. Feel sorry for the dog but he brought on his own fate. 

Your dog, your poo, you clean.....simple !

 

As for the old thai grouch, probably he has nothing against dogs, but maybe plainly does not like farangs ? 

 

Ignore the chap and be a responsabile owner and don't give him the slightest excuse to pick on you.

6 hours ago, petermik said:

Show some respect and keep the dog on its lead AND pick up any mess it leaves........you should not need telling

Agreed. Lead by example.

Im just getting my head around that there is a vacant block of land not already overgrown with weeds and strewn with garbage?  Come out pattaya way you could play hide and seek with your dog on these vacant lots.

it's a good thing it wasn't his boy crapping in the lot.

6 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Count yourself lucky he has no objection to you walking your dog there as long as you clean up after him. When I first saw the title I thought the neighbor was objecting to your having a dog altogether. Instead it appears he just wants you to do what any responsible dog owner in a city or town should do.

 

It is required by law in many countries.

You can buy convenient device for this online at Lazada  https://www.lazada.co.th/catalog/?q=pooper+scooper&_keyori=ss&from=input&spm=a2o4m.searchlistcategory.search.go.45a01913H7FRqm

Yes

In Australia they will fine you for not carrying some sort of poop scooper, wether your dog does its business or not you must carry something to clean it up just in case

Well that's how it is in Queensland anyway